[Bug 2058409] Re: Install of tevlive-full hangs: tex/context/base/mkiv/l-sandbox.lua:180: module 'socket.core' not found

2024-04-28 Thread Romano Giannetti
Notice that this is making all sorts of CI integration for LaTeX packages development using the Ubuntu images fail, given that the "solution" of pressing enter several times is unfeasible in that environment. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 381017]

2021-03-08 Thread Romano Giannetti
In version 78.7.1 the behavior is better: still not working, but it raises an error instead of copying an unusable link. The error is also ok: "drag and drop not supported". Definitely better! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1855500] Re: obs-studio: "Failed to initialize video." on Intel Core 2 systems

2020-10-23 Thread Romano Giannetti
I am not sure about the resolution of this bug... If I use: LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 obs OBS studio works perfectly ok. So I think that hard-crashing the app is not really a nice solution, no? Shouldn't just propose to use software GL? -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1899736] Re: package grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26.4 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-pc package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1: dependency problem

2020-10-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
I have solved it by sudo apt purge grub-pc sudo apt install grub-pc Quite scaring but it worked. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1899736 Title: package grub-pc

[Bug 1899736] [NEW] package grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26.4 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-pc package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1: dependency problem

2020-10-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: Setting up grub-pc (2.04-1ubuntu26.4) ... dpkg: error processing package grub-pc (--configure): installed grub-pc package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-gfxpayload-lists:

[Bug 1868502] Re: Synchronization with earlier Ubuntu versions or a recent Debian version fails

2020-10-03 Thread Romano Giannetti
@christos pontikis (pontikis) this saved my day, thanks! As a small improvement: you do not need to remove all cache, just the fp* files that have been created after you started using the new version. I think that this is the kind of software that would benefit greatly the snap/appimage/flatpack

[Bug 811604] Re: uvcdynctrl spams uvcdynctrl-udev.log and fills up filesystem

2020-08-28 Thread Romano Giannetti
I have (Ubuntu 18.04) also a spamming on /var/log/syslog, like: Aug 28 12:01:13 pern kernel: [ 4554.463716] uvcvideo: Failed to query (GET_DEF) UVC control 2 on unit 1: -32 (exp. 1). Aug 28 12:01:13 pern kernel: [ 4554.464089] uvcvideo: Failed to query (GET_DEF) UVC control 2 on unit 1: -32

[Bug 381017]

2019-12-02 Thread Romano Giannetti
Checked right now with thunderbird 68.2.1 --- the bug is still here. The dropped attachment creates a file which consists of a broken link. I *suspect* that this bug has been forgot; it seems really strange that, with all the nice things happened to thunderbird in the last couple of years, no one

[Bug 381017]

2019-12-02 Thread Romano Giannetti
Yes, still here; will not disappear alone. I still think that the worst problem of this bug is that is _seems_ to work, and can lead to data loss. It would be much better to forbid the drag and drop completely, if fixing it is too difficult. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 381017]

2019-12-02 Thread Romano Giannetti
It seems that the firefox bug (which is listed as a duplicate, I do not think is 100% correct) #396370 has been marked as fixed. Could this be the case for thunderbird also? That would be great... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 381017] Re: Cannot drag attachment from mail attachment pane to desktop

2019-12-01 Thread Romano Giannetti
Still here in TB 68.2.1. Must be a record... Really, I suppose this bug has been forgotten... ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381017 Title: Cannot drag attachment from mail

[Bug 1808702] Re: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2019-01-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
@c4pp4 --- you're right. So probably the only thing we need is the bind of /etc/alternatives; upstream seems to agree it's the only way to go: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-desktop/issues/92 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1808702] Re: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2019-01-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
@c4pp4, could be, but I think this is already in... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1808702 Title: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1448778] Re: Evince fails to display some fonts (some font thing failed)

2019-01-18 Thread Romano Giannetti
And by the way, just if somebody is still struggling to find where the "good" error messages (instead of the surprising useful "some font thing failed"), grep for apparmor in /var/log/kern.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1448778] Re: Evince fails to display some fonts (some font thing failed)

