[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2051303] Re: T14s Gen4 Intel under 23.10 started locking up hard

2024-01-25 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
** Description changed: Everything's been great for a couple of months on this new machine Yesterday or the day before it started locking up hard, spontaneously, without high load. X11 freezes. Keyboard is unresponsive. Sound still worked for a while once. - I accept updates when

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2051303] Re: T14s Gen4 Intel under 23.10 started locking up hard

2024-01-25 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
The last crash before I reported this was just before hard-rebooting around time 2024-01-25 19:30 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2051303 Title: T14s Gen4 Intel under

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2051303] [NEW] T14s Gen4 Intel under 23.10 started locking up hard

2024-01-25 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Everything's been great for a couple of months on this new machine Yesterday or the day before it started locking up hard, spontaneously, without high load. X11 freezes. Keyboard is unresponsive. Sound still worked for a while once. I accept updates when they arrive.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1958267] Re: "Connection failed" for WPA Enterprise network (e.g. eduroam)

2022-05-13 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
For those of us who used the workaround method by @nfalse in comment 22, how and when do we undo this workaround so as to be safe and benefit from the released fix? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to wpa in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1958267] Re: "Connection failed" for WPA Enterprise network eduroam

2022-04-26 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Whoops -- actually, my enterprise network was a university's main wifi (wpa.mcgill.ca), not eduroam. I propose to generalize the title of this bug by dropping eduroam or changing it to (e.g. eduroam) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1958267] Re: "Connection failed" for WPA Enterprise network eduroam

2022-04-26 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
On a Thinkpad X230 I had this problem after upgrading to 22.04. The recipe in comment 23 by nfalse solved the problem for me. Thank you (though this is only a temporary workaround, given its use of "UnsafeLegacyRenegotiation") -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1923459] Re: evince doesn't show filename or PDF title on the title bar

2021-11-07 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This is reported at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/-/issues/1583 (thanks to Michaël Berteaux @Mikenux at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/-/issues/996). The bug is solved in Evince 40.2, and it looks like Ubuntu 21.10 has Evince 40.4-2, which would include the fix. However, this

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1851134] Re: setting custom keyboard shortcut fails for certain keys

2021-06-30 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I reported it here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/1397 ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues #1397 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/1397 -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1929209] [NEW] external monitor goes black for several seconds at a time, randomly

2021-05-21 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: At times it is completely debilitating; at other times it does not happen for hours. The physical connections are clean and solid. There are other related behaviours reported in the past, but I am running Ubuntu 20.10.  I guess the attachments will show that I'm using

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1923381] Re: [Lenovo ThinkPad T450s] regression: no display when waking from suspend

2021-05-09 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I followed your instructions for prevboot.rxt, though I removed from it a bunch of lines like (no idea what those are) May 09 06:30:36 T450s-low tracker-miner-f[2128]: Could not enumerate container / directory 'file:///home/meuser/Music/somemusicfolder, Error opening directory

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1923381] [NEW] regression: no display when waking from suspend

2021-04-11 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: I have two Lenovo T450s laptops running Ubuntu 20.10. A few weeks ago, suspend stopped working properly: with an external monitor, the external monitor no longer registers the connection when waking from suspend. Without, the laptop screen is black and the machine

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1861025] Re: Keyboard shortcut "Search" shows as disabled, yet it still works, and custom shortcut unable to use the Search key

2020-10-26 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Reported to Gnome: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings- daemon/-/issues/564 ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/issues #564 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/issues/564 -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1861025] Re: Keyboard shortcut "Search" shows as disabled, yet it still works, and custom shortcut unable to use the Search key

2020-10-25 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This problem is unaddressed on two computers after upgrading to Ubuntu 20.10. Now I can using the GUI set up a custom keyboard shortcut associated witth the "search" key, but it still does nothing. Pressing the "search" key just gives me the desktop search. -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1861025] Re: Keyboard shortcut "Search" shows as disabled, yet it still works, and custom shortcut unable to use the Search key

2020-09-08 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This problem is no better on 20.04. -> In the Keyboard Shortcuts dialogue, no function is assigned to the "Search" key. -> There is a custom keyboard shortcut assigned to Ctrl-Search. It works fine. -> When I try to set a custom shortcut to the Search key, instead, the desktop pops into

