[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1800277] [NEW] "chmod u-w ~/.ICEauthority" breaks login

2018-10-27 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: = Problem = It is too easy to make a system unusable. = Examples The following commands will all cause subsequent graphical logins to fail: == User is returned to login screen == - chmod 400 ~/.ICEauthority - rm ~/.ICEauthority In this scenario, the user is returned to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1300235] Re: init (chromium-browser) crashed with SIGSEGV

2015-03-16 Thread James Hunt
** Package changed: upstart (Ubuntu) = chromium-browser (Ubuntu) -- 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/1300235 Title: init (chromium-browser) crashed with SIGSEGV

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1385444] Re: lightm/upstart crash leaves 2 unity8 processes around

2014-10-24 Thread James Hunt
The oldest of the two unity8 proceses (pid 2640) has been SIGSTOP'ed. Since unity8 uses SIGSTOP to indicate to upstart that it is ready, this suggests that when lightdm died, the session init was killed somehow before unity8 was ready (either on first start or respawn). -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1385444] Re: lightm/upstart crash leaves 2 unity8 processes around

2014-10-24 Thread James Hunt
Daniel - please can you attach the existing /var/crash/_sbin_init* to this bug. I appreciate they do not represent the current issue, but if may have been a re-occurence of the problem which did generated the crash files so I'd like to see those anyway. -- You received this bug notification

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1381075] Re: [ubuntu-touch] upstart should report applications that hit respawn limit to errors.ubuntu.com

2014-10-14 Thread James Hunt
The most appropriate way to do this would probably be to use apport to check for respawn limit messages in: - the system log, and - the users $HOME/.xsession-errors file. Even at the default upstart log priority of 'message', when a job reaches the respawn limit, upstart will log a message to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1371651] Re: Daily does not boot into graphical interface after installation

2014-09-30 Thread James Hunt
@elfy - is plymouth is still crashing for you? $ sudo grep SEGV /var/log/syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371651 Title: Daily does not boot into graphical

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1371651] Re: Daily does not boot into graphical interface after installation

2014-09-25 Thread James Hunt
As discussed on irc, the problem seemed to be that the plymouth-ready event was not being emitted since udev was not tagging a graphics device with PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY, so it looked like the problem was udev/kernel related. According to jibel, if he enters the grub boot menu lightdm will

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1371651] Re: Daily does not boot into graphical interface after installation

2014-09-25 Thread James Hunt
I have now recreated using utopic-desktop-amd64.iso (20140923) and http://people.canonical.com/~jhunt/upstart/conf/rebooter.conf to force continuous reboots. It appears that the problem only occurs if quiet splash is specified since I ran 25 boots without those options and was unable to recreate

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1371651] Re: Daily does not boot into graphical interface after installation

2014-09-25 Thread James Hunt
Note also that I do have PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY=1 in /var/log/udev. Recreation is under kvm. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371651 Title: Daily does not boot

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1371651] Re: Daily does not boot into graphical interface after installation

2014-09-25 Thread James Hunt
It's looking like either quiet or more likely splash is the triggering factor here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371651 Title: Daily does not boot into graphical

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1371651] Re: Daily does not boot into graphical interface after installation

2014-09-25 Thread James Hunt
After removing both 'quiet' and 'splash' options from GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub, and running 'sudo update-grub', I am no longer able to recreate the bug (over 100 boots on a 64-bit kvm instance using utopic-desktop-amd64.iso (20140923)). @elfy: can you provide details on how

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1371651] Re: Daily does not boot into graphical interface after installation

2014-09-25 Thread James Hunt
205 boots and no problem with the 2 options removed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371651 Title: Daily does not boot into graphical interface after installation

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1371651] Re: Daily does not boot into graphical interface after installation

2014-09-25 Thread James Hunt
@arges: can you try reproducing without quiet splash as that seems to be the best lead we have so far. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371651 Title: Daily does not

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1365535] Re: Desktop fails to start properly after 14.04 14.10

