[Desktop-packages] [Bug 678421] Re: Error message for a faulty ~/.profile script

2014-10-15 Thread Alec Warner
I think we would also prefer a dialog, but I will take errors in ~/.xsession-errors over nothing. We can instruct our support staff to look there for these errors; right now there are no errors anywhere and so it is difficult to debug the root cause of the problem. -A -- You received this bug

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1319941] Re: libreoffice draw / impress crash if user service publishing is disabled in avahi

2014-05-19 Thread Alec Warner
On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Christopher M. Penalver christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com wrote: Alec Warner, would running Ubuntu in a live environment allow one to adhere to security policy, and submit the crash? Yeah i'll do that next week. -A -- You received this bug notification

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1319941] Re: libreoffice draw / impress crash if user service publishing is disabled in avahi

2014-05-16 Thread Alec Warner
Security policy prevents me from submitting crash reports which is why I stuck with the gdb backtrace. -A -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1319941 Title:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1319941] [NEW] libreoffice draw / impress crash on startup

2014-05-15 Thread Alec Warner
Public bug reported: antarus@antarus-z620:/tmp$ cat gdbtrace.log warning: Currently logging to gdbtrace.log. Turn the logging off and on to make the new setting effective. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. Program

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1319970] [NEW] speed-dispatcher user needs a restricted shell (/usr/sbin/nologin or /bin/false) instead of /bin/sh.

2014-05-15 Thread Alec Warner
Public bug reported: antarus@killbot:~$ getent passwd speech-dispatcher speech-dispatcher:x:113:29:Speech Dispatcher,,,:/var/run/speech-dispatcher:/bin/sh DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1248359] [NEW] gnome-system-monitor cycles through processes in dependency view when viewing a processes properties

2013-11-05 Thread Alec Warner
Public bug reported: Repro: Launch System Monitor. Enable menu View Dependencies. Repro is faster if the processes are sorted by CPU usage. Right click some process (deeper in the tree for quicker repro), Select Properties. Result: The dialog randomly shows information for various

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1004775] Re: NetworkManager restarts dnsmasq and adds host route on every IPv6 route lookup

2013-08-30 Thread Alec Warner
I am the replacement for Steve Atwell (who no longer does Goobuntu stuff.) This package fixes the issue for me. -A -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1004775

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1206182] [NEW] flashplugin-nonfree should recommend libhal

2013-07-29 Thread Alec Warner
Public bug reported: http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/flash-player-11-problems- playing.html#id_48891 says that libhal is required to play Protected video content, it would be nice if libhal was either suggested or recommended so that worked on Precise. antarus@host:~$ lsb_release -a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1011073] Re: NetworkManager submenus sometimes unpopulated

2013-07-11 Thread Alec Warner
The precise SRU is verified and has waiting the minimum 7 days, can it be put into updates? -A -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1011073 Title:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 861268] Re: text corruption in terminals (xterm, urxvt) and emacs

2013-06-06 Thread Alec Warner
Man I hate launchpad. is this https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664858? -A ** Also affects: ubuntu-gnome Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: ubuntu-gnome ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #664858 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664858

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1033179] Re: Xvfb seems to have hardcoded /tmp

2013-03-25 Thread Alec Warner
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 972324 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/972324 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 972324 server fails to start up if TMPDIR is set to something on a different filesystem from /var/lib/xkb -- You received this bug notification because you

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 972324] Re: server fails to start up if TMPDIR is set to something on a different filesystem from /var/lib/xkb

2013-03-25 Thread Alec Warner
There may also exist a security issue, where user alice creates specially crafted keymaps in /tmp/$HASH.xkm and then user bob launched X and the X system tries to re-use alice's evil keymap. I'm unsure if the X server keymap loader is exploitable, but it is likely that keymaps should not be

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1100587] Re: gnome-control-center does not remove system-wide proxy settings from /etc/environment when switch from manual to automatic mode.

2013-02-07 Thread Alec Warner
Fails to verify here. If I select 'Automated' and enter a configuration URL, and then click on 'Apply System Wide' I do not even get a polkit prompt for 'admin' access. Certainly the http_proxy bit in /etc/environment remains. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1108518] Re: lightdm should not rename() .xsession-errors, as it may be a symlink

2013-02-01 Thread Alec Warner
I took a stab at this in the noted branch. my glib is terrible and It looks like we need to do this twice in session-child.c? ** Branch linked: lp:~antarus/lightdm/bug1108518 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1108518] Re: lightdm should not rename() .xsession-errors, as it may be a symlink

2013-01-31 Thread Alec Warner
My point isn't so much that there is a race, or a sec vuln or something. My point is that on my systems: $HOME may be on NFS. $HOME/.xsession-errors is a symlink to /usr/local/home/$USER/.xsession-errors $HOME/.xsession-errors.old is a symlink to /usr/local/home/$USER/.xsession-errors.old The

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1108518] [NEW] lightdm should not rename() .xsession-errors, as it may be a symlink

2013-01-28 Thread Alec Warner
Public bug reported: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu- desktop/lightdm/ubuntu/view/head:/src/session-child.c#L509 Lightdm calls rename() on the xsession-errors file. In our deployment many of our users have this file as a symlink. Their homedirectory is on NFS and it will quickly fill their

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1100587] [NEW] gnome-control-center does not remove system-wide proxy settings from /etc/environment when switch from manual to automatic mode.

2013-01-16 Thread Alec Warner
Public bug reported: 12.04, Unity, on a x220. Go into system settings = network = Network Proxy = Method = Manual Set a proxy (I chose 'goats' for the http bit, and 8080 as the port. Click on 'apply system wide'. Note that /etc/environment contains 'http_proxy=http://goats:8080;' Then go into

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1097903] [NEW] lightdm-session fails if user's .profile has non-posix sh init.

2013-01-09 Thread Alec Warner
Public bug reported: I don't actually mind the failure (its a feature!) The problem is that if the user's .profile has non-posix sh in it (causing /usr/sbin /lightdm-session to basically crash) there is no good presentation to the user about this. The user tries to login. Lightdm tries to source

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1008344] Re: [Precise] Language selector won't allow me to install languages

2012-12-12 Thread Alec Warner
Other users are made 'administrators' via a custom pkla file. [Configuration] AdminIdentities=unix-netgroup:REDACTED_NETGROUP_NAME These users are not in the 'sudo' group, and are not UID 0. antarus@goats4 $ groups eng adm cdrom fuse ops guest ops-perm nonconf mrmagoo corp-kernel goobuntu