[Bug 793330] Re: Notifications are no longer using append or replace

2011-06-05 Thread Dylan McCall
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/793330 Title: Notifications are no longer using append or replace -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 612643] Re: Blender will not work without libavutil49

2010-08-02 Thread Dylan McCall
Why is this bug filed against gvfs? Looks like either some regression in libavutil, or blender needs a new package dependency. -- Blender will not work without libavutil49 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/612643 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 612643] Re: Blender will not work without libavutil49

2010-08-02 Thread Dylan McCall
Okay, just tested this out on a computer with up to date Maverick installed… First of all, Blender depends on libavutil49 OR libavutil-extra-49. By default, installing it will pull in libavutil49 if the dependency isn't already satisfied. Runs happily with libavutil49, as you mentioned.

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

2010-09-04 Thread Dylan McCall
It would be helpful to know what is wrong with the current approach, which has changed considerably from two years ago. The default themes now have a _considerably large_ hotspot for resizing on all four corners of every window. From my perspective, this problem feels like it's solved (though

[Bug 588298] Re: non-user-friendly preferences string: Top Posting Option (not Recommended)

2010-06-03 Thread Dylan McCall
While you're at it, the string is also redundant. Of course it's an option; it is In The Preferences! It is terribly inconsistent from a UI design stance. It doesn't make sense to accompany a label with another label that introduces it. If the former doesn't stand on its own, something is wrong

[Bug 542345] Re: gdm crashes when it encounters a .desktop session file it can't read

2010-06-09 Thread Dylan McCall
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Confirmed -- gdm crashes when it encounters a .desktop session file it can't read https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542345 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu.

[Bug 542345] Re: gdm crashes when it encounters a .desktop session file it can't read

2010-06-09 Thread Dylan McCall
Brian Cameron (one of the GDM guys) says this issue is not happening for him with stock upstream gdm! Ubuntu's GDM is currently at version 2.30.0, but upstream's latest stable release is 2.30.2 [1]. It fixes a fair assortment of issues, so upgrading to it could magically cure this bug (among

Re: [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult [please no more comments; patches welcome]

2010-09-26 Thread Dylan McCall
I have made an error in my comments to this bug report. I would like to ask the people experiencing this to try what I described (resizing from the corners) with Metacity (desktop effects disabled), not Compiz. Metacity seems to behave considerably better here than Compiz, where the extended

[Bug 647127] Re: Persistent compositing glitches

2010-09-28 Thread Dylan McCall
I'm confirming this. It has happened for a while now on two machines running Ubuntu 10.10. One is a netbook with Intel graphics, the other has Nvidia graphics (and the problem occurs with both free and proprietary drivers). So, it isn't a driver problem ;) ** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu)

[Bug 477233] Re: Network Error on any new Google Talk account

2010-09-30 Thread Dylan McCall
I'm seeing this again in Maverick, and solved it with the workaround above. Can anyone confirm that? -- Network Error on any new Google Talk account https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477233 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee.

[Bug 538761] Re: the volume changed sound effects don't work on Ubuntu

2010-03-27 Thread Dylan McCall
Working on sound support for notify-osd in bug #549900. Should lead in to a nice resolution for this bug :) (Although it'll need some additional trickery beyond what is there; right now the sound would only play once, when the bubble first appears). -- the volume changed sound effects don't

[Bug 538761] Re: the volume changed sound effects don't work on Ubuntu

2010-03-27 Thread Dylan McCall
The reason I'm doing that is it's already specified as something libnotify should support, so my patch is to implement that support. Although, indeed, not trouble to use Canberra from the source. Come to think of it, now you've paused me for a moment, it would make more sense to not use the

[Bug 538761] Re: the volume changed sound effects don't work on Ubuntu

2010-03-29 Thread Dylan McCall
Just received the update here. I can confirm it's working well it's consistent with upstream. Thank you, Chris! :) -- the volume changed sound effects don't work on Ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538761 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 554923] [NEW] Ugly dialog box appears for low battery warnings

2010-04-03 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager My battery was running low today and I observed a number of terribly, awful looking dialogs. I believe these are notify-osd's fallbacks, which should not be trusted and loudly scream FIX ME! (by replacing them with solutions

[Bug 554923] Re: Ugly dialog box appears for low battery warnings

2010-04-03 Thread Dylan McCall
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43019674/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43019677/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43019678/Dependencies.txt **

