[Bug 776678] [NEW] gtk-warning after running gksu gedit

2011-05-03 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gedit When gedit is invoked from terminal via gksu, for example, gksu gedit /etc/fstab on closing gedit several warnings are seen such as (gedit:2057): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed:

[Bug 776678] Re: gtk-warning after running gksu gedit

2011-05-03 Thread Colin Law
** Description changed: Binary package hint: gedit - When gedit is invoked from terminal via, for example, + When gedit is invoked from terminal via gksu, for example, gksu gedit /etc/fstab on closing gedit several warnings are seen such as (gedit:2057): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to

[Bug 776678] Re: gtk-warning after running gksu gedit

2011-06-01 Thread Colin Law
I feel the forum link throws rather more heat than light on the problem. It provides a workaround, but not a solution. The solution is to correct the underlying problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in

[Bug 548941] [NEW] Can't escape from login screen on switching user

2010-03-26 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm The shutdown dropdown list shows a list of users, selecting one of these goes to a login screen with only that user shown. There is an escape button but this just re-draws the same screen. Expected behaviour on clicking escape is to get away

[Bug 548941] Re: Can't escape from login screen on switching user

2010-03-26 Thread Colin Law
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42068473/Dependencies.txt -- Can't escape from login screen on switching user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548941 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 55270] Re: Double-click timeout is not applied to X

2009-12-02 Thread Colin Law
I had this problem with jEdit on 8.10 and the workaround (*multiClickTime: 400) in /etc/X11/Xresources/X11-common worked for me. I have now updated to Karmic and the workaround no longer works. Neither did putting it in ~/.Xdefaults. I found that I had to put it in ~/.Xresources for it to work.

[Bug 889044] Re: Nautilus opening behind current window

2012-05-03 Thread Colin Law
Could this be related to bug #781931 with unity 3d? New windows are moved to front but don't take focus. This seems to relate in particular to Nautilus. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 995281] Re: glines segfault

2012-05-07 Thread Colin Law
** Changed in: gnome-games (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-games in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995281 Title: glines segfault To manage notifications

[Bug 847814] Re: Oneiric not asking for password after suspend / resume

2011-10-03 Thread Colin Law
I thought that this happened however I suspended but I now find that it is ok if I select suspend from the indicator but if I press the power button and select suspend from the popup then it does not ask for password on resume. I cannot try closing the lid as suspend/resume via lid operation does

[Bug 847814] Re: the gnome-session dialog suspend option doesn't lock the screen

2011-10-03 Thread Colin Law
It does seem extremely similar to bug #859498, I see the NM disconnect for example. I am still seeing it with gnome-settings-daemon 3.2.0-0ubuntu4 if that is relevant. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-session in

[Bug 867556] [NEW] Oneiric mouse sensitivity no (or reversed) effect

2011-10-04 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: In Oneiric Beta up to date 4th Oct 2011 in Mouse and Touchpad settings Mouse Pointer Sensitivity seems to do little or nothing, at least when the Acceleration is low. When the accel is high then setting the sensitivity high apparently *reduces* the acceleration. Using

[Bug 867556] Re: Oneiric mouse sensitivity no (or reversed) effect

2011-10-04 Thread Colin Law
-- 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/867556 Title: Oneiric mouse sensitivity no (or reversed) effect To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 821098] Re: Cant change keyboard shortcuts

2011-10-05 Thread Colin Law
I had this problem but I think I have just found the cause. The comment at the bottom of the window says To edit a shortcut, click the row and hold down the new keys ... In fact you have to click the right hand end of the row where it shows the existing shortcut or Disabled. The text there then

[Bug 28052] Re: Improve mouse sensitivity and acceleration settings

2011-10-12 Thread Colin Law
Could someone clarify here, is all the above saying that it is known that the mouse sensitivity setting does nothing and that to make it do something is a wishlist item rather than a bug? Seeing this on 11.04 and 11.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 867556] Re: Oneiric mouse sensitivity no (or reversed) effect

2011-10-27 Thread Colin Law
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 28052 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/28052 Yes it is a duplicate. The key statement in the description is Sensitivity seems to do little or nothing, bug #20852 says the sensitivity has no effet whatsoever. If 20852 is fixed then this bug will also be

[Bug 761836] Re: Gtk-WARNING when running with sudo

2011-10-31 Thread Colin Law
The summary line for this bug should be changed to indicate that the problem also occurs when running gedit with gksudo as other bugs that refer to gksudo have been marked as duplicates of this one. Sudo should not be used with gedit of course, one should always gksudo. -- You received this