2014-09-04 Thread James Hunt
This sounds like a unity issue as I've seen no evidence of Upstart misbehaving yet. That .xsession-errors log would be useful to have if you can attach it though. ** Also affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1235649] Re: uevent spam causes libdbus client code in session upstart to consume massive amounts of memory on Ubuntu Touch

2014-07-24 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dp-unity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1235649 Title: uevent spam causes libdbus

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1344869] Re: simple-scan consumes 100% cpu and fills disk with logs attempting to scan wirelessly with Brother MFC-7860DW

2014-07-22 Thread James Hunt
Yes, I confirm that the issue is resolved with 3.13.4.2-0ubuntu1. Not relevant to this bug, but I do notice that the scan speed is quit slow using simple-scan. Comparing with xsane at the same resolution (300dpi): - xsane: 23 seconds - simple-scan: 2 minutes. Thanks very much for the fast

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1344869] Re: simple-scan consumes 100% cpu and fills disk with logs attempting to scan wirelessly with Brother MFC-7860DW

2014-07-21 Thread James Hunt
Hi Robert, Sorry to be vague, but I don't actually scan much so the last time I recall doing it I was running trusty. Yes, the proprietary brother drivers are required for wireless scanning AIUI. $ dpkg -l | grep brscan ii brscan-skey 0.2.4-1

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1344869] Re: simple-scan consumes 100% cpu and fills disk with logs attempting to scan wirelessly with Brother MFC-7860DW

2014-07-21 Thread James Hunt
'ltrace -o /tmp/bug-1344869-ltrace-xsane.log -s 1024 -fl libsane.so.1 xsane' log from a successful wireless scan using xsane. ** Attachment added: ltrace -o /tmp/bug-1344869-ltrace-xsane.log -s 1024 -fl libsane.so.1 xsane

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1345505] [NEW] lightdm leaks keystrokes to window behind greeter

2014-07-20 Thread James Hunt
*** This bug is a security vulnerability *** Public security bug reported: When my machine comes out of suspend, I am shown the lightdm greeter. However, occasionally I am unable to enter my password since the password box is not given focus. Clicking with the mouse in the password box also

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1344869] [NEW] simple-scan consumes 100% cpu and fills disk with logs attempting to scan wirelessly with Brother MFC-7860DW

2014-07-19 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Attempting to scan via wifi from a Brother MFC-7860 DW fails; the scanner shows scanning but: - no image appears in simple-scan. - simple-scan consumes 100% CPU - the ~/.cache/simple-scan/simple-scan.log grows indefinately until disk space is exhausted. This used to work

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1344869] Re: simple-scan consumes 100% cpu and fills disk with logs attempting to scan wirelessly with Brother MFC-7860DW

2014-07-19 Thread James Hunt
When simple-scan is spinning, the following entry is added to the log repeatedly until ENOSPC: [+15,29s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:1310: sane_read (0) - (SANE_STATUS_GOOD, 0) Further details: $ cat /proc/$(pidof simple-scan)/stack

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1344869] Re: simple-scan consumes 100% cpu and fills disk with logs attempting to scan wirelessly with Brother MFC-7860DW

2014-07-19 Thread James Hunt
** Attachment added: strace snapshot of simple-scan consuming 100% CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/1344869/+attachment/4156869/+files/bug-1344869-strace.txt.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1321602] Re: chromium browser chews 100% CPU in epoll_wait()

2014-07-09 Thread James Hunt
Interestingly, the problem is also seen if chromium is restarted and one of the tabs is http://translate.google.com - closing that tab resolves the cpu usage issue, and subsequently opening a new tab and going to http://translate.google.com does *not* manifest the problem. -- You received this

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1335438] Re: unity-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_is_fundamentally_a()

2014-07-01 Thread James Hunt
This happens every time the user attempts to access the unity settings. Running from the command-line: $ gnome-control-center (unity-control-center:6424): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_radio_button_set_group: assertion '!g_slist_find (group, radio_button)' failed (unity-control-center:6424):

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1334204] Re: ogg123 crashes after playing sound file

2014-06-26 Thread James Hunt
Yes. ** Changed in: vorbis-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vorbis-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1334204 Title: ogg123 crashes after playing sound file