[Bug 554923] Re: Ugly dialog box appears for low battery warnings

2010-04-03 Thread Dylan McCall
** Attachment added: Screenshot of the offending dialog http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43020180/bad-popup.png -- Ugly dialog box appears for low battery warnings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554923 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 560118] Re: Regression: window close button now more difficult to hit

2010-04-10 Thread Dylan McCall
There was incentive for this change and a decision was reached. If you wish to discuss it, see bug #558327. Nobody wants a chain of yes, no, yes, no bug reports. ** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- Regression: window close button now more difficult to hit

[Bug 558327] Re: Window close button is clickable anywhere in the corner

2010-04-10 Thread Dylan McCall
More likely, in my view: The human theme has a very visible prelight for the close button. The Ambience theme does not; there is really no way to tell whether you are hovering over (or even clicking) the button unless you're a pixel counter :b Thus, one could have the pointer positioned at the

[Bug 542345] Re: gdm crashes when it encounters a .desktop session file it can't read

2010-04-11 Thread Dylan McCall
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #615462 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=615462 ** Also affects: gdm via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=615462 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- gdm crashes when it encounters a .desktop session file it can't read

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

2010-04-11 Thread Dylan McCall
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 2:48 PM, James P. Carter james.p.car...@gmail.com wrote: FYI, As of 04/11/2010 the following is also NOT true. I have switched back and forth from various themes... all buttons are on the left... always! Hi James, Please file a separate bug report for this issue; it

[Bug 493762] Re: Hide shortcut keys in menus

2010-01-12 Thread Dylan McCall
Fun trivia: Maemo (used on Nokia N810, N900, etc) hides shortcut text when the keyboard is closed, shows it when the keyboard is open. Windows does similar stuff with the mnemonics (which are indicated by underlines): they are only shown when Alt is being pressed, then some newer applications

[Bug 493762] Re: Hide shortcut keys in menus

2010-01-12 Thread Dylan McCall
** Description changed: This is a continuation of a discussion from: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/403691 Why not hide the Control+Commands on drop down menus in the same way? That would reduce a hell of a lot of visual noise for something that - let's be

[Bug 506659] [NEW] unpredictable, confusing accounts popup upon clicking spinner widget beside status box

2010-01-12 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: empathy In Empathy, there is a spinner widget beside the account status box. Currently, clicking this widget causes the Accounts dialog box to appear. There are some problems with this design: * There is no indication that the widget is clickable. (No

[Bug 506659] Re: unpredictable, confusing accounts popup upon clicking spinner widget beside status box

2010-01-12 Thread Dylan McCall
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #606806 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606806 ** Also affects: empathy via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606806 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- unpredictable, confusing accounts popup upon clicking spinner

[Bug 489478] Re: user-defined shortcuts for applications in panel disappear/rearrange

2010-01-15 Thread Dylan McCall
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 44082 GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 44082 GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some

[Bug 138194] Re: Closing lid during initial shutdown causes notebook to suspend

2010-01-16 Thread Dylan McCall
om26er: Do you have sleep on lid close enabled? This will only happen in those cases. I think this MAY be easily resolved by inhibiting sleep via devicekit- power. In addition, we could have the shutdown countdown watch the org.freedesktop.DeviceKit.Power 'LidIsClosed' property and shut down

[Bug 501209] Re: slow keys dialog box is misleading

2010-01-16 Thread Dylan McCall
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 342567 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/342567 om26er, I disagree with marking this invalid. This is easily resolved by having our downstream gnome-settings-daemon only create a sticky keys dialogue, instead of trying to generate a libnotify popup. (It

[Bug 342567] Re: Sticky Keys and Slow Keys popups ignore notification daemon capabilities

2010-01-16 Thread Dylan McCall
Filed a new upstream bug report on this particular issue (instead of a related one :/). I'm changing the remote watch to fit. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #607155 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607155 ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon Status: New = Unknown **

[Bug 342567] Re: Sticky Keys and Slow Keys popups ignore notification daemon capabilities

2010-01-16 Thread Dylan McCall
As per MPT's comments, this was also discussed upstream: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=575905 Came to the conclusion that the alert dialog is, in fact, an intentional change for a good reason (although, personally, I think it would be better if Metacity was patched or new

[Bug 138194] Re: Closing lid during initial shutdown causes notebook to suspend

2010-01-16 Thread Dylan McCall
Hi again, Vish :) The same usability issue strikes gnome-session's own dialogue, too. (You get that when you tap the power button). So, it is applicable upstream, but there are actually two separate projects. The most important one in our case is the downstream one triggered by

[Bug 138194] Re: Closing lid during initial shutdown causes notebook to suspend

2010-01-16 Thread Dylan McCall
** Also affects: indicator-session (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Closing lid during initial shutdown causes notebook to suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138194 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 138194] Re: Closing lid during initial shutdown causes notebook to suspend

2010-01-16 Thread Dylan McCall
** Changed in: indicator-session (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- Closing lid during initial shutdown causes notebook to suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138194 You received this bug notification

[Bug 138194] Re: Closing lid during initial shutdown causes notebook to suspend

2010-01-16 Thread Dylan McCall
The fix will lie in indicator-session/src/gtk-logout-helper, which is part of a separate program that indicator-session calls to trigger the log out, shutdown or restart dialog. It will need to use Gnome Session Manager to inhibit sleeping, only uninhibiting when it wants to (when the dialog

[Bug 138194] Re: Closing lid during initial shutdown causes notebook to suspend

2010-01-16 Thread Dylan McCall
** Branch linked: lp:~dylanmccall/indicator-session/bug138194 -- Closing lid during initial shutdown causes notebook to suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138194 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in

[Bug 138194] Re: Closing lid during initial shutdown causes notebook to suspend

2010-01-16 Thread Dylan McCall
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #593972 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593972 ** Also affects: gnome-session via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593972 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Closing lid during initial shutdown causes notebook to

[Bug 501518] Re: gnome-screensaver doesn't follow setting to increase blank screen interval

2010-01-16 Thread Dylan McCall
I have a hunch here, but no hardware to test it right now. Could you try hitting the Set Default button (and follow the prompt to set that as system-wide default), and let us know if that changes the situation? -- gnome-screensaver doesn't follow setting to increase blank screen interval

[Bug 410792] Re: Rhythmbox: Song progress and Search bars should be in the same VBox

2010-01-26 Thread Dylan McCall
Very much opposed to this change. The alignment of the search box and filters with the music library communicates that the two are related. By pushing it over, with the currently playing track stealing the highlight (assuming a left-to-right locale) to boot, that doesn't happen. This VBox now has

Re: [Bug 437429] Re: No GUI to configure/disable login sound

2010-01-30 Thread Dylan McCall
Those seeking a GUI workaround, there is a solution! You just need to pick a different sound theme. Unfortunately there's next to no selection, but you can install the package sound-theme-freedesktop (the one Fedora uses), which is VERY tastefully done. Ubuntu's is a tad out of date vs. Fedora (no

[Bug 449374] Re: Log File Viewer contains many rarely used logs

2010-02-03 Thread Dylan McCall
I really don't understand how hiding system logs from the GUI will help users solve problems. I can see it causing additional problems, however, where users are asked to provide certain logs, can't find them in the GUI log viewer and need to dig in to the command line (or navigate to /var/log in

[Bug 493762] Re: Hide shortcut keys in menus

2010-02-08 Thread Dylan McCall
Following upstream's assessment of this (in gnome bug 604315), I am adding human-gtk-theme to the bug report. It is possible to style the GtkAccelLabel to achieve the desired effect. Here is Moblin doing it: http://bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=151627 May be worth discussing on

[Bug 563226] Re: Nautilus Ctrl+Q to close all windows instead of Ctrl+Shift+W

2010-04-15 Thread Dylan McCall
** Also affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Nautilus Ctrl+Q to close all windows instead of Ctrl+Shift+W https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563226 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 508214] Re: Bastard mode in Quadrapassel should be renamed

2010-04-29 Thread Dylan McCall
I know string changes are difficult, but given the complete lack of movement upstream on this, perhaps it would be worth targeting this to 10.04.1? It's a pretty embarrassing issue, especially given that the games selection has been trimmed down, drawing considerably more attention to

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

2010-04-30 Thread Dylan McCall
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Avetik Topchyan topch...@yahoo.com wrote: @Shane Fagan: I disagree that this is not a big deal. This is about user-friendly vs. difficult. I don't think that your positioning buttons to left corner by default counts as innovation. Not providing users an easy

[Bug 25977] Re: places menu should include the trash as a place

2010-05-04 Thread Dylan McCall
It also feels like a consistency issue. The Go menu in Nautilus, as well as its Places sidebar, lists Deleted Items. Other than that one item, the Places menu has similar content. -- places menu should include the trash as a place https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/25977 You received this bug

[Bug 447575] [NEW] Language / keyboard / session chooser widgets become misaligned with long session names

2009-10-09 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm Upon installing the gnome-stracciatella-session, for example, the Session selector combo box in gdm is stretched to fit that (rather long) session name. This is really problematic, because on a netbook it pushes the language and keyboard options to

[Bug 447575] Re: Language / keyboard / session chooser widgets become misaligned with long session names

2009-10-09 Thread Dylan McCall
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33376109/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33376110/XsessionErrors.txt -- Language / keyboard / session chooser widgets become misaligned with long session names

[Bug 444881] Re: [Karmic] Battery monitor applet doesn't show battery remaining time

2009-10-15 Thread Dylan McCall
** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- [Karmic] Battery monitor applet doesn't show battery remaining time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/444881 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 444881] Re: [Karmic] Battery monitor applet doesn't show battery remaining time

2009-10-15 Thread Dylan McCall
I can confirm this bug on an HP Mini 1035nr netbook. Given our rather different bits of hardware, it strikes me as reasonably possible that it affects a larger selection of HP computers. Something particularly interesting to note is that the lack of 'time remaining' info means that

Re: [Bug 444881] Re: [Karmic] Battery monitor applet doesn't show battery remaining time

2009-11-16 Thread Dylan McCall
It has been confirmed that this specific issue is very real. Therefore, I ask that anything with different symptoms be filed in different bug reports. (This includes gnome-power-manager reporting inaccurate battery level percentages. In this case, it knows the percentage). The bug is not present

[Bug 444881] Re: [Karmic] Battery monitor applet doesn't show battery remaining time

2009-11-18 Thread Dylan McCall
** Also affects: devicekit-power (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [Karmic] Battery monitor applet doesn't show battery remaining time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/444881 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 891622] Re: Alt+Right-click doesn't work on gnome-panel when running compiz

2012-05-14 Thread Dylan McCall
** Description changed: With Metacity I can righ-click on Gnome (fallback) panel and add applets, but that doesn't work if I run compiz instead of Metacity. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-panel 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu

[Bug 1009183] [NEW] Totem attempts to open a swf file and fails horribly

2012-06-05 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: Steps to reproduce: * Download a Flash swf file and save it somewhere. Here is one: http://www.swftools.org/swfc/box.swf * With a default, out of the box Ubuntu install, double click that swf file to open it. * Totem will open with an error dialog saying GStreamer

[Bug 1009183] Re: Totem attempts to open a swf file and fails horribly

2012-06-05 Thread Dylan McCall
** Attachment added: Screenshot of Totem after opening a swf file from http://www.swftools.org/swfc/box.swf; https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1009183/+attachment/3176630/+files/Screenshot%20from%202012-06-05%2012%3A30%3A30.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 860281] Re: Always showing Open Shotwell button for SD Card storage can be harmful

2011-10-06 Thread Dylan McCall
Shotwell's behaviour of showing images from all over the card is a bug in Shotwell, being tracked over here: http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/1903 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 846481] Re: 123

2011-10-06 Thread Dylan McCall
Hi Maks! Did you intend to file a bug report? If so, it looks like it got lost somehow. If you'd like, you can edit the title and summary on Launchpad, or file a new one. For now, I'm marking this bug report invalid because there's nothing here :) ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status:

[Bug 821765] Re: The user account password requirements should be less strict

2011-10-12 Thread Dylan McCall
Thanks :) Oh, some ways to reproduce this: Try changing to the password “a1.” You will be told that the password is too simple. (Interestingly, this doesn't happen with “password,” perhaps because it exceeds the length requirement). Try to enter a new password that contains a subset of your

[Bug 741928] Re: In XSession name, parentheses in Ubuntu (no effects) mess with sorting in GDM

2011-10-20 Thread Dylan McCall
This is no longer an issue because the session names changed at some point since the bug was reported. I'm marking this as invalid so it doesn't confuse anybody. ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a

Re: [Bug 814799] Re: It is possible to create a new tab on the desktop window with Ctrl + T

2011-10-25 Thread Dylan McCall
Same result here. Thanks, Martin :) On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Fitoschido fitosch...@gmail.com wrote: I can confirm that the proposed version of nautilus no longer allows to use Ctrl+T in the desktop. ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You

