[Bug 1030615] Re: Braser hangs at end of burn

2012-10-14 Thread Tom F
#578910 #904662 #549184 #661625 A Google of The disc could not be ejected though it needs to be removed for the current operation to continue reveals this bug has been around for a long time. I have been affected now for years by it. To avoid it I have tried using K3B instead but I get

[Bug 1766137] Re: [regression] Password accepted but login fails (blank purple screen and mouse pointer only)

2018-05-09 Thread Tom F
Not on first login but on switch user after entering correct password I get purple screen and mouse. Sometimes after a long delay I can get back to the login screen. I can usually force it back to the login screen by hitting a few random cycles of ctl+alt + F1, ctl+alt F2 and ctl+alt + F3. At

[Bug 1783817] Re: Nautilus doesnt know what its doing, showing unneccesary progress bars

2018-10-01 Thread Tom F
I find it most irritating when renaming a file. I just tested and the renaming file window and offer to cancel is on screen for 25 seconds. I also do not like the new design which provides a small pop up window to do a quick rename of a file. The filename is often bigger than the pop up window

[Bug 1866556] Re: On-screen keyboard (OSK) on touch screen does not seem to work at all under Xorg in Focal

2020-05-13 Thread Tom F
My Asus ZenBook UX370UAF worked straight out of the box with Ubuntu 18.04. Since upgrading to Focal Fossa 20.04 it does not show. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1878392] Re: Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa desktop launchers not working

2020-05-17 Thread Tom F
The behaviour of Nautilus desktop remains baffling. But I have resolved the problem on my PC by recreating my user profile and home user folder. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1878392] Re: Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa desktop launchers not working

2020-05-14 Thread Tom F
Sorry, I'm afraid I'n not very familiar with this. The steps I followed where in the link I gave: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-create-desktop-shortcut-launcher-on- ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux There is now a YouTube showing the problem: https://youtu.be/irZME1Tt-EA Is there anything else

[Bug 1878392] Re: Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa desktop launchers not working

2020-05-18 Thread Tom F
Thank you Seb Once I realised that mine was the only user account on my home desktop PC with this problem, I tried deleting all hidden config files that included the words "Nautilus" or "Gnome". This did not help so I created another sudoer and removed my home folder. I then recreated my home

[Bug 1878392] Re: Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa desktop launchers not working

2020-05-19 Thread Tom F
Hi Seb, I'm really sorry but that user is gone. Unless another user develops the same issue, I feel it may be appropriate to put this down as an aberration in Ubuntu but close the bug entry. (I do not know how to do that). Thanks again for your help. It is much appreciated. Tom -- You

[Bug 1878392] [NEW] Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa desktop launchers not working

2020-05-13 Thread Tom F
Public bug reported: Using the procedure here = https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-create-desktop-shortcut-launcher-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux AND OTHERWISE I have successfully created launchable desktop app shortcuts. But they stop working: (1) no launch; (2) no right click context to

[Bug 1878392] Re: Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa desktop launchers not working

2020-08-26 Thread Tom F
Sorry to hear of the problem. I followed the procedure mentioned in my initial post to create my launchers. I "solved" the problem by recreating my whole user profile. But the problem came back in limited forms. But not as bad. I am now largely free of issues and I put that down to software