[Desktop-packages] [Bug 992807]

2012-09-01 Thread Tim Passingham
I get it as well, Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit, with 3.5.5 and latterly 3.5.6. It was OK at some point in the past 6 months or so, but I can't confirm which release that was. It's quite irritating. I have a laptop running Mint Debian 32 bit and that's still OK on 3.5.6. I think #52397 has been raised

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 992232] Re: no libreoffice-report-builder in precise

2012-10-20 Thread Tim Passingham
I was on 12.04 and had the report builder installed. I upgraded to 12.10 yesterday and am horrified to find I no longer have my Base reports.Do I really have to spend another 2 days rebuilding my system yet again on 12.04 just to have this? Is there any way at all I can at least try to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1373928]

2014-10-23 Thread Tim Passingham
(In reply to Dan Lewis from comment #27) Yesterday, I downloaded LibreOffice from the PPA to test this problem on a 32 bit laptop using Ubuntu 14.04. (Mine was associated with the possibility of the mysql native connector might be the cause of this problem when using MySQL with LibreOffice.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 937522] Re: rdp clipboard sync doesn't work anymore.

2014-08-18 Thread Tim Passingham
I have never got copy paste between client and server to work with Remina. I'm also on up-to-date 14.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to remmina in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937522 Title: rdp clipboard

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1276442] Re: libreoffice Mysql connector fails over network

2014-09-03 Thread Tim Passingham
Which version of ubuntu libreoffice will that fix be in? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276442 Title: libreoffice Mysql connector fails over network Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1276442] Re: libreoffice Mysql connector fails over network

2014-09-22 Thread Tim Passingham
Thanks. I can confirm this works in ubuntu 14.04 64 bit libreoffice 4.3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276442 Title: libreoffice Mysql connector fails over

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1373928] Re: Numeric values are not shown and displayed as 0

2014-09-27 Thread Tim Passingham
I have tested the build 1:4.3.2~rc2-0ubuntu1~trusty2 and the problem has been fixed. Thanks to all. I have not updated the status of this report, not being sure what correct procedure is. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1373928]

2014-09-27 Thread Tim Passingham
I have downloaded and tested the most recent ubuntu build - 1:4.3.2~rc2-0ubuntu1~trusty2 - and the problem is fixed. Thanks to all. I have not changed the status of this report since I'm not sure if a final decision has been made on the correct set of libraries to be used. I have also updated

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1373928]

2014-09-27 Thread Tim Passingham
(In reply to comment #17) (In reply to comment #16) I see the severity has been reduced. Now I don't understand these things, so forgive me for asking. However, why is this less severe now, since the current ubuntu ppa release for BASE users is still unusable? This bug tracker

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1373928]

2014-09-27 Thread Tim Passingham
I see the severity has been reduced. Now I don't understand these things, so forgive me for asking. However, why is this less severe now, since the current ubuntu ppa release for BASE users is still unusable? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1003058] Re: test sound does not work

2013-12-12 Thread Tim Passingham
Same problem in 12.04. This happened sometime after a gnome-control- center (and -data) update (to 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.13.1) this morning. I tried going back to the previous version (1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1), to no avail. Both Alsa and PulseAudio sound still work, but the failure of the Test Sound

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1003058] Re: test sound does not work

2013-12-12 Thread Tim Passingham
My mistake. I have previously deleted and re-installed pulseaudio. However, it seems that to get the test sound to work one needs 'libcanberra-pulse'. All OK for me now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1276442] Re: libreoffice Mysql connector fails over network

2014-03-31 Thread Tim Passingham
jph - that sound familiar. I had similar problems moving from libreoffice 3 to 4.1. Some date/time field formats changed, and the mysql connector supplied as an extension by libreoffice didn't work. The ubuntu connector, however, did work until this more recent network problem. -- You received

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1276442] Re: libreoffice Mysql connector fails over network

2014-02-18 Thread Tim Passingham
Same problem with LibreOffice latest 4.2.1.1. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276442 Title: libreoffice Mysql connector fails over network Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1276442] Re: libreoffice Mysql connector fails over network