[Bug 975636] [NEW] Trouble setting library location to Pictures/Photos

2012-04-06 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: At some point, I believe since upgrading to Shotwell 0.12.1, my library location change from /home/dylan/Pictures/Photos (which I think I had set myself) to /home/dylan/Pictures. So, Shotwell began importing photos to the wrong place. Setting the location _back_ has proven

[Bug 975636] Re: Trouble setting library location to Pictures/Photos

2012-04-06 Thread Dylan McCall
** Attachment added: Screenshot from 2012-04-06 17:45:14.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/975636/+attachment/3019912/+files/Screenshot%20from%202012-04-06%2017%3A45%3A14.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 934335] Re: Please move preferences -directory icons to hicolor

2012-04-09 Thread Dylan McCall
** Also affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - Please move preferences -directory icons to hicolor + GNOME Control Center category icons only work for Ambiance and Radiance. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 950235] Re: icons don't show up in system settings

2012-04-09 Thread Dylan McCall
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 934335 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/934335 Robert, this happens with the Adwaita theme, with the High Contrast theme, and with many other themes that are provided in the repositories. This is a duplicate of a bug report I wrote a while ago, but I had

[Bug 533040] [NEW] Please enable sounds by default

2010-03-05 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-games With the update of various games in gnome-games to use Clutter, they are much more visually appealing, animated and exciting feeling. When sounds are enabled, they seem to synchronize better with what is happening and add life to the scene.

[Bug 533040] Re: Please enable sounds by default

2010-03-05 Thread Dylan McCall
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40288751/Dependencies.txt -- Please enable sounds by default https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/533040 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-games in

[Bug 519804] Re: icons not aligned in the indicator

2010-03-08 Thread Dylan McCall
Omer, this is NOT the proper behaviour. See this document, which clearly specifies that the current appearance is incorrect. There is a mockup of what the correct implementation should be: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CustomStatusMenuDesignGuidelines Curiously, the prominently labelled misbehaviour

[Bug 538761] [NEW] please play volume change sound effect (audio-volume-change) when volume is changed, like upstream

2010-03-14 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon First of all, a quick introduction to the (unfortunately not very well- known) component we have had for a few releases now, called libCanberra, which is used for sound events in the same style as icons. In upstream's

[Bug 538761] Re: please play volume change sound effect (audio-volume-change) when volume is changed, like upstream

2010-03-14 Thread Dylan McCall
Thanks for the help, Chris. Lack of cleverness on my part :) Just updated the bug description to get rid of that error. ** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon First of all, a quick introduction to the (unfortunately not very well- known) component we have

[Bug 342567] Re: Sticky Keys and Slow Keys popups ignore notification daemon capabilities

2010-03-16 Thread Dylan McCall
Eek! That jogged my memory :) The fallback patch was discussed in upstream Bugzilla, at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607155 . Jens pointed out that it needs some tidying, then I managed to forget all about it. As was also discussed, the dialog box is slightly tricky (and

[Bug 542345] [NEW] gdm crashes when it encounters a .desktop session file it can't read

2010-03-19 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm I noticed this via bug #542338, but I am filing it separately since I believe it is a different issue. Right now, if I select the Sugar session to log in with in GDM, it crashes horribly. This is simply upon choosing the Sugar option in the combo

[Bug 542345] Re: gdm crashes when it encounters a .desktop session file it can't read

2010-03-19 Thread Dylan McCall
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41347121/Dependencies.txt -- gdm crashes when it encounters a .desktop session file it can't read https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542345 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 807797] [NEW] Please use a dialog instead of libnotify for hard disk failure warnings

2011-07-08 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: When gnome-disk-utility detects a failing hard drive, it uses libnotify to warn the user. It assumes that the notification will look and behave like one of notification-daemon's notifications: a simple, unobtrusive popup with a single action button that says Examine. With

[Bug 807797] Re: Please use a dialog instead of libnotify for hard disk failure warnings

2011-07-08 Thread Dylan McCall
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected natty running-unity ** Description changed: - When gnome-disk-utility detects a failing hard drive, it uses libnotify - to warn the user. It assumes that the notification will look and behave - like one of notification-daemon's notifications: a

[Bug 807797] Re: Please use a dialog instead of libnotify for hard disk failure warnings