[Bug 761836] Re: Gtk-WARNING when running with sudo

2011-10-31 Thread Colin Law
After running a system for a while I find this symptom has disappeared. I assume that either the bug has been fixed or another app has dealt with the situation more intelligently and the file has been created successfully, so that the error is no longer seen when using gedit. -- You received

[Bug 868032] Re: nautilus progress window marked skipped, not managed by gnome-shell

2011-11-16 Thread Colin Law
I have taken the liberty of changing this back to incomplete as it seems to be fixed in Unity but not Unity-2d. To replicate, in Unity-2d: Open nautilus and start a file copy operation going. Note that the nautilus launcher now shows two markers for the two windows, but Alt-Tab does not show the

[Bug 868032] Re: nautilus progress window marked skipped, not managed by gnome-shell

2011-11-16 Thread Colin Law
DESKTOP_SESSION is ubuntu-2d I saw the note at the end of comment #11 that a specific test was being made for unity, and thought that the problem may be that this did not include 2d. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 868032] Re: nautilus progress window marked skipped, not managed by gnome-shell

2011-11-16 Thread Colin Law
OK, for the record, posted as bug #891169 on unity-2d. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868032 Title: nautilus progress window marked skipped, not managed by

[Bug 841085] Re: log viewer lists not log by default (incompatible with rsyslog)

2011-12-08 Thread Colin Law
I think it is important that the viewer defaults to showing something. It is very confusing for someone inexperienced with linux to open the log file viewer and find it completely empty. It is not obvious that one should use file open to see something. The gui interface is supposed to make it

[Bug 902940] [NEW] nautilus error 6 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3102.0

2011-12-11 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: In Oneiric alpha running in VirtualBox nautilus crashing regularly (though not always) on opening. dmesg shows nautilus[31311]: segfault at aaba ip 00be929e sp bfb75fa0 error 6 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3102.0[b7f000+f3000] ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04

[Bug 902940] Re: nautilus error 6 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3102.0

2011-12-11 Thread Colin Law
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/902940 Title: nautilus error 6 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3102.0 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 902940] Re: nautilus error 6 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3102.0

2011-12-13 Thread Colin Law
There is no crash report being generated and when the crash occurs I do not get the popup asking me if I want to report a problem. All that happens is that the nautilus icon in the launcher pulsates for a few seconds as normal then it stops, and in syslog I see the segfault message. I cannot see

[Bug 903845] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in g_timer_stop(), error 6 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3102.0

2011-12-13 Thread Colin Law
** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/903845 Title: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in strcpy(), error 6 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3102.0 To

[Bug 804891] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in g_timer_stop()

2011-12-13 Thread Colin Law
Bug #903845 may be related to this, or may be a duplicate. I have submitted it as a new bug as it occurs fairly consistently for me and in syslog/dmesg I see nautilus[31311]: segfault at aaba ip 00be929e sp bfb75fa0 error 6 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3102.0[b7f000+f3000] which is not something I

[Bug 902940] Re: nautilus error 6 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3102.0

2011-12-13 Thread Colin Law
OK, the next time it crashed it did ask me to report the crash, and it has generated a crash report, see bug #903845 Switching this one back to invalid again ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 821098] Re: Cant change keyboard shortcuts

2012-03-24 Thread Colin Law
Not for me with Custom Shortcuts it isn't. Using gnome-control-center 1:3.3.92-0ubuntu4 on Precise: System Settings Keyboard Shortcuts Custom Shortcuts Click + and enter name and command, Apply. The prompt at the bottom says to click a row and press keys. Clicking a row pops up the command

[Bug 821098] Re: Cant change keyboard shortcuts

2012-03-24 Thread Colin Law
For some reason Launchpad won't let me change the status back to Confirmed. -- 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/821098 Title: Cant change keyboard

[Bug 963731] Re: Fixing Bug #950136 has caused a confusing Displays interface

2012-03-24 Thread Colin Law
In Appearance Behaviour it would be in the same place as whether to hide the launcher, so all launcher config would be in the same place. On the other hand Displays is where the positioning of the displays is setup and there is the picture showing the layout, so in that case it is better there.

