[Bug 1800277] Re: "chmod u-w ~/.ICEauthority" breaks login

2018-10-29 Thread James Hunt
Reported as https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/issues/438. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800277 Title: "chmod u-w ~/.ICEauthority" breaks login To manage

[Bug 1800277] Re: "chmod u-w ~/.ICEauthority" breaks login

2018-10-29 Thread James Hunt
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected bionic ** Description changed: = Problem = It is too easy to make a system unusable. = Examples The following commands will all cause subsequent graphical logins to fail: == User is returned to login screen == -

[Bug 1800277] Re: "chmod u-w ~/.ICEauthority" breaks login

2018-10-29 Thread James Hunt
apport info added. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800277 Title: "chmod u-w ~/.ICEauthority" breaks login To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1800277] ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

2018-10-29 Thread James Hunt
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800277/+attachment/5206696/+files/ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm3 in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1800277] Re: "chmod u-w ~/.ICEauthority" breaks login

2018-10-29 Thread James Hunt
I can do that if really required, but this is not a bug with my system - it's just the way the system works right now, so I'm suggesting an idea for how we can make it better :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm3 in

[Bug 1800277] [NEW] "chmod u-w ~/.ICEauthority" breaks login

2018-10-27 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: = Problem = It is too easy to make a system unusable. = Examples The following commands will all cause subsequent graphical logins to fail: == User is returned to login screen == - chmod 400 ~/.ICEauthority - rm ~/.ICEauthority In this scenario, the user is returned to

[Bug 1374521] [NEW] ifup should specify '-allow=auto' not '-allow=hotplug'

2014-09-26 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: /lib/systemd/system/ifup@.service specifies: ExecStart=/sbin/ifup --allow=hotplug %I This really needs to be: ExecStart=/sbin/ifup --allow=hotplug %I Since otherwise, for systems that don't use network-manager, the service will only bring up interfaces which have

[Bug 1357252] Re: upstart can race with cgmanager when using remove-on-empty

2014-09-05 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart Status: In Progress = Fix Released ** Also affects: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = James Hunt (jamesodhunt) ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Released

[Bug 1357252] Re: upstart can race with cgmanager when using remove-on-empty

2014-08-29 Thread James Hunt
** Summary changed: - systemd-shim fails to handle cgmanager being unavailable + upstart can race with cgmanager when using remove-on-empty ** Changed in: upstart Status: Invalid = In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 1363134] [NEW] systemd-shim needs to grow support for abandoncgroup and stopsession

2014-08-29 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: The fix for upstart bug 1357252 has highlighted the fact that systemd- shim does not support functionality required by logind, namely: - abandoncgroup (delete if possible) - stopsession(kill all tasks and remove cgroup) Because of this, systemd-shim sets the remove-on-empty

[Bug 1357252] Re: Upstart jobs specifying cgroup fail to start occasionally

2014-08-22 Thread James Hunt
** Also affects: systemd-shim (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd-shim in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1357252 Title: Upstart jobs specifying

[Bug 1357252] Re: Upstart jobs specifying cgroup fail to start occasionally

2014-08-22 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart Status: In Progress = Invalid ** Changed in: upstart Importance: Critical = Undecided -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd-shim in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1357252

[Bug 1235649] Re: uevent spam causes libdbus client code in session upstart to consume massive amounts of memory on Ubuntu Touch

2014-07-24 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1235649 Title: uevent spam causes libdbus client code in session

[Bug 1342586] Re: [utopic] [proposed] cgmanager breaks lightdm login

2014-07-17 Thread James Hunt
** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342586 Title: [utopic] [proposed] cgmanager breaks

[Bug 1286698] Re: Logout, Restart Shutdown does not work

2014-03-05 Thread James Hunt
Thank you for reporting this bug. However, please do not report the same bug three times :-) ** Package changed: upstart (Ubuntu) = gnome-session (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1269838] Re: gnome-session.log takes 8 GB in a few hours

2014-01-17 Thread James Hunt
There is an upstart logrotate job that runs automatically soon after session start, however, it does not (yet) run periodically to handle rogue jobs such as gnome-session. You can however run the job yourself simply enough as a non-root user: $ start logrotate Please attach a few lines of the

[Bug 1256262] Re: stop triggers logout (from gnome-session?) without warning. Argument required but ignored?

2013-12-09 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1256262 Title: stop triggers logout (from gnome-session?)

[Bug 1256262] Re: stop triggers logout (from gnome-session?) without warning. Argument required but ignored?

