[Bug 400820] Re: gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu

2009-07-26 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Ranting, not ranting, upstream commenting that pulseaudio should be made necessary for gnome volume control in distributions... and then... here is an interesting upstream comment! Comment #9 from Marc-Andre Lureau(gnome-media developer, points: 21) 2009-07-26 10:20 UTC [reply] (In reply

Re: [Bug 400820] Re: gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu

2009-07-26 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 26/07/2009 17:46, Rolf Leggewie ha scritto: OK, fair enough. So, we're quite certain this will be on time for Karmic? Guys what are you planning to do with gnome-volume-control without pulseaudio? I don't get it: it's completely unuseful. If you remove pulseaudio you will probably remove

[Bug 403960] [NEW] The option to recover documents does not look right in a viewer such as evince

2009-07-24 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: This is a bug report related to usability, please deal with it as such, that is, let us discuss if the behaviour is correct or not before dealing with technical aspects. This bug has been introduced in karmic. When evince crashes, it offers the option to recover documents at

[Bug 402950] [NEW] PCM volume is reset to zero each time I log in

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: The new gnome-volume-control in karmic (the one which depends on pulseaudio) does not have any way to control the advanced mixer settings. This may be argued to be good or bad, and that'd be a separate bug. However, currently it has a bug: the PCM volume is reset to zero at

[Bug 402954] [NEW] gnome-volume-control does not allow to configure the mixer settings properly

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-media The new gnome-volume-control (gnome-media version 2.27.4-0ubuntu2) does not allow to configure the separate volume channels. I can imagine the usual reasons for that (it's an advanced configuration hence gnome must not have it). But it can't

[Bug 402954] Re: gnome-volume-control does not allow to configure the mixer settings properly

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
This is a regression since in jaunty it works correctly. The priority should be set according to the impact of usability, it may be disruptive (telling people to open a terminal and type alsamixer is a huge regression compared to how it was in jaunty). I will change the title and report to gnome.

[Bug 402954] Re: gnome-volume-control does not allow to configure necessary mixer settings such as the PCM volume.

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #589357 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589357 ** Also affects: gnome-media via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589357 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- gnome-volume-control does not allow to configure necessary

[Bug 400820] Re: gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Charlie: I started this sub-discussion but with the latest upgrade I realised that gnome-volume-control does not work anymore with pulseaudio, so the only two fixes for this bug are: either use pulseaudio in xubuntu, or use a different mixer (e.g. fork the previous gnome mixer applet and maybe

[Bug 400820] Re: gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I said gnome-volume-control does not work anymore with pulseaudio. I obviously meant gnome-volume-control does not work anymore _without_ pulseaudio. -- gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400820 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 400820] Re: gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu

2009-07-21 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I risked to burn my laptop yesterday. It's extremely hot due to this bug. This must be given high priority. It CAN NOT be considered normal to have a process constantly eating cpu in the default desktop, especially on laptops, netbooks, and friends. -- gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40%

[Bug 400820] Re: gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu

2009-07-21 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I did not understand that it was caused by pulseaudio missing, that's my fault, sorry. Then it is NOT a bug in the default desktop. Sorry for ranting, this is only a bug for those people that can't use pulseaudio (e.g. I need skype). Sorry for noise. In any case gnome-volume-control does NOT work

[Bug 150187] Re: Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-07-20 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Fixed in karmic and thanks all again. ** Changed in: poppler (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Fix Released -- Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150187 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

Re: [Bug 396226] Re: GDM logs out after some minutes of typing on the keyboard

2009-07-10 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Then I would suggest (out of the scope of this bug) to reserve a key combination (perhaps there already is one?) that takes you back to the last X tty; this would eliminate the need for guessing the tty. -- GDM logs out after some minutes of typing on the keyboard

Re: [Bug 396226] Re: GDM logs out after some minutes of typing on the keyboard

2009-07-09 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 09/07/2009 15:25, Martin Pitt ha scritto: It would be much better if the getty invocation would be done to take the next free tty instead of a fixed one. Then we wouldn't need any hardcoding at all any more. Here there is something I don't understand: either an (advanced) user is supposed