[Bug 821098] Re: Custom keyboard shortcuts require clicking the right side of the row

2012-03-24 Thread Colin Law
@Jeremy, yes it is much improved, I did not mean to indicate otherwise. The original bug as described is still there however. It is confusing to see a dialog showing the Custom Shortcuts which says To edit a shortcut, click the row and ... when in fact this does not work. Perhaps it would be

[Bug 821098] Re: Custom keyboard shortcuts require clicking the right side of the row

2012-03-24 Thread Colin Law
Jeremy, can you explain the relationship between upstream and Ubuntu with respect to this problem for me? Is this actually an upstream bug? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu.

[Bug 821098] Re: Custom keyboard shortcuts require clicking the right side of the row

2012-03-26 Thread Colin Law
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #672877 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672877 ** Also affects: gnome-control-center via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672877 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-24 Thread Colin Law
Just adding myself to the list of those who think moving the buttons is a bad idea. I am particularly concerned about friends and family that I have persuaded over to Ubuntu. It is easy enough for those who have commented here to switch the buttons back but less technical users will be confused

[Bug 905686] Re: nautilus assert failure: nautilus: ../../src/xcb_io.c:528: _XAllocID: Assertion `ret != inval_id' failed.

2012-03-05 Thread Colin Law
I triggered bug by typing into the new HUD in Unity-2d -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905686 Title: nautilus assert failure: nautilus: ../../src/xcb_io.c:528:

[Bug 708375] Re: Shotwell doesn't remember Hide photos already imported tickbox

2012-03-13 Thread Colin Law
Closing this as it has been fixed upstream ** Changed in: shotwell (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to shotwell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/708375 Title:

[Bug 708375] Re: Shotwell doesn't remember Hide photos already imported tickbox

2012-03-14 Thread Colin Law
Fixed upstream ** Changed in: shotwell Status: New = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to shotwell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/708375 Title: Shotwell doesn't remember Hide photos

[Bug 708375] Re: Shotwell doesn't remember Hide photos already imported tickbox

2012-03-14 Thread Colin Law
Removing automatic tracking to upstream bug http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/3090 as launchpad is unable to fetch the status from there ** Changed in: shotwell Importance: Unknown = Undecided ** Changed in: shotwell Remote watch: trac.yorba.org/ #3090 = None -- You received this bug

[Bug 708375] Re: Shotwell doesn't remember Hide photos already imported tickbox

2012-03-14 Thread Colin Law
Removing automatic tracking to upstream bug http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/3090 as launchpad is unable to fetch the status from there -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to shotwell in Ubuntu.

[Bug 878198] Re: Difficult to grab window borders in unity-2d

2012-01-06 Thread Colin Law
Just a note for anyone finding this that Alt+F8 can be used to grab the border for re-sizing and Alt+F7 for moving. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/878198 Title:

[Bug 922644] [NEW] Inconsistent behaviour shift or ctrl click in unfocussed nautilus window

2012-01-27 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: Problem 1, to replicate Open nautilus and another window (I used terminal but I think any will do), with both visible on display. Select List View in nautilus Click to select a file or folder Click in the other application's window Ctrl Click another file/folder in

[Bug 922644] Re: Inconsistent behaviour shift or ctrl click in unfocussed nautilus window

2012-01-27 Thread Colin Law
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/922644 Title: Inconsistent behaviour shift or ctrl click in unfocussed nautilus window To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 878198] Re: Difficult to grab window borders in unity-2d

2012-01-31 Thread Colin Law
Another workaround is to hack the theme itself. For the Ambiance theme edit /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/metacity-1/metacity-theme-1.xml and in the section starting frame_geometry name=frame_geometry_normal change left_width, right_width and bottom_height from 1 to 3. I have not tried it on the

[Bug 922644] Re: Inconsistent behaviour shift or ctrl click in unfocussed nautilus window

2012-02-01 Thread Colin Law
Following further tests I realise that this problem only appears when running Unity-2. All operates as expected when running 3d. I guess that this means it is not an upstream problem. ** Also affects: unity-2d Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 903845] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in strcpy(), error 6 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3102.0

2012-02-01 Thread Colin Law
I don't know, sadly I trashed my virtual machine and am not able to re- generate it at the moment. Looking at my description I note that I said it was an issue with Oneric whereas I meant Precise of course (as is noted in the system report. I will change the description. Perhaps the other

[Bug 1023471] [NEW] Nautilus Edit Preferences menu missing

2012-07-11 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: Using Nautilus 1:3.5.3-0ubuntu1 on up to date Quantal the Edit Preferences menu item is missing. If I start the HUD and type preferences then it is found (and works), though it is shown as a top level menu rather than under Edit. I am using Unity 2d but I assume that is