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1876211] [NEW] Bluetooth connection to headset works for volume buttons but not tests

2020-04-30 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: bluetooth worked fine under 19.10. Now, when bluetooth connects to my headset, I can hear noises from the increase/ decrease volume keys, but the "test" for Output Device in Sound settings makes sound on my laptop, not the headset. And all applications send sound to the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1776873] Re: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps

2020-04-18 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
To @kfunk @axet @troyready: That worked perfectly for me. Thank you so much!!! For those like me for whom these are all magical incantations, here's my sequence aggregated from advice above: Press the Ubuntu/Super key and type "Software" and pick the one that is called "Software & Updates". On

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1776873] Re: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps

2020-04-16 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
wow, @kfunk and @axet, thank you so much for this effort! Alas, I get stuck at the very first step: sudo apt-get build-dep snapd Reading package lists... Done E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1776873] Re: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps

2020-03-23 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
If the approach so far is to individually whitelist classes of links, surely can't this be better dealt with by doing something similar to how Chromium responds to me clicking on a downloaded file: it asks me if it's okay to have snap launch that file? Can't we do this for links that go to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1776873] Re: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps

2020-03-23 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Yeah, this can be labelled a COVID-relevant bug, since there are countless new users flooding to Zoom, etc... It looks like this is being worked on within the last four days: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/8304 But only for zoom?! And I'm not sure of the nature of the fix or who would

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1866277] [NEW] Power Saving settings "Wi-Fi can be turned off to save power" does not work as advertised

2020-03-05 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: In Settings -> Power under the "Power Saving" section, there are the following two on/off slider options: Wi-Fi Wi-Fi can be turned off to save power. Bluetooth Bluetooth can be turned off to save power. Rather than controlling something to do with power-saving, eg.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1776873] Re: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps

2020-03-02 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Agreed. This seems like fundamental desktop functionality to me. My approach so far is to right click on the link, copy it, and then in a terminal type xdg-open "" where is the pasted link. In case it's useful, here's an updated list from above, but clearly there should be a way for people

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1861025] [NEW] Keyboard shortcut "Search" shows as disabled, yet it still works, and custom shortcut unable to use the Search key

2020-01-27 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Prior to the last upgrade (19.10), I used the Search key for one of my custom keyboard shortcuts. (I am using a Lenovo T450s, so the Search key is the button which works as F10 when the Fn key is also pressed.) In 19.10, this is no longer possible. The Search key is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 463796] Re: Alsa doesn't detect external mic

2020-01-22 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Fix was apparently released, yet for me the problem arose first when I upgraded to 19.10. I now have no access to the microphone on my headset. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1858439] Re: When docked, laptop switches to HDMI/Display port, instead of headphones. Headset microphone not available. [20BXCTO1WW, Realtek ALC3232]

2020-01-21 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This is not just a problem when I dock. In fact, even when I correct the problem by selecting the correct output device in sound settings, it reverts after a while back to the incorrect one (HDMI/Display port) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1858439] [NEW] When docked, laptop switches to HDMI/Display port, instead of headphones. Headset microphone not available. [20BXCTO1WW, Realtek ALC3232]

2020-01-06 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: When my laptop is docked, I used to use a headset plugged into the dock for meetings. Both microphone and audio out were connected to my headset. Since the last update, my sound does not work like it used it, and I cannot make it work like I want. In particular, whenever

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1833114] Re: print page dialog latency when trying to cancel or to save

2019-11-05 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Actually, it is not true that this is solved under 19.10. All that has happened is that the latency has shortened to 1-2 seconds. It is *still* the case that during that time, I cannot get the focus in any other window or do anything else in the operating system. -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1851134] [NEW] setting custom keyboard shortcut fails for certain keys

2019-11-03 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: I click on settings in menu or press my settings icon key (above F9 key on Lenovo T450s keyboard). Navigate to "Keyboard Shortcuts". Scroll to bottom to press "+" to add a custom shortcut. Define function, then click on "Set Shortcut...". Then I press the "Explorer" key,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1833114] Re: print page dialog latency when trying to cancel or to save