2014-02-25 Thread Tim Passingham
A workaround which is OK for me is to use Mysql(JDBC). It is slower, but it seems to work. Whether it is suitable for commercial use I couldn't say. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1274613] Re: module-bluetooth-discover does not load on login

2014-05-08 Thread Tim Passingham
This is driving me potty. It seems I first have to attempt to connect the sink using Blueman, which fails with Connection Failed: Stream setup failed I then use pactl to load the module-bluetooth-discover, and attempt reconnection, which usually works. If I do these two thing the other way

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1181106] Re: Failed to change profile to A2DP in 13.04 (Raring), 13.10 (saucy), and 14.04 (trusty)

2014-05-08 Thread Tim Passingham
Same problem for me in 14.04. I have to attempt to connect via blueman to the device first which fails. Then pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover then connect with blueman again. I now get sound, Pulseaudio claims it is a2dp, blueman says not. The sound is poor, so I think blueman is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1276442] Re: libreoffice Mysql connector fails over network

2014-02-05 Thread Tim Passingham
** Package changed: ubuntu = libreoffice (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276442 Title: libreoffice Mysql connector fails over network Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 937522] Re: rdp clipboard sync doesn't work anymore.

2014-02-06 Thread Tim Passingham
I am on ubuntu 13.10 client, xubuntu 13.10 (headless) server. The client has Remmina 1.0.0.4 installed (confirmed with synaptic), although the 'about' reports only 0.9.99.1 for itself and all plugins which is most confusing. The server has xrdp 0.6.0-1 installed. I cannot get copy and paste

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1276442] Re: libreoffice Mysql connector fails over network

2014-03-21 Thread Tim Passingham
On my 32 bit system the 32 bit version fails to install as an extension. I'm not quite sure what the problem is. It looked a bit as if it expected mysql to be installed on the PC I'm connecting from (and possibly open office as well). I'll continue with JDBC for now, but hope that ubuntu will

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1276442] Re: libreoffice Mysql connector fails over network

2014-03-21 Thread Tim Passingham
Apologies for my last post (#8), I wasn't as clear as I should have been. What I meant was that the workaround in #6 didn't work for me. I could not get get the open office extension to install at all. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1539634] Re: network-manager crashes when using libnl-3-200 3.2.21-1ubuntu1

2016-05-27 Thread Tim Passingham
I look after a relative's 14.04 xubuntu system. They live some way away so it wasn't possible for me to help them directly. They lost all internet connections, so a) couldn't look for solutions, and b) couldn't do any upgrades. They are capable of following detailed instructions, but don't

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1604394] Re: send button does not work

2016-07-22 Thread Tim Passingham
I have tried version 45 on a different system, running trusty 14.04, and it works properly. What can do I do help resolve the problem on my 16.04 system? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1604394] Re: send button does not work

2016-07-22 Thread Tim Passingham
Hi again, I thought I should at least try testing without any extensions enabled. That fixed it on xenial :-) The offending extension was QuoteAndComposeManager 0.3.32.3 (1/16/13). Disabling this resolved the issue. My other extensions (especially Lightning, which is important to me) are OK.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1604394] [NEW] send button does not work

2016-07-19 Thread Tim Passingham
Public bug reported: On 19/7/16 I accept updates for thunderbird 38 to 45.2, using the standard ubuntu update process on 16.04.1 xenial, kernel "4.4.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 13 00:07:12 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux" (followed by a lightning extension update). I could not

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1604394] Re: send button does not work

2016-07-19 Thread Tim Passingham
I'm happy to test a beta fix if that helps, given a ppa or other method. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1604394 Title: send button does not work Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1604394] Re: send button does not work

2016-07-20 Thread Tim Passingham
I'm also happy to try and help to diagnose the problem if it's only happening on some systems. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1604394 Title: send button does not

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1604394] Re: send button does not work