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1334204] [NEW] ogg123 crashes after playing sound file

2014-06-25 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: $ gdb --args `which ogg123` redalert.ogg GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.7.1-0ubuntu3) 7.7.1 Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1330387] [NEW] 'pactl load-module module-native-protocol-unix' tries to autoload module-esound-protocol-unix which now fails

2014-06-16 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Running the following as part of an lxc unprivileged container setup (see [1]) used to work fine: pactl load-module module-native-protocol-unix auth-anonymous=1 socket=$PULSE_PATH However, as of today, this fails. Looking in syslog I see:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1321602] [NEW] chromium browser chews 100% CPU in epoll_wait()

2014-05-21 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: This happens frequently (I have a script that monitors CPU usage). $ top -b -n1 | head top - 07:44:06 up 30 min, 3 users, load average: 1.35, 1.08, 0.82 Tasks: 329 total, 2 running, 327 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie %Cpu(s): 17.4 us, 1.6 sy, 0.4 ni, 80.1 id, 0.5

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1321602] Re: chromium browser chews 100% CPU in epoll_wait()

2014-05-21 Thread James Hunt
Looks like this might be being caused by flashplugin. After closing a few tabs the problem is no longer recreatable. -- 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/1321602

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1321602] Re: chromium browser chews 100% CPU in epoll_wait()

2014-05-21 Thread James Hunt
After performing a few tests, the problem seems to be that if a tab using youtube's html5 player exists at browser start, chromium will spin @ 100% cpu. Closing that tab makes the cpu usage drop to normal levels. What is odd is that if no youtube html5 tab exists at startup and I then create a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1315281] [NEW] skype occasionally makes constant crackling / humming sound until restarted or pulseaudio killed

2014-05-02 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Occasionally my Lenovo t440s starts to make a constant crackling / humming sound. This doesn't stop sound from being played, but if no sound is playing, the noise persists. As it's a new laptop, I thought it might be a hardware issue. It almost sounds like a bad earth

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1315281] Re: pulseaudio occasionally makes constant crackling / humming sound until killed

2014-05-02 Thread James Hunt
Note that the noise is heard when the laptop is connected on AC and on battery alone. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1315281 Title: skype occasionally makes

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1315281] Re: pulseaudio occasionally makes constant crackling / humming sound until killed

2014-05-02 Thread James Hunt
diwic has identified the problem to be skype rather than pulse itself. ** Package changed: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) = skype (Ubuntu) ** Summary changed: - pulseaudio occasionally makes constant crackling / humming sound until killed + skype occasionally makes constant crackling / humming sound until

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1315281] Re: pulseaudio occasionally makes constant crackling / humming sound until killed

2014-05-02 Thread James Hunt
Problem persists with all peripherals unplugged. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1315281 Title: skype occasionally makes constant crackling / humming sound until

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1311488] Re: Missing letters

2014-04-24 Thread James Hunt
Sounds like bug 861268. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1311488 Title: Missing letters Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-304” package in Ubuntu:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1295639] [NEW] move to workspace loses track of window entirely

2014-03-21 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Moving a window to another workspace using the context menu options Move to Workspace right or Move to Another Workspace causes unity to lose track of the window entirely - it disappears never to return. Note: the processes associated with the windows *are* still running as

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1288667] [NEW] No notification when VPN connection disconnected

2014-03-06 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: When a VPN connection has been created, a notification appears stating: VPN Login Message VPN connection has been successfully established. However, the converse is not true; disconnecting from the VPN does not result in a message like this: VPN Logout Message

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1288667] Re: No notification when VPN connection disconnected

2014-03-06 Thread James Hunt
To be clear, I am suggesting we have a notification appear when the user manually disconnects the VPN at the point the connection is brought down. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1286698] Re: Logout, Restart Shutdown does not work

2014-03-05 Thread James Hunt
Thank you for reporting this bug. However, please do not report the same bug three times :-) ** Package changed: upstart (Ubuntu) = gnome-session (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1288152] [NEW] keyboard shortcuts overlay does not specify super+L for lockscreen

