[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1245315] Re: alacarte fails to write a proper Categories=; line to .desktop files

2013-10-31 Thread Leo H
This issue finds its roots in a problem with the creation and deletion of Applications Menu (aka Main Menu) entries which is explained on: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alacarte/+bug/1245300 Comment #2 there explains the motivation for the present submission in greater detail. It

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1047368] Re: [feature request] ring chart resource analysis

2013-10-30 Thread Leo H
Ring charts are not easy to interpret with any degree of precision. So, the suggestion is welcome as an optional feature, but not as a substitute replacing any current presentation formats in the Gnome System Monitor. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 283720] Re: y-axis scales on Resources tab should be on the right

2013-10-30 Thread Leo H
In cultures which read from left to right, graphs are better interpreted when the reference scale is on the left, and this remains best practice. However, as Adam Niedling (#5) suggests, there is nothing wrong with having the left-hand side scale repeated on the right-hand side – but only as an

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1246502] [NEW] Gnome System Monitor presents two different CPUs on a netbook with only one single-core CPU

2013-10-30 Thread Leo H
Public bug reported: System: Xubuntu 13.10, 32 bit, fully patched Gnome System Monitor package installed: gnome-system-monitor 3.8.2.1-2 CPU: Intel Atom N270 (Netbook) Issue: The Diamondville Intel Atom N270 x86 sub-notebook processor is a single- core CPU. The netbook has only one of these

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1084364] Re: Network-Manager Repeatedly Asks for Authorization (WPA2 Password)

2013-10-30 Thread Leo H
We have switched most systems to wicd since filing this bug. It first had a time-out issue which prevented a successful connection. Once that had been nailed down to a configurable parameter setting whose pre- defined default value proved too low, wicd has performed flawlessly ever since – never a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1245300] Re: alacarte does not delete deleted application menu entries

2013-10-30 Thread Leo H
Hi Jasper Thank you for this very clear explanation of alacarte's behaviour. Also great that you are willing to give the locally-stored .desktop files in /home//local/share/applications/ more meaningful file names. There is one issue with which the menu specification you quote above does not

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 704762] Re: Show usage data

2013-10-29 Thread Leo H
Any progress on this? It has long become an indispensible standard feature on smartphones. I can't quite see why keeping track of one's mobile data usage and limit is important on a smartphone but not on one's laptop which uses the same 3G or 4G mobile account for internet connectivity. -- You

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1245300] [NEW] alacarte does not delete deleted application menu entries

2013-10-27 Thread Leo H
Public bug reported: When a menu entry in the Applications Menu of Xubuntu is deleted using the Alacarte Menu Editor, then alacarte (3.10.0-1) does NOT delete its .desktop file. Instead alacarte writes a new Hidden=true line in its .desktop file in /home//local/share/applications/ and it only

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1245315] [NEW] alacarte fails to write a proper Categories=; line to .desktop files

2013-10-27 Thread Leo H
Public bug reported: When creating a new menu entry in the Applications Menu of Xubuntu using the Alacarte Menu Editor (alacarte 3.10.0-1) then alacarte does not enable the writing of a Categories=; attribute in the new .desktop file created in /home//local/share/applications/. Without a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1085535] Re: Xubuntu has thunderbird-globalmenu package witch it cant use

2013-01-07 Thread Leo H
Note: A parallel issue affects Firefox with its corresponding dependency in the form of the firefox-globalmenu package. That package similarly creates an Extension in Firefox which is not functional and unusable in any desktop other than Ubuntu's Unity. The lack of integration of Firefox and

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1085536] Re: Xubuntu has firefox-globalmenu package witch it cant use

2013-01-07 Thread Leo H
Note: A parallel issue affects Thunderbird with its corresponding dependency in the form of the thunderbird-globalmenu package. That package similarly creates an Extension in Thunderbird which is not functional and unusable in any desktop other than Ubuntu's Unity. See

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1096286] Re: Firefox Search Engine is Broken

2013-01-07 Thread Leo H
As regards the idea of dropping Chambers from Firefox Search: I feel that a reputable UK-English dictionary search engine such as Chambers is a valuable feature of Firefox. Also, it is not only relevant to UK users of Firefox. In many other countries where English is a second language, the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1096286] Re: Firefox Search Engine is Broken

2013-01-07 Thread Leo H
As regards the idea of dropping Chambers from Firefox Search: I feel that a reputable UK-English dictionary search engine such as Chambers is a valuable feature of Firefox. Also, it is not only relevant to UK users of Firefox. In many other countries where English is a second language, the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1096283] Re: Installing Nautilus in Xubuntu 12.10 pulls in Redundant Packages as Dependencies

2013-01-07 Thread Leo H
@ Dave (#1) sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends nautilus gives: nautilus is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. (When constructing the master image for the netbooks, after installing nautilus we have manually purged all packages

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1084364] Re: Network-Manager Repeatedly Asks for Authorization (WPA2 Password)

2013-01-06 Thread Leo H
An issue with wicd (an alternative to network manager) which is possibly related to the issue reported here has been reported at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/1084380 In the case of wicd it was found that wpa_supplicant routinely timed out before a WiFi connection has been completed

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1084364] Re: Network-Manager Repeatedly Asks for Authorization (WPA2 Password)

2013-01-06 Thread Leo H
Notes to #5: — Increasing the value of the time-out parameter for wpa_supplicant in itself does, of course, not in any way explain why wpa_supplicant takes so much time to complete its job with a box-standard access point which has never given rise to any such problems in the past, nor on earlier