2013-12-05 Thread James Hunt
** Also affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1235649] Re: uevent spam causes libdbus client code in session upstart to consume massive amounts of memory on Ubuntu Touch

2013-10-18 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = Incomplete ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1118143] [NEW] zenity crashes due to missing libGL.so.1

2013-02-07 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: $ zenity --calendar zenity: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory $ ldd `which zenity`|grep -i gl libglib-2.0.so.0 = /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb703b000) libGL.so.1 = not found

[Bug 1118143] Re: zenity crashes due to missing libGL.so.1

2013-02-07 Thread James Hunt
Problem was caused by failed background apt-get update on my system which had not yet configured nvidia-current. ** Changed in: zenity (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to zenity in

[Bug 1101154] [NEW] all signal handlers have been removed in error

2013-01-18 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: gnome-session/main.c has disabled all signal handling, but intention was seemingly to only disable SIGSEGV signal handing: 10:43 jodh chrisccoulson: hi - I'm looking at how gnome-session currently shuts down and trying to understand why the following is

[Bug 1069481] Re: external usb TOSHIBA disk could not be mounted

2012-10-22 Thread James Hunt
Not an upstart issue. Sounds like it might be a non-privileged mounting problem. ** Package changed: upstart (Ubuntu) = gvfs (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu.

[Bug 942530] Re: on-screen keyboard always displays once enabled

2012-05-25 Thread James Hunt
A way to fix this: $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver embedded-keyboard-command '' For some reason, I had the following set: $ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.screensaver embedded-keyboard-command 'onboard -xid' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 987220] Re: no complete shutdown

2012-05-05 Thread James Hunt
This problem sounds like it could be kernel issue. ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu.

[Bug 942539] Re: Ubiquity desktop icon text looks messy

2012-04-11 Thread James Hunt
This problem appears to be resolved for me on an installed precise system. Copying bar.desktop to ~/Desktop/ and once I allow the file to be executable (right click, properties), the icon text shows line 1 as Install Ubuntu 12.04 and line 2 as LTS. ** Attachment added: bar.desktop

[Bug 954391] Re: something is performing a controlled system shutdown

2012-03-14 Thread James Hunt
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 751689 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/751689 It's not aliens, it is of course the kernel :) ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 751689 ThinkPads overheat due to slow fans when on 'auto' -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 954391] [NEW] something is performing a controlled system shutdown

2012-03-13 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: I'm not entirely sure where or why this is happening, but I have seen on ~5 occasions now my system spontaneously switch off. Initially, I thought it might be an init/kernel issue, but today I saw the problem occur twice and crucially, I also got to see the console and there

[Bug 942530] [NEW] on-screen keyboard always displays once enabled

2012-02-28 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Whilst investigating bug 937611, I enabled the on-screen keyboard. However, I subsequently switched if off via System Settings - Universal Access - Typing tab - Typing Assistant. As expected, the keyboard no longer displays on the desktop but when the screen locks

[Bug 942530] Re: on-screen keyboard always displays once enabled

2012-02-28 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/942530 Title: on-screen keyboard always displays once enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 917165] Re: gnome-control-center does not allow selection of USB headset for input or output

2012-01-17 Thread James Hunt
Hmm after a reboot, the problem appears to have gone away. My selected h/w profile is Analogue Stereo Output + Analogue Mono Input (which has not changed). There are a couple of extra odd things going on here: 1) if I change the h/w profile for the headset to Analogue Stereo Output and switch to

[Bug 917165] [NEW] gnome-control-center does not allow selection of USB headset for input or output

2012-01-16 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: If I plug in my Logitech H530 USB Headset, it shows as ClearChat Pro USB under Hardware in 'gnome-control-center sound', but it does *not* show up as a valid input or output device if I click either the Input or Output tabs. On the input tab, the Connector menu only has 1

[Bug 917165] Re: gnome-control-center does not allow selection of USB headset for input or output

2012-01-16 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917165 Title: gnome-control-center does not allow selection of USB headset for input or output To manage

[Bug 890903] Re: terminal contents don't refresh/update

2011-11-18 Thread James Hunt
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 861268 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/861268 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 861268 text corruption in terminals (xterm, urxvt) and emacs -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 436936] Re: gdm upstart job checks /proc/cmdline for single user mode, won't start on post-boot runlevel change

2011-04-18 Thread James Hunt
Fix has now had to change due to an update to gdm.conf for udev- fallback-graphics. An updated gdm.conf is attached. ** Attachment added: gdm.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/436936/+attachment/2059024/+files/gdm.conf -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 735805] Re: GDM fails to start

2011-03-17 Thread James Hunt
If those who experienced this problem could help with testing a fix for bug 436936, I have attached a new gdm.conf to bug 436936. Thanks very much! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu.