2019-10-31 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Yes, I have now very grudgingly upgraded to 19.10 and the problem seems to be resolved. This problem was new at some point in 19.04 (ie did not exist at first with 19.04) and I do not think pressuring eople to upgrade (so soon after a release) is a good solution. On the other hand, strangely, no

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1833114] Re: print page dialog latency when trying to cancel or to save

2019-10-19 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This problem does not affect a brand new user if I create one. So it is maybe to do with having upgraded, and having old settings? How do I reset the relevant settings? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1838132] Re: file browser hangs system for several seconds on save/load/exit

2019-10-04 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1833114 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1833114 @seb128, I added the log when you asked. This bug affects all file saves / loads on all applications on Ubuntu, so it is very debilitating. Can't imagine why there are no other complainants. ** This bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1838132] Re: file browser hangs system for several seconds on save/load/exit

2019-08-15 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Un-locking the screen/desktop now also takes much longer than it used to. After correctly entering the password or scanning a fingerprint, nothing happens for a long time, and then eventually the screen is unlocked. Could that be related? -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1833114] Re: print page dialog latency when trying to cancel or to save

2019-08-13 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
** Changed in: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1833114 Title: print page dialog latency when trying to cancel

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1838132] Re: file browser hangs system for several seconds on save/load/exit

2019-08-08 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Sorry, I suspect it's specific to whatever part of the OS supplies dialogues to save files, but I'm not sophisticated enough to know what that means. Here's the journal: Aug 08 14:57:34 T450s-high org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys.desktop[2678]:

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1833114] Re: print page dialog latency when trying to cancel or to save

2019-08-07 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Yes I think everything is affected. On Wed, Aug 7, 2019, 10:11 AM Olivier Tilloy, wrote: > I can observe this on my laptop, too. I can't reproduce in a clean disco > VM though. > > This is not specific to chromium though, other applications such as > gedit are affected (snap or deb seems to be

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1838132] [NEW] file browser hangs system for several seconds on save/load/exit

2019-07-27 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: For the last month, saving a file or printing a file from my browser or any other application, or even trying to quit the file browser without doing anything, causes the file dialog and the entire system to hang (become unresponsive) for several seconds. ProblemType: Bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1833114] [NEW] print page dialog latency when trying to cancel or to save

2019-06-17 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Since less than a month ago, using the print page dialog (which for me defaults to saving as PDF) is outlandishly slow. Once opened, if I try to close it (click cancel / press Esc) or to use it (click Save or press Enter), there is no visible response, and my system hangs for

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1738838] Re: Bluetooth icon shows "Off" and the only option given below it is "Turn Off"

2018-11-22 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Same/very similar problem in 18.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1738838 Title: Bluetooth icon shows "Off" and the only option given below it is "Turn Off"

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1778422] [NEW] evince responds to mouse location when it does not have focus. Scrolls wildly up or down.

2018-06-24 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Evince sometimes gets into a state when it scrolls all the way up or all the way down in a document, based on where the mouse cursor is, even though evince does not have the focus, and any of the other windows is actively receiving input / etc, ie obviously has focus.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1747199] [NEW] Cannot monitor nor stop/resume automatic deja-dup backup: monitor window absent

2018-02-03 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: In latest versions of deja dup, there is no window created to monitor the progress of an automated backup. This means there's no way to tell how much is left to go, and no way to stop it cleanly if it is taking too long or if one wishes to resume it later. It should, I

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1745874] Re: Contradictory and unclear completion report: "Not all files could be backed up" "Your files were successfully backed up"

2018-01-28 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1371613 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371613 Oops. Thanks. It looks like that was nearly four years ago. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to deja-dup in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1745874] [NEW] Contradictory and unclear completion report: "Not all files could be backed up" "Your files were successfully backed up"

2018-01-28 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: When Deja Dup finished, it sent a message to my OS saying that the backup was finished but that not all files could be backed up. I clicked on the message to get more information, and it simply disappeared. I found the dialog window from deja dup and it says: Backup

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1722454] Re: Duplicity fails with MemoryError