2016-07-19 Thread Tim Passingham
For the importance level, this version of Thunderbird is unusable, at least on some systems. Not everyone will find it that easy to downgrade to 38, so it really needs to be withdrawn ASAP before too many people update to it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1604394] Re: send button does not work

2016-07-22 Thread Tim Passingham
I assume someone at ubuntu has to close this. If it's up to be as the raiser, could someone let me know what the appropriate procedure is. I also found a new version of the QuoteAndComposeManager extension (0.4.1) that works in version 45. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1604394] Re: send button does not work

2017-04-20 Thread Tim Passingham
Close this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1604394 Title: send button does not work Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1604394] Re: send button does not work

2017-04-21 Thread Tim Passingham
I've marked it 'fix released'. ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1604394 Title: send

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1728449] Re: Indicator icons do not appear after upgrade to Ubuntu 17.10

2017-11-18 Thread Tim Passingham
Marco - If you are referring to my comments, I freely admit my linux knowledge is very limited. As a client upgrading from 17.04 I do not, and seemingly have no way of knowing, what a valid configuration is in this respect. I'm not using Unity any more, and am using Ubuntu (Xorg) rather than the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1738821] Re: Appstream data points to libreoffice-common

2018-04-04 Thread Tim Passingham
Please forgive me, but I am not quite clear whether this bug report suggests that the startcenter desktop should no longer exist or not, or whether it should just be in a different package. I am a libreoffice user, and like to keep up to date with changes and fixes, and am on: Version: 6.0.3.1

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] [NEW] Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-09 Thread Tim Passingham
Public bug reported: I am on 19.10. Duplicity crashes as soon as I try to start a backup, as below. It was running fine on 19.04. Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 107, in with_tempdir(main) File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 93, in with_tempdir fn() File

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-10 Thread Tim Passingham
I notice that this problem (using deja-dup to run duplicity) only occurs when I run as sudo or pkexec (I need to do so to back up some kernel files). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to duplicity in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-13 Thread Tim Passingham
Sorry to be difficult, but: PYTHONPATH='.' duplicity --version Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 55, in from duplicity.dup_main import main ImportError: No module named duplicity.dup_main -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-15 Thread Tim Passingham
I got that update, and things have changed a bit. usr/lib/python3/dist-packages$ python3 duplicity/dup_main.py returns nothing, which I think is what you wanted. But: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages$ duplicity Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 55, in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-15 Thread Tim Passingham
To be clear, I'm now on version 0.8.09-0ubuntu0ppa1526~ubuntu19.10.1 (eoan) I rebooted after installing (just in case). I didn't purge beforehand, so I then did so, did an apt autoremove, and reinstalled it. No change. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-17 Thread Tim Passingham
python3 /usr/bin/duplicity --version duplicity 0.8.09 Success! But as before: duplicity --version Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 55, in from duplicity.dup_main import main ImportError: No module named duplicity.dup_main Ditto for "/usr/bin/duplicity

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-17 Thread Tim Passingham
OK (I didn't do so before because the python3 command seemed to work). find /usr -type d -name duplicity -ls 1602725 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 15 20:10 /usr/share/doc/duplicity 1602642 4 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 15 20:10

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-12 Thread Tim Passingham
I had done, but just to be sure I purged it again, autoremove the un- needed items (python fasteners etc), reinstalled, rebooted, and get the same error on "duplicity --version" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to duplicity

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-11 Thread Tim Passingham
I'm not sure whether the fix mentioned is for the last problenm I encountered, but having updated duplicity at 20:20GMT (now version 0.8.09-0ubuntu0ppa1524~ubuntu19.10.1), when I type: duplicity --version I still get: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 55, in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-14 Thread Tim Passingham
I'm not quite sure what your last comment means, so here are 4 attempts. PYTHONPATH='.' duplicity/dup_main.py --version bash: duplicity/dup_main.py: No such file or directory duplicity/dup_main.py --version bash: duplicity/dup_main.py: No such file or directory PYTHONPATH='.' python3