2019-01-18 Thread Romano Giannetti
My solution was to apply this diff: diff --git a/./etc-apparmor.d-abstractions-fonts b/etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/fonts index 45cdf9a..44c54ac 100644 --- a/./etc-apparmor.d-abstractions-fonts +++ b/etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/fonts @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ /usr/local/share/fonts/ r,

[Bug 1808702] Re: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2018-12-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
As an aside, can you hint where I can find the messages printed by the `g_warning()` in the code? I was utterly unable to find them... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1808702 Title:

[Bug 1808702] Re: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2018-12-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
Indeed. So it must be something different; the problem with alternative is real, but nevertheless the aforementioned thumbnailer does not work even with the absolute path to composite... Will dig a bit more. The puzzling thing is that using the wrapper script from

[Bug 1795668] Re: Enable bubblewrap in gnome-desktop3 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

2018-12-19 Thread Romano Giannetti
...and we have also the huge slowdown, see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-desktop/issues/90 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795668 Title: Enable bubblewrap in gnome-desktop3

[Bug 1795668] Re: Enable bubblewrap in gnome-desktop3 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

2018-12-19 Thread Romano Giannetti
Yep: @nicolas-bernaerts is right. Ubuntu should include this commit: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome- desktop/commit/259e7e4edb0d9b84fb7cf0847149ff8d42ab9a56 since we have unmerged /usr. Also, the problem with alternatives still stands, see

[Bug 1808702] Re: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2018-12-19 Thread Romano Giannetti
Ok, the problem is that the commit from: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome- desktop/commit/259e7e4edb0d9b84fb7cf0847149ff8d42ab9a56 should be added, since Ubuntu/Debian has unmerged /usr. Also, the problem with alternatives still stands, see

[Bug 1808702] Re: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2018-12-16 Thread Romano Giannetti
Notice anyway that one of the problems was that originally the thumbnailer called /usr/bin/composite which, do to the alternative setup in .deb packages, was a link to /etc/alternatives/composite that pointed back to the real binary; probably the "/etc/alternatives/" directory should be

[Bug 1808702] [NEW] Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2018-12-16 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: This bug is related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome- desktop3/+bug/1795668 and to the question in Ubuntu Stackexchange https://askubuntu.com/questions/1088539/custom-thumbnailers-don-t-work- on-ubuntu-18-10-and-18-04 The recent hardening on thumbnailers by

[Bug 1795668] Re: Enable bubblewrap in gnome-desktop3 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

2018-12-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
This "enhancement2 broke all my thumbnailers too; unfortunately they are quite a bit more complex than the one @eros2 commented. Is there any instruction on how enabling back a personal script for thumbnails generation after the upgrade? Note that this has been noticed by users; see for example

[Bug 1768855] Re: ufraw-batch in bionic segfault

2018-09-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
Thanks Eugene. I found the problem, was a typo in my MIME type (so it was really unrelated). Your solution is probably better than mine, but if someone wants the ufraw-batch binary compiled without lensfun (you shouldn't trust binaries from internet) just tell me --- or I can post instructions on

[Bug 1768855] Re: ufraw-batch in bionic segfault

2018-09-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
I compiled ufraw-batch with -g, and this is the result: tarting program: /home/romano/tmp/src/ufraw-0.22/ufraw-batch --embedded-image --out-type=png --size=64 p1040069.rw2 --overwrite --silent --output=uffa.png [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library

[Bug 1768855] Re: ufraw-batch in bionic segfault

2018-09-26 Thread Romano Giannetti
Probably is as big in lensfun, but the sad thing is that even calling it with --lensfun=none still give the core dump... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768855 Title: ufraw-batch in

[Bug 937040] Re: Duplicate ufw rules installed by dovecot packages

2018-09-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
I removed dovecot-core (I think it's more or less the same, they are duplicated) because it was older than dovecot-imapd... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937040 Title: Duplicate ufw

[Bug 1670959] Re: systemd-resolved using 100% CPU

2018-07-31 Thread Romano Giannetti
I also think it's an upgrade artifact. It happened on my upgraded laptop but not in the freshly installed desktop machine. The problem in the laptop now (I think) hostapd that requires dnsmasq. The workaround cited by @ahasenack in #49 seems to work. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1764450] Re: pdftk missing in 18.04 (bionic)

