[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830914] Re: software-properties-gtk does not run at all!

2022-12-29 Thread Martin Spacek
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830914 Title: software-properties-gtk does

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 562005] Re: Backlight controls of laptops with NVIDIA NVS and Quadro FX 880M GPUs no longer function while using proprietary drivers

2015-06-26 Thread Martin Spacek
there is plenty of similar reports around and forums discussions about that. Why not post them here? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/562005 Title:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 562005] Re: Backlight controls of laptops with NVIDIA NVS and Quadro FX 880M GPUs no longer function while using proprietary drivers

2015-06-26 Thread Martin Spacek
What version is no longer supported? Really? We need to open up a new bug report for a bug that's 5 years old and counting? This has never been fixed, and likely never will be by nvidia. I'm currently on the last supported version, 340.76, in Xubuntu 14.04. Still doesn't work. But we *should* keep

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1268257] Re: nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu3: nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build, with only error: objdump: '... .tmp_nv.o': No such file

2015-03-27 Thread Martin Spacek
@dino99 This is not fixed with nvidia-340. I have Xubuntu 14.04 with nvidia-340 and nvidia-304-uvm installed from the xorg-edgers PPA. It seems nvidia- libopencl1-340 depends on nvidia-340-uvm. I just installed the 3.19.3 vivid kernel from here:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1410548] [NEW] nvidia-331 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4: nvidia-331 kernel module failed to build

2015-01-13 Thread Martin Spacek
Public bug reported: Apport popped up a message that the nvidia driver installation failed during today's kernel update on my Xubuntu 14.04 installation. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: nvidia-331 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1220426] Re: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad

2014-10-26 Thread Martin Spacek
I'm seeing something similar, but noticeably different on my Thinkpad W510 (Quadro FX 880M), Nvidia 331.38, Xubuntu 14.04 amd64. Maybe once a week, while using the synaptics touchpad in firefox, the entire screen turns a solid colour, either green or grey. Switcing virtual terminals doesn't seem

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1068940] Re: package sni-qt 0.2.6-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/xdg/sni-qt.conf', which is different from other instances of package sni-

2014-08-26 Thread Martin Spacek
I was getting the same error message while installing skype on Xubuntu 14.04 amd64. sni-qt:i386 wouldn't install as a result. Jean-Pierre's solution worked for me (although I renamed sni-qt.conf instead of deleting it outright). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1347272] Re: Several XFCE applications appear unresponsive after communicating with a daemon

2014-08-05 Thread Martin Spacek
Should bug #1222356 (** (apport-gtk:3020): WARNING **: Couldn't register with accessibility bus: Did not receive a reply.) perhaps be marked as a duplicate? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to policykit-1 in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 965953] Re: Indicator menus are too short and scroll when opened from screen bottom

2014-07-30 Thread Martin Spacek
I've had this problem for years. Currently, I'm using Xubuntu 14.04 with my panel located at the bottom edge of the screen. I see this most often with nm-applet, skype, and sometimes the sound applet. Really annoying! Thanks Lannoxx for opening a bug at GTK+'s bugzilla, and submitting the patch.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1347272] Re: Several XFCE applications appear unresponsive after communicating with a daemon

2014-07-29 Thread Martin Spacek
@ Alistair, I don't explicitly have Unity installed (I'm on Xubuntu 14.04), but a search via synaptic shows that I do have these Unity-related packages installed, possibly as dependencies for some piece of software I was compiling: gir1.2-unity-5.0 7.1.4+14.04.20140210-0ubuntu1

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1347272] Re: Several XFCE applications appear irresponsible after communicating with a daemon

2014-07-28 Thread Martin Spacek
It seems to me that bug #1254881 ( xfce session starts multiple instances of xfce4-power-manager and xfce4-volumed) is another duplicate, so I've marked it as such. I might be wrong though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 976638] Re: pkexec does not find any authentication agent

2014-07-22 Thread Martin Spacek
By the way, I find this is a transient issue. It went away after a reboot, but perhaps it'll come back after enough suspend/resume cycles, or on some subsequent reboot. Again, smells like a race condition. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1193236] Re: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-*

2014-07-22 Thread Martin Spacek
Thanks Alberto! OK, I've submitted a new bug report against dbus: Bug #1347272 (DBus communication problems affecting multiple packages) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdk-pixbuf in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 976638] Re: pkexec does not find any authentication agent