2011-07-08 Thread Dylan McCall
Thanks for the quick comment, roadmr. Apport stuff should be coming in a second, and just to clarify I am running Ubuntu 11.04 with the stock Unity session. This bug report is about a general UX issue that should affect every Ubuntu system equally, not how it is behaving on my system in

[Bug 807797] Re: Please use a dialog instead of libnotify for hard disk failure warnings

2011-07-09 Thread Dylan McCall
Thanks, Daniel. I sent it upstream, over here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654301 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #654301 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654301 ** Also affects: gnome-disk-utility via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654301

[Bug 811208] [NEW] Shell is not resizable, too big for small screens

2011-07-15 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: With Ubuntu's patches to Gnome Control Center, lots of new sections are being added. This has reached the point where the main window is quite tall. It is now 675x643 pixels, which is too big for some smaller netbooks (like the 1024x600 Dell Mini 10). To resolve this, the

[Bug 921061] Re: Improve appearance of category headers

2012-02-17 Thread Dylan McCall
Tobias, that's due to this patch: https://code.launchpad.net/~agateau/gnome-menus/directory-suffix/+merge/91663 I filed bug #934335 asking to move the icons to hicolor, so other icon themes don't need to worry about all of this. There is also probably a bug to file against gnome-control-center.

[Bug 934361] [NEW] Appearance settings looks awkward outside Unity

2012-02-17 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: Using Gnome Shell, Appearance Settungs looks quite broken. It is still using the patched settings panel (which was designed for Unity), but with various elements unceremoniously removed. The horizontal separator above Theme is off balance, especially with the Adwaita theme.

[Bug 934361] Re: Appearance settings looks awkward outside Unity

2012-02-17 Thread Dylan McCall
** Attachment added: Screenshot of Appearance panel while using Gnome Shell https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/934361/+attachment/2749538/+files/Screenshot%20at%202012-02-17%2009%3A33%3A15.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 936257] Re: the system settings grid shouldn't use a fixed geometry

2012-02-20 Thread Dylan McCall
John, the window is not user resizable, but it does use layout containers. (It's really hard not to with Gtk). If you change the font size in the Universal Access panel, the window should scale to fit all of its controls. After changing the font size, are you seeing cut off widgets? Can you point

[Bug 937397] [NEW] Breadcrumb buttons are always the same size

2012-02-20 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: Steps to reproduce: - Open System Settings. - Watching the All Settings button, open Mouse and Touchpad. - Note that the All Settings button has expanded to match the size of the Mouse and Touchpad breadcrumb. The breadcrumb buttons appear to be inside a homogeneous box,

[Bug 934076] Re: [breadcrumb] need visual tweaks to the buttons

2012-02-20 Thread Dylan McCall
Based on the merge request's comment, shouldn't this bug report be pointed at light-themes? -- 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/934076 Title: [breadcrumb]

[Bug 940483] [NEW] Privacy Policy button should be a hyperlink

2012-02-24 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: The Privacy Panel has a new Diagnostics tab, with a button that says “Privacy Policy.” Buttons are generally labelled for the actions they perform. See the HIG on buttons: http://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/3.0 /controls-buttons.html.en, which specifies “Label all buttons

[Bug 945192] [NEW] Tabs in Appearance panel are poorly aligned

2012-03-02 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: Under Unity, the Appearance panel has a GtkNotebook with separate Look and Behaviour pages. The margin around this notebook is half of the margin around the toolbar, creating a cluttery effect. In addition, it is not following the guidelines established in the HIG, and it

[Bug 945192] Re: Tabs in Appearance panel are poorly aligned

2012-03-02 Thread Dylan McCall
** Attachment added: Screenshot of Appearance panel while using Unity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945192/+attachment/2803125/+files/Screenshot%20at%202012-03-02%2014%3A07%3A36.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 949210] Re: mouse scroll wheel not working in gnome-terminal

2012-03-07 Thread Dylan McCall
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 948612 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948612 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 948612 gnome-terminal does not scroll with mousewheel -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

Re: [Bug 844081] Re: Unity Greeter - Background of the Unity Greeter should reflect the background chosen by the user that is currently selected

2012-01-19 Thread Dylan McCall
I'm thinking of it like this: the background picture in 12.04 is a personal touch in the same sense as your name or your profile picture. It is part of your public profile, and it's a way for the OS to say “this belongs to Bob.” (It works like this in lots of popular web services, for what it's

