[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1794064] Re: Clicking a hyperlink in a PDF fails to open it if the default browser is a snap

2023-04-18 Thread Romano Giannetti
Still here in 22.04 LTS; the workaround I use is the last one suggested in https://askubuntu.com/a/1428798/16395 (WARNING; that will allow evince to launch *any* snap in your system. But otherwise, evince is severely limited...) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 381017]

2022-09-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
I have Manjaro Linux with TB 102, and the problem is still here. When I do drag-and-drop to a Nemo folder I got the icon copied, and when going to Nautilus I still have "Drag and drop not supported", "an invalid drag type was used". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 381017]

2021-03-08 Thread Romano Giannetti
In version 78.7.1 the behavior is better: still not working, but it raises an error instead of copying an unusable link. The error is also ok: "drag and drop not supported". Definitely better! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 381017]

2019-12-02 Thread Romano Giannetti
Checked right now with thunderbird 68.2.1 --- the bug is still here. The dropped attachment creates a file which consists of a broken link. I *suspect* that this bug has been forgot; it seems really strange that, with all the nice things happened to thunderbird in the last couple of years, no one

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 381017]

2019-12-02 Thread Romano Giannetti
It seems that the firefox bug (which is listed as a duplicate, I do not think is 100% correct) #396370 has been marked as fixed. Could this be the case for thunderbird also? That would be great... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 381017]

2019-12-02 Thread Romano Giannetti
Yes, still here; will not disappear alone. I still think that the worst problem of this bug is that is _seems_ to work, and can lead to data loss. It would be much better to forbid the drag and drop completely, if fixing it is too difficult. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 381017] Re: Cannot drag attachment from mail attachment pane to desktop

2019-12-01 Thread Romano Giannetti
Still here in TB 68.2.1. Must be a record... Really, I suppose this bug has been forgotten... ;-) -- 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/381017 Title: Cannot drag

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1808702] Re: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2019-01-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
@c4pp4 --- you're right. So probably the only thing we need is the bind of /etc/alternatives; upstream seems to agree it's the only way to go: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-desktop/issues/92 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1808702] Re: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2019-01-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
@c4pp4, could be, but I think this is already in... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1808702 Title: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1448778] Re: Evince fails to display some fonts (some font thing failed)

2019-01-18 Thread Romano Giannetti
And by the way, just if somebody is still struggling to find where the "good" error messages (instead of the surprising useful "some font thing failed"), grep for apparmor in /var/log/kern.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1448778] Re: Evince fails to display some fonts (some font thing failed)

2019-01-18 Thread Romano Giannetti
My solution was to apply this diff: diff --git a/./etc-apparmor.d-abstractions-fonts b/etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/fonts index 45cdf9a..44c54ac 100644 --- a/./etc-apparmor.d-abstractions-fonts +++ b/etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/fonts @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ /usr/local/share/fonts/ r,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1808702] Re: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2018-12-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
As an aside, can you hint where I can find the messages printed by the `g_warning()` in the code? I was utterly unable to find them... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop3 in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1808702] Re: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2018-12-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
Indeed. So it must be something different; the problem with alternative is real, but nevertheless the aforementioned thumbnailer does not work even with the absolute path to composite... Will dig a bit more. The puzzling thing is that using the wrapper script from

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1795668] Re: Enable bubblewrap in gnome-desktop3 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

2018-12-19 Thread Romano Giannetti
...and we have also the huge slowdown, see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-desktop/issues/90 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795668 Title: Enable

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1808702] Re: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2018-12-19 Thread Romano Giannetti
Ok, the problem is that the commit from: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome- desktop/commit/259e7e4edb0d9b84fb7cf0847149ff8d42ab9a56 should be added, since Ubuntu/Debian has unmerged /usr. Also, the problem with alternatives still stands, see

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1795668] Re: Enable bubblewrap in gnome-desktop3 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

2018-12-19 Thread Romano Giannetti
Yep: @nicolas-bernaerts is right. Ubuntu should include this commit: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome- desktop/commit/259e7e4edb0d9b84fb7cf0847149ff8d42ab9a56 since we have unmerged /usr. Also, the problem with alternatives still stands, see

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1808702] Re: Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2018-12-16 Thread Romano Giannetti
Notice anyway that one of the problems was that originally the thumbnailer called /usr/bin/composite which, do to the alternative setup in .deb packages, was a link to /etc/alternatives/composite that pointed back to the real binary; probably the "/etc/alternatives/" directory should be

