[Bug 659927] Re: brasero fails to launch

2010-10-13 Thread John Winterton
Program runs correctly from CLI. Clearly, something serious has happened to your implementation of xorg and related items. Not only have several programs failed to perform in the GUI environment, but you have also broken my nvidia-96 driver, disabling my high graphics environment. This release

[Bug 659927] Re: brasero fails to launch

2010-10-14 Thread John Winterton
I am sorry, it was all lost in a system crash yesterday. In light of events, I had to format my disks, and I lost my archives as well, which puts me back to square zero. I was so disgusted with 10.10 that I retreated to 10.04 LTS. Frankly, 10.10 has overtones of Vista. Rushed on to the scene

[Bug 666380] [NEW] The case of the missing desktop

2010-10-25 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm Description:Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS Release:10.04 gdm: Installed: 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

[Bug 666380] Re: The case of the missing desktop

2010-10-25 Thread John Winterton
-- The case of the missing desktop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666380 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 673141] [NEW] Nautilus fails to detect the manual removal of media

2010-11-09 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus Description:Ubuntu 10.10 Release:10.10 nautilus: Installed: 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages

[Bug 673141] Re: Nautilus fails to detect the manual removal of media

2010-11-09 Thread John Winterton
-- Nautilus fails to detect the manual removal of media https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673141 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 673141] Re: Nautilus fails to detect the manual removal of media

2010-11-09 Thread John Winterton
Admittedly, this is a cosmetic fix, but I don't think it should be let go past the next release. -- Nautilus fails to detect the manual removal of media https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673141 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 747772] [NEW] gdm fails to come up completely.

2011-04-01 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm Description:Ubuntu Natty (development branch) Release:11.04 gdm: Installed: 2.32.0-0ubuntu14 Candidate: 2.32.0-0ubuntu14 Version table: *** 2.32.0-0ubuntu14 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64

[Bug 747772] Re: gdm fails to come up completely.

2011-04-01 Thread John Winterton
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747772 Title: gdm fails to come up completely. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 605637] [NEW] Brasero will not copy cd to image file because cdrdao is not present. False!

2010-07-14 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: brasero I have a mounted data CD and I asked Brasero to copy it to an image file. I would have preferred an ISO image, but would have taken anything if it could only do it at all. Brasero went through the formalities then claimed that the module cdrdao

[Bug 605637] Re: Brasero will not copy cd to image file because cdrdao is not present. False!

2010-07-14 Thread John Winterton
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51945048/Dependencies.txt -- Brasero will not copy cd to image file because cdrdao is not present. False! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/605637 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 605637] Re: Brasero will not copy cd to image file because cdrdao is not present. False!

2010-07-16 Thread John Winterton
The only cdrkit I could find was cdrkit-doc. I widened my scope of updates to include the proposed objects, and got a big update. Strangely, before the update, but after the chanve, cdrdao showed as uninstalled where it showed as installed before this. If brasero was looking for a specific

[Bug 605637] Re: Brasero will not copy cd to image file because cdrdao is not present. False!

2010-07-16 Thread John Winterton
Widening the scope of updates was no help. An apparently new cdrdao was loaded, but no soap. The matter is not so urgent that I am going to wade through all the stuff in the cdrkit documentation to try and do this by hand. However, whatever is going on should be solved. I think brasero is

[Bug 696546] [NEW] Crypic error comment

2011-01-02 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: file-roller Description:Ubuntu 10.10 Release:10.10 file-roller: Installed: 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages

[Bug 696546] Re: Crypic error comment

2011-01-02 Thread John Winterton
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to file-roller in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/696546 Title: Crypic error comment -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 696546] Re: Crypic error comment

2011-01-03 Thread John Winterton
Most intriguing. I created an account and now it says my password is invalid. I don't understand why there should be such a dichotomy for bug reporting, and since I can't use GNOME Bugzilla until I get some clarification, I will have to rest here. Frankly, I have had contretemps with Bugzilla

[Bug 645472] [NEW] Alarm Clock panel applet has several disfeatures.

2010-09-22 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm Description:Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS Release:10.04 gdm: Installed: 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu3 Candidate: 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu3 Version table: *** 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

[Bug 645472] Re: Alarm Clock panel applet has several disfeatures.

2010-09-22 Thread John Winterton
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/645472/+attachment/1623818/+files/Dependencies.txt -- Alarm Clock panel applet has several disfeatures. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/645472 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 645472] Re: Alarm Clock panel applet has several disfeatures.

2010-10-04 Thread John Winterton
I don't know how to add a picture to this site, so I created a web page on my site. Here is the URL http://www.ezlink.ca/~jwinterton/Alarm%20applet%20bug%20illustrated.html This really is a small error either in specification or programming. I think it falls into the area of public relations.

[Bug 645472] Re: Alarm Clock panel applet has several disfeatures.

2010-10-11 Thread John Winterton
I upgraded to 10.10. The bugs reported here are fixed in that release. This bug should be closed out. -- Alarm Clock panel applet has several disfeatures. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/645472 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 659927] [NEW] brasero fails to launch

2010-10-13 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: brasero Description:Ubuntu 10.10 Release:10.10 brasero: Installed: 2.32.0-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 2.32.0-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 2.32.0-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages 100

[Bug 659927] Re: brasero fails to launch

2010-10-13 Thread John Winterton
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659927/+attachment/1691009/+files/Dependencies.txt -- brasero fails to launch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659927 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 488534] [NEW] Blank combo box when wanting to change Font

2009-11-25 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gucharmap This doesn't seem to be quite what has been previously reported. Version is Karmic. This package worked quite well up until today when I switched to webdings to pick up an oddball character. When I went to switch fonts for another need, the

[Bug 488534] Re: Blank combo box when wanting to change Font

2009-11-25 Thread John Winterton
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36085330/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36085331/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36085332/ProcStatus.txt ** Attachment

Re: [Bug 477085] Re: Screen is presented blank with no content.

2009-12-01 Thread John Winterton
-- Screen is presented blank with no content. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477085 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 477085] Re: Screen is presented blank with no content.

2010-01-28 Thread John Winterton
Yes, please do. I should have closed it myself as it was fixed by a published update (I don't know which one). -- Screen is presented blank with no content. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477085 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 572603] [NEW] Can't log in to suspended session

2010-04-30 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm Lucid Lynx (10.4) released today. I suspect this may not be a problem with gdm but the infrastructure governing logins. Here is the scenario: 1. Perform a switch user from my ID 2. Login to root (yes, I need root user access) 3. Some maintenance

[Bug 572603] Re: Can't log in to suspended session

2010-04-30 Thread John Winterton
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46708003/Dependencies.txt -- Can't log in to suspended session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572603 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu.

Re: [Bug 477085] Re: Screen is presented blank with no content. Happens on others as well. Grrrr.

2009-11-13 Thread John Winterton
** Attachment added: BugInRootTerminal.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35668309/BugInRootTerminal.png -- Screen is presented blank with no content. Happens on others as well. G. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477085 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 747772] Re: gdm fails to come up completely.

2011-10-21 Thread John Winterton
I have upgraded to the official release of 11.10 and this problem does not appear. I think it can now be closed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747772 Title: gdm

[Bug 795558] Re: Cannot change pointer

2011-06-10 Thread John Winterton
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795558 Title: Cannot change pointer To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 795558] [NEW] Cannot change pointer

2011-06-10 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm Description:Ubuntu 11.04 Release:11.04 gdm: Installed: 2.32.1-0ubuntu3.2 Candidate: 2.32.1-0ubuntu3.2 Version table: *** 2.32.1-0ubuntu3.2 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main amd64 Packages

[Bug 795558] Re: Cannot change pointer

2011-06-10 Thread John Winterton
Subsequent note. I did change the pointer to black. I cannot get the redglass pointer to work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795558 Title: Cannot change pointer To

[Bug 795558] Re: Cannot change pointer

2011-06-12 Thread John Winterton
This should be removed from the list. Fixed in last update. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795558 Title: Cannot change pointer To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 666380] Re: The case of the missing desktop

2011-06-23 Thread John Winterton
I think you can close this. I have switched to 11.04 and have not have a recurrence. There has also been an upgrade to the ATI driver (fglrx) that has fixed some other problems, It appears that there was an initialization problem with gdm coming from some complication with Xorg that has either

[Bug 936257] [NEW] Gnome-Control-Center window poorly programmed

2012-02-19 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: Because i have visual acuity problems it is necessary for me to use a larger font on my desktop. This program and several others have fixed windows boundaries and cannot be resized. Another example is the Menu Editor (alacarte) which is insensitive of the font size along

[Bug 936257] Re: Gnome-Control-Center window poorly programmed

2012-02-19 Thread John Winterton
-- 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/936257 Title: Gnome-Control-Center window poorly programmed To manage notifications about this bug go to:

Re: [Bug 936257] Re: Gnome-Control-Center window poorly programmed

2012-02-20 Thread John Winterton
-- 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/936257 Title: the system settings grid shouldn't use a fixed geometry To manage notifications about this bug go to:

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

2012-02-20 Thread John Winterton
Considering that this kind of thing is a simply poor decision on the part of a programmer/developer, I believe it should be fixed for 12.04 LTS. Most GUI systems I have used default to full control of the widget window. I believe that this and similar sins of omission such as the same problem