2018-01-25 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1720159 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1720159 Is it really a duplicate? I have now upgraded to the supposed fix of #1720159 $ apt show duplicity Package: duplicity Version: 0.7.16+bzr1347-0ubuntu1~ubuntu17.10.1 ... but still get the same error as

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1722108] Re: Sections of screen flashing, window shadows flashing, corruption

2017-12-02 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This problem seems to have been fixed in 17.10 under X11. ** Summary changed: - Sections of screen flashing, window shadows flashing, corruption + Sections of screen flashing, window shadows flashing, corruption, with extended desktop ** Description changed: + Whenever I use an extended

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1735216] [NEW] Wacom UI highly insufficient

2017-11-29 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: I've been asked to post a bug (feature request?) here (https://askubuntu.com/questions/980892/xsetwacom-wont-find-wacom- tablet-under-17-10-but-did-with-17-04-multiple-cur) on the following grounds:  The UI offered in Wayland for controlling a graphics tablet (such as my

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1733326] Re: Backup failed with an unknown error. .... MemoryError

2017-11-22 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Indeed, and you correctly marked the Duplicity bug invalid. But surely the Ubuntu(Duplicity) bug is not invalid!? Well, no one else has complained yet. Thank you! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to duplicity in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1733326] Re: Backup failed with an unknown error. .... MemoryError

2017-11-22 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
@kenneth-loafman : Thanks; after adding the PPA my next backup worked. So, Ubuntu, is this not a High priority bug for 17.10!? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to duplicity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1733326

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1733326] [NEW] Backup failed with an unknown error. .... MemoryError

2017-11-20 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: The backup application (GUI) failed a couple of hours into its first attempt to write to an external disk after I upgraded to 17.10. The failure is "Backup Failed: Failed with an unknown error" and the following details. Note that the machine has 20GB of RAM, and there is no

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1722108] [NEW] Sections of screen flashing, window shadows flashing, corruption

2017-10-08 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Video and stills attached ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+16ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-35.39-generic 4.10.17 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-35-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5 Architecture:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1722108] Re: Sections of screen flashing, window shadows flashing, corruption

2017-10-08 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
** Attachment added: "video to show idle flashing etc" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1722108/+attachment/4965324/+files/out.ogv -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1722108] Re: Sections of screen flashing, window shadows flashing, corruption

2017-10-08 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
** Attachment added: "still image of corruption" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1722108/+attachment/4965306/+files/corruptX.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1021375] Re: Nautilus says the USB stick is read only when it is not

2017-10-07 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
On Latest 17.04, killall nautilus and restarting nautilus doesn't help. Maybe I am not doing the right thing in detail. So for a couple of years now, every time I present something at a conference, I panic because I'm not going to be able to write my PDF file on a USB key in order to share it --

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1641423] Re: Backup fails with message: 'Failed to execute child process "duplicity" (No such file or directory)' or 'No module named gi.repository': missing deja-dup-backend-g

2017-08-31 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I installed 17.04 fresh, using an existing user (/home). Backup fails as per this bug. If I launch the GUI, The Overview tells me to click on the Install button, but the two Install buttons are greyed out. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1351772] Re: "disable touchpad while typing" doesn't work

2017-06-05 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Thank you! It looks like this: Thinkpad T450s: $ xinput ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2[master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointerid=4[slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ ELAN Touchscreen id=9[slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1351772] Re: "disable touchpad while typing" doesn't work

2017-06-02 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
(Obviously, I mean "on my machine" in my comment #21, ie an Thinkpad T450s ) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1351772 Title: "disable touchpad while

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1351772] Re: "disable touchpad while typing" doesn't work

2017-06-02 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
@lihow731 (#16): This simply makes the track pad not work at all, starting from bootup. This is the same effect that the syndaemon workout ends up having, although in that case it generally doesn't happen immediately. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1351772] Re: "disable touchpad while typing" doesn't work

2017-06-01 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Thanks Leon. Should this also work (be tried) on 16.10? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1351772 Title: "disable touchpad while typing" doesn't work

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1678498] Re: Resolution options for external display/monitor are incomplete

2017-04-26 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
** Summary changed: - Resolution options for external monitor are incomplete + Resolution options for external display/monitor are incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1351772] Re: "disable touchpad while typing" doesn't work