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1808702] [NEW] Bubblewrap integration broke user thumbnailers

2018-12-16 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: This bug is related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome- desktop3/+bug/1795668 and to the question in Ubuntu Stackexchange https://askubuntu.com/questions/1088539/custom-thumbnailers-don-t-work- on-ubuntu-18-10-and-18-04 The recent hardening on thumbnailers by

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1795668] Re: Enable bubblewrap in gnome-desktop3 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

2018-12-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
This "enhancement2 broke all my thumbnailers too; unfortunately they are quite a bit more complex than the one @eros2 commented. Is there any instruction on how enabling back a personal script for thumbnails generation after the upgrade? Note that this has been noticed by users; see for example

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1588545] Re: escape doesn't close search bar

2017-03-12 Thread Romano Giannetti
It seems that CTRL-F does the trick, anyway... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1588545 Title: escape doesn't close search bar Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1438510] Re: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no longer supports a2dp in 16.04 xenial and 16.10 yakkety

2017-01-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
As I commented in http://askubuntu.com/a/775524/16395, some people reported success with the python script at https://gist.github.com/pylover/d68be364adac5f946887b85e6ed6e7ae --- be warned, there is a bit of NSFW language there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1289047] Re: [Trusty] hostapd package is broken

2016-11-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
I am still using the pinned-down version hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1 which (seems to) work. If anyone lands here and it's stuck with the bug, here: http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/how-to-set-up-wireless-hotspot- access.html you have the instruction on how to get it working. Having it fixed for good

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1438510] Re: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no longer supports a2dp

2016-10-02 Thread Romano Giannetti
A new error mode is that now the BT device is not connected at all, even after doing the #5 thing, with the error: bluetoothd[984]: Unable to get Headset Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down I need to reboot the system, unpair and pair again the device, and then doing the dance of connecting

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1448778] Re: Evince fails to display some fonts (some font thing failed)

2016-09-19 Thread Romano Giannetti
Just to add a note: it happened to me also, because I have /usr/local as a symlink to /home/local (in a different partition) and evince (or apparmor) correctly complained. So all fonts from Microsoft, which are installed in /usr/local/font, came out blank. Setting aa-complain solved momentarily

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1568604] Re: Mouse cursor lost when unlocking with Intel graphics

2016-08-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
Hmm. Using Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 here, intel graphics, no bug. On another laptop, with Xubuntu, it happens. I think is more screen-locker related that desktop-flavor related. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1518813] Re: sharing panel fails to properly launch required daemons

2016-06-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
I can confirm that this bug is still here in 16.04. Under the user point of view, is as screen sharing is simply not working ( regression from 14.04). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1297144] Re: [Lenovo ThinkPad X230] Invisible cursor after resume from suspend

2016-05-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
Possible a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1568604. Check if switching to a VC (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and back (Alt-F7) fixes the thing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1584457] [NEW] gsd-backlight-helper spamming the logs since upate to 16.04

2016-05-22 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: Since updating to 16.04 from 14.04, I have the syslog spammed by: SEC: May 22 13:26:43 samsung-romano pkexec[21248]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm3]

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1438510] Re: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no longer supports a2dp

2016-05-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Updated to 16.04, have the same problem. The fix in comment#5 fixes it! Thanks! -- 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/1438510 Title: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1181106] Re: Failed to change profile to Advanced Audio Distribution Profile

2016-05-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Update: the workaround listed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1438510/comments/5 did work for me. Hope this helps... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1181106] Re: Failed to change profile to Advanced Audio Distribution Profile

2016-05-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
I have the same problem with Xenial, recently upgraded from Trusty. In Trusty my BT loudspeaker worked correctly, and now I have module-bluez5-device.c: Refused to switch profile to a2dp_sink: Not connected when I try to switch to A2DP, and in HSP mode the quality is terrible. -- You received

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1411174] Re: "open in terminal" does not honour SSH_AUTH_SOCK and GPG_AGENT_INFO environment variables in Ubuntu 14.10

2016-01-17 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Simon: I proposed a workaround (ugly) in http://askubuntu.com/questions/606451 /nautilus-open-in-terminal-extension-will-not-propagate-ssh-auto-sock A upstream report would be nice; I suspect it could be related to the fact that "run in terminal" is hard coded in gnome (see

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1418217] Re: printing a scaled page not in the center

