[Bug 1853357] Re: display (whole computer?) hangs when I attempt to use DisplayLink with Wayland

2020-02-04 Thread Jonathan Kamens
OK, so additional data... 19.10 also doesn't hang when I use the kernel module and library that ship with Ubuntu, so apparently the problem which prompted me to report this bug is limited to when using the kernel module and library that are installed by the installer on DisplayLink.com. I'm not s

[Bug 1861631] [NEW] "The AppStream system cache was updated, but some components were ignored. Refer to the verbose log for more information."

2020-02-02 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: `apt-get update` and the nightly `apticron --cron` job are reporting: "The AppStream system cache was updated, but some components were ignored. Refer to the verbose log for more information." This is pretty much meaningless to most people who have no idea what AppStream is

[Bug 1853357] Re: display (whole computer?) hangs when I attempt to use DisplayLink with Wayland

2020-01-31 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Sorry, I meant 19.10 in my last comment, not 19.04. When I use the evdi module and library shipped with Ubuntu in 20.04, then DisplayLink works in Xorg, but it's very glitchy, with cursor artifacts showing up constantly all over the place on all screens, both DisplayLink and non-DisplayLink. --

[Bug 1853357] Re: display (whole computer?) hangs when I attempt to use DisplayLink with Wayland

2020-01-31 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Learning more about this as I go: * I'm no longer convinced that I was correct above when I claimed that the version of the evdi kernel module and library shipped with Ubuntu are newer than the version shipped with the installer available on displaylink.com. I might be wrong about that. * When I

[Bug 1853357] Re: display (whole computer?) hangs when I attempt to use DisplayLink with Wayland

2020-01-31 Thread Jonathan Kamens
With Ubuntu 19.10: I am not able to reproduce the issue with a single monitor of a different brand plugged into the DisplayLink adapter. There are three differences here and I don't have the equipment available where I am right now to narrow down which of them is relevant: * one monitor instead o

[Bug 1853357] Re: display (whole computer?) hangs when I attempt to use DisplayLink with Wayland

2020-01-30 Thread Jonathan Kamens
** Changed in: mutter (Ubuntu Eoan) Status: Fix Committed => Confirmed ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues #1023 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues/1023 ** Also affects: mutter via https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues/1023 Importance: Unknown

[Bug 1853357] Re: display (whole computer?) hangs when I attempt to use DisplayLink with Wayland

2020-01-29 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Sorry, I'm usually remote from the office where I have the displaylink adapter which has this problem, so I was not able to test until I got to the office instead. I installed all updates in eoan-proposed and rebooted and then tried logging into a Wayland session and using the displaylink adapter,

[Bug 1853357] Re: display (whole computer?) hangs when I attempt to use DisplayLink with Wayland

2020-01-03 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Is this going to be fixed in Eoan? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1853357 Title: display (whole computer?) hangs when I attempt to use DisplayLink with Wayland To

[Bug 1851554] Re: can't install gnome shell extensions

2019-12-31 Thread Jonathan Kamens
OK,so I just discovered that if I open gnome-shell-extension-prefs, there's a switch in the upper right corner of the window, which apparently disables all shell extensions, and I had that switched turned off, though I have no idea how or when I did that. Turned it on and now I can install extensio

[Bug 1853357] [NEW] display (whole computer?) hangs when I attempt to use DisplayLink with Wayland

2019-11-20 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: I am using the DisplayLink driver for Ubuntu provided at https://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu, which I think is the only way to get DisplayLink fully working under Ubuntu? That is, DisplayLink didn't work when I installed the evdi-dkms and libevdi0 Ubuntu packages, and

[Bug 1844808] Re: in 19.10 can't delete file from desktop by clicking it and hitting delete key

2019-11-19 Thread Jonathan Kamens
It was just a few seconds before I captured the log, max 30 seconds, probably less than half that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1844808

[Bug 1844808] Re: in 19.10 can't delete file from desktop by clicking it and hitting delete key

2019-11-18 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Just reproduced it. `journalctl -b 0` output attached. ** Attachment added: "journalctl.zip" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1844808/+attachment/5306335/+files/journalctl.zip ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu)

[Bug 1851554] Re: can't install gnome shell extensions

2019-11-13 Thread Jonathan Kamens
** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues #1894 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1894 ** Also affects: gnome-shell via https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1894 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notifica