[Bug 396480] [NEW] [karmic] Frequent crashes of the gnome session on different machines

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: I experience random crashes while typing fast in gtk applications. The entire session disappears and I am back to the login screen. This happens on two different laptops, one has an ATI video card, and the other one an intel video card. The crashes are not so frequent, but

[Bug 396480] Re: [karmic] Frequent crashes of the gnome session on different machines

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Attaching the Xorg log even though it does not seem relevant. ** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log.old http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28760930/Xorg.0.log.old -- [karmic] Frequent crashes of the gnome session on different machines https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396480 You received this bug

[Bug 69012] Re: Dragging a menu from the main menu does not allow to press ESC to cancel

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
There is no point in discussing the papercut choice, but Mat: didn't it ever happen to you to drag a folder from places by mistake and start copying a huge directory in your desktop? It actually may even go unnoticed for a while if the drag happens quickly (e.g. too sensitive touchpads). My mother

Re: [Bug 396226] Re: GDM logs out after some minutes of typing on the keyboard

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Dinxter ha scritto: either, - sudo stop tty1 after logging into your gnome session or, - boot kernel without the splash option to stop it using usplash both methods work on this computer I know support requests do not belong to bug reports but for the sake of keeping relevant

Re: [Bug 396226] Re: GDM logs out after some minutes of typing on the keyboard

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Michael Bienia ha scritto: For completeness: log out once after booting is also a workaround as after that gdm ends on tty7 and doesn't fight with getty about tty1 anymore. This explained why one gets exactly one crash per reboot. -- GDM logs out after some minutes of typing on the

[Bug 393534] Re: [karmic] attaching certain file causes evolution to choke taking more than 600MB of memory, while composing an e-mail

2009-07-03 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Summary changed: - [karmic] attaching a 6mb pdf file causes evolution to choke taking more than 600MB of memory, while composing an e-mail + [karmic] attaching certain file causes evolution to choke taking more than 600MB of memory, while composing an e-mail ** Description changed: + This

[Bug 394266] [NEW] Very bad quality from evince printing pages which have been printed to pdf using firefox

2009-07-01 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: Using karmic and firefox-3.0, I printed a pdf of the following web page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subgroup (permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subgroupoldid=296077109) If I print this pdf with evince (even printing to a pdf file) I get terrible

[Bug 150187] Re: Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-07-01 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I reported a new bug, please triage it and subscribe if appropriate. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/394266 -- Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150187 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 393534] Re: [karmic] attaching a 6mb pdf file causes evolution to choke taking more than 600MB of memory, while composing an e-mail

2009-06-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Done. We can't know the impact of this bug because it's not normal to send large pdf attachments. So I encourage anyone reading here, having scanned pdfs of more than 2mb, to do a test with evolution. It may be a memory leak that stayed there for months or years. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug

[Bug 150187] Re: Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-06-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Today I printed the subgroup(group theory) page from wikipedia using firefox, to a pdf file, which is small and vectorial. Then re-printed it via evince for reasons that are not relevant, and the obtained pdf is big, bitmapped, and horribly looking. ** Changed in: poppler (Ubuntu) Status:

[Bug 150187] Re: Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-06-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Attachment added: The re-print from evince http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28547874/a.pdf -- Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150187 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 150187] Re: Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-06-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
The re-print from evince is terrible, the one from okular looks good, but the formula on the third page is obscured. ** Attachment added: The re-print from Okular http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28547885/b.pdf -- Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

[Bug 150187] Re: Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-06-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
So, my mood is below my shoes for this bug, because it's in the most important program for a scientist: the default pdf viewer. And it makes absolutely necessary to install a proprietary program to do the most basic activity people perceived doable with computers: printing, like with typewriters.

Re: [Bug 150187] Re: Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-06-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Thanks, do you think this is the same bug that seemed fixed or should I open a new one? I guess the current bug had to do with fonts but I do not understand very well all the connections between fonts, images and so on in pdf. -- Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

[Bug 393051] Re: Unable to mount any media in nautilus.