[Bug 1023471] Re: Nautilus Edit Preferences menu missing

2012-07-11 Thread Colin Law
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1023471 Title: Nautilus Edit Preferences menu missing To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1023471] Re: Nautilus Edit Preferences menu missing

2012-07-11 Thread Colin Law
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 999827 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/999827 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 999827 App menus aren't shown in the panel if the app is also exporting menus via dbusmenu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 999827] Re: App menus aren't shown in the panel if the app is also exporting menus via dbusmenu

2012-07-11 Thread Colin Law
For anyone looking for a workaround it appears that the missing nautilus items (new window, preferences etc) are accessible via the HUD. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 999827] Re: App menus aren't shown in the panel if the app is also exporting menus via dbusmenu

2012-07-11 Thread Colin Law
Does this bug also cause most of the nautilus menu items not to be available via the HUD, or is that a separate bug? Virtually none of them work for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 333366] Re: New windows of nautilus get unfocused

2012-07-16 Thread Colin Law
I don't know whether it is relevant but I am seeing the same issue with Tomboy (bug #1025166) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/66 Title: New windows of nautilus get unfocused To

[Bug 863834] Re: [regression] Suspend on lid close broken on Oneiric

2012-08-03 Thread Colin Law
@Michael, that worked perfectly for me (on Quantal). Many thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863834 Title: [regression] Suspend on lid close

[Bug 1033156] [NEW] HUD only works on first Nautilus window opened

2012-08-05 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: Using nautilus on Quantal alpha, up to date. If multiple Nautilus windows are opened then the HUD only shows nautilus menu items if invoked from the primary window. So to replicate: Open Nautilus on the home folder. Open another Nautilus window. Select the first nautilus

[Bug 1033156] Re: HUD only works on first Nautilus window opened

2012-08-05 Thread Colin Law
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1033156 Title: HUD only works on first Nautilus window opened To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1033160] [NEW] Cannot switch displays in System Settings Displays

2012-08-05 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: Running Quantal alpha up to date on dual display system. To replicate: Open System Settings Displays. The Displays window appears showing both displays, with one of them selected. Click the icon for the other display, it should become selected, but is not. Drag the

[Bug 1033160] Re: Cannot switch displays in System Settings Displays

2012-08-05 Thread Colin Law
-- 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/1033160 Title: Cannot switch displays in System Settings Displays To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1018981] Re: nautilus(quantal) will not display hidden files from search dialog box even when show hidden folders is enabled

2012-08-10 Thread Colin Law
Upstream bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=681602 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #681602 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=681602 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1018981] Re: nautilus(quantal) will not display hidden files from search dialog box even when show hidden folders is enabled

2012-08-10 Thread Colin Law
I am assuming that this bug refers to the quick search feature (if that is what it is called) where just starting to type a file or folder name filters names in the current folder. In which case it is not a duplicate of a long standing bug #334125

[Bug 1035091] Re: Search does not work

2012-08-11 Thread Colin Law
I see this too. In nautilus click on search icon and then All Files. Nothing is found whatever is typed in search field. Search within the folder works. ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1035091] Re: Search does not work

2012-08-11 Thread Colin Law
Possibly this is upstream bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=681587 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #681587 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=681587 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 863834] Re: [regression] Suspend on lid close broken on Oneiric

2012-08-14 Thread Colin Law
Actually having said that Michael's suggestion works perfectly is not strictly true. Firstly note that for me it works best if I set the actions in System Settings Power for lid close to Do Nothing, but even then I sometimes have problems with it not correctly recognising the external monitor on

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2012-08-21 Thread Colin Law
As I understand it unity-2d is to be removed in Quantal(12.10), emulation of 3d being provided by llvmpipe for hardware that does not support it, so that Unity (3d) will run. From that point of view it appears that this bug becomes irrelevant from 12.10. That is unless there are other use cases.

[Bug 1033160] Re: Cannot switch displays in System Settings Displays

2012-08-21 Thread Colin Law
** Tags added: multimonitor -- 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/1033160 Title: Cannot switch displays in System Settings Displays To manage notifications

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2012-08-22 Thread Colin Law
Steve: because this bug is only about unity 2d with metacity. If you have an issue on unity (3d) then it is a different bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160311

[Bug 792636] Re: Power section no longer allows configuration of when the lid is closed action in Oneiric

2011-09-12 Thread Colin Law
I would like to add myself to the list of those who think that there should be a setting for what happens when laptop lid is closed, in the hope that if enough users make the point then some action may be taken. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 847814] [NEW] Oneiric not asking for password after suspend / resume

2011-09-12 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: If Lock is set to Off in System Settings Screen then Oneiric does not ask for a password on suspend resume. A user that is required to enter a password at login/startup should always be asked for the password on resume. The situation for re-enabling the screen after a

[Bug 847814] Re: Oneiric not asking for password after suspend / resume

2011-09-12 Thread Colin Law
-- 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/847814 Title: Oneiric not asking for password after suspend / resume To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 847814] Re: Oneiric not asking for password after suspend / resume

2011-09-13 Thread Colin Law
It appears that this may be a resurrection of bug #446191 that was much discussed then fixed in Karmic but seems to be back for Oneiric. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu.

[Bug 878198] Re: Difficult to grab window borders

2012-10-29 Thread Colin Law
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 160311 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160311 Castor, Have you tried the workaround in comment #8? Also note that any comments should be on bug #160311 as this is a duplicate of that one. Since this bug report is only relevant to Unity-2d (which is not

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2012-11-05 Thread Colin Law
@Pere, I presume in fact you /did/ mean 12.10 as there was no 10.12. Since this bug is only for Unity-2d and there is no Unity-2d then this bug is not applicable to 12.10. If you are seeing it in the latest Unity then it is a different bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 995281] Re: glines segfault

2012-11-25 Thread Colin Law
Since there is a simple patch that appears to work it would be good if someone who knows how to do it could incorporate it. I suppose they all have more important issues to deal with however. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 1132063] [NEW] Mouse settings missing from Mouse Touchpad dialog

2013-02-23 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: On up to date Raring alpha, on System Settings Mouse Touchpad the Mouse settings are completely missing. The General and Touchpad sections are there but none for mouse. See attached screenshot. xinput --list shows ~$ xinput --list ⎡ Virtual core pointer

[Bug 1033156] Re: HUD only works on first Nautilus window opened

2013-02-23 Thread Colin Law
I reported this on Quantal alpha and now I am seeing it on Raring alpha. Is no-one else seeing this problem? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1033156 Title: HUD

[Bug 1132063] Re: Mouse settings missing from Mouse Touchpad dialog

2013-03-23 Thread Colin Law
Filippe, could you mark this as affects you too please? ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1160046] [NEW] terminal does not resize correctly after maximise by sliding to top panel

2013-03-25 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: On up to date Raring. To replicate Open gnome terminal Slide title bar to top panel to maximise window Slide away from top panel to restore it It should return to original size, but instead it remains near maximised size. If instead the terminal is maximised using the

[Bug 424956] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2013-03-30 Thread Colin Law
Running Raring, not doing anything obvious with Nautilus at the time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/424956 Title: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise() To manage

[Bug 424956] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2013-04-06 Thread Colin Law
@Bernadette click on the green text near the top where it says This bug affects ... Also you can click on the green link on the rhs where it says Not Subscribed and you can get notified when something happens. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 1174529] [NEW] Nautilus searches All Files when it should search Home

2013-04-29 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: To replicate, on Raring Open Nautilus on the users Home folder. Click in the right hand pane Type, for example, the word down Nautilus shows the results of searching for 'down' in All Files even though Home is selected to the right of the search window. It should only show

[Bug 1178933] [NEW] Time drifting when set to update Automatically from Internet

2013-05-11 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: On Ubuntu 12.04 desktop, in System Settings Time Date, when the time is set to update Automatically from Internet it syncs once but then drifts out over a period of days. In Syslog I can see that ntpdate is called on boot but is never called again. I have seen suggestions

[Bug 1194546] Re: gnome-session-properties crashed with signal 5 in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__BOXEDv()

2013-08-07 Thread Colin Law
Running gnome-session-terminal in a terminal gives: (gnome-session-properties:7544): Gtk-ERROR **: GtkBox child GtkScrolledWindow minimum width: -1 0 for height 331 Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 1132063] Re: Mouse settings missing from Mouse Touchpad dialog

2013-08-21 Thread Colin Law
Does anybody know when this is likely to be released? It was committed three months ago. The problem still exists even in Saucy daily. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1132063] Re: Mouse settings missing from Mouse Touchpad dialog

2013-08-21 Thread Colin Law
@Sebastien, I just assumed that since it was marked committed that it was. -- 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/1132063 Title: Mouse settings missing from

[Bug 1233189] [NEW] Turn screen off when inactive always shows Never

2013-09-30 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: On up to date Saucy Beta. To replicate Open System Settings Brightness Lock Set Turn screen off when inactive for: to, for example, 10 minutes. Close Brightness Lock and reopen it. What should happen: The time should show 10 minutes What does happen: It shows Never. The

[Bug 1233189] Re: Turn screen off when inactive always shows Never

2013-09-30 Thread Colin Law
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1228939 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1228939 Sorry about not noticing this was a dup. There was a typo in the title of bug #1228939 so my search did not bring it up. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 1228939] Re: The turn screen off when inactive for option is not saved

2013-09-30 Thread Colin Law
** Summary changed: - The turn screen off when intactive for option is not saved + The turn screen off when inactive for option is not saved -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu.