2015-11-23 Thread Romano Giannetti
If you scale down, say, to 90% a page to make it fits the printing margins, evince fails to center it and you still have one border cut off. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 854833] Re: NM asks for Wi-Fi password every time I log in, or every minute, if "Available to all users" not checked; forgets password too

2015-10-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
New installation of 14.04.3, still happens. It happens only for enterprise-type connection (my university and eduroam, both WPA). The WPA personal connections (where you do not have to put an username) are ok, remembered and automatically started. -- You received this bug notification because

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 792085] Re: Automatic remount of safely removed drive

2015-10-17 Thread Romano Giannetti
FYI --- using command line to eject the disk/partiton do work, see http://askubuntu.com/questions/422481/prevent-usb-drives-from-auto- remounting-after-remove On the other hand, I see surprising that this bug is marked Medium. For non-tech-savy users, can ends in unclean disconnect and even

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1420698] [NEW] use network time is not installing ntp?

2015-02-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: I discovered that, even if I checked use network time in the control panel, the package ntp was not installed (just ntpdate). This caused a drift in time in my desktop (which is always on); after a couple of days if I deselect the the option and select it again I have: SYS:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-11-29 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Mekk I think that you nailed the problem in #77 (and you forgot all the settings via XKB in xorg.conf hierarchy, and /usr/share/X11/xkb/, and .Xmodmap, and IBus, and ). I have the sensation (mind you --- this is not at all an accusation to anyone; I tried to dig into it and failed) that no

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1054808] Re: Default filename for screenshots is problematic

2014-11-22 Thread Romano Giannetti
Ok, now that the upstream pushed it (and added another patch for gnome- settings-daemon at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=740520 ) for 3.14, with a bit of luck it will percolate to Ubuntu Gnome in a couple of years ;-). My suggestion would be to simply ditch the thing and use shutter

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 282659] Re: evince print problems for double sided, multiple copies

2014-10-28 Thread Romano Giannetti
Just to comment, passing by, that this nice bug is still here with us. Print the attached file and ask for two copies in a printer that default to double-sided printer. You will have one sheet ready to trash, with the image on the two sides. Have a nice day, ** Attachment added: Example .eps

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 366780] Re: Please provide a mechanism whereby Wi-Fi networks can be prioritized

2014-10-07 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Marius I have exactly the same problem with the University network and the global EDUROAM network. And no, I can't change the name of any of them; I just want NM to connect to my local University network whenever available, even if last time I manually connected to the global EDUROAM --- because

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1059872] Re: Error formatting disk using disk utility

2014-10-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
Tried to format an USB drive this morning with full update stable 14.04.1 Ubuntu Gnome release, using Disk utility; still no way, timeout wiping. Three years after, I have still to use gparted to do it (which works ok, but you can't say it is exactly user-friendly). -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-09-18 Thread Romano Giannetti
Can anyone confirm that the workaround (setting language - keyboard input method to None instead of IBus) breaks the Shift-Ctrl-U method of inputting Unicode chars? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 295014]

2014-08-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
I haven't chacked 4.3 --- as anyone checked if this bug is still there? Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to openoffice.org in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295014 Title: [Upstream] Cannot remove highlight

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1054808] Re: Default filename for screenshots is problematic

2014-06-23 Thread Romano Giannetti
The problem with ISO8601 is that it uses colons : to separate hours, minutes and seconds; although : are a perfectly valid character for the Unix filesystem, they are not accepted in Windows. So you can't put the screenshot on a NTFS filesystem nor on a shared filesystem (say, Dropbox) with a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 366780] Re: Please provide a mechanism whereby Wi-Fi networks can be prioritized

2014-06-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
The thing could be solved with just one bit of priority thing. I already commented to the upstream bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359556 and had no answers. I imagine that using the NM scripts dispatcher you can implement some workaround, though:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1241811] Re: USB disk not automatically mounted after upgrade to 13.10

2014-06-04 Thread Romano Giannetti
I can confirm that when it happened to me, I had gdm as login manager and not lightdm. Since the upgrade to 14.04, it happened just one time in one laptop (solved by login/logout) with Ubuntu Gnome, and never in my other laptop which has Xubuntu. So for me it is happening now very rarely; last

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 381017]

2014-05-31 Thread Romano Giannetti
If I can chime in with a comment to the developers (if anyone is listening here): I am used to never use drag and drop of attachment on TB now, given the really broken behavior. Suggestion: ditch the thing completely. Remove drag and drop. For good. It's so broken it is more a danger(1) than any