2014-07-22 Thread Martin Spacek
On the advice of AlbertoSalvia Novella , I've submitted a new bug report against dbus with links to all the bugs (in my install of Xubuntu 14.04) that I vaguely suspect are related to one another: Bug #1347272 (DBus communication problems affecting multiple packages) -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 976638] Re: pkexec does not find any authentication agent

2014-07-21 Thread Martin Spacek
I'm seeing the same thing in Xubuntu 14.04: pkexec works in text mode, but not GUI mode. If I run it with the --disable-internal-agent flag, it raises Error executing command as another user: No authentication agent found. polkitd is running, as is polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1. This is a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 976638] Re: pkexec does not find any authentication agent

2014-07-21 Thread Martin Spacek
I have an unsubstantiated hunch that Bug #1314782 (multimedia keys don't work when xfce4-volumed is run in daemon mode) is related. Something to do with a dbus race condition. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to policykit-1

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1193236] Re: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-*

2014-07-21 Thread Martin Spacek
I still get this error in Xubuntu 14.04 when I run sudo gnome-disks, and possibly other commands that I can't recall at the moment: $ sudo gnome-disks [sudo] password for mspacek: ** (gnome-disks:474): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1224732] Re: Custom default keyboard shortcuts don't work

2014-07-05 Thread Martin Spacek
Notice that I reported this bug against Unity/GNOME 3 not against Xfce4. Unless you can prove that the bugs are coming from the same /common/ code (shared by both projects), it would be nicer if you reported a new bug against Xfce4. @Edwin, yes, I noticed. You filed this bug against

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1224732] Re: Custom default keyboard shortcuts don't work

2014-07-05 Thread Martin Spacek
Martin, the bug as described in the bug description is not random and does not affect default shortcuts. Then perhaps the bug description should be ammended, given the slightly wider set of reports here from a variety of people. See my comment above on race conditions. Just because the original

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1224732] Re: Custom default keyboard shortcuts don't work

2014-07-05 Thread Martin Spacek
** Also affects: libxkbcommon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1224732 Title: Custom default keyboard

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1224732] Re: Custom keyboard shortcuts don't work

2014-07-04 Thread Martin Spacek
I just hit this issue for the first time after a fresh install of Xubuntu 14.04 amd64 on a Thinkpad W510 with nvidia binaries about a week ago. At the moment, none of the shortcuts in Settings-Keyboard-Application Shortcuts work, including the few that I left at their defaults. This is after a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1224732] Re: Custom default keyboard shortcuts don't work

2014-07-04 Thread Martin Spacek
** Also affects: libxfce4ui Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1224732 Title: Custom default keyboard shortcuts

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1224732] Re: Custom default keyboard shortcuts don't work

2014-07-04 Thread Martin Spacek
Nuts. xfce4-keyboard-settings isn't registered in launchpad for some reason, so I can't add it as an affected package. I've added libxfce4ui instead, although it needs to have a bug opened for it upstream for anyone to be notified. I couldn't find any relevant existing ones here:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1224732] Re: Custom default keyboard shortcuts don't work

2014-07-04 Thread Martin Spacek
Colin, #17 and #22 imply that default shortcuts also did not work, at least at some point. Since no one here seems to know exactly where this bug is occurring, and since it seems to be random (and therefore perhpas a race condition), it's not much of a stretch to assume that the same bug manifests

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1224732] Re: Custom default keyboard shortcuts don't work

2014-07-04 Thread Martin Spacek
FYI, suspending and resuming didn't fix the issue for me, but logging out and back in did. -- 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/1224732 Title: Custom default

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 562005] Re: Backlight controls of laptops with NVIDIA NVS and Quadro FX 880M GPUs no longer function while using proprietary drivers

2014-06-30 Thread Martin Spacek
For my future reference, and possibly others: After installing Xubuntu 14.04 on my Thinkpad W510, generating /etc/X11/xorg.conf with nvidia-settings and adding the EnableBrightnessControl line to the Devices section and rebooting did not work (it worked in Xubuntu 12.10). Instead, I had to create

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281019] Re: 10de:0dda [HP EliteBook 8560w] Brightness controls are not working nvidia-319 and nvidia-331

2014-04-01 Thread Martin Spacek
Ingo Gerth, is this a new problem that occurs only in the more recent nvidia blobs, or does it also occur with older ones (say 304)? If the latter, since you have a Quadro 2000M, this bug should probably be marked as a duplicate of Bug #562005: Backlight controls of laptops with NVIDIA NVS and