2017-04-19 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This is just as bad in 16.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1351772 Title: "disable touchpad while typing" doesn't work Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1603791] Re: syndaemon "-t" option fails, in turn making touchpad disable-while-typing not work

2017-04-19 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1351772 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1351772 ** Summary changed: - syndaemon "-t" option fails, in turn making touchpad disable while typing not work + syndaemon "-t" option fails, in turn making touchpad disable-while-typing not work -- You

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1678498] [NEW] Resolution options for external monitor are incomplete

2017-04-01 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Usually when I plug in an external monitor (when awake, or before waking from suspend), my external display is rendered with 1024x768 resolution, and this is the highest resolution displayed by xrandr: DP-2 connected 1024x768+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1674121] Re: "Restore" asks for cryptic authentication to run /bin/sh as superuser

2017-03-21 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Result of following attached: gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.DejaDup > /tmp/deja-dup.gsettings ** Attachment added: "deja-dup.gsettings" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/1674121/+attachment/4841599/+files/deja-dup.gsettings -- You received this bug notification

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1674125] [NEW] "Details" view in gui is not working for Restore

2017-03-19 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: When I click on the little triangle to get Details during any Restore process, I see nothing sensible. There is just one white line, and sometimes a bit of orange bar flickering at the right end of the line. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: deja-dup

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1674121] [NEW] "Restore" asks for cryptic authentication to run /bin/sh as superuser

2017-03-19 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: I am trying to restore a full backup to an external hard drive. After 20 minutes or so, a cryptic gui popup arises which says that "some process" wants sudo authentication to run /bin/sh It is surely a bug to generate such a vague request for sudo use. I note it has been

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1664794] [NEW] deja-dup crashes when auto setting turned off during backup

2017-02-14 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Let's say a network backup is in progress, and I want to make sure that one does not also happen tomorrow. So I would naturally go to the deja- dup control panel and turn the "auto" slider to OFF in the schedule tab. Doing this causes an immediate failure of the backup *in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1658497] Re: External screen flashes to black for ~1 s periodically under extended desktop

2017-01-23 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This may be the same as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1634449 It can reliably be triggered by just crossing the cursor back and forth between screens, but it does not only occur then; often it is a keypress in window (terminal, etc) which triggers it, even when the cursor

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1658497] Re: Screens all flash to black for ~1 s periodically under extended desktop

2017-01-22 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
(sorry.. continued:) For instance, it happens quite often exactly as a close a terminal with Ctrl-D in the external monitor! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1658497 Title:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1658497] Re: Screens all flash to black for ~1 s periodically under extended desktop

2017-01-22 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This sounds crazy, but this seems to happen much more frequently when I have, or am interacting with, a terminal or emacs in the second/external screen. The resolution of the display is huge, so these windows tend to be a small fraction of the display. Also, I think it's actually only the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1658497] [NEW] Screens all flash to black for ~1 s periodically under extended desktop

2017-01-22 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: I just upgraded to 16.10 from 16.04. Now my screens all go black for ~1 s periodically (once per minute or so) under extended desktop, using a Lenovo T450s. Keyboard still seems to be active during the blackouts. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: xorg

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1465479] Re: Palm detection does not work on synaptics touchpad

2016-11-27 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Lack of palm detection still a serious problem on Lenovo T450s under 16.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1465479 Title: Palm detection does

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1603447] Re: ~/.cache is listed in "folders to ignore", yet Backup still reports failure to back up ~/.cache/dconf

2016-11-23 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1313034 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1313034 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1313034 Deja-dup reports it couldn't backup ~/.cache/dconf and ~/.gvfs even though it's not supposed to try to (also, ~/.dbus) -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1414679] Re: bamfdaemon takes too much CPU (>70%)

2016-10-11 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I'm on 16.04 doing nothing, and bamfdaemon is hogging a huge proportion of CPU -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to bamf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1414679 Title: bamfdaemon takes too much CPU (>70%) Status

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1598519] Re: regression: page scrolling jumps to top of page spontaneously

2016-09-06 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Version 52 is already/now released for 16.04 if you have security updates enabled. I just did sudo apt-mark unhold chromium-browser sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade to get version 52. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1598519] Re: regression: page scrolling jumps to top of page spontaneously