2014-03-05 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: (Long) Pressing the super (aka windows) key displays the Keyboard Shortcuts overlay. However, this summary does not show that Super+L is now a shortcut for locking the screen. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity 7.1.2+14.04.20140303-0ubuntu1

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1285726] Re: Wired VPN connection icon unclear

2014-02-27 Thread James Hunt
I don't know if the padlock is actually being overlayed onto the existing connection-type image, but I'd prefer to see an icon like the attached. In other words, invert the 2 arrows for a wired connection and make the right-hand arrow stem shorter, allowing space for a padlock bottom-right. **

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1285726] [NEW] Wired VPN connection icon unclear

2014-02-27 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: The current nm-applet icon that is shown for a wired VPN connection is very unclear - overlaying a padlock onto the existing connection-type icon works fine for the usual wifi icon, but with a wired connection the padlock merges into the down arrow and looks like screen

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1284164] Re: ~/.cache/upstart grows enormous

2014-02-24 Thread James Hunt
This isn't really a bug with Upstart since it appears the problem is that bamfdaemon is spamming dbus somehow. Upstart is simply logging the output. That said, there is an outstanding merge proposal to have the session logrotate job run periodically which would have avoided so much disk space

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1284164] Re: ~/.cache/upstart grows enormous

2014-02-24 Thread James Hunt
** Package changed: bamf (Ubuntu) = dbus (Ubuntu) -- 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/1284164 Title: ~/.cache/upstart grows enormous Status in “dbus” package in Ubuntu:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1276653] [NEW] udisksd crashed with SIGSEGV in ffi_call_SYSV()

2014-02-05 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: . ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: udisks2 2.1.2-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-7.25-generic 3.13.1 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-6-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CustomUdevRuleFiles:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1269731] Re: init crashed with SIGSEGV

2014-01-21 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress = Fix Committed ** Also affects: upstart Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: upstart Assignee: (unassigned) = James Hunt (jamesodhunt) ** Changed in: upstart Status: New = Fix Committed ** Changed

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1269731] Re: init crashed with SIGSEGV

2014-01-21 Thread James Hunt
This bug is fixed in upstart 1.11-0ubuntu2 which will be pushed out once the alpha 2 freeze is over (Thurday). If you are still affected by this problem (in other words you have not managed to upgrade to alsa-utils 1.0.27.2-1ubuntu2), you will need to do *one* of the following: 1) Disable

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1269731] Re: init crashed with SIGSEGV

2014-01-18 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269731 Title: init crashed with SIGSEGV Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1269838] Re: gnome-session.log takes 8 GB in a few hours

2014-01-17 Thread James Hunt
There is an upstart logrotate job that runs automatically soon after session start, however, it does not (yet) run periodically to handle rogue jobs such as gnome-session. You can however run the job yourself simply enough as a non-root user: $ start logrotate Please attach a few lines of the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1269731] Re: init crashed with SIGSEGV

2014-01-17 Thread James Hunt
@TJ - thanks for your analysis, which mirrors our findings. We now have a fix to Upstart and new tests to ensure this problem stays fixed. @Luke - thanks too for fixing alsa-utils! :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1261177] Re: initctl does not terminate at computer shutdown

2013-12-16 Thread James Hunt
This looks like either a problem with network-manager, or a problem with your network configuration / hardware. Have you modified /etc/network/interfaces? ** Also affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1256262] Re: stop triggers logout (from gnome-session?) without warning. Argument required but ignored?

2013-12-09 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1256262 Title: stop triggers logout (from gnome-session?)

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1256262] Re: stop triggers logout (from gnome-session?) without warning. Argument required but ignored?