[Bug 863834] Re: [regression] Suspend on lid close broken on Oneiric

2013-09-30 Thread Colin Law
This is fixed for me in Saucy, it now suspends when the lid is closed, even with external monitor, without the workarounds. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1242589] [NEW] Shotwell crashed while deleting images

2013-10-21 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: Running 0.15.0-0ubuntu1 on Saucy, while deleting images (stepping through then and hitting del key) shotwell froze and the screen darkened for maybe 30 seconds. The disk was chattering and I suspect it was grabbing large amounts of memory and causing disk swapping. It then

[Bug 1242589] Re: Shotwell crashed while deleting images

2013-10-24 Thread Colin Law
Is there not some of that in the crash report? Is it possible to get a stack trace after the event? It has only done it once. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to shotwell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1242589

[Bug 1174529] Re: Nautilus searches All Files when it should search Home

2013-12-05 Thread Colin Law
Christian, yes I see you are correct, it shows files in the current folder and below. I find that very confusing, but I suppose it is probably as designed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1228939] Re: The turn screen off when inactive for option is not saved

2014-01-06 Thread Colin Law
KeithG that is a different bug. Read the first sentence of the description. This bug is that the selection cannot be saved. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1277013] [NEW] Launcher icon size missing from System Settings, Appearance

2014-02-06 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: Since a recent update to 12.04 the Launcher Icon Size adjustment is missing from System Settings Appearance. The launcher icons seem to have reverted to full size. The problem is seen for all users on the machine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package:

[Bug 1277013] Re: Launcher icon size missing from System Settings, Appearance

2014-02-06 Thread Colin Law
I see now that I had completely mis-diagnosed the problem. In fact the problem is that the system is reverting to Unity-2D and if I select 'Ubuntu' at login then it is still using 2D, so the issue is not with the settings at all (I assume that icon size is not adjustable on 2D). The system was

[Bug 1277013] Re: Launcher icon size missing from System Settings, Appearance

2014-02-06 Thread Colin Law
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1277013/+attachment/3971123/+files/Xorg.0.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in

[Bug 1224732] Re: Custom keyboard shortcuts don't work

2014-02-22 Thread Colin Law
@Rob that is a different bug #821098. You have to click where it says Disabled and then hit the key combination you want. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1224732] Re: Custom keyboard shortcuts don't work

2014-04-20 Thread Colin Law
For me on 14.04 this problem is fixed. -- 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/1224732 Title: Custom keyboard shortcuts don't work To manage notifications

[Bug 1322661] [NEW] Shotwell crash when deleting photos

2014-05-23 Thread Colin Law
Public bug reported: Shotwell running on up to date Ubuntu 14.04 sometimes crashes when deleting photos. This did not happen before upgrading from 13.10 Reported upstream https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730336 where there is a gdb backtrace. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu

[Bug 1322661] Re: Shotwell crash when deleting photos

2014-05-23 Thread Colin Law
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #730336 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730336 ** Also affects: shotwell via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730336 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1224732] Re: Custom default keyboard shortcuts don't work

2014-07-04 Thread Colin Law
Martin Spacek if default shortcuts are not working then you are seeing a different bug. Note that the description of how to reproduce the bug is specifically about custom ones. You would be better to post a new bug and revert the description of this one to its previous text. -- You received

[Bug 1224732] Re: Custom default keyboard shortcuts don't work

2014-07-05 Thread Colin Law
Martin, the bug as described in the bug description is not random and does not affect default shortcuts. Any other problems should be reported separately, whatever others have commented. Apart from anything else it is always better to report a new bug unless it is absolutely clear that one is

[Bug 1224732] Re: Custom default keyboard shortcuts don't work

2014-07-06 Thread Colin Law
@Martin, I am not going to get involved in an argument, I am only trying to help. I suspect the reason this bug is no longer getting attention is that the devs looked at it months ago and since the bug as described (custom shortcuts not working) was no longer showing itself they have lost

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