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-14 Thread Tim Passingham
Well that may explain something. I have no python3.X directory. I have python3, and it contains dist-packages. I did try: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages$ python3 duplicity/dup_main.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "duplicity/dup_main.py", line 54, in from . import

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-10 Thread Tim Passingham
After a quick web search I tried running duplicity --version That told me I needed to install 'future' with pip. So I installed python-pip, future, and fasteners. I now fail at: duplicity --version Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 55, in from

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-10 Thread Tim Passingham
I had looked for a ppa but failed to find yours. Unfortunately deja-dup doesn't recognise this new version, saying "Could not understand duplicity version." I tend to use GUIs for almost everything. I guess I will have to try to translate my deja-dup instructions into duplicity command line.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-19 Thread Tim Passingham
Thanks very much. I'm glad I was able to help a little by testing things. Have you any thoughts about why deja-dup fails as I reported in #26? Do I need to raise a separate report somewhere else? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-19 Thread Tim Passingham
A few more deja-dup issues: deja-dup (brings up GUI, I select backup...) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 55, in from duplicity.dup_main import main ImportError: No module named duplicity.dup_main sudo deja-dup (brings up GUI, I select backup...)

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-19 Thread Tim Passingham
Which particular fix has been applied? -- 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/1855736 Title: Duplicity fails to start Status in Duplicity: Fix Committed Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-18 Thread Tim Passingham
Yes, that's fixed. Thanks very much. Now all I have to do is get deja dup to work: Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 101, in with_tempdir(main) File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 87, in with_tempdir fn() File

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-20 Thread Tim Passingham
It is indeed strange, because I can't reproduce it now either. I get the errors in #30 instead, with deja-dup saying it can't understand the duplicity version. I think what may have happened is that because I couldn't get deja-dup to work I used the duplicity command line, and encrypted this

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1846940]

2020-02-14 Thread Tim Passingham
Until prompted by the status change (mentioning 6.3.4) on this I hadn't checked it, expecting to have to wait for 6.4 on ubuntu. I can confirm it's fixed in Version: 6.3.5.1 Build ID: 1:6.3.5~rc1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1~lo1 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: x11; Locale: en-GB

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-29 Thread Tim Passingham
1532 this morning fixed it. Thanks! :-) -- 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/1855736 Title: Duplicity fails to start Status in Duplicity: Fix Committed Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2020-01-05 Thread Tim Passingham
With version 0.8.09-0ubuntu0ppa1535-ubuntu19.10.1 (eoan) deja-dup now seems to start to work as a normal user, but I need to backup some root stuff, and when run under sudo or pkexec I get the following immediately: Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 101, in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-28 Thread Tim Passingham
It was fixed. My system later updated to version 1531 as above, and this then failed in the same way as before. I had to apply your sed patch to make it work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to duplicity in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-28 Thread Tim Passingham
With the latest update duplicity still fails. Version 0.8.09-0ubuntu0ppa1531-ubuntu19.10.1 (eoan). I had to redo the sed from #25. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to duplicity in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2019-12-28 Thread Tim Passingham
Sadly not. I purged, installed, and it failed as before. I had to redo the sed. -- 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/1855736 Title: Duplicity fails to start Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1855736] Re: Duplicity fails to start

2020-01-08 Thread Tim Passingham
Thanks very much indeed. I really appreciate all the work you and others do in supporting us, the users. It all works fine with deja-dup now. I'm now on duplicity version 0.8.09-0ubuntu0ppa1542-ubuntu19.10.1 (eoan), and deja-dup version 40.1-1ubuntu2 Should I close this report myself, or

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1869561] Re: Libreoffice Help does not work

2020-03-29 Thread Tim Passingham
Thanks Rico. I always struggle to find the right way to report issues, especially when there is no crash or other evidence (ubuntu-bug doesn't recognise libreoffice). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1869561] Re: Libreoffice Help does not work

2020-03-30 Thread Tim Passingham
I wish the local help could be included in the normal installation. It looks as if the change to the web-based version in earlier versions has been removed, but the local help doesn't work outside of snaps. I have to admit I fail to understand snaps. -- You received this bug notification