[Bug 1851568] Re: monitor configuration restored incorrectly upon Wayland login

2019-11-12 Thread Jonathan Kamens
** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues #920 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues/920 ** Project changed: gnome-shell => mutter ** Changed in: mutter Remote watch: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues #1888 => gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues #920 -- You r

[Bug 1851568] Re: monitor configuration restored incorrectly upon Wayland login

2019-11-12 Thread Jonathan Kamens
** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues #1888 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1888 ** Also affects: gnome-shell via https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1888 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu

[Bug 1851554] Re: can't install gnome shell extensions

2019-11-12 Thread Jonathan Kamens
No difference. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1851554 Title: can't install gnome shell extensions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.la

[Bug 1851568] Re: monitor configuration restored incorrectly upon Wayland login

2019-11-12 Thread Jonathan Kamens
I take it back, it just happened again. Apparently it's intermittent. I can't determine for certain whether it happens under X, because (a) as I just noted, it's intermittent, and (b) my monitor has an entirely different issue under X, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/18494

[Bug 1851554] Re: can't install gnome shell extensions

2019-11-12 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Yes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1851554 Title: can't install gnome shell extensions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 1851554] Re: can't install gnome shell extensions

2019-11-12 Thread Jonathan Kamens
>Does it work with a new user on the same system? Yes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1851554 Title: can't install gnome shell extensions To manage notificati

[Bug 1851568] Re: monitor configuration restored incorrectly upon Wayland login

2019-11-12 Thread Jonathan Kamens
I am no longer able to reproduce this issue so I'm going to close it. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 1851568] [NEW] monitor configuration restored incorrectly upon Wayland login

2019-11-06 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: I have an ultrawide monitor plugged into my laptop. When I log into a Wayland session, my monitor configuration (resolution, relative position, which monitor is the primary) is not restored correctly. When I unplug the monitor cable after logging in and plug it in again, the c

[Bug 1851554] Re: can't install gnome shell extensions

2019-11-06 Thread Jonathan Kamens
>What webbrowser do you use? Chrome >Did you try to install from gnome-software instead? It doesn't work in gnome-software either. Additional behaviors observed in gnome-software: 1) When I try to _uninstall_ the extension from inside gnome-software, it says it can't uninstall it, but it actual

[Bug 1851554] [NEW] can't install gnome shell extensions

2019-11-06 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: Here's what I'm trying to do: 1. Go to https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1379/mpris-indicator-button/ 2. Click the toggle switch to install it. 3. Use the extension after it is installed. Here's what should happen: 1. I am prompted for confirmation to install the exten

[Bug 1851554] Re: can't install gnome shell extensions

2019-11-06 Thread Jonathan Kamens
The extension won't turn on in Wayland either. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1851554 Title: can't install gnome shell extensions To manage notifications about

[Bug 1844809] Re: clicking desktop notifications to bring up linked up works intermittently in 19.10?

2019-10-29 Thread Jonathan Kamens
"gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences focus-new-windows 'strict'" doesn't seem to solve the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1844809 Title: clicking

[Bug 1849656] Re: [nvidia] Screen displays weird broken animation behavior when I unlock

2019-10-25 Thread Jonathan Kamens
>Please also try uninstalling (don't just turn them off) these extensions... If I see it happen again I will do that, because then it would be a meaningful test, but so far I've only seen this happen once, so unless it happens again so we can get some idea of how frequent it is, the inconvenience

[Bug 1849656] Re: [nvidia] Screen displays weird broken animation behavior when I unlock

2019-10-25 Thread Jonathan Kamens
** Attachment added: "lspcik.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1849656/+attachment/5300016/+files/lspcik.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 1849656] Re: [nvidia] Screen displays weird broken animation behavior when I unlock

2019-10-25 Thread Jonathan Kamens
** Attachment added: "dmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1849656/+attachment/5300015/+files/dmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 1849656] Re: [nvidia] Screen displays weird broken animation behavior when I unlock

2019-10-25 Thread Jonathan Kamens
** Attachment added: "journal.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1849656/+attachment/5300014/+files/journal.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Bug 1849484] Re: ultra-wide monitor recognized properly when plugged in only intermittently

2019-10-24 Thread Jonathan Kamens
OK, this is really weird, but it appears that this problem only happens (or, at the very least, happens much more frequently) when Synology Drive Client is running, or more accurately, when the Synology Drive Client applet is in my top bar. Furthermore, sometimes (but not always) when I plug in my