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 562005] Re: Backlight controls of laptops with NVIDIA NVS and Quadro FX 880M GPUs no longer function while using proprietary drivers

2014-04-01 Thread Martin Spacek
I just tried messing with nvidiabl for my Thinkpad W510, without success. I've opened a bug report here: https://github.com/guillaumezin/nvidiabl/issues/89 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281019] Re: 10de:0dda [HP EliteBook 8560w] Brightness controls are not working nvidia-319 and nvidia-331

2014-03-19 Thread Martin Spacek
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- 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/1281019 Title: 10de:0dda [HP EliteBook 8560w] Brightness controls are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1214508] Re: nvidia-settings =319 segfaults on close

2014-03-19 Thread Martin Spacek
** Summary changed: - nvidia-settings segfaults on close after official update of drivers from 310 to 319 + nvidia-settings =319 segfaults on close -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-settings-319-updates in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1214508] Re: nvidia-settings =319 segfaults on close

2014-03-19 Thread Martin Spacek
I just marked a few other bugs as duplicates of this. As I wrote in one of them, I see this in nvidia-settings 331.20 on my Thinkpad W510 (Nvidia Quadro FX 880M) on Xubuntu 12.10, using the xorg-edgers PPA, which brings in Linux 3.7.0.7-generic. I'm pretty sure I don't see this on Xubuntu 13.10,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218408] Re: nvidia-settings 319.32 Crash on exit (segmentation fault) (core dumped)

2014-03-19 Thread Martin Spacek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1214508 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1214508 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1214508 nvidia-settings =319 segfaults on close -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1214508] Re: nvidia-settings =319 segfaults on close

2014-03-19 Thread Martin Spacek
seems to apply to all versions since 319 ** Package changed: nvidia-settings-319-updates (Ubuntu) = nvidia- settings (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: nvidia-drivers-ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: nvidia-drivers-ubuntu ** Also affects: gdk-pixbuf

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 930563] Re: NM Applet menu entries not responding

2013-11-27 Thread Martin Spacek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1011073 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1011073 David, I would hazard it's marked as low importance because fixing it wouldn't be as sexy and controversial as, say, Ubuntu Edge, or Mir, or Unity. It would, however, be damned well useful. -- You

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

2013-06-19 Thread Martin Spacek
@mdeslaur, will Quantal get fixed too? -- 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: NetworkManager submenus sometimes unpopulated Status in DBus

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 562005] Re: Backlight controls of laptops with NVIDIA NVS and Quadro FX 880M GPUs no longer function while using proprietary drivers

2013-04-17 Thread Martin Spacek
Xubuntu 12.10 updated to nvidia 304.88 a day or so ago, and now brightness controls are even more uneven than before. I've tried regenerating xorg.conf using nvidia-settings, and re-adding [Option RegistryDwords EnableBrightnessControl=1] to the Device section, but that hasn't helped. I also tried

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 933300] Re: nm-applet needs restart after resume

2013-02-16 Thread Martin Spacek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 780602 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/780602 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 780602 nm-applet leaks memory and stops functioning after a while -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1117730] Re: nm-applet becomes unresponsive to interactions and submenus such as 'VPN Connections' show completely empty

2013-02-06 Thread Martin Spacek
** Summary changed: - nm-applet becomes unresponsive to interactions and submenus such as 'VPN Connections' show completly empty + nm-applet becomes unresponsive to interactions and submenus such as 'VPN Connections' show completely empty ** Changed in: oem-priority/quantal Status: New

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 930563] Re: NM Applet menu entries not responding

2013-01-18 Thread Martin Spacek
@hadware, #27: Apparently this problem only appears after an upgrade.It seems I never got this kind of problem with fresh installs, and people here appear to be in the same situation... Not true. I have this bug, with the very same dbus-monitor reports as in #8, on my fresh Xubuntu 12.10 install

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 780602] Re: nm-applet leaks memory and stops functioning after a while

2012-12-18 Thread Martin Spacek
What's the status of this bug for quantal? Surely if there's a fix for precise, there should be one for quantal, no? In Xubuntu 12.10, after a day of running on WiFi, my submenus still show up as empty and the network shows as disconnected, even though I'm still connected to the same access point

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 780602] Re: nm-applet leaks memory and stops functioning after a while