2016-08-25 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Does any of the poohbahs know: (the inevitable question) will Chromium 52 (ie, the fix) get pushed out to the various distros? Which ones? Or can we install it some other way? Chromium is presenting other troubles to me know, so I'm looking forward to upgrading again. -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1603447] Re: ~/.cache is listed in "folders to ignore", yet Backup still reports failure to back up ~/.cache/dconf

2016-08-20 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/1313034 says that Duplicity 0.7.08 appears to resolve this bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to deja-dup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1603447 Title: ~/.cache is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1603791] Re: syndaemon "-t" option fails, in turn making touchpad disable while typing not work

2016-07-17 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1351772 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1351772 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1351772 "disable touchpad while typing" doesn't work -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1603791] [NEW] syndaemon "-t" option fails, in turn making touchpad disable while typing not work

2016-07-17 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: I'm on Lenovo T450s, but there are reports of others having the same problem that touchpad disabling, which is no longer an explicit option, is not working. This leads to data loss and frustration when typing/editing, etc. With default settings, I find that syndaemon has

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1598519] Re: regression: page scrolling jumps to top of page spontaneously

2016-07-15 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Just an update to comment #3: A workaround for this problem on chromium- browser is just the last three lines of what I wrote before, ie (as two lines): sudo apt-get install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg- extra=49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233 chromium- browser=49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233 sudo apt-mark hold

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1439427] Re: unity-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in XGetDeviceProperty() [after laptop is un-docked]

2016-07-15 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I agree. So far I've not had this error any more, using the proposed package Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1439427 Title: unity-settings-daemon

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1603447] Re: ~/.cache is listed in "folders to ignore", yet Backup still reports failure to back up ~/.cache/dconf

2016-07-15 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
It looks like this would be a duplicate of #1313034, but should be listed/fixed on Ubuntu LTS as well as the upstream package. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to deja-dup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1603447

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1603447] [NEW] ~/.cache is listed in "folders to ignore", yet Backup still reports failure to back up ~/.cache/dconf

2016-07-15 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Title says it all. To get rid of annoying "Could not back up the following files. Please make sure you are able to open them: /home/meuser/.cache/dconf" messages every time I back up, I listed ~/.cache in the "Folders to ignore" list in the GUI. Yet I still get that

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1439427] Re: unity-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in XGetDeviceProperty() [after laptop is un-docked]

2016-07-12 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Thanks. I followed most of those directions, and think I've installed the proposed unity-settings-daemon and added "Crash" to an Apport file. I could not follow /understand this, though: "" Uploading your hardware profile To help us track the hardware test coverage, please upload your

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1598519] Re: regression: page scrolling jumps to top of page spontaneously

2016-07-06 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Maybe this is related? It's hard to tell https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=575401 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to webkit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1598519 Title: regression: page

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1598519] Re: regression: page scrolling jumps to top of page spontaneously

2016-07-06 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Okay, so it sounds like a recent update to webkit contains the problem. (I hardly know what that means butso) I've added webkit to the affected packages. Hello webkit folk! Help? Chris Down: I spent a lot of time moving from Chrome to Chromium to avoid the bug, only to be chased by it a couple

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1598519] Re: regression: page scrolling jumps to top of page spontaneously

2016-07-06 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Interesting. How come a chromium-browser update would make the difference, and a downgrade fix it? How do you mean it affects those other apps? (Is that true only of recent versions?) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1598519] Re: regression: page scrolling jumps to top of page spontaneously

2016-07-03 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
The following sequence downgrades chromium browser to the previous available version, prior to the introduction of the new bug, and holds it there: sudo apt-get remove chromium-browser sudo apt-get remove chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra apt-cache showpkg chromium-browser sudo apt-get install

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1598519] Re: regression: page scrolling jumps to top of page spontaneously

2016-07-03 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
** Description changed: I switched to chromium-browser from Google Chrome when, 1-2 months ago, Chrome began to misbehave on all pages. It spontaneously jumped to the top of the page when I continue scrolling downwards (using a touchpad). - As of a July 1 update to +  As of a July 1