[Bug 1849484] Re: ultra-wide monitor recognized properly when plugged in only intermittently

2019-10-24 Thread Jonathan Kamens
The problem does not appear to happen under Wayland. I am attaching a zip file containing four sets of the output of the commands you requested spanning the time from before I plugged in the HDMI cable to afterward, waiting long enough to confirm that I was getting black screens rather than the co

[Bug 1849656] [NEW] Screen displays weird broken animation behavior when I unlock

2019-10-24 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: I sat down at my computer this morning and unlocked the screen and saw the behavior shown in the attached video. I waited a while and it never stopped. I hit Alt-L to lock the screen again which worked, and then unlocked it again, which worked. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease:

[Bug 1849484] [NEW] ultra-wide monitor recognized properly when plugged in only intermittently

2019-10-23 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: I have an LG ultra-wide (2560x1080) monitor. Sometimes when I plug it into my laptop, whose screen was working fine before I plugged it in, both screens go black but nothing else happens. I can still see the mouse cursor and move it between the two monitors (sometimes in the

[Bug 1844815] Re: appindicators for startup applications missing from top bar upon login

2019-09-23 Thread Jonathan Kamens
>Also affects 18.04 Strange, I never saw it on 19.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-appindicator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1844815 Title: appindicators for startup applicatio

[Bug 1844808] Re: in 19.10 can't delete file from desktop by clicking it and hitting delete key

2019-09-21 Thread Jonathan Kamens
This is now happening again. I can't figure out what makes it start and stop happening. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1844808 Title: i

[Bug 1844808] Re: in 19.10 can't delete file from desktop by clicking it and hitting delete key

2019-09-20 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Strangely, I am now unable to reproduce this issue. It was definitely happening before but isn't happening now. Don't know what's up. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https:

[Bug 1844815] [NEW] appindicators for startup applications missing from top bar upon login

2019-09-20 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: I have two startup applications configured, flameshot and yubioath- desktop. After upgrading this morning from 19.04 to 19.10, these two applications are being started when I log in, but their appindicator icons are not showing up in the top bar. Restarting gnome-shell with Al

[Bug 1844809] [NEW] clicking desktop notifications to bring up linked up works intermittently in 19.10?

2019-09-20 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: This is not going to be the highest quality bug report :-(, since it's an intermittent issue and I don't know exactly what triggers it and I can't even say with 100% certainty that it's new in 19.10, but I _think_ it is so I wanted to give people a heads-up just in case. I ju

[Bug 1844811] [NEW] system menu is no longer dark in Yaru-dark or Adwaita-dark theme

2019-09-20 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: The system menu from the top bar is no longer dark in the Adwait-dark or Yaru-dark theme after upgrading from 19.04 to 19.10. See attached screenshot. Oddly, it _is_ dark in HighContrast theme, which I don't think it should be. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Pac

[Bug 1844808] [NEW] in 19.10 can't delete file from desktop by clicking it and hitting delete key

2019-09-20 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: Just upgraded to 19.10 today. Previously, in 19.04, I could delete a file from the desktop by clicking on it and hitting the delete key. That no longer works. It's probably relevant that it doesn't appear to be possible to direct keyboard focus to the desktop itself any longe

[Bug 1812883] Re: Desktop view flashes every time ~/Desktop changes

2019-08-26 Thread Jonathan Kamens
"Just get rid of the desktop icons" is not a good response to "The desktop icons flash every time I change anything that affects the desktop." I want the desktop icons. I just don't want them to flash. And they didn't flash before the GNOME developers thought it was a good idea to strip them out o

[Bug 1812883] Re: Desktop view flashes every time ~/Desktop changes

2019-08-19 Thread Jonathan Kamens
I hardly think enough research into this has been done for it to be obvious that this is a duplicate. There are literally eight app indicator icons in my system tray right now that disappear when I uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator (Synology Drive, Google Hangouts, Google Chrome, Dropbo

[Bug 1801757] Re: all app indicators disappear

2019-05-21 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Not certain, but I don't think I've seen this since upgrading to 19.04. I imagine it's unlikely to get fixed in 18.04 if it's fixed in 19.04 and people can upgrade, but I guess maybe it should be since 18.04 is supposedly supported until 2023? -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1820146] [NEW] Night Light only affecting one of my two monitors

2019-03-14 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: I have two monitors. Night Light is only affecting one of them. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.32.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-7.8-generic 5.0.0 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-7-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvid

[Bug 1818348] Re: When window title bar controls are on left, close window button is cut off in title bar of Disks application

2019-03-04 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Reported at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-disk- utility/issues/124. Launchpad won't let me link to that external bu report, says it doesn't recognize it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in Ubun

[Bug 1801757] Re: all app indicators disappear

2019-03-04 Thread Jonathan Kamens
@valeryan-24 that sounds like the same problem as the one I reported. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-appindicator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801757 Title: all app indicators di

[Bug 1818348] [NEW] When window title bar controls are on left, close window button is cut off in title bar of Disks application

2019-03-02 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: When you configure your window title bar buttons to be on the left instead of the right in the tweaks app, the close window button is cut off in the Disks app. I don't see this behavior in other apps. See attached screenshot for illustration of what I mean. ProblemType: Bug D

[Bug 1801757] Re: all app indicators disappear

2019-03-01 Thread Jonathan Kamens
As described above, the indicators disappear intermittently and come back when I type Alt-F2 r RET. It seems to happen when the screen locks automatically and then I come back later and unlock it, though I don't know if it happens _every_ time the screen locks. I've attached my journalctl output fo

[Bug 1818247] [NEW] Please enable remote desktop support in mutter for 19.04

2019-03-01 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: gnome-remote-desktop is apparently being included in Ubuntu 19.04, so mutter should be recompiled with remote desktop support enabled for Ubuntu, so people can actually use it. Then the comment at the end of the apt package description for gnome- remote-desktop saying that ne

[Bug 1801757] Re: all app indicators disappear

2019-03-01 Thread Jonathan Kamens
I believe it went away when I upgraded to 18.10 and came back when I upgraded from there to Disco. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-appindicator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801757 T

[Bug 1801757] Re: all app indicators disappear

2019-03-01 Thread Jonathan Kamens
N.B. This is now happening to me in ** 19.04 ** (Disco). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-appindicator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801757 Title: all app indicators disappear To m

[Bug 1817490] Re: gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 23-1 is busted -- no appindicators are displayed

2019-02-25 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Does the change in status to "Triaged" mean that you do not need the journalctl from me, or do you still need it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-appindicator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 1817490] [NEW] gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 23-1 is busted -- no appindicators are displayed

2019-02-24 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: After upgrading to gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 23-1, I have no appindicators. If I downgrade to 22-1 they come back. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 23-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.19.0-13.14-generic 4.19.20

[Bug 1817334] [NEW] dock disappears after apt dist-upgrade, needed to install gnome-shell-extension-dashtodock by hand, restart gnome-shell, and enable extension in tweaks

2019-02-22 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: I did an apt dist-upgrade and got a message telling me that gnome-shell had crashed and asking if I wanted to report it. I figured it was just something funky about the upgrade so didn't bother. Instead, I restarted my machine just to get everything back into a sane state. Upo

[Bug 1814159] [NEW] can't move icons to second screen

2019-01-31 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: When I try to drag and drop an icon from my left (primary) screen to my right one and let go, it ends up sitting on the right edge of my left screen, instead of landing where I dropped it on the right screen. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: gnome-shell-e

[Bug 1812885] Re: Rename shell script on desktop, nautilus keeps trying to execute it under its old name

2019-01-29 Thread Jonathan Kamens
PLEASE SEE MY COMMENT ABOVE AND REOPEN THIS ISSUE. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1812885 Title: Rename shell script on desktop, nautilu

[Bug 1813441] Re: Can no longer drag and drop files from desktop into applications

2019-01-28 Thread Jonathan Kamens
>you can still dnd from a nautilus view on the desktop Right, because it's not like the reason why I put files on my Desktop is because I use them often and want to be able to open quickly, or like having to open a Nautilus window, click on Desktop, and then double- click on the file to open it is

[Bug 1813441] Re: Can no longer drag and drop files from desktop into applications

2019-01-28 Thread Jonathan Kamens
I think you mean to link this to https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons/issues/29? I question your designation of this as a "Low" importance issue. This is going to be a huge deal for people when 19.04 is released if it's not fixed by then. -- You received this bug notifica

[Bug 1812883] Re: Desktop view flashes every time ~/Desktop changes, even if the changes are invisible

2019-01-28 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Actually, correction, I shouldn't have reported, it, it's already reported upstream as https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions /desktop-icons/issues/58. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-deskt