2013-12-05 Thread James Hunt
** Also affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1235649] Re: uevent spam causes libdbus client code in session upstart to consume massive amounts of memory on Ubuntu Touch

2013-10-18 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = Incomplete ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1238208] [NEW] libreoffice icon is too bland

2013-10-10 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: The main libreoffice icon seen in the dash is too bland. I can see that it is attempting to represent in the most minimal way the overall office suite (by not including text, cells, formulae, etc), however, subtracting all content from the icon gives it an overly ascetic air

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1208891] [NEW] lightdm locks all ttys in kvm

2013-08-06 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Booting saucy under kvm and switching to tty1 results in the screen going black once lightdm starts and this seems to also stop the user switching vt's using ctrl-alt-fX. ** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1207848] Re: Shutdown takes an unusual amount of time

2013-08-05 Thread James Hunt
Hi Jan, Thanks for reporting this issue. I think you are correct - nm looks like the culprit. Re-assigning... ** Package changed: upstart (Ubuntu) = network-manager (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1203660] [NEW] lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last()

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Latest update to lightdm broke boot for me as ligthdm crashes on startup. dmesg shows: [ 38.108529] lightdm[1621]: segfault at 3f7 ip b74ada42 sp bff82ccc error 4 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3703.0[b746b000+102000] [ 39.364988] init: lightdm main process (1621) killed by SEGV

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1203660] Re: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last()

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium = High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1203660 Title: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last() Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1203660] Re: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last()

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
Manually downloading the old revision and rebooting does resolve the problem for me: $ wget http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/lightdm/lightdm_1.7.4-0ubuntu1_i386.deb $ wget http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/lightdm/liblightdm-gobject-1-0_1.7.4-0ubuntu1_i386.deb $

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1203660] Re: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last()

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
The default behaviour of the boot with this bug is that the greeter never appears; you just see the Ubuntu pulsing plymouth theme. However, the system has booted so you can switch to a text console (control+alt+f1 for example), login and take remedial action as shown in #6. -- You received this

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1155522] [NEW] foo

2013-03-15 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: . ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: apport 2.9.1-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-999-generic i686 ApportLog: ApportVersion: 2.9.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CrashReports: 664:1000:114:0:2013-03-15 09:46:50.80321 +:2013-03-15 09:46:50.80321

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 737792] Re: compiz crashed with SIGABRT in Glib::exception_handlers_invoke()

2013-03-11 Thread James Hunt
Fix appears to have regressed. ** Changed in: unity Status: Invalid = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dp-unity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737792 Title: compiz

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1118143] [NEW] zenity crashes due to missing libGL.so.1

2013-02-07 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: $ zenity --calendar zenity: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory $ ldd `which zenity`|grep -i gl libglib-2.0.so.0 = /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb703b000) libGL.so.1 = not found

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1118143] Re: zenity crashes due to missing libGL.so.1

2013-02-07 Thread James Hunt
Problem was caused by failed background apt-get update on my system which had not yet configured nvidia-current. ** Changed in: zenity (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to zenity in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1102960] Re: dia crashes on startup

2013-01-25 Thread James Hunt
Interestingly, since this issue is GUI related, it is still possible to run dia without one: $ dia --nosplash -t svg -e output.svg input.dia -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to dia in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1102960] [NEW] dia crashes on startup

2013-01-22 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: $ dia sys:1: Warning: attempting to add an interface (DiaInteractiveRendererInterface) to class (DiaGdkRenderer) after class_init ** (dia-normal:11678): CRITICAL **: dia_renderer_set_size: assertion `irenderer != NULL' failed ** (dia-normal:11678): CRITICAL **:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1101154] [NEW] all signal handlers have been removed in error

2013-01-18 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: gnome-session/main.c has disabled all signal handling, but intention was seemingly to only disable SIGSEGV signal handing: 10:43 jodh chrisccoulson: hi - I'm looking at how gnome-session currently shuts down and trying to understand why the following is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1101227] [NEW] signond spams syslog

2013-01-18 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: This looks to be a regression of bug 1049949. $ wc -l /var/log/syslog 822 /var/log/syslog $ grep signonpluginprocess /var/log/syslog | wc -l 557 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: signond 8.44-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-0.4-generic

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 997359] Re: nih uses eglibc private symbol __abort_msg

2012-10-25 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: libnih (Ubuntu Raring) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997359 Title: nih uses eglibc private symbol __abort_msg

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069624] Re: System failed to detect GPU.