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1869561] Re: Libreoffice Help does not work

2020-05-12 Thread Tim Passingham
Strange. It doesn't work for me, and I've even moved on to the pre- release: Version: 6.4.4.1 Build ID: 1:6.4.4~rc1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-GB Calc: threaded -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879078] [NEW] copy and paste not working properly

2020-05-16 Thread Tim Passingham
Public bug reported: In 20.04 cut/copy and paste does not work reliably in Writer. This has been reported in bugzilla, but seems to only affect ubuntu 20.04. See https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133029 One report included a video. My report there said: I copy and paste,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1852183] Re: [X11] copy/paste (clipboard) with LibreOffice is broken in Ubuntu 19.10 & 20.04 (see comment 93)

2020-05-18 Thread Tim Passingham
I have just started having this problem, having updated to 20.04. So far I have only encountered it with libreoffice writer, about 30% of the time I copy/cut and paste (whether by menu or keyboard shortcuts). I do this a lot due to the nature of my writing. This is the first time since I moved

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1852183] Re: [X11] copy/paste (clipboard) with LibreOffice is broken in Ubuntu 19.10 & 20.04 (see comment 93)

2020-05-18 Thread Tim Passingham
I would like to try upgrading mutter (proposed) and testing and using it if possible but a mass of other stuff is also said to be required (By synaptic), including kernel. Is that correct? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1852183] Re: [X11] copy/paste (clipboard) with LibreOffice is broken in Ubuntu 19.10 & 20.04 (see comment 93)

2020-05-18 Thread Tim Passingham
I have tested using the vanilla version (debs) of libreoffice and had the same problem as in the ubuntu-specific build. (I also tested on Windows 10 and did not have the problem). I have failed to replicate the problem with geany on ubuntu. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1852183] Re: [X11] copy/paste (clipboard) with LibreOffice is broken in Ubuntu 19.10 & 20.04 (see comment 93)

2020-05-19 Thread Tim Passingham
I used 'developer options' to install all the proposed updates last night. I could not find a way to just update the 4 mutter files - it insisted on updating many files including the kernel. So far, so good. I've done 30 or so cut/copy and paste with no errors so far. I wouldn't know how to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1852183] Re: [X11] copy/paste (clipboard) with LibreOffice is broken in Ubuntu 19.10 & 20.04 (see comment 93)

2020-05-19 Thread Tim Passingham
Thanks Adam. I've made a note for then next time I need to try this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1852183 Title: [X11] copy/paste (clipboard) with LibreOffice is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1869561] Re: Libreoffice Help does not work

2020-05-08 Thread Tim Passingham
Sebastien - that works for me - I now get the local web-based help (I'd still prefer the old fashioned sort, but never mind!), With the new xcd it reports it is: Version: 6.4.3.2 Build ID: 1:6.4.4~rc1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: x11; Locale: en-GB

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1852183] Re: [X11] copy/paste (clipboard) with LibreOffice is broken in Ubuntu 19.10 & 20.04 (see comment 93)

2020-05-19 Thread Tim Passingham
Just for info, I've never used the 'clipboard indicator extension', so disabling it wasn't an option for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1852183 Title: [X11]

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on mutter 3.36.2

2020-05-23 Thread Tim Passingham
I now realise a couple of my Calc spreadsheets have been corrupted because of faulty copy and paste. The context menu is definitely the worst offender, but now any regular copy and paste (eg weekly or monthly readings of various things) have to be double-checked. For me, this is a Major bug. To

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on Ubuntu 20.04

2020-05-21 Thread Tim Passingham
Oh dear. Davide, you are right. I habitually use keyboard control keys for cut, copy and paste, and had to try quite hard to get the problem. Using the context menu (within one writer document) it fails for almost every other try. Using the main menu it rarely fails, but it did occasionally.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on mutter 3.36.2

2020-09-11 Thread Tim Passingham
Any chance this will get into focal soon? It's still making a mess of my spreadsheets. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1879968 Title: copy/paste still sometimes fails