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

2012-02-20 Thread John Winterton
Thanks, Seb. I do understand the point about software cycles. I sometimes think that fixed software cycles are rules made to be broken. I also understand the dearth of good developers. I am sorry to say that I've been retired from programming now for nearly 25 years. I haven't written any

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

2012-02-22 Thread John Winterton
Dylan, jgv: I suggest, Dylan, you just try it and see what the effects are. They are rather retarted, IMHO. As a matter of interest, yesterday I pulled in all the necessary software and tried the very first item in the Getting Started section of GTK+ 3 reference manual. It runs without a

[Bug 951859] Re: [soundnua]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV

2012-03-10 Thread John Winterton
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 951439 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951439 I don't seem to be allowed to see that page, so I am unable to comment. I did fix my sound problem (wrong driver selected). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 795558] Re: Cannot change pointer

2011-09-14 Thread John Winterton
Agreed. It is always good to have confirmed testing before a feature is offered. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795558 Title: Cannot change pointer To manage

[Bug 850336] [NEW] Oneiric beta desktop non-functional.

2011-09-14 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: I applied the published updates to oneiric beta this morning, and now I no longer get any controls except for a menu in nautilus. ALT+F2 is not working, so I can't get get a console command in. Hope you will be able to fix this soon. Since I can't open a console, I am

[Bug 850336] Re: Oneiric beta desktop non-functional.

2011-09-15 Thread John Winterton
Fixed by subsequent updates. Not surprising, I suppose, but this can now be closed as being transient. -- 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/850336 Title: Oneiric beta

[Bug 850336] Re: Oneiric beta desktop non-functional.

2011-09-16 Thread John Winterton
Fine, glad to help. -- 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/850336 Title: Oneiric beta desktop non-functional. To manage notifications about this bug go to:

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

2012-10-04 Thread John Winterton
One tends to wonder if invalid is simply a way of getting rid of this problem without a statement that it has been addressed. I am currently running the 12.10 Beta2 in test mode, and will have to examine this to see if it is fixed or ameliorated in any way. It most certainly wasn't in 12.04 LTS.

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

2012-10-04 Thread John Winterton
Thanks for taking a second look at this, Dylan. This carelessness with respect to the controls is like telling your corporate receptionist that she is irrelevant to the business and is just a pretty face. The settings panel and all the sub-pages are the opening shot when a new users or one who

[Bug 1075354] [NEW] Assertion failure in gedit but program continues.

2012-11-05 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: $ gedit stat.txt (gedit:6108): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_list_store_set_column_types: assertion `priv-columns_dirty == 0' failed Description:Ubuntu 12.10 Release:12.10 gedit: Installed: 3.6.0-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.6.0-0ubuntu1 Version table: ***

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

2012-12-02 Thread John Winterton
I look forward to testing 13.04. Hard to believe that a few windows properties settings can be such a pain, but I do understand that the man-power shortage can cause problems. I think a lot of it can be solved by doing a more assiduous QA inside the heads of the programmers. They seem to be an

[Bug 951439] Re: [soundnua]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV

2012-12-13 Thread John Winterton
no recurrence, so closing is appropriate. -- 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/951439 Title: [soundnua]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV To

[Bug 1075354] Re: Assertion failure in gedit but program continues.

2013-05-07 Thread John Winterton
Still present in 13.04. (gedit:3667): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_list_store_set_column_types: assertion `priv-columns_dirty == 0' failed Description:Ubuntu 13.04 Release:13.04 gedit: Installed: 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 0 500

[Bug 1236089] [NEW] Nautilus does not sense the presence of wine

2013-10-06 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: Description:Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch) Release:13.10 nautilus: Installed: 1:3.8.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:3.8.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:3.8.2-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages

[Bug 1236089] Re: Nautilus does not sense the presence of wine

2013-10-06 Thread John Winterton
Forgot to mention that the work around is to run the wine command from the correct directory in the console. Works just fine thank you, but the shortcut would be nice. One gets into operating habits, and find the facilities missing is rather more than slightly annoying. -- You received this

[Bug 1270966] [NEW] Brasero fails to start from dash menu

2014-01-20 Thread John Winterton
Public bug reported: Description:Ubuntu 13.10 Release:13.10 brasero: Installed: 3.8.0-1ubuntu3 Candidate: 3.8.0-1ubuntu3 Version table: *** 3.8.0-1ubuntu3 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status When

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

2014-04-18 Thread John Winterton
Just installed trusty (14.04) and this upstream problem is still present. Someone should send a message upstream that the system is for the end user. This has been present for several releases and as a programmer myself, I know this is a simple fix. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 696546] Re: Crypic error comment

2015-08-20 Thread John Winterton
Interesting that a bug from 2010 should still be around. I haven't had this problem lately, but if it still shows up in testing, it should be fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to file-roller in Ubuntu.