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1085536] Re: Xubuntu has firefox-globalmenu package witch it cant use

2013-01-06 Thread Leo H
Hi Chris. I am inclined to suggest that logic suggests otherwise, and that you are turning the issue upside down in your post #5. Firefox only needs to meet the freedesktop.org specifications for user interface compatibility. If Unity deviates so as to require a special module to integrate

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1085536] Re: Xubuntu has firefox-globalmenu package witch it cant use

2013-01-04 Thread Leo H
Firefox (firefox 17.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1) under xubuntu 12.10 still pulls in firefox-globalmenu (firefox-globalmenu 17.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1) as a dependency. The package firefox-globalmenu provides a Firefox Extension which adds support to Firefox for the Unity appmenu. However,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1085535] Re: Xubuntu has thunderbird-globalmenu package witch it cant use

2013-01-04 Thread Leo H
Thunderbird (thunderbird 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1) under xubuntu 12.10 still pulls in thunderbird-globalmenu (thunderbird-globalmenu 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1) as a dependency. The package thunderbird-globalmenu provides a Thunderbird Extension which adds support to Thunderbird for the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1096283] [NEW] Installing Nautilus in Xubuntu 12.10 pulls in Redundant Packages as Dependencies

2013-01-04 Thread Leo H
Public bug reported: Nautilus (nautilus 1:3.5.90.really.3.4.2-0ubuntu4.1) – when installed under under Xubuntu 12.10 using Synaptic – directly or indirectly pulls in Brasero, Zeitgeist and other application packages as dependencies. ― These additional packages such as Brasero and Zeitgeist are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1096286] [NEW] Firefox Search Engine is Broken

2013-01-04 Thread Leo H
Public bug reported: Firefox (package: firefox 17.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1) has several search engines pre-installed. One is labelled Chambers (UK). This search link is broken: When, for example, putting in the search term Test, then Firefox goes to the following URL

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1077523] Re: Fails to connect to Wi-Fi several times after resume from suspend -- Ralink RT3090 rt2800pci

2012-12-19 Thread Leo H
A similar bug is reported in launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1084364 . However, there is one difference: That bug 1084364 describes the same behaviour of the network-manager authorization panel repeatedly popping up (with the correct password already

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1084364] Re: Network-Manager Repeatedly Asks for Authorization (WPA2 Password)

2012-12-19 Thread Leo H
Hi Thomas, bug 1077523 is indeed quite similar. However, there is one difference: That bug 1077523 describes the same behaviour of the network-manager authorization panel repeatedly popping up (with the correct password already filled in) when a system -- presumably connected via WiFi to the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1084364] Re: Network-Manager Repeatedly Asks for Authorization (WPA2 Password)

2012-12-19 Thread Leo H
Thomas, as regards #1, I somehow do not seem to be able to get into launchpad when running apport-collect 1084364. It has probably got something to do with the browser (Opera) settings, but I have not yet been able to figure out exactly what. However, the reporter of bug 1077523 has managed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 704762] Re: Show usage data

2012-11-30 Thread Leo H
I fully support this request. PS Smaller data limits of 500MB and 1 GB per month are far more prevalent even than the more generous 10GB mentioned by Ismael. This merely adds urgency to the request. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1084364] [NEW] Network-Manager Repeatedly Asks for Authorization (WPA2 Password)

2012-11-28 Thread Leo H
Public bug reported: System: --- – Fresh clean installation of xubuntu 12.10 using the xubuntu .iso from the official xubuntu web site, fully updated using the xubuntu Software Updater. – network-manager fully set up for an internet connection using WiFi with WPA2-Personal, including SSID

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1079953] Re: Main Menu Editor alacarte is Completely Broken in xubuntu 12.10

2012-11-22 Thread Leo H
I can confirm that the updated version of alacarte currently in quantal- proposed does restore some functionality as regards the first three items mentioned in my earlier post (tick boxes, create new menu items, delete menu items). However -- Drag and drop of a menu item within a menu folder

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1079953] [NEW] Main Menu Editor alacarte is Completely Broken in xubuntu 12.10

2012-11-16 Thread Leo H
Public bug reported: Main Menu Editor alacarte is Completely Broken in xubuntu 12.10 SYSTEM: Fresh install of xubuntu 12.10 (i386) using the official xubuntu .iso image, fully updated as of today. The 'Main Menu' editor (alacarte) is completely broken in xubuntu 12.10. Changes in the xubuntu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 915059] Re: Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed

2012-01-16 Thread Leo H
Dear Christopher Thanks for your reply and for your thorough analysis of this bug. I have submitted this bug to the LibreOffice Bugzilla as you suggested. The bug report is on: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44847 Clearly, the fundamental flaws and weaknesses in LibreOffice

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 915059] [NEW] Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer

2012-01-11 Thread Leo H
Public bug reported: (CONCERNS: LibreOffice version: 3.4.4; OOO340m1 (Build:402), complete install from the Ubuntu repo, fully up to date.) The Compare Document functionality of LibreOffice Writer is deeply flawed and woefully inadequate. For example, type (without quotes): LibreOffice

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 782406] Re: LibreOffice Writer Document Compare (regression)

2012-01-09 Thread Leo H
@ Gretha I was searching for reports on LibreOffice Writer Compare Document, because mostly it doesn't seem to work. Your submission hits the nail right on the head in my experience: I start with an .odt document (saved as version 1) with just the following text (without the quotes):