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1598519] [NEW] regression: page scrolling jumps to top of page spontaneously

2016-07-02 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: I switched to chromium-browser from Google Chrome when, 1-2 months ago, Chrome began to misbehave on all pages. It spontaneously jumped to the top of the page when I continue scrolling downwards (using a touchpad). As of a July 1 update to chromium-browser:amd64

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1581491] Re: palm detection absent: Mouse pointer jumps around when I am typing

2016-06-26 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1351772 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1351772 Can this really be the same problem as this 2-year-old one?!: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-settings- daemon/+bug/1351772 Since then / on my machine, the "disable while typing" option has

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1351772] Re: "disable touchpad while typing" doesn't work

2016-06-26 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I can't believe this bug is so old. Do I have the same? I'm on 16.04 with a Lenovo Thinkpad T450s and I do not even have a "disable while typing" option in the settings. ps -af | grep synda shows: 2285 2205 0 Jun25 ?00:00:01 syndaemon -i 1.0 -t -K -R Usability is really poor

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1581491] Re: palm detection absent: Mouse pointer jumps around when I am typing

2016-06-26 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
** Summary changed: - Mouse pointer jumps around when I am typing + palm detection absent: Mouse pointer jumps around when I am typing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1439427] Re: unity-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in XGetDeviceProperty() [after laptop is un-docked]

2016-06-23 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This is not fixed for me. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 and I've updated. After I undock, my computer often comes to a complete lock-up following the symptoms of this bug. Will it be fixed on my distribution? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1587650] Re: sqlite banshee.db database not compatible with banshee after upgrade of banshee

2016-06-20 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
** Summary changed: - banshee crashes 100% of the time when I try to close the window + sqlite banshee.db database not compatible with banshee after upgrade of banshee -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to banshee in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1439427] Re: unity-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in XGetDeviceProperty() [after laptop is un-docked]

2016-06-13 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
The unity settings daemon crashes are still occurring for me, after all updates. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1439427 Title: unity-settings-daemon

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1587650] Re: banshee crashes 100% of the time when I try to close the window

2016-06-05 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This problem persists, but not for guest user or if I delete my old .config/banshee-1 Also, if I copy banshee.db to a new user's config, they experience the problem too. So I'm guessing there is a problem in reading my db after the upgrade. The stderr output after I ask banshee to close is:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1587650] [NEW] banshee crashes 100% of the time when I try to close the window

2016-05-31 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: After upgrading to 16.04, when I launch banshee and then, when it's finished loading, immediately click on the "x" closing icon, it just hangs and turns grey and remains unresponsive until I kill it violently. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: banshee

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1581245] Re: unity-settings-daemon crashes every time T450s laptop is un-docked

2016-05-25 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1439427 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1439427 This bug seems to be under treatment as: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-settings-daemon/+bug/1439427 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1439427 unity-settings-daemon crashed

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1439427] Re: unity-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in XGetDeviceProperty() [when laptop is un-docked]

2016-05-25 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
** Summary changed: - unity-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in XGetDeviceProperty() + unity-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in XGetDeviceProperty() [when laptop is un-docked] ** Summary changed: - unity-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in XGetDeviceProperty() [when laptop is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1581245] Re: unity-settings-daemon crashes every time T450s laptop is un-docked

2016-05-13 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
In case you can see it more easily than me, this is the link to that last bug report, which it said I'm not allowed to see: https://errors.ubuntu.com/oops/52ca2140-1895-11e6-b7d3-fa163e839e11 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1581245] Re: unity-settings-daemon crashes every time T450s laptop is un-docked

2016-05-13 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
The top one listed is: 2016-05-12 18:052016-05-12 19:05 UTCCrash unity-settings- daemon I click on it and get: "Sorry, you are not a member of a group that is allowed to see the data from error reports. Please fill out this form to request access." even though I obviously have a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1581491] [NEW] Mouse pointer jumps around when I am typing

2016-05-13 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: On a Lenovo T450s, the mousepad is not disabled when typing. There is no option I can see to disable it while typing in the "Mouse & Touchpad" settings, either. Instead it should behave like other machines, in which the mousepad ignores being brushed by palms or thumbs while

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