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-05-24 Thread Romano Giannetti
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1240198 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240198 The all time record being probably bug #295014, with us since 2004 in its first incarnation... But well, we have to remember that most developers works on this in their free time, so... There should be a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-05-22 Thread Romano Giannetti
I want to underline that my comment was not *at all* a critic to developers. There is something pesky going on with keyboards, and difficult to spot (although I suspect some kind of bad interaction between {unity,gnome}-control-settings and ibus). The monster bug #1218322 would have been fixed

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-05-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Alberto Low? Really? Since 13.10, between this and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1218322 Ubuntu has become a PITA if you have to write in more than one language (and even with just one, if that one is not en_US). Your call, but I think this is _at least_

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1215798] Re: losing windows on Ubuntu 13.10

2014-05-16 Thread Romano Giannetti
Tried to report upstream https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730261 Temporary solution: install terminator. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #730261 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730261 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1215798] Re: losing windows on Ubuntu 13.10

2014-05-16 Thread Romano Giannetti
Christian Persch [gnome-terminal developer] said on 2014-05-16 17:49:52 UTC, in the upstream bug: An essential component in your reproducer is restarting gnome-shell. Gnome-terminal used to unrealise and re-realise all windows in this case; that was removed from 3.8. So I think this is fixed in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 295014]

2014-05-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Björn --- you are right, sorry. To add something constructive, I mention I have a workaround if the file is sufficiently simple to be able to save it in RTF: 1) save the file in RTF format 2) open it with a text editor (vi, gedit) 3) substitute all occurrences of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-05-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
There is a possible workaround here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/459617/keyboard-layout-isnt-kept-upon- reboot -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246272

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-05-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
Could be this the upstream report? https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=729423 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #729423 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=729423 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-05-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
Could be this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings- daemon/+bug/1246272 (and maybe this: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=729423 ) related too? Seeing the workaround in http://askubuntu.com/questions/459617/keyboard- layout-isnt-kept-upon-reboot I have a feeling

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 295014]

2014-05-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
We are near to 4.3 release, and this bug is here (or in OO.org or in various incarnations of the suite) since 2004. The only thing that happens is that it is marked as a must have for the current version, and never taken care of. Could a developer comment if this is really impossible to fix? I

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-05-13 Thread Romano Giannetti
@William: I tested the PPA. Remeber, Ubuntu Gnome 14.04; I have just two keyboard layouts (if you want I can check with three to). With the PPA: 1. switching to next source works ok if I choose a normal key combo, for example, Super+Space. On pressing the combo, the layout switches, the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-05-12 Thread Romano Giannetti
Yes, I can confirm that with more than 2 layouts the thing is even more broken. I tried to get a shot to understand better what it's happening, but I suspect that the thing is **really** complex and we have a lot of interacting modules and things that (I suspect) no one really grasp --- the dconf

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-05-12 Thread Romano Giannetti
@William --- will try again this afternoon; sorry for the delay. -- 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/1218322 Title: Can't set keyboard layout change to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-05-12 Thread Romano Giannetti
@William (sorry, got posted too early, a pity launchpad don't let you edit comments). I read wrongly your comment and thought it would have been of no use (I use only latin keyboards --- switch between US intl, US intl AltGr-dead keys, and Spanish), and the name of the PPA is for non-latin... --

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1318452] [NEW] .Xmodmap should be read after keyboard layout switch

2014-05-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: Using Ubuntu Gnome 14.04, my .Xmodmap is correctly read at startup (at least, it seems). I have a very simple .Xmodmap: ! EuroSign is on AltGr-5, eacute is mucho more useful for Spanish keycode 26 = e E e E eacute Eacute However, on layout switch, the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-05-08 Thread Romano Giannetti
@William, i have a pure Ubuntu Gnome (3) system --- should I test your PPA? Keyboard switch with key-combos is utterly broken on my system, to the point that the only reliable way to obtain it is using the panel indicator --- which, by the way, is often than not out of sync with the real

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1215798] Re: losing windows on Ubuntu 13.10

2014-05-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
Desktop shot showing the bug. ** Attachment added: Workspace 2_003.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1215798/+attachment/4106024/+files/Workspace%202_003.png ** Also affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1215798] Re: losing windows on Ubuntu 13.10

2014-05-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
Added gnome-terminal because it really happens reliably just with it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1215798 Title: losing windows on Ubuntu 13.10 Status in