2012-11-13 Thread Martin Spacek
I've switched from natty (Ubuntu 11.04) to a fresh install of quantal (Xubuntu 12.10), so I'm now running network-manager 0.9.6.0-0ubuntu7 and network-manager-gnome 0.9.6.2-0ubuntu6 (not sure why they're different versions). It looks like the massive memory leaks in nm-applet are gone. nm-applet

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069207] Re: Unable to edit or add items to main menu

2012-10-31 Thread Martin Spacek
@Marcel, I think I've noticed the same. I copied the system's xfce- applications.menu (either from /etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu or /etc/xdg/xdg-xubuntu/menus/xfce-applications.menu, I don't remember which) to my ~/.config/menus folder, and have been editing that file by hand. In the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 562005] Re: Backlight controls of laptops with NVIDIA NVS and Quadro FX 880M GPUs no longer function while using proprietary drivers

2012-10-31 Thread Martin Spacek
I just tried installing 304.60 from https://launchpad.net/~noobslab/+archive/nvidia-quantal on my fresh install of Xubuntu 12.10 amd64 with no xorg.conf. Brightness controls did *not* work, as usual, so I'd say it isn't fixed. Note that the packages at that PPA are labelled as

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 268845] Re: Yelp 100% loads processor when reading gnumeric-help or About Ubuntu

2012-10-31 Thread Martin Spacek
I noticed this as well, after installing GNU PSPP, clicking HelpReference Manual, and then quitting. yelp info:pspp showed 100% in gnome-system-monitor. After killing yelp, then repeating what I did above in GNU PSPP, yelp showed up again, but wasn't using any CPU, and exited after I quite PSPP.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069207] Re: Unable to edit or add items to main menu

2012-10-22 Thread Martin Spacek
I've also noticed this (Xubuntu 12.10 amd64). Nothing in alacarte actually does anything. Deleting items doesn't do anything, except sometimes it does work for the top two entries (Web Browser and Mail Reader). Hiding items doesn't work. Showing hidden items doesn't work. After changing the show

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 562005] Re: Backlight controls of laptops with NVIDIA NVS and Quadro FX 880M GPUs no longer function while using proprietary drivers

2012-10-18 Thread Martin Spacek
The latest certified nvidia blob (304.60) mentions this: Added support for the Backlight RandR output property for configuring the brightness of some notebook internal panels. http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-304.60-driver.html Could it be this is finally the fix we've been

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1003128] Re: Brightness controls not working on Thinkpad W510

2012-10-17 Thread Martin Spacek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 562005 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/562005 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 562005 Backlight controls of laptops with NVIDIA NVS and Quadro FX 880M GPUs no longer function while using proprietary drivers -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2012-04-30 Thread Martin Spacek
Inexplicably, I think Canonical wants to clone MacOS as much as possible, without getting sued. Worstinterface..ever. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160311

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 780602] Re: nm-applet leaks memory and stops functioning after a while

2012-04-30 Thread Martin Spacek
I tried live usb booting into Precise amd64 a few days before final release, left it running overnight while bittorrenting. Didn't notice much of an increase in memory usage in nm-applet, maybe 10% at most, which is far far better than what I'm seeing in natty. Also, I never encountered the little

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 684599] Re: Memory leak in nm-applet

2012-04-30 Thread Martin Spacek
As commented in bug #780602, this is most definitely *not* fixed in Natty. Since this was originally reported against Natty, and since Natty remains supported, shouldn't the status be Confirmed, and not Fix Released. Or if the status only applies to the latest release, how do we mark that it's

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 780602] Re: nm-applet leaks memory and stops functioning after a while

2012-03-27 Thread Martin Spacek
I've been living with this bug for nearly a year. Luckily, I have 16GB of RAM, but I still need to restart nm-applet every few days when the more networks and VPN submenus stop working (which correlates very well to extreme memory usage). Are there no patches that can be combined/backported to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 780602] Re: nm-applet leaks memory and stops functioning after a while

2012-03-27 Thread Martin Spacek
Also, maybe -- 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/780602 Title: nm-applet leaks memory and stops functioning after a while Status in “network-manager-applet”

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 780602] Re: nm-applet leaks memory and stops functioning after a while

2012-03-27 Thread Martin Spacek
Oops. Also, maybe this should be marked as a duplicate of Bug #684599 ? That one's a fair bit older, and has a lot more activity on it. -- 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 684599] Re: Memory leak in nm-applet

2012-03-27 Thread Martin Spacek
Perhaps bug # 780602 be marked as a duplicate of this one? I'd love to see this finally fixed in natty. -- 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/684599 Title: