libx11 SRU

2021-01-20 Thread Walter Lapchynski
Speaking for Lubuntu, we had a tricky [bug][1] in pcmanfm I had first attributed to a GTK2 problem since it seemed to affect other GTK2 applications in exclusion to other toolkits, but it looks like it's actually an issue with libx11. The fix is now in Hirsute, but it seems like it would be

Re: DDGR

2021-01-15 Thread Walter Lapchynski
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 10:10:48PM -0300, Ian Jeffrey wrote: > ddgr is returning "no results" for all searches. > Linux Mint 20.1 (Cinnamon). Python 3.8.5. ddgr version > 1.7+git20190928.bc. Lynx version 2.9. > Are you able to offer any help? I have not been able to find anything > related on

Re: Disable File Checking Boot Parameter

2020-12-08 Thread Walter Lapchynski
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 12:35:09PM +, Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 at 12:27, wrote: > > I need to boot a Ubuntu LiveUSB multiple times a day. Each time, I have > > to remove the "maybe-ubiquity" from the kernel parameters and the side > > effect is that I would not be able to skip

Re: Requesting Pixel desktop on ubuntu, LXQT is totally bad!

2018-11-17 Thread Walter Lapchynski
I see several problems with this suggestion: * the descriptions I read suggest several aesthetic changes but little beyond that * the Pi in Pixel refers to the Raspberry Pi, i.e. it is targeted specifically at that platform/architecture so much will have to be undone/redone to make it more

Re: Proposal: Let's drop i386

2018-05-15 Thread Walter Lapchynski
On 2018-05-14 12:38, Steve Langasek wrote: > this is a cost largely paid by Canonical (both in terms of > infrastructure, and in terms of engineering work to keep the base system > working). It's not very compelling to say that Canonical should continue > bearing these costs out of pocket

Re: Proposal: Let's drop i386

2018-05-13 Thread Walter Lapchynski
On May 13, 2018 7:58:05 AM PDT, Jeremy Bicha wrote: >On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Tobin Davis >wrote: > Are >> we talking about dropping Ubuntu x86 images or i386 packages from the >repo? >> If the former, I don't see an issue here, as the subs

Re: Proposal: Let's drop i386

2018-05-09 Thread Walter Lapchynski
On 2018-05-09 14:54, Oliver Grawert wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 09.05.2018, 16:07 -0400 schrieb Bryan Quigley: >> Less and less non-amd64-compatible i386 hardware is available for >> consumers to buy today from anything but computer part recycling >> centers. > i386 is still very popular in the

Re: Proposal: Let's drop i386

2018-05-09 Thread Walter Lapchynski
On 2018-05-09 13:07, Bryan Quigley wrote: > Machines running i386 Ubuntu which are capable of running > amd64 Ubuntu are vulnerable to the critical Meltdown vulnerability > where they wouldn't be if they were running amd64. (Some actual i386 > hardware simply isn't vulnerable, but some is). This