[Bug 1812883] Re: Desktop view flashes every time ~/Desktop changes, even if the changes are invisible

2019-01-28 Thread Jonathan Kamens
https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons/issues/86 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1812883 Title: Desktop view flashe

[Bug 1813441] [NEW] Can no longer drag and drop files from desktop into applications

2019-01-26 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: In releases before 19.04, you could drag and drop files from the desktop into applications. This no longer works. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons 19.01-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-13.14-generic 4.18.17 Uname

[Bug 1812885] Re: Rename shell script on desktop, nautilus keeps trying to execute it under its old name

2019-01-23 Thread Jonathan Kamens
The issue persists in a slightly different form with .desktop files: 1. Create a .desktop file on the desktop. 2. Right click on it and give it permission to launch. 3. Double-click on it and confirm that it launches. 4. Mv it to a new name in a terminal window. 5. Observe how it remains displayed

[Bug 1812746] Re: .desktop files not displayed or executed correctly in 3.30

2019-01-23 Thread Jonathan Kamens
*sigh* Apparently the maintainer of the extension has decided that for "security reasons" you have to right-click on ".desktop" files and enable them before they will be displayed as app icons and executable. So I guess this isn't a bug. Just an IMO poor design decision. TL;DR Not considered a bug

[Bug 1812746] Re: .desktop files not displayed or executed correctly in 3.30

2019-01-23 Thread Jonathan Kamens
I have gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons installed and enabled. The maintainer of that package claims that it is supposed to display desktop icons properly. So this is a legit issue. Please reopen it. ** Package changed: nautilus (Ubuntu) => gnome-shell-extension-desktop- icons (Ubuntu) -- You

[Bug 1812746] Re: .desktop files not displayed or executed correctly in 3.30

2019-01-23 Thread Jonathan Kamens
(See https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/184#note_417375.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1812746 Title: .desktop files not d

[Bug 1812745] Re: Rubbish Bin icon on desktop doesn't work, then suddenly starts working

2019-01-22 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Sorry, having already filed nine bugs about disco in the past 24 hours, I now need to move on with my life and do my actual job as opposed to spending more time dealing with the tire fire that disco appears to be right now. P.S. Even if you're right that Dropbox or some other third-party extension

[Bug 1812884] [NEW] Can't execute shell scripts with spaces in their names from desktop

2019-01-22 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: Create a shell script with a space in its name in /tmp. Make sure the script is executable. Mv it into ~/Desktop. (You have to do it this way rather than creating it directly on the desktop because of the other bug I just filed.) Try to double-click on it. You will get an erro

[Bug 1812885] [NEW] Rename shell script on desktop, nautilus keeps trying to execute it under its old name

2019-01-22 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: Create a shell script in /tmp. Make the script executable. Mv it into ~/Desktop. Double-click it and note that it executes. Now rename the file with mv in a terminal window. Double-click it again and note how nautilus attempts to execute it under the old name, which of course

[Bug 1812881] [NEW] backup file (files ending in ~) visible in Desktop on disco, were correctly) hidden in cosmic and previous releases

2019-01-22 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: Prior to disco, if I edited a file on my desktop with an editor such as emacs that created a backup file whose name ended in "~", then this file would be hidden from the Desktop view, which is arguably correct and useful behavior. In disco, the file is annoyingly visible on t

[Bug 1812883] [NEW] Desktop view flashes every time ~/Desktop changes, even if the changes are invisible

2019-01-22 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: All of the icons on my desktop visibly flash every time I change anything in the folder ~/Desktop, even if the change is not something that is visible on my desktop. For example, "touch ~/Desktop/.#foo". I mean, the icons that haven't changed should never flash at all, even

[Bug 1812880] [NEW] create shell script file on Desktop, chmod it so that it is executable, icon remains text file instead of shell script and won't launch on double-click

2019-01-22 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: Using a text editor, create a file on your Desktop that you intend to be a shell script. When you save it initially, it won't be executable (unless your text editor is too smart for its own good), so it will be displayed on the desktop as a text file. Now do "chmod +x" on the

[Bug 1812746] Re: .desktop files not displayed or executed correctly in 3.30

2019-01-22 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Wow. I haven't seen a better example of developers being out of touch with actual end users in quite a long time. Let's just wait and see how many people complain when generally available releases without this feature start getting pushed out. OMG ridiculous. -- You received this bug notificat