2018-07-08 Thread Romano Giannetti
You can find more solution on https://askubuntu.com/questions/1028522 /how-can-i-install-pdftk-in-ubuntu-18-04-bionic User pgoetz's solution is ,in my opinion, the cleanest one: just sudo snap install pdftk-smoser and then alias the pdftk-smoser.pdftk command to pdftk. -- You received this

[Bug 1588545] Re: escape doesn't close search bar

2017-03-12 Thread Romano Giannetti
It seems that CTRL-F does the trick, anyway... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1588545 Title: escape doesn't close search bar To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1438510] Re: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no longer supports a2dp in 16.04 xenial and 16.10 yakkety

2017-01-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
As I commented in http://askubuntu.com/a/775524/16395, some people reported success with the python script at https://gist.github.com/pylover/d68be364adac5f946887b85e6ed6e7ae --- be warned, there is a bit of NSFW language there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1289047] Re: [Trusty] hostapd package is broken

2016-11-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
I am still using the pinned-down version hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1 which (seems to) work. If anyone lands here and it's stuck with the bug, here: http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/how-to-set-up-wireless-hotspot- access.html you have the instruction on how to get it working. Having it fixed for good

[Bug 1438510] Re: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no longer supports a2dp

2016-10-02 Thread Romano Giannetti
A new error mode is that now the BT device is not connected at all, even after doing the #5 thing, with the error: bluetoothd[984]: Unable to get Headset Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down I need to reboot the system, unpair and pair again the device, and then doing the dance of connecting

[Bug 1448778] Re: Evince fails to display some fonts (some font thing failed)

2016-09-19 Thread Romano Giannetti
Just to add a note: it happened to me also, because I have /usr/local as a symlink to /home/local (in a different partition) and evince (or apparmor) correctly complained. So all fonts from Microsoft, which are installed in /usr/local/font, came out blank. Setting aa-complain solved momentarily

[Bug 1568604] Re: Mouse cursor lost when unlocking with Intel graphics

2016-08-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
Hmm. Using Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 here, intel graphics, no bug. On another laptop, with Xubuntu, it happens. I think is more screen-locker related that desktop-flavor related. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1059872] Re: Error formatting disk using disk utility

2016-07-27 Thread Romano Giannetti
@claytondillard, please calm down. You should be aware that the times in which you choose Linux for stability or robustness are long gone (if ever they existed). Now you choose it for freedom, for helping, for fixing things community-wise, or otherwise you are misguided. Windows 10 never hung

[Bug 1603015] [NEW] Nautilus-dropbox fails to automatically refresh the status icons / emblems

2016-07-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: When I modify a file in a Dropbox folder, the emblem changes to "updating", but it will not go back to "synced" until I hit F5 to refresh. At the same time, I have this in the syslogs: Jul 14 11:35:43 pern gnome-session[2181]: ** (nautilus:2333): CRITICAL **:

[Bug 1518813] Re: sharing panel fails to properly launch required daemons

2016-06-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
I can confirm that this bug is still here in 16.04. Under the user point of view, is as screen sharing is simply not working ( regression from 14.04). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1573454] Re: Mouse pointer disappear after suspend in Xubuntu 16.04

2016-06-03 Thread Romano Giannetti
@SitisNet --- but then the laptop will not suspend when I close the lid, stove it in the backpack and bike away... ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1573454 Title: Mouse pointer

[Bug 1554613] Re: Screen flickers on XPS 13 9350/9550 (Intel Skylake/Broadwell GPU)

2016-05-26 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Vasya: seems a different problem. The flickering which this bug is referring to is application-independent, and visible in the full screen(s). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1554613

[Bug 1297144] Re: [Lenovo ThinkPad X230] Invisible cursor after resume from suspend

2016-05-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
Possible a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1568604. Check if switching to a VC (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and back (Alt-F7) fixes the thing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1573454] Re: Mouse pointer disappear after suspend in Xubuntu 16.04

2016-05-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
Possible a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1568604. Check if switching to a VC (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and back (Alt-F7) fixes the thing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1584457] [NEW] gsd-backlight-helper spamming the logs since upate to 16.04

2016-05-22 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: Since updating to 16.04 from 14.04, I have the syslog spammed by: SEC: May 22 13:26:43 samsung-romano pkexec[21248]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm3]