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on mutter 3.36.2

2020-08-21 Thread Tim Passingham
I just did a right click copy and paste in writer and it works the 1st time, 2nd time it uses the 1st copy not the 2nd. And so on. All said to be fixed in the next version - at this rate in a month or 2. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on mutter 3.36.2

2020-08-21 Thread Tim Passingham
Sadly, ubuntu 20.04 has just released 3.36.4, which doesn't fix the problem. It'd be good if 3.36.5 was at least available in developer options. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1896332] Re: SRU 3.36.6

2020-09-29 Thread Tim Passingham
Hi. My mistake. I had, some time ago, needed to install one package from focal-proposed, and to do this had turned off letting synaptic etc from showing all proposed updates by adding a file in /etc/apt/preference.d. I'd forgotten about this. sudo aptitude -t focal-proposed showed that mutter

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: Copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice and Wine apps

2020-09-29 Thread Tim Passingham
3.36.6-1 tested on my focal system using focal-proposed. All seems OK thus far. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1879968 Title: Copy/paste still sometimes fails in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1896332] Re: SRU 3.36.6

2020-09-28 Thread Tim Passingham
Marco - as I said, that is what I have done, but I do not see the focal- proposed updates for mutter. In fact I see no proposed updates at all. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1896332] Re: SRU 3.36.6

2020-09-25 Thread Tim Passingham
I am on focal, with the 'developer options' pre-release option ticked (and repos re-reloaded). I'm not seeing any proposed updates. Is it available to the public or not? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on mutter 3.36.2

2020-05-25 Thread Tim Passingham
Daniel, sorry, but as far as I am concerned this is an ubuntu bug. That ubuntu uses, as a fundamental component (not just an add-on), something else is surely an ubuntu problem? If my car breaks down I don't search for the supplier of a component, I go to the car maker. I do not know if other

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on mutter 3.36.2

2020-05-25 Thread Tim Passingham
Can this get escalated in any way? Surely such a basic operation as cut/copy and paste should be totally reliable, as it has been on all the systems I have used since 1970. A fundamental inability to do what a user requests is critical, in my view. I think I will have to ask people in the IT

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1869561] Re: Libreoffice Help does not work

2020-05-26 Thread Tim Passingham
Fixed for me in Version: 6.4.4.2 Build ID: 1:6.4.4~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-GB Calc: threaded Thanks very much. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1852183] Re: [X11] copy/paste (clipboard) with LibreOffice is broken in Ubuntu 19.10 & 20.04 (see comment 93)

2020-05-20 Thread Tim Passingham
Ethany - is there something else I can do? I've installed the proposed update, retested, and so far all seems well (as I said in #159). It's difficult to test and report on a problem which doesn't happen every time you do something. I never found a pattern to it, just when it did start to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on Ubuntu 20.04

2020-05-21 Thread Tim Passingham
I tried to reproduce bug #1852183 with just one writer document, and failed to do so after the mutter update. Maybe I didn't try hard enough, but it didn't re-occur after many trials in one writer document. However, I have now tested copying between two writer documents, and reproduced the same

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on mutter 3.36.2

2020-07-04 Thread Tim Passingham
It is not fixed in mutter 3.36.3 using libreoffice. I have checked and o have 3.36.3 installed (and rebooted) and tested again. It failed first time. It seems to me that there is something very odd going on here. How was the fix tested? This is second time it has been 'fixed' but users have

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on mutter 3.36.2

2020-07-05 Thread Tim Passingham
Adam - thanks for the clarification. I'm afraid for some of us ordinary users the subtleties of 'fix released' but not released in ubuntu to the outside world evaded me. Sorry. I sincerely hope the fix works! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on mutter 3.36.2

2020-07-12 Thread Tim Passingham
I'd really like to test this (on 20.04), but there is no sign of it yet, even as a developer option pre-release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1879968 Title:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1869561] Re: Libreoffice Help does not work