2009-06-29 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Perhaps it is expected that this bug will disappear in next gnome synchronization? ** Changed in: gvfs (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Unable to mount any media in nautilus. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 393051] Re: Unable to mount any media in nautilus.

2009-06-29 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
In the meantime - for those who do not know and need an external drive while testing karmic - you can mount your drive by hand: sudo -s mkdir /media/volumename mount /dev/sdb1 /media/volumename where /dev/sdb1 is replaced by your partition, and volumename is a directory of your choice. To see

[Bug 393534] [NEW] [karmic] attaching a 6mb pdf file causes evolution to choke taking more than 600MB of memory, while composing an e-mail

2009-06-29 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: I have a 6mb pdf file which consists of scanned pages. I try to attach it to an e-mail in evolution but it becomes unresponsive and top shows it's taking up to 600mb and growing. The same does not happen with 6mb of random data (courtesy of /dev/urandom). I am not going to

[Bug 393534] Re: [karmic] attaching a 6mb pdf file causes evolution to choke taking more than 600MB of memory, while composing an e-mail

2009-06-29 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
As in subject :) I am using karmic. I don't know if the bug is also in jaunty too. -- [karmic] attaching a 6mb pdf file causes evolution to choke taking more than 600MB of memory, while composing an e-mail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393534 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 150187] Re: Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-06-28 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
This bug is fixed in karmic. Together with the discovery of the impose+ package for scaled booklet printing, I got finally rid of acrobat reader on my computer. Thanks. -- Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150187 You received this bug

[Bug 391665] Re: PDF not rendered due to error with profile transform

2009-06-24 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Yes I must have been very distracted today. The bug is also present in okular likely because it's a poppler bug. In jaunty the pdf works fine. ** Tags added: regression-potential -- PDF not rendered due to error with profile transform https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391665 You received this bug

[Bug 391665] [NEW] PDF not rendered due to error with profile transform

2009-06-24 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince I have a pdf which makes evince crash. Can't post it here, because it's confidential, but I get the same behaviour and error messages as the upstream bug which I link here, this is in karmic. http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22188 The

[Bug 379403] Re: Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to perform

2009-06-23 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I downloaded the evince source in karmic (which I am now testing) to try to paste the code above and... it's already there. In fact, the bug is fixed in karmic. We did not see this as there where no comments on this on the upstream bug, but as devs where busier fixing it, that's only good news.

[Bug 379403] Re: Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to perform

2009-06-12 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
No it also works the same way in jaunty; it may have been fixed there nevertheless, but the difficulty in finding a heavy pdf comes from the fact that not all pdfs have drag-able images. I have many scanned books that have high resolution graphics embedded. However, these pages are NOT draggable

[Bug 379403] Re: Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to perform

2009-06-12 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Sebastian, I just ask for the *drop* to be disabled on the *same* window. This is surely feasible. Firefox does this. Of course it is nice that you can drag an image e.g. on the desktop. Then I will report the other bug on some graphics being able to be dragged, some other not. This is certainly

[Bug 379403] Re: Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to perform

2009-06-12 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I grepped the source of evince for the drag-data-received gtk signal and found nothing. Can some developer confirm that it is handled by external (gnome?) libraries? If this is the case, is it like evince itself can't decide to ignore a drop? If so do you know where to signal this bug properly?

[Bug 145637] Re: Monitor document changes

2009-06-12 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Very good. ** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Released -- Monitor document changes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145637 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 379403] Re: Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to perform

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
It should have a trivial fix: do not accept drags from the same window. The consequences, for PDFs which are scanned documents, are that if you istinctively try to select text, or by mistake drag with your touchpad over the evince window, you may need to hard-reboot or wait until the system

[Bug 69012] Re: Dragging a menu from the main menu does not allow to press ESC to cancel

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Adding this to the papercuts, indeed feel free to remove it if you think it's not suited. -- Dragging a menu from the main menu does not allow to press ESC to cancel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/69012 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 11544] Re: Single click doesn't work in file chooser dialog box

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Any progress on this? -- Single click doesn't work in file chooser dialog box https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/11544 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 84065] Re: Evolution should give feedback when messages are sent

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 84269 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/84269 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 84269 When invoked from nautilus-sendto, evolution should show the progress dialog for sending the message -- Evolution should give feedback when messages

[Bug 145637] Re: Monitor document changes

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Isn't this fixed in Jaunty? I think it is. -- Monitor document changes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145637 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 84269] Re: When invoked from nautilus-sendto, evolution should show the progress dialog for sending the message

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Adding this to the papercuts, indeed feel free to remove it if you think it's not suited. Summarizing, the problem is that as evolution is designed now, if I send a message using nautilus-send-to (part of the default install), I risk to power off my machine before the message is sent. This

[Bug 84269] Re: When invoked from nautilus-sendto, evolution should show the progress dialog for sending the message

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I recalled having tought about the main window opened earlier; in fact I had reported this other bug https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/evolution/+bug/84065 and I now marked it as a duplicate of this one; I am now in contradiction with myself, and thinking about it, perhaps it would be better to

[Bug 67785] Re: default timezone set to Africa/Algeria instead of matching the locale

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Adding to the papercuts, feel free to remove it if you think it's not good for those. -- default timezone set to Africa/Algeria instead of matching the locale https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67785 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug

[Bug 67785] Re: default timezone set to Africa/Algeria instead of matching the locale

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I think the best solution to this bug would be to replace the timezone selection dialog of evolution with the system timezone that all other programs use by default. Therefore I mark https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/80458 a duplicate of this one. -- default

[Bug 67785] Re: default timezone set to Africa/Algeria instead of matching the locale

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Already removed or didn't I add it? However the other bug seems fixed now so is this fixed too according to others? -- default timezone set to Africa/Algeria instead of matching the locale https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67785 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 84269] Re: When invoked from nautilus-sendto, evolution should show the progress dialog for sending the message

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Also affects: hundredpapercuts Importance: Undecided Status: New -- When invoked from nautilus-sendto, evolution should show the progress dialog for sending the message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/84269 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 69012] Re: Dragging a menu from the main menu does not allow to press ESC to cancel

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Also affects: hundredpapercuts Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Dragging a menu from the main menu does not allow to press ESC to cancel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/69012 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug

[Bug 379403] Re: Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to perform

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Sebastian: I think everyone runs into this, and they think it's their mistake to have dragged over the same window. Does it not happen to you? Something annoying that the system does and brings the user into fearing to do some action because it may lead to mistakes is an usability bug. E.g. when

[Bug 379403] Re: Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to perform

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Sebastian: others are complaining as well; notice that it was not me who tagged this bug so I am definitely not the only one. Drag-drop happens frequently by mistake with touchpad, when touching it to move the pointer. The bug has not been there in the last 5 years. It has been introduced in

[Bug 379403] Re: Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to perform

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I notice the other message now; the document I linked does not block your system, but there are heavier documents, I've seen it while browsing the web, so I can't provide you a proof. The bug is there anyways for the usability concern that I already told. As I didn't ask for the papercut myself I

Re: [Bug 379403] Re: Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to perform

2009-06-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il giorno gio, 11/06/2009 alle 18.03 +, NickSpencer ha scritto: I have an application form that looks like page of text but is actually a page sized image, accidentally swiping the mouse pad caused evince to grey out (compiz) for a good minute NickSpencer, could you upload the application

[Bug 379962] [NEW] Some files are displayed very incorrectly (parts of pages missing) - they display correctly in okular and acroread

2009-05-24 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince I have a file which opens correctly in okular and acroread. In evince in jaunty, parts of the page are missing. See page 4 of the attached document, which I suppose has been produced using latex. ** Affects: evince (Ubuntu) Importance:

[Bug 379962] Re: Some files are displayed very incorrectly (parts of pages missing) - they display correctly in okular and acroread

2009-05-24 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Attachment added: nominal logic.pdf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27113751/nominal%20logic.pdf -- Some files are displayed very incorrectly (parts of pages missing) - they display correctly in okular and acroread https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379962 You received this bug notification

[Bug 379962] Re: Some files are displayed very incorrectly (parts of pages missing) - they display correctly in okular and acroread

2009-05-24 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
It is working correctly now. Yesterday evening it was broken but I rebooted my system since then. I close this bug for now if it comes up again will try to see how I can reproduce it. ** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- Some files are displayed very incorrectly (parts

[Bug 379675] [NEW] ctrl+J is not a good shortcut for tagging spam

2009-05-23 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution Ctrl+J marks spam in evolution, while ctrl+k marks mail as read. They are too close, ctrl+j may be hit by mistake, and ctrl+J will send the message somewhere I don't understand (I had to navigate trough all the menus and submenus to find what

[Bug 379403] [NEW] Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to perform

2009-05-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince In the new evince in jaunty, dragging starting from an image actually drags the image, while dragging over text will select it. There are at least three problems in this. - the operation may harm the user: if I click and drag a page of a pdf

[Bug 379403] Re: Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to perform

2009-05-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I notice that the new behaviour in evince is probably inspired by that of web browsers such as firefox. However, in firefox, I can't release an image OVER the firefox window to have it loaded. This prevents the problems above. To load an image by drag and drop in firefox I have to drag it over the

[Bug 379403] Re: Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to perform

2009-05-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Thanks for pointing this out. Indeed, this would work well also in evince; OTOH, it is expected that dragging a file over evince loads it, so making each windows not be a target for its own drags would likely fix the bug. Even if, I still dislike the behaviour also present in firefox to treat

[Bug 379403] Re: Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to perform

2009-05-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #165155 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165155 ** Also affects: evince via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165155 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Drag and drop of images is dangerous in evince and too easy to

[Bug 36189] Re: Applets do not scale well with changing resolution

2009-05-06 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
One thing I don't understand is if it would suffice to keep the order of applets; currently it is messed up. -- Applets do not scale well with changing resolution https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36189 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a

[Bug 139511] Re: proxy setting should be location based

2009-05-01 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I see that in jaunty we have locations in the gnome proxy settings but is there a way to attach these to network manager and in particular its networks? -- proxy setting should be location based https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139511 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

Re: SV: [Bug 184907] Re: Totem can't handle ffdemux_flv

2009-05-01 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Works for me in jaunty -- Totem can't handle ffdemux_flv https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/184907 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [Bug 36189] Re: Applets do not scale well with changing resolution

2009-04-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il giorno lun, 27/04/2009 alle 22.21 +, John Haitas ha scritto: Categorizing this issue as seriously trivial is underestimating it. This is the sort of issue Linux users face, but Windows and Mac users are never bothered with. I would be happy to patch this. I am not an ubuntu

Re: [Bug 36189] Re: Applets do not scale well with changing resolution

2009-04-27 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il giorno lun, 27/04/2009 alle 05.43 +, John Haitas ha scritto: We need to consider the appeal of Ubuntu to ordinary users depends on consistent behaviour. There is a mandate to my the interface as user friendly as Mac OS X. Yes and in fact this problem affects one of the most

Re: [Bug 36189] Re: Applets do not scale well with changing resolution

2009-04-27 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il giorno lun, 27/04/2009 alle 18.23 +, John Haitas ha scritto: It seems as if the Gnome team do not take this bug very seriously. Would it be inappropriate to develop a patch for Ubuntu that may or may not be pushed upstream in the future? To develop any patch you need some

[Bug 84269] Re: When invoked from nautilus-sendto, evolution should show the progress dialog for sending the message

2009-04-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Now that the new notification framework is in progress, two notifications could be issued if the evolution main window does not exist. One should say your message is being sent, do not power off or log out until the message is sent or something more user friendly but similar, and the other one

[Bug 67785] Re: default timezone set to Africa/Algeria instead of matching the locale

2009-04-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
See also http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381132 ; a patch is in progress upstream it seems. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #381132 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381132 -- default timezone set to Africa/Algeria instead of matching the locale

[Bug 150187] Re: Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-03-20 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Thanks for your comment. Is it already taken for granted that the current gnome head will be in jaunty+1? If so we're all set, it is just a matter of waiting. If not it should be milestoned for jaunty+1 then. -- Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

[Bug 150187] Re: [gutsy] [regression] Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-03-19 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Could someone in ubuntu comment on the patches? These should be applied as soon as possible. Please consider this bug a bit more: I reported it in 2007 and we have a patch here! -- [gutsy] [regression] Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150187

[Bug 272316] Re: [regression, intrepid] redraw problems, patches from fedora

2009-01-21 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
legobib13: this is not the official suse bug tracker. Follow the link in the assigned to column for suse at the top of this page: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=430785 and if the answer is not there, you may try to ask more information directly in the suse bug report. --

[Bug 150187] Re: [gutsy] [regression] Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-01-19 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
What packages should I backport to test it in intrepid? Is it unfeasible? I backported popler and evince using prevu but results remain the same, however I suspect that evince is using some .*gnomeprint.* package to print pdfs. -- [gutsy] [regression] Evince has very bad quality when printing

[Bug 150187] Re: [gutsy] [regression] Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-01-19 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
The point is that the backported evince (using prevu) is using libpoppler3 instead of libpoppler4. Is there a quick way to have the backported evince use the backported libpoppler4 or to also build libpoppler3 from the backported poppler from prevu? -- [gutsy] [regression] Evince has very bad

[Bug 150187] Re: [gutsy] [regression] Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-01-19 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I now have all the packages that are generated by the source package poppler, version 0.10.3-0ubuntu1, and recompiled intrepid's evince. I checked using ldd that evince is using the new libraries. However, the problem is still the same. The document called speciation_state_correlation.pdf,

[Bug 150187] Re: [gutsy] [regression] Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-01-19 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I am now typing from a jaunty alpha 3 live usb pen. I upgraded the system, I correctly got an update of evince and libpoppler. But the bug is still there. -- [gutsy] [regression] Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150187 You received this bug

[Bug 38512] Re: Window close should close, not quit

2009-01-01 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
No it's not properly fixed, I was wrong, the situation is always the same. -- Window close should close, not quit https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/38512 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 38512] Re: Window close should close, not quit

2008-12-31 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Isn't this properly fixed in intrepid? AFAIR (I am not using ubuntu right now - since I am not on my PC) rhythmbox has now no icon by default. If you enable the notification area plugin then it minimises. This is in my opinion a very good fix - but maybe I remember one thing for another :) --

[Bug 298901] Re: Annotation does not work

2008-12-02 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 272316 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272316 It seems to me that this bug is a duplicate of bug #272316, if so, it should be solved by the updated libgnomecanvas in intrepid-proposed (you can directly install a .deb archive which is attached to the

[Bug 272316] Re: [regression, intrepid] redraw problems, patches from fedora

2008-11-19 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
A developer may be very well used to the process of requesting updates, but at least for me, deleting a patch and rebuilding is a matter of half an hour, making a correct request for an update is beyond of my possibilities in terms of free time. On the other hand, an updated deb is useful to let

[Bug 272316] Re: [regression, intrepid] redraw problems, patches from fedora

2008-11-09 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
If someone knows how to upload packages to a ppa (I used to, but have zero time due to overwork), you can use the toshiba-tablet launchpad team and its ppa. I think it's entirely free but if not just tell me and I'll give permission to upload to anybody (yes it's a bit liberal, but I don't expect

[Bug 272316] Re: [regression, intrepid] redraw problems, patches from fedora

2008-11-09 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Here's the link https://edge.launchpad.net/~toshiba-tablet if you don't like the name I guess we can rename it or create a new one (originarily I meant that team for toshiba support but it's a bit too restrictive I think). -- [regression, intrepid] redraw problems, patches from fedora

[Bug 76283] Re: duplicate entries for devices in nautilus desktop

2008-10-18 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
This definitely is a consequence of at least suspend-to-ram (not always of suspend-to-disk). -- duplicate entries for devices in nautilus desktop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/76283 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. --

[Bug 276266] Re: syntax error when setting match all vfolder

2008-10-16 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Thank you. -- syntax error when setting match all vfolder https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276266 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 260918] Re: needed: libv4l and associated application patches (or gspca stopped working in 2.6.27)

2008-10-13 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
The webcam more or less works in cheese in current intrepid beta, but not in ekiga (it says that there is no matching color space) and not in skype (it only shows a green picture). Should I reopen the bug in ekiga? In any case there is a regression in skype - even tough the program is closed, the

[Bug 260918] Re: needed: libv4l and associated application patches (or gspca stopped working in 2.6.27)

2008-10-13 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Tags added: regression-potential -- needed: libv4l and associated application patches (or gspca stopped working in 2.6.27) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260918 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is the registrant for ekiga. --

[Bug 260918] Re: needed: libv4l and associated application patches (or gspca stopped working in 2.6.27)

2008-10-13 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I just tried the LD_PRELOAD with v4l taken from a ppa I found in another bug report. Now I finally understood that the libv4l-0 package which is in ubuntu is the same, and it works with both skype and ekiga, thank you. -- needed: libv4l and associated application patches (or gspca stopped

Re: [Bug 36189] Re: Applets do not scale well with changing resolution

2008-10-06 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il giorno lun, 06/10/2008 alle 11.00 +, Franck ha scritto: well, that is what I was trying to say : I was on the way to try the workaround, but I did _nothing_, it was working already. I don't know how but the mess happens at next login, not immediately. In any case I saw this on

[Bug 150187] Re: [gutsy] [regression] Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2008-10-03 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
der_vegi: I think you wanted to comment upstream. -- [gutsy] [regression] Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150187 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to poppler in ubuntu. --

[Bug 150187] Re: [gutsy] [regression] Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2008-10-03 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I talked with an upstream developer in IRC. The point is that evince uses libcairo and libcairo did not have support for user fonts. Now that the new feature is implemented in cairo, somebody must actually make poppler _use_ it. The likely correct upstream bug is

[Bug 76283] Re: duplicate entries for devices in nautilus desktop

2008-10-02 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Here is the log when the two devices are present. 20:19:28.641: volume_part1_size_507258368 property volume.mount_point = '(null)' Unknown type 0='' 20:19:28.655: volume_part1_size_507258368 property volume.is_mounted = 20:19:28.658: volume_part1_size_507258368 removed 20:19:28.665:

[Bug 76283] Re: duplicate entries for devices in nautilus desktop

2008-09-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
These two lines in the output of mount are probably the culprit /dev/mmcblk1p1 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077,flush) /dev/mmcblk0p1 on /media/disk-1 type vfat

[Bug 276222] [NEW] Guest session and any other session can't be started if compiz is enabled

2008-09-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm When I installed intrepid alpha 6, compiz was enabled by default and I could run a guest session. With recent updates (last update I think 29 september), if I launch a second session - e.g. using the guest menu entry, it does not start. If I disable

[Bug 76283] Re: duplicate entries for devices in nautilus desktop

2008-09-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I agree. Do you think this may be a bug in hal? -- duplicate entries for devices in nautilus desktop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/76283 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 276266] [NEW] Search folders have problems in parsing the query (possibly query injection?)

2008-09-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution I tried to use a search folder to match all my messages, adding the only condition match all and it gives an Error while generating message list: near ): syntax error If I add an OR condition it says: near OR: syntax error I am using

[Bug 276266] Re: Search folders have problems in parsing the query (possibly query injection?)

2008-09-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18084068/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18084069/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18084070/ProcStatus.txt -- Search

[Bug 76283] Re: duplicate entries for devices in nautilus desktop

2008-09-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Here it is, however the bug appears randomly and is not appearing right now, so I guess this is not the debug output that would be required to understand what's happening. Start monitoring devicelist: - 14:59:56.682:

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