[Bug 926509] [NEW] New Terminal and Terminal both do the same thing

2012-02-03 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: When I right click the Terminal icon in Unity's launcher, I am greeted by two options. First, New Terminal. Then, Terminal in bold. These buttons both do the same thing when the application is not running. When it is running, Terminal focuses the terminal application and New

[Bug 926509] Re: New Terminal and Terminal both do the same thing

2012-02-03 Thread Dylan McCall
** Attachment added: Screenshot of redundant quicklist items for Terminal https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/926509/+attachment/2712731/+files/Unity-NewTerminal-Terminal.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 926521] [NEW] Page Get Help Online points to Launchpad Answers for Yelp

2012-02-03 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: If a user is a reading help page and goes to the Page menu, he will see Get Help Online amidst the options. This sounds quite appealing. Clicking that button leads here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yelp That is not a page for getting help online: it is a

[Bug 926521] Re: Page Get Help Online points to Launchpad Answers for Yelp

2012-02-03 Thread Dylan McCall
Oops, I somehow was looking at that page wrong. As it turns out, there are hundreds of people there asking for help with general Ubuntu problems (as I was _expecting_ to see and somehow thought I didn't), and there is an admirable effort to answer peoples' questions, even though none of them have

[Bug 1028754] Re: No GUI on gnome-control-center to config a Touchpad on a Desktop

2012-07-25 Thread Dylan McCall
I'm just going to edit out everything after the Moreover in your bug description. The first bit definitely sounds like a bug to me, but the rest is a completely separate issue that gets its own priority level, patch, assignee and status. Generally, a bug report should represent a single task ;)

[Bug 975636] Re: Trouble setting library location to Pictures/Photos

2012-08-16 Thread Dylan McCall
Yes, ~/Pictures/Photos exists and contains lots and lots of photos from before Shotwell went senile ;) I guess one detail I didn't mention is that _some_ folders in my home folder are symlinks to a larger hard drive (while everything else lives on an SSD). ~/Pictures and ~/Pictures/Photos,

Re: [Bug 975636] Re: Trouble setting library location to Pictures/Photos

2012-08-16 Thread Dylan McCall
Pantelis, Shotwell uses dconf now, not gconf. So you need to use gsettings and dconf-editor to get at Shotwell's stored settings. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to shotwell in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1040193] [NEW] Redundant ubuntu-online-accounts and gnome-online-accounts panels using a session other than Unity

2012-08-22 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: To reproduce this, close gnome-control-center and run the following command: env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME gnome-control-center Note that there are two Online Accounts panels: one for ubuntu-online- accounts and one for gnome-online-accounts. This is very unpleasant. These

[Bug 1042409] [NEW] Install Updates button in Details panel leads to redundant check for updates

2012-08-27 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: When I open the Details settings panel, I can click the Install Updates button on the bottom right when updates are available. When I click that button, Update Manager opens and (as is the default behaviour) begins checking for updates. This does not fit nicely with the label

[Bug 1042455] Re: Unable to set Nickserv password in IRC account options

2012-08-27 Thread Dylan McCall
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[Bug 1042455] [NEW] Unable to set Nickserv password in IRC account options

2012-08-27 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: In the options for an IRC account, I can only set an identifier and an alias. In Ubuntu 12.04, empathy-accounts provides a Password field to automatically authenticate with Nickserv, but that field is missing here. So, there is no way to set a password within the Online

[Bug 1042409] Re: Install Updates button in Details panel leads to redundant check for updates

2012-08-27 Thread Dylan McCall
I'm not Matthew, of course, but I wonder if the auto-update could kick in only if it's been 5 minutes since the last check? :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1035261] Re: Port compiz to gsettings and consequently remove unity-2d

2012-09-04 Thread Dylan McCall
I'm using gnome-control-center 3.4.2-0ubuntu13, and the Theme selection in Appearance settings changes the GTK theme and not the WM theme. I'm seeing the same with gnome-tweak-tool 3.5.5-0ubuntu1. From the looks of it, these panels are both changing the dconf key named theme in

[Bug 1048086] [NEW] gnome-disk-image-mounter.desktop appears in Other menu category

2012-09-08 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: gnome-disk-utility installs gnome-disk-image-mounter.desktop, which seems to be primarily intended as a handler for .iso files. The application is visible as Disk Image Mounter in any application menu, including the Unity Dash and GNOME Shell's Applications list. However, it

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