2020-06-19 Thread Tim Passingham
To test just the proposed libreoffice changes I'll need some help. I cannot, for instance get this to work: cat

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1869561] Re: Libreoffice Help does not work

2020-06-19 Thread Tim Passingham
Paul: That's precisely what I have been trying to do, as I imagined would be clear from the fact that I've been following the instructions on how to do just that, by editing the proposed-updates file. But I don't know how to select just libreoffice (and all it's files) for update in aptitude.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1869561] Re: Libreoffice Help does not work

2020-06-19 Thread Tim Passingham
I don't suppose you could explain some of that could you? The install command is too complex for a simple fellow like myself - from the cut command on (I get as far as the selection of upgradable items with a name that includes the version number). I don't think I'm in danger of getting updates

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1869561] Re: Libreoffice Help does not work

2020-06-20 Thread Tim Passingham
Olivier - thanks - I understand now. I've done the update. It turned out that there were three modules that were't selected using this method (nlpsolver, wiki-publisher and fonts-opensymbol) so I installed them as well. ** Tags removed: focal verification-needed verification-needed-focal **

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1869561] Re: Libreoffice Help does not work

2020-06-20 Thread Tim Passingham
I am now using version Version: 6.4.4.2 Build ID: 1:6.4.4-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-GB Calc: threaded The Help now works as expected. Thanks. I changed the tag - I hooe I got that right. -- You

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1869561] Re: Libreoffice Help does not work

2020-06-19 Thread Tim Passingham
Sorry, I don't understand. I have already tested this as I said in post #22. What else do I need to do? The repository I have used is http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice /libreoffice-prereleases/ubuntu . Is that different from 'proposed'? -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on mutter 3.36.2

2020-06-28 Thread Tim Passingham
Marcello - yes indeed. For me it is worst with spreadsheets, where I copy a lot of data regularly. For instance when keeping a record of regular measurements, I copy the previous item's formulae each time. I only started to realise that a lot of my sheets were corrupted in early April. With

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on mutter 3.36.2

2020-06-25 Thread Tim Passingham
I am still really struggling to understand why this is not a major issue amongst ubuntu users. If I use the default interface I get driven crazy several times a day with mainly libreoffice various applications, copying and pasting and getting the wrong data. Can it be that there are either very

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on mutter 3.36.2

2020-06-08 Thread Tim Passingham
Marcello. I switched to Wayland. For a while now I have noticed Libreoffice, wine applications, and some others being irritatingly slow, and wondered why. It's Wayland! Switching back to the normal ubuntu desktop has bought speed back, but brought the bug back with it. I can't help wondering

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1879968] Re: copy/paste still sometimes fails in LibreOffice on mutter 3.36.2

2020-07-28 Thread Tim Passingham
Good. How long might this take to get into ubuntu proposed? Will someone alert users that it's there to be tested? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1879968 Title:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1932328] Re: Thunderbird under Wayland does not correctly close (or manage) windows

2021-07-01 Thread Tim Passingham
I have the same problem on ubuntu 21.04 wayland. Logging on under ubuntu xorg fixes it. Windows sometimes don't close properly, and trying to exit can trigger a logoff. Manually logging off and back on fixes it for a while, until another window sticks. Thunderbird version

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1932328] Re: Thunderbird under Wayland does not correctly close (or manage) windows

2021-07-11 Thread Tim Passingham
I tried adding --display=:0 to the desktop commmand, as below: Exec=thunderbird -addressbook --display=:0 I still get the same problem under wayland. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1923632] Re: Screen flickering

2021-04-16 Thread Tim Passingham
The lswh information on graphics says: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1923632 Title: Screen

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1923632] Re: Screen flickering

2021-04-16 Thread Tim Passingham
I have the same problem on that kernel (ubuntu 20.10), and on the update to 5.8.0-50.55. I have gone back to 5.8.0-48.54 and it has stabilised. I get all sorts of different effects. Blocks of text being partially blank, whole menu boxes being blank, and so on. This usually happened after the

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