[Bug 1812746] Re: .desktop files not displayed or executed correctly in 3.30

2019-01-22 Thread Jonathan Kamens
I'm not sure I agree that the importance of this issue is "Low". Surely this is an extremely user-visible issue that is going to affect a lot of people if it is still extant when Disco is released? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 1812745] Re: Rubbish Bin icon on desktop doesn't work, then suddenly starts working

2019-01-22 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Journalctl attached. Sorry if I was unclear. I certainly rebooted immediately after upgrading to disco. The issue described here occurred after the reboot, not before. ** Attachment added: "journalctl.log.gz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1812745/+attachment/5231465

[Bug 1812746] [NEW] desktop icon created by VirtualBox no longer working in disco

2019-01-21 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: I told VirtualBox to create a desktop icon for one of my virtual machines. It worked just fine in cosmic. After upgrading to disco, however, instead of showing up as an icon, it shows up as a ".desktop" text file, and double-clicking it just opens the text file in gedit. I t

[Bug 1812745] [NEW] Rubbish Bin icon on desktop doesn't work, then suddenly starts working

2019-01-21 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: Immediately after upgrading from cosmic to disco, double-clicking the "Rubbish Bin" icon on my desktop does nothing. I try many times, does nothing. I open a Nautilus window by clicking on the Nautilus icon in the sidebar, and select "Rubbish Bin" in that window, and I am ab

[Bug 1810404] Re: printing options set in control center don't work

2019-01-10 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Please see attached animated GIF. Open gnome-control-center, it says printer is there, try to delete it, it says it was deleted but error in terminal says it wasn't because it doesn't actually exist, close gnome- control-center, re-open it, printer is back, close it again. /var/log/cups/access_log

[Bug 1810404] Re: printing options set in control center don't work

2019-01-10 Thread Jonathan Kamens
I checked. There is nothing relevant in journalctl. -- 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/1810404 Title: printing options set in control center don't work To

[Bug 1810404] Re: printing options set in control center don't work

2019-01-10 Thread Jonathan Kamens
When I reopened the settings window, the duplex setting had reverted to single-sided. I am currently unable to reproduce this issue, because now when I add the network printer in question the printing options page is blank, so I can't capture a journalctl of what happens when I try to change its d

[Bug 1810316] Re: gnome-control-center SIGABRT when n-m is not working (G_IS_OBJECT (object))

2019-01-10 Thread Jonathan Kamens
NetworkManager was running, as far as I know. -- 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/1810316 Title: gnome-control-center SIGABRT when n-m is not working (G_IS_

[Bug 428817] Re: Print Dialog does not allow editing of page parameters

2019-01-07 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Added hplip to the affects list for this bug because hpijs-ppds appears to only be installing a few fax PPDs, not the full array of available HPLIP PPDs. ** Tags added: cosmic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 i

[Bug 428817] Re: Print Dialog does not allow editing of page parameters

2019-01-07 Thread Jonathan Kamens
I was having this problem on Ubuntu 18.10 (WOW, THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME) with my HP LaserJet 500 color M551 printer. When I tried to install it, the driver that kept getting selected was "HP LaserJet 500 color M551, driverless, cups-filters 1.21.3". This, despite the fact

[Bug 1810404] [NEW] printing options set in control center don't work

2019-01-03 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: 1. Open settings. 2. Go to Devices / Printers. 3. Click "Add..." and add a network printer with a duplex unit located automatically by the network scan. 4. Click the gear and elect "Printing Options". 5. Change the "Two-sided" option to enable two-sided printing. 6. Close the

[Bug 1802574] Re: laptop screen never comes on after undock / sleep / open of laptop

2018-11-17 Thread Jonathan Kamens
OK, so, I've learned more about this. If I wait for like 10-15 seconds after waking the laptop and type ctrl- alt-f1, then after a long delay after that the screen will switch to the GNOME login screen, and then if I select my account and type my password, I am brought back to my previous session.