[Bug 1566302] Re: Ubuntu 16.04: Suspend freezes the system after upgrade to linux image 4.4.0-16

2016-05-22 Thread Romano Giannetti
Same thing with a Samsung 700Z3A/700Z4A/700Z5A/700Z5B. Fixed by upgrading to 4.4.8 kernel; followed instructions in comment #22 fixed the problem completely. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1438510] Re: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no longer supports a2dp

2016-05-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Updated to 16.04, have the same problem. The fix in comment#5 fixes it! Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1438510 Title: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no longer supports a2dp

[Bug 1181106] Re: Failed to change profile to Advanced Audio Distribution Profile

2016-05-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Update: the workaround listed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1438510/comments/5 did work for me. Hope this helps... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1181106

[Bug 1181106] Re: Failed to change profile to Advanced Audio Distribution Profile

2016-05-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
I have the same problem with Xenial, recently upgraded from Trusty. In Trusty my BT loudspeaker worked correctly, and now I have module-bluez5-device.c: Refused to switch profile to a2dp_sink: Not connected when I try to switch to A2DP, and in HSP mode the quality is terrible. -- You received

[Bug 1554613] Re: Screen flickers on XPS 13 9350/9550 (Intel Skylake/Broadwell GPU)

2016-05-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
I had this problem with a Dell desktop; It was especially bad with the second monitor, which blanked out every time it lost focus. I can confirm that - $ apt-add-repository "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/canonical-kernel-team/ppa/ubuntu yakkety main" - $ echo -en "Package: *\nPin: release

[Bug 1574440] Re: After upgrade to 16.04, ibus-rime doesn't respect the system keyboard layout.

2016-05-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
Without RIME, on an update of a system that use english as language, but with a spanish keyboard, the system come up with qwerty-us keyboard. So I think it's more generic --- the update process is (at least sometime) throwing away the keyboard configuration. Again. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1317825] Re: The -..- and -.- line styles are broken

2016-03-12 Thread Romano Giannetti
Where is available 1:3.2.5.c-4? In 14.04 seems still 1:3.2.5.c-1ubuntu1. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1317825 Title: The -..- and -.- line styles are broken To manage

[Bug 1411174] Re: "open in terminal" does not honour SSH_AUTH_SOCK and GPG_AGENT_INFO environment variables in Ubuntu 14.10

2016-01-17 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Simon: I proposed a workaround (ugly) in http://askubuntu.com/questions/606451 /nautilus-open-in-terminal-extension-will-not-propagate-ssh-auto-sock A upstream report would be nice; I suspect it could be related to the fact that "run in terminal" is hard coded in gnome (see

[Bug 1418217] Re: printing a scaled page not in the center

2015-11-23 Thread Romano Giannetti
If you scale down, say, to 90% a page to make it fits the printing margins, evince fails to center it and you still have one border cut off. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1418217

[Bug 854833] Re: NM asks for Wi-Fi password every time I log in, or every minute, if "Available to all users" not checked; forgets password too

2015-10-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
New installation of 14.04.3, still happens. It happens only for enterprise-type connection (my university and eduroam, both WPA). The WPA personal connections (where you do not have to put an username) are ok, remembered and automatically started. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 792085] Re: Automatic remount of safely removed drive

2015-10-17 Thread Romano Giannetti
FYI --- using command line to eject the disk/partiton do work, see http://askubuntu.com/questions/422481/prevent-usb-drives-from-auto- remounting-after-remove On the other hand, I see surprising that this bug is marked Medium. For non-tech-savy users, can ends in unclean disconnect and even

[Bug 1329092] Re: xfig crashes when drawing a dot-dashed line

2015-10-04 Thread Romano Giannetti
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1317825 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1317825 Yes --- I was unable to contact the developers. In the main bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1317825 there are patches fixing it. If you can help contact a real maintainer, go for it! -- You

[Bug 1310800] Re: 056a:0302 Trusty Tahr, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2015-03-13 Thread Romano Giannetti
I have a new incarnation of the bug, but I am not being able to capture a track, although is quite easy to trigger. Steps: 1 - load wacom.ko 2- connect the tablet **wirelessly** 3- wait until the tablet go to deep sleep (around 10 minutes) 4- switch the tablet on - hard crash, the PC is

[Bug 1397654] Re: Adding a virtual wireless interface is broken

2015-02-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Guest (disposable-s) , if you check this bug affects you at the top of the bug report it will be confirmed, and maybe we will have a bit of attention from the developers. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1420698] [NEW] use network time is not installing ntp?

2015-02-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: I discovered that, even if I checked use network time in the control panel, the package ntp was not installed (just ntpdate). This caused a drift in time in my desktop (which is always on); after a couple of days if I deselect the the option and select it again I have: SYS:

[Bug 1420659] Re: systemd-timedated is not keeping the time synchronized

2015-02-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
I use Ubuntu Gnome remix, so this is gnome-control-center, does not know if it applies to Unity too. Nevertheless: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1420698 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1420659] [NEW] systemd-timedated is not keeping the time synchronized

2015-02-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: I do not know if this is related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1409594 In my system, 14.04 fully updated, the time is not kept in sync with network servers. When starting, I have this complain: Feb 11 08:47:51 pern kernel: [775910.071548]

[Bug 1420659] Re: systemd-timedated is not keeping the time synchronized

2015-02-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
Thanks. I was convinced that checking use netweork time in the control panel was equivalent to install ntp. Installed and fixed. Sorry for the noise. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 718427] Re: recoll slows system to a crawl

2015-01-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
In my case, I ended up to put the recollindex in the daily jobs of anacron. The problem is that, whatever I do, when recollindex is running I clearly notice hiccups (mostly under the second, sometime of a one-two seconds) when doing things that are normally instantaneous. It happens for example

[Bug 1268780] Re: Please backport the libata.force disable patch to 13.10 kernel

2015-01-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1268780 Title: Please backport the libata.force disable patch to 13.10 kernel To

[Bug 1398867] [NEW] dconf-editor resizes itself out of screen

2014-12-03 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: To reproduce: 1. open dconf-editor 2. search for, for example xkb 3. moving through proprieties makes the height of the windows change. If you chose the load-xkb-layout (but that just an example) you have the screenshot shown 4. The windows in not resizable (it thinks it

[Bug 1398867] Re: dconf-editor resizes itself out of screen

2014-12-03 Thread Romano Giannetti
** Attachment added: dconf-editor view in activities https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/d-conf/+bug/1398867/+attachment/4273562/+files/Workspace%201_017.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1320916] Re: NICs being mapped with strange names that make no sense

2014-11-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
I do not have biosdevname installed, but I can't anymore create virtual interfaces. Issuing sudo iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan1 type station will result in a message kernel: [31130.438726] systemd-udevd[24264]: renamed network interface wlan1 to rename4 ...and rename4 is not

[Bug 1397654] [NEW] Adding a virtual wireless interface is broken

2014-11-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: This is quite simple. I used to split my wifi network with:   sudo iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan1 type station ...and it used to work (at least on some machine). Now if I do the same I have:    kernel: [31130.438726] systemd-udevd[24264]: renamed network

[Bug 1397654] Re: Adding a virtual wireless interface is broken

2014-11-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
** Description changed: This is quite simple. I used to split my wifi network with:   sudo iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan1 type station ...and it used to work (at least on some machine). Now if I do the same I have:    kernel: [31130.438726] systemd-udevd[24264]:

[Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-11-29 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Mekk I think that you nailed the problem in #77 (and you forgot all the settings via XKB in xorg.conf hierarchy, and /usr/share/X11/xkb/, and .Xmodmap, and IBus, and ). I have the sensation (mind you --- this is not at all an accusation to anyone; I tried to dig into it and failed) that no

[Bug 1054808] Re: Default filename for screenshots is problematic

2014-11-22 Thread Romano Giannetti
Ok, now that the upstream pushed it (and added another patch for gnome- settings-daemon at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=740520 ) for 3.14, with a bit of luck it will percolate to Ubuntu Gnome in a couple of years ;-). My suggestion would be to simply ditch the thing and use shutter

[Bug 1394901] [NEW] recollindex stuck with 100% CPU usage, do not stop when interrupted

2014-11-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: I have the recollindex task stuck on a simple doc (that I can print easily with antiword) since 12 hours. [romano:~/.recoll] % ps augx | grep recolli romano 23475 95.0 0.6 107452 52040 pts/8RN+ nov20 715:49 recollindex The thing is stuck with: [romano:~/.recoll] %

[Bug 718427] Re: recoll slows system to a crawl

2014-11-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
I am trying again to use recoll after a more than a year, but it seems that I will have to remove it again. It is making my system (i5/16G ram) slow as molasses. Anyone can suggest an alternative indexing system? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1012081] Re: util-linux needs updating to 2.24.2

2014-11-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
If it's in utopic a not in Trusty, someone should start a SRU request. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates But I suspect that, given that this bug has been declined for Trusty, it will be quite difficult to get through. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 282659] Re: evince print problems for double sided, multiple copies

2014-10-28 Thread Romano Giannetti
Just to comment, passing by, that this nice bug is still here with us. Print the attached file and ask for two copies in a printer that default to double-sided printer. You will have one sheet ready to trash, with the image on the two sides. Have a nice day, ** Attachment added: Example .eps

[Bug 366780] Re: Please provide a mechanism whereby Wi-Fi networks can be prioritized

2014-10-07 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Marius I have exactly the same problem with the University network and the global EDUROAM network. And no, I can't change the name of any of them; I just want NM to connect to my local University network whenever available, even if last time I manually connected to the global EDUROAM --- because

[Bug 1059872] Re: Error formatting disk using disk utility

2014-10-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
Tried to format an USB drive this morning with full update stable 14.04.1 Ubuntu Gnome release, using Disk utility; still no way, timeout wiping. Three years after, I have still to use gparted to do it (which works ok, but you can't say it is exactly user-friendly). -- You received this bug

[Bug 1310800] Re: 056a:0302 Trusty Tahr, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2014-09-19 Thread Romano Giannetti
@riban: As I commented, I can't reproduce it any more. Or maybe it's random (I had a crash with the tablet in once, when reconnected with the wireless option). There is a bug upstream: http://sourceforge.net/p/linuxwacom/bugs/238/ --- maybe you can chime in there and see if the developers can

[Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-09-18 Thread Romano Giannetti
Can anyone confirm that the workaround (setting language - keyboard input method to None instead of IBus) breaks the Shift-Ctrl-U method of inputting Unicode chars? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1319726] Re: In pixman_region32_init_rect: Invalid rectangle passed

2014-09-17 Thread Romano Giannetti
Maybe it is https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=728678 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #728678 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=728678 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1308154] Re: wxmaxima 13.04.2-2 fails to get some keyboard inputs

2014-09-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
I edited the description following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates --- could someone with a bit more time than myself nominate it with the StableReleaseUpdate team? Instructions in the wiki link above. ** Description changed: + With 13.04.2-2 (at the moment in proposed repos),

[Bug 295014]

2014-08-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
I haven't chacked 4.3 --- as anyone checked if this bug is still there? Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295014 Title: [Upstream] Cannot remove highlight from .doc in Word

[Bug 1348622] [NEW] xfig crashes on exit

2014-07-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: Every time I exit xfig, I have a crash: xfig3.2.5c: SIGSEGV signal trapped xfig: Figure is empty or not modified - exiting without saving. [1]23742 segmentation fault (core dumped) xfig ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xfig 1:3.2.5.c-1ubuntu1

[Bug 1317825] Re: The -..- and -.- line styles are broken

2014-06-26 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Persio it's quite simple to compile, anyway I have a binary on my blog: http://rlog.rgtti.com/2014/06/26/quick-fix-xfig-bug/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1317825 Title: The -..-

[Bug 1054808] Re: Default filename for screenshots is problematic

2014-06-23 Thread Romano Giannetti
The problem with ISO8601 is that it uses colons : to separate hours, minutes and seconds; although : are a perfectly valid character for the Unix filesystem, they are not accepted in Windows. So you can't put the screenshot on a NTFS filesystem nor on a shared filesystem (say, Dropbox) with a

[Bug 1329092] [NEW] xfig crashes when drawing a dot-dashed line

2014-06-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: Easy to trigger. So easy I am really suspecting I am the last one using xfig Steps (see attached snaphost). 1 - choose the line tool. 2 - choose the dot-dash line style 3 - draw a line 4 - crash (hard, no partial save): [:~] 2 % xfig [1]3591

[Bug 1329092] Re: xfig crashes when drawing a dot-dashed line

2014-06-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1317825 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1317825 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1317825 The -..- and -.- line styles are broken -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1317825] Re: The -..- and -.- line styles are broken

2014-06-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
I tested this minimal patch: --- w_drawprim.c.orig 2014-06-11 17:23:29.348481192 -0600 +++ w_drawprim.c2014-06-11 17:23:34.736481307 -0600 @@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ } -static unsigned char dash_list[16][2] = {{255, 255}, {255, 255}, +static unsigned char dash_list[16][8] = {{255, 255},

[Bug 777230] Re: xfig cannot display EPS graphics

2014-06-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
I can confirm it is fixed in 14.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/777230 Title: xfig cannot display EPS graphics To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1144484] Re: xfig crashes when typing space

2014-06-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
I opened the attached file with xfig 3.2.5c on Ubuntu 14.04 --- no problem. Typing spaces will work as expected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1144484 Title: xfig crashes when

[Bug 1308511] Re: rotation of compound objects fails

2014-06-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
I think that this has been like that since forever. xfig tells you invalid rotation for this compound object. So really not a bug; maybe a missing feature. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 366780] Re: Please provide a mechanism whereby Wi-Fi networks can be prioritized

2014-06-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
The thing could be solved with just one bit of priority thing. I already commented to the upstream bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359556 and had no answers. I imagine that using the NM scripts dispatcher you can implement some workaround, though:

[Bug 1241811] Re: USB disk not automatically mounted after upgrade to 13.10

2014-06-04 Thread Romano Giannetti
I can confirm that when it happened to me, I had gdm as login manager and not lightdm. Since the upgrade to 14.04, it happened just one time in one laptop (solved by login/logout) with Ubuntu Gnome, and never in my other laptop which has Xubuntu. So for me it is happening now very rarely; last

[Bug 1318561] Re: GNOME 3, icon bar in the middle of the screen

2014-06-03 Thread Romano Giannetti
It can be solved by restarting the shell (Alt-F2 and then r). It happens to me also. I am using cairo-dock too, but I am not sure if this is related --- I do not think because I am quite sure that it happened without cairo-dock too. In this moment I have the buggy behavior; it started just

[Bug 381017]

2014-05-31 Thread Romano Giannetti
If I can chime in with a comment to the developers (if anyone is listening here): I am used to never use drag and drop of attachment on TB now, given the really broken behavior. Suggestion: ditch the thing completely. Remove drag and drop. For good. It's so broken it is more a danger(1) than any

[Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-05-24 Thread Romano Giannetti
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1240198 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240198 The all time record being probably bug #295014, with us since 2004 in its first incarnation... But well, we have to remember that most developers works on this in their free time, so... There should be a

[Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-05-22 Thread Romano Giannetti
I want to underline that my comment was not *at all* a critic to developers. There is something pesky going on with keyboards, and difficult to spot (although I suspect some kind of bad interaction between {unity,gnome}-control-settings and ibus). The monster bug #1218322 would have been fixed

[Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-05-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Alberto Low? Really? Since 13.10, between this and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1218322 Ubuntu has become a PITA if you have to write in more than one language (and even with just one, if that one is not en_US). Your call, but I think this is _at least_

[Bug 1215798] Re: losing windows on Ubuntu 13.10

2014-05-16 Thread Romano Giannetti
Tried to report upstream https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730261 Temporary solution: install terminator. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #730261 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730261 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1215798] Re: losing windows on Ubuntu 13.10

2014-05-16 Thread Romano Giannetti
Christian Persch [gnome-terminal developer] said on 2014-05-16 17:49:52 UTC, in the upstream bug: An essential component in your reproducer is restarting gnome-shell. Gnome-terminal used to unrealise and re-realise all windows in this case; that was removed from 3.8. So I think this is fixed in

[Bug 295014]

2014-05-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Björn --- you are right, sorry. To add something constructive, I mention I have a workaround if the file is sufficiently simple to be able to save it in RTF: 1) save the file in RTF format 2) open it with a text editor (vi, gedit) 3) substitute all occurrences of

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