2012-10-22 Thread James Hunt
Not an Upstart issue. ** Package changed: upstart (Ubuntu) = fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069624 Title: System failed to detect

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069481] Re: external usb TOSHIBA disk could not be mounted

2012-10-22 Thread James Hunt
Not an upstart issue. Sounds like it might be a non-privileged mounting problem. ** Package changed: upstart (Ubuntu) = gvfs (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1060249] Re: frontend crashed with signal 5 in free_pending_nulls()

2012-10-17 Thread James Hunt
Branch for when 'R' opens: https://code.launchpad.net/~jamesodhunt/ubuntu/quantal/debconf/bug-1060249 Patch sent to Debian. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gsettings-desktop-schemas in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1060249] Re: frontend crashed with signal 5 in free_pending_nulls()

2012-10-17 Thread James Hunt
The problem with debconf needs a little explanation. As show, the command that caused the failure was: /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/man- db.postinst triggered /usr/share/man The 'frontend' perl script determines which type of debconf frontend to display. In

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1060249] Re: frontend crashed with signal 5 in free_pending_nulls()

2012-10-17 Thread James Hunt
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #690776 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=690776 ** Also affects: debconf via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=690776 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: debconf (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1049664] Re: libreoffice crashes on --help

2012-10-05 Thread James Hunt
I have the same problem. After installing the dbg packages... $ gdb --args /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin --help GNU gdb (GDB) 7.5-ubuntu Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html This is free software:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1062378] [NEW] libreoffice crashes with SIGSEGV opening some .docx files

2012-10-05 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: I have the dbg packages installed. See attached gdb transcript for backtrace for all threads. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: libreoffice (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic i686

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1062378] Re: libreoffice crashes with SIGSEGV opening some .docx files

2012-10-05 Thread James Hunt
** Attachment added: gdb-transcript.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1062378/+attachment/3376376/+files/gdb-transcript.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 942530] Re: on-screen keyboard always displays once enabled

2012-05-25 Thread James Hunt
A way to fix this: $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver embedded-keyboard-command '' For some reason, I had the following set: $ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.screensaver embedded-keyboard-command 'onboard -xid' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 969489] Re: lightdm tries (and fails) to start too early?

2012-05-23 Thread James Hunt
This looks like it might be a duplicate of bug 615549. I've done some digging and although I'm not sure this will fully resolve the issue observed, I have found a bug in lightdm.conf which could cause the behaviour seen... As Clint intimates in #11, the current 'start on' condition...

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 969489] Re: lightdm tries (and fails) to start too early?

2012-05-23 Thread James Hunt
Addendum to #19: Currently the 'card0' matching is being attempted on DEVPATH. This isn't obvious from the /var/log/udev extract shown, but the upstart-udev- bridge will in this scenario create the event with the following environment variable ordering: 1) DEVPATH 2) DEVNAME 3) SUBSYSTEM 4)

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 969489] Re: lightdm tries (and fails) to start too early?

2012-05-23 Thread James Hunt
Please could those affected attach /var/log/udev? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/969489 Title: lightdm tries (and fails) to start too early? Status in Upstart: New

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 987220] Re: no complete shutdown

2012-05-05 Thread James Hunt
This problem sounds like it could be kernel issue. ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 969489] Re: lightdm tries (and fails) to start too early?

2012-04-17 Thread James Hunt
For 12.10, we really should add a 'primary-graphics-card' event alias or abstract job that abstracts the udev complexities since that confusing condition (drm-device-added card0 PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY=1 or stopped udev-fallback-graphics) is also semi-duplicated in other jobs: -

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 942539] Re: Ubiquity desktop icon text looks messy

2012-04-11 Thread James Hunt
This problem appears to be resolved for me on an installed precise system. Copying bar.desktop to ~/Desktop/ and once I allow the file to be executable (right click, properties), the icon text shows line 1 as Install Ubuntu 12.04 and line 2 as LTS. ** Attachment added: bar.desktop

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 954391] Re: something is performing a controlled system shutdown