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 295014]

2014-05-04 Thread Romano Giannetti
This bug is moving to a release to the next since at least 2004... (In its various incarnations) Would be more faithful if some developer acknowledged that it is unfixable for the different structure of the two programs and mark it wontfix. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-05-02 Thread Romano Giannetti
On Ubuntu Gnome 14.04, the bug is still there. I have no PPA related to gnome or this bug installed. The modifier only option for switching, set to whichever option, will change the keyboard indicated in the panel indicator, but will not really change the keyboard layout. Setting the switch to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1184085] Re: Xorg server crashes when drawing dashed circles

2014-04-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
I can confirm that the bug is fixed in Trusty Thar 14.04. -- 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/1184085 Title: Xorg server crashes when drawing dashed circles Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
@nitrogen dream: reading here: https://sourceforge.net/p/tigervnc/code/HEAD/tree/rfbproto/rfbproto.rst #vnc-authentication, with type 2 the only thing that is encrypted is the VNC password, which is, honestly, my least worry. All the keystrokes in the session (including your bank password) is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible from non-linux machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
** Summary changed: - VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled + VNC accessible from non-linux machines only with encryption disabled -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vino in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible from non-linux machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
SSVNC works, although is quite slow with vino. Using x11vnc as server with -ssl options give a reasonable speed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vino in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1281250 Title: VNC

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1311735] Re: vino-server using a lot of CPU and very sluggish after upgrade to 14.04

2014-04-24 Thread Romano Giannetti
Encryption is already off due to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vino/+bug/1281250 - otherwise vino is practically impossible to use (no clients apart from vinagre use the encryption that vino offer). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1311735] [NEW] vino-server using a lot of CPU and very sluggish after upgrade to 14.04

2014-04-23 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: The title says its all. PID USER PR NIVIRTRESSHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 8150 romano20 0 64268 8800 5948 R 57.8 0.4 126:57.46 vino-se+ 8883 romano20 0 632412 34788 6156 S 31.8 1.7 195:15.26 dropbox 1420 root 20

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 883319] Re: xrandr --scale restricts area in which mouse moves

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
I think that the upstream bug is not correct here. The problem is not with panning; the problem is with scaling and the mouse behavior. I have xserver-xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu6 (X.Org X Server 1.14.5), and if I issue xrandr --output LVDS1 --scale 2x2 the screen scales correctly, but then the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 883319] Re: xrandr --scale restricts area in which mouse moves

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
So basically, the Fix released status is incorrect. The bug referred to the title is still here (at least in Saucy, will test Trusty). Maybe the other problem (panning, mentioned in the upstream bug, not related with this bug title) is fixed, but not this one. -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 883319]

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Probably this bug has been marked invalid because there is a mix of two bugs here: one is related to panning (which I do not know if it's fixed or no), and the other one to mouse constraints when scaling. I have X.Org X Server 1.14.5 , and if I issue xrandr --output LVDS1 --scale 2x2 the screen

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 881046]

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Probably this bug has been marked invalid because there is a mix of two bugs here: one is related to panning (which I do not know if it's fixed or no), and the other one to mouse constraints when scaling. I have X.Org X Server 1.14.5 , and if I issue xrandr --output LVDS1 --scale 2x2 the screen

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 883319] Re: xrandr --scale restricts area in which mouse moves

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
...checked in 14.04 trusty, still here. A real PITA because the scaling is really useful with all the applications (*-tweak-tools, are you listening me?) which are expecting 1600x1200 pixel every time... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 883319] Re: xrandr --scale restricts area in which mouse moves

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Yes --- I understand. But why the bug is marked Invalid? It is quite easy to reproduce, and difficult to miss (if you ever needed to use the --scale option). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 883319] Re: xrandr --scale restricts area in which mouse moves

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Can a bug supervisor mark this for Trusty and removing the (wrong) Fix Released status? -- 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/883319 Title: xrandr --scale restricts area

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-18 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Holger: yes --- I just noticed it too. I humbly suggest that Canonical or Redhat help the vino developers to add a more common encryption type to the vino server. It is the default (and the facto only) remote vnc server in our system, and in its current state forces everyone to connect **in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
Ok, I have reported it upstream at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728267 --- but I am unable to add it to the bug. I used to choose älso affect distributionand simply paste the URL, but now I have an error (says I can't add another bug to the same distribution and in the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
Can please people with the problem state their version? Mine is [:~] 127 % apt-cache policy vino vino: Installed: 3.10.0-0ubuntu1~saucy1 Candidate: 3.10.0-0ubuntu1~saucy1 Version table: *** 3.10.0-0ubuntu1~saucy1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3-staging/ubuntu/