[Bug 436936] Re: gdm upstart job checks /proc/cmdline for single user mode, won't start on post-boot runlevel change

2011-03-17 Thread James Hunt
Please could those who experienced the problems on bug 735805 provide feedback on using the attached gdm.conf. If possible, could you confirm that: 1) When you boot normally, gdm starts as expected. 2) When you boot to a recovery console that gdm does *NOT* start. (hold down SHIFT and select

[Bug 436936] Re: gdm upstart job checks /proc/cmdline for single user mode, won't start on post-boot runlevel change

2011-03-17 Thread James Hunt
@Jonathan - thanks for testing! Good news. Yes, I think you are right re friendly-recovery. @Erick and others - I attach an updated gdm.conf which might help. Looking at the old gdm.conf, I think it was missing a condition which this new gdm.conf adds. Please let me know your findings. Thanks for

[Bug 735805] Re: GDM fails to start

2011-03-16 Thread James Hunt
It's looking like the change I made for bug 436936 might be the culprit, but I am unable to recreate this issue at present. Please could follow the steps below to run Upstart in debug mode: 1. Hold down SHIFT key before the splash screen appears (this will then display the grub menu). 2. Type,

[Bug 735805] Re: GDM fails to start

2011-03-16 Thread James Hunt
@Fabio - two out of how many systems? Is it consistently reproducible for those two systems? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/735805 Title: GDM fails to start --

[Bug 735805] Re: GDM fails to start

2011-03-16 Thread James Hunt
It's looking like the problem may be with the runlevel test here: 31 if [ $curr = S -o $prev = unknown ] 32 then 33 # Single-user mode 34 plymouth quit || : 35 exit 0 36 fi I've attached a version of

[Bug 735805] Re: GDM fails to start

2011-03-16 Thread James Hunt
@Benjamin: thanks for testing! Could you also confirm that if you boot to recovery mode (single user mode) that once you've at a shell, running telinit 2 displays gdm as expected? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in

[Bug 735805] Re: GDM fails to start

2011-03-16 Thread James Hunt
@Benjamin: ok - I think that's why I added the unknown check which clearly caused problems for some systems. The change below *should* stop gdm from starting in recovery mode: 31 if [ $curr = S -o -z `echo $UPSTART_EVENTS|egrep -o \runlevel\` ] 32 then 33

[Bug 436936] Re: gdm upstart job checks /proc/cmdline for single user mode, won't start on post-boot runlevel change

2011-03-14 Thread James Hunt
Fix now also tested on lucid. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436936 Title: gdm upstart job checks /proc/cmdline for single user mode, won't start on post-boot

[Bug 436936] Re: gdm upstart job checks /proc/cmdline for single user mode, won't start on post-boot runlevel change

2011-03-08 Thread James Hunt
Fix tested on natty only at this stage. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436936 Title: gdm upstart job checks /proc/cmdline for single user mode, won't start on

[Bug 706842] [NEW] gdm upstart config file lists incorrect events

2011-01-24 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm /etc/init/gdm.conf shows: emits starting-dm However, this event is not emitted by gdm. It appears this was a remnant of the changes associated with 2.29.1-0ubuntu4. That said, gdm *is* emmitting two events that are not documented in gdm.conf:

[Bug 706842] Re: gdm upstart config file lists incorrect events

2011-01-24 Thread James Hunt
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[Bug 685848] [NEW] gnome-about-me crashes with invalid source

2010-12-06 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center gnome-about-me (gnome-about-me:4710): libebook-WARNING **: ebook.c:2254: cannot get book from factory: Invalid source (gnome-about-me:4710): libebook-WARNING **: ebook.c:2254: cannot get book from factory: Invalid source

[Bug 685848] Re: gnome-about-me crashes with invalid source

2010-12-06 Thread James Hunt
** Description changed: -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/685848 Title: gnome-about-me crashes with invalid source -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 685848] Re: gnome-about-me crashes with invalid source

2010-12-06 Thread James Hunt
This bug is natty-specific. I don't have the super powers seemingly to specify this :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/685848 Title: gnome-about-me

[Bug 666116] Re: bzr password window exhibits unusual behaviour (cannot move window, cannot give focus to another window and DISPLAY not being honoured)

2010-10-28 Thread James Hunt
Thanks guys. I now have keychain and gnupg-agent installed to allow me to provide a password via the command-line. However, I do feel (1)+(2) should be fixed in ssh-agent / gnome-keyring since it is rather unfriendly to grab the window aggressively (although admittedly, gksudo does the same [but