2012-03-14 Thread James Hunt
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 751689 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/751689 It's not aliens, it is of course the kernel :) ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 751689 ThinkPads overheat due to slow fans when on 'auto' -- You received this bug notification because you

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 954391] [NEW] something is performing a controlled system shutdown

2012-03-13 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: I'm not entirely sure where or why this is happening, but I have seen on ~5 occasions now my system spontaneously switch off. Initially, I thought it might be an init/kernel issue, but today I saw the problem occur twice and crucially, I also got to see the console and there

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 942530] [NEW] on-screen keyboard always displays once enabled

2012-02-28 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Whilst investigating bug 937611, I enabled the on-screen keyboard. However, I subsequently switched if off via System Settings - Universal Access - Typing tab - Typing Assistant. As expected, the keyboard no longer displays on the desktop but when the screen locks

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 942530] Re: on-screen keyboard always displays once enabled

2012-02-28 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/942530 Title: on-screen keyboard always displays once enabled Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu: New Bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 874987] Re: PHS101 USB GSM HSDPA can't connect on ubuntu 11.10

2012-02-14 Thread James Hunt
I have a Huawei E220 HSDPA USB Modem which fails with the same assertion errors as above. I wonder if this is related to bug 840082? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 840082] Re: Huawei broadband modem fails to connect after the most recent Ocelot update (Sep. 3.2011)

2012-02-14 Thread James Hunt
I have a Huawei E220 HSDPA USB Modem which fails to work with precise. I'm seeing NM assertion failures in syslog as shown on bug 874987, so for me this bug is not fixed. Is there some way to disable NM configureing IPv6 for a connection? There is only an IPv4 tab displayed when editing the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 925411] [NEW] dispatcher script 01ifupdown never emits net-device-down

2012-02-02 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: NM runs /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/01ifupdown when a connection changes state. If a connection is made, the dispatcher script runs: exec run-parts /etc/network/if-up.d However, when a connection goes down, the dispatcher script runs: exec run-parts

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 925411] Re: dispatcher script 01ifupdown never emits net-device-down

2012-02-02 Thread James Hunt
-- 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/925411 Title: dispatcher script 01ifupdown never emits net-device-down Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 922154] [NEW] Tabs and Content tabs in edit-preferences do nothing

2012-01-26 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: 1) Edit-preferences 2) click General 3) observer that general options are shown 4) click Tabs or Content and notice that window continues to show general options (however long you wait). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox 10.0~b5+build1-0ubuntu1

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 922154] Re: Tabs and Content tabs in edit-preferences do nothing

2012-01-26 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/922154 Title: Tabs and Content tabs in edit-preferences do nothing Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 1)

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 917165] Re: gnome-control-center does not allow selection of USB headset for input or output

2012-01-17 Thread James Hunt
Hmm after a reboot, the problem appears to have gone away. My selected h/w profile is Analogue Stereo Output + Analogue Mono Input (which has not changed). There are a couple of extra odd things going on here: 1) if I change the h/w profile for the headset to Analogue Stereo Output and switch to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 917165] [NEW] gnome-control-center does not allow selection of USB headset for input or output

2012-01-16 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: If I plug in my Logitech H530 USB Headset, it shows as ClearChat Pro USB under Hardware in 'gnome-control-center sound', but it does *not* show up as a valid input or output device if I click either the Input or Output tabs. On the input tab, the Connector menu only has 1

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 917165] Re: gnome-control-center does not allow selection of USB headset for input or output

2012-01-16 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917165 Title: gnome-control-center does not allow selection of USB headset for input or output Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 890903] Re: terminal contents don't refresh/update

2011-11-18 Thread James Hunt
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 861268 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/861268 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 861268 text corruption in terminals (xterm, urxvt) and emacs -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 888008] [NEW] print to file defaults to PostScript when it should probably default to PDF

2011-11-09 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: File-Print-Print to file defaults to output format PostScript. Although I'm a big fan of PostScript (even having programmed in it), I think PDF should be the default now since: (1) the resulting files are smaller (being compressed) (2) standard desktop tooling handles PDF

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