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
Upstream comment: I think that the TLS security type (18) is rather uncommon, but gtk-vnc supports it. I think that virt-viewer uses gtk-vnc and should work: http://virt-manager.org/download/ so basically the problem is that vino is using an encryption type which is supported only by few

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
Well, downloaded it (virt-viewer, I mean). Tried to connect to a remote machine but no dice --- it just show a window, asking for a connection URI, I tried 200 combinations... No documentation handy available either. Seems to be thought just for managing virtual machines, so it doesn't seem a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
I agree that the best possible solution would be for the Windows clients (at least TigerVNC and TightVNC) to catch up. Unfortunately this has not happened; for the time being it would be much better if vino could offer the option to go back to the previous Security Type when the client does not

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
I reported the thing to TigerVNC bug tracker too: https://sourceforge.net/p/tigervnc/bug-tracker/148/ let's see if a solution can be found... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vino in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
Sebastian: no. the default is to use encryption. But after updating vino (do not remember at which point), vino changed the security type to a new one (at least, I think); the connection stopped to work with the error reported above and the only solution to have it back was to disable encryption.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 295014]

2014-04-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
It *has* to be difficult. Otherwise why is it open since 2004? On december 1st it will be 10 years old... If I understand the issue, the main problem is that in MS Word there are different attributes for character background and highlight, while in LOO/AOO they are considered the same. If this is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-04-01 Thread Romano Giannetti
I just downloaded and installed in a VirtualBox Ubuntu-Gnome 14.04 beta2 32bit. Out of the box, I changed the Switch to next sorce to Alt+Shift L and alternative character key to Right Alt and it works ok. I DID NOT test the plain Ubuntu-Unity installation. Color me (momentarily) happy. --

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-04-01 Thread Romano Giannetti
Ok, checked more; color me less happy. Definitely the layout switch does not work after suspend in the lock screen. Hope you all people have password that can be typed in all layouts, otherwise... Also, with more than two layouts, the switch with the keys happens only between two of them. The

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-02-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
...and for me, now Alt+Shift switches the indicator but *not* the keyboard. I have to switch the layout with the applet. Is there anyone with a link on documentation on how the keyboard is managed/configured in Ubuntu (for real)? There is a mix of xkbd, gnome- settings, xmodmap, gnome-tweak,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-02-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Norbert, I will try with a new user, but about removing all my hidden folders... I imagine this is a joke ;-). I have 20+ years of configurations of my system, ssh keys, applications defaults, qucs and spice models, vim macros, whatever in it (yes, all of this is regularly backed up). I *really*

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281250] [NEW] VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-02-17 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: Since a recent update, it is impossible to connect to my Ubuntu box using VNC from a Windows machine unless I disable encryption on the vino server. I tested up-to-date tightVNC client and TigerVNC client on the Windows machine, with the same result. As soon I try to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 381017]

2014-02-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
s/discreting/discrediting/ in the last message. -- 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/381017 Title: Cannot drag attachment from mail attachment pane to desktop Status

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-02-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
New behavior. Resetting the whole thing and choosing again Alt+Shift from the control panel works, but the HUD indication of the switch disappeared. This is the most desperately Heisenbug I ever found. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 381017]

2014-02-13 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Paolo: sadly, it's probably true. I suppose we all got to grip with it (I just stopped trying it and right-click and save, you know, even in other mailer) but it is a very nasty (and, let me say, discreting) bug to have around for so much time. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-02-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
I can confirm the regression. Alt+shift stopped working for me too and re-setting it with gnome-tweak-tool does not work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 295014] Re: [Upstream] Cannot remove highlight from .doc in Word exported from Writer

2014-01-31 Thread Romano Giannetti
So, as you can see form the attachment, it's still here in 4.2.0.4 (tested in Windows, but still). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to openoffice.org in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295014 Title: [Upstream]

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 295014] Re: [Upstream] Cannot remove highlight from .doc in Word exported from Writer

2014-01-31 Thread Romano Giannetti
** Attachment added: Three files, showing the problem. Open .doc or .docx in MS word and try to remove the highlight. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/295014/+attachment/3964662/+files/TestInteroperabilityt.zip -- You received this bug notification because you

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