[Bug 1801757] Re: all app indicators disappear

2018-11-14 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Not the same issue. It doesn't happen at login for me, whereas the people in that issue say it does. That issue was filed against Artful, whereas the problem I'm having started in Cosmic. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1801757] Re: all app indicators disappear

2018-11-13 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Just discovered the typing Alt-F2 r RET brings the app indicators back. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-appindicator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801757 Title: all app indicators

[Bug 1802574] Re: laptop screen never comes on after undock / sleep / open of laptop

2018-11-12 Thread Jonathan Kamens
I've already got apport configured to report everything (i.e., I've already done the workaround suggested in bug 994921), and there is no crash either in /var/crash or on https://errors.ubuntu.com. I don't think a crash is what's happening here. Additional data: * If, after I've woken up my lapto

[Bug 1801757] Re: all app indicators disappear

2018-11-10 Thread Jonathan Kamens
1) I don't have /etc/xdg/autostart/indicator-application.desktop. 2) Killing indicator-application-service does not cause my app indicators to re-appear. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-appindicat

[Bug 1802574] [NEW] laptop screen never comes on after undock / sleep / open of laptop

2018-11-09 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: I use a ThinkPad dock with two monitors plugged into it. I have a udev job configured to automatically put my laptop to sleep when I undock it. So, I'm working on my laptop in the dock. I undock it and drop it into my backpack. All by itself, it goes to sleep. A few minutes l

[Bug 1802520] [NEW] gnome-terminal prints gnome settings daemon log messages (?) every time I launch it

2018-11-09 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: $ gnome-terminal # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/terminal/legacy/" (establishing: 0, active: 0) # unwatch_fast: "/org/gnome/terminal/legacy/" (active: 0, establishing: 1) # watch_established: "/org/gnome/terminal/legacy/" (establishing: 0) $ Those three log messages printed when I

[Bug 1801757] Re: all app indicators disappear

2018-11-09 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Also happening in 18.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-appindicator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801757 Title: all app indicators disappear To manage notifications about this b

[Bug 1801757] Re: all app indicators disappear

2018-11-05 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Before, it looks like the attached (though there is also a Shutter indicator, which disappears while I'm taking the screen capture). Afterwards everything to the left of the wifi indicator (i.e., the Yubioath Desktop indicator and everything to the left of it) is gone. ** Attachment added: "Sele

[Bug 1801757] [NEW] all app indicators disappear

2018-11-05 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: Occasionally all of my app indicators just disappear. Right now, for example the only icons in my top bar are the wifi icon, the volume icon, and the battery charge icon. Everything else is gone. The applications associated with the missing indicators, e.g., Dropbox, Cloud Sta

[Bug 1801730] [NEW] SyntaxError Traceback when calling `ubuntu-bug gnome-screensaver`

2018-11-05 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: ``` $ ubuntu-bug gnome-screensaver ERROR: hook /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_gnome-screensaver.py crashed: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 196, in _run_hook exec(compile(fd.read(), hook, 'exec'), sy

[Bug 1791512] Re: The lock screen text box didn't mask the password I typed

2018-11-05 Thread Jonathan Kamens
I think there might be a race condition involved here, i.e., I think this behavior only happens if you start typing your password at the "wrong time" while the computer is in the process of waking up from sleep. Note that if you click the Cancel button and then try unlocking your screen again, the

[Bug 1800492] [NEW] Screen seems to think it is still locked after I've unlocked it

2018-10-29 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: Sometimes in 18.10 when I unlock my screen (well, not actually "unlock", since I don't have the screensaver configured to lock, so more accurately, when I disable the screensaver), I end up on a screen which looks like the computer still sort of thinks the screensaver is activ

[Bug 1767918] Re: Login password from GDM is shown in plain text on the VT1 console

2018-08-01 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Yikes, shouldn't this bug be marked private? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767918 Title: Login password from GDM is shown in plain text on the VT1 console To manage

[Bug 1769720] Re: Logged out when unplugging external monitors with screen locked and lid closed

2018-05-08 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Note that there are crashes around the same time in /usr/lib/hidpi- daemon/hidpi-daemon and /usr/lib/hidpi-daemon/hidpi-notification, which are provided by System76, but looking at the dumps in /var/crash for them, it looks like they are crashing _as a result of_ the gnome-shell crash, as opposed t

[Bug 1769720] Re: Logged out when unplugging external monitors with screen locked and lid closed

2018-05-08 Thread Jonathan Kamens
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1769982 ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 1769720] [NEW] Logged out when unplugging external monitors with screen locked and lid closed

2018-05-07 Thread Jonathan Kamens
Public bug reported: I am using Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) 64-bit on a System76 Galaga UltraPro laptop. At work, I plug two displays into my laptop, one DisplayPort and one HDMI. If, while both displays are plugged in and the laptop lid is closed and the laptop's built-in display is therefore disabled

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