[dolphin] [Bug 482993] New: Dolphin no longer handling group permissions correctly

2024-03-09 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482993

Bug ID: 482993
   Summary: Dolphin no longer handling group permissions correctly
Classification: Applications
   Product: dolphin
   Version: 24.02.0
  Platform: Neon
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
  Severity: normal
  Priority: NOR
 Component: panels: folders
  Assignee: dolphin-bugs-n...@kde.org
  Reporter: stuartksm...@gmail.com
CC: kfm-de...@kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY: Previously, folders not owned by the user were fully accessible via
Dolphin if the user had group membership and permissions. This version of
Dolphin appears to disregard group permissions when the user is not the owner.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a folder not owned by your user but with any group your user belongs
to.
2. Set permissions of the folder to drwxrwxr_x.
3. Open Dolphin and right-click on the folder to open the context menu 

OBSERVED RESULT
Notice that these three menu options are grayed out: "Create New", "Duplicate
Here", and "Compress".
The same results are observed when entering the test folder and right-clicking
on the empty space.

NOTE: I can drag and drop items into the un-owned folder but the associated
mouse cursor shows "not permitted" symbol (red circle with line through it).

EXPECTED RESULT
If the user has group access to a folder the menu options should all be
available as they were in previous versions of Dolphin.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE neon 6.0
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.0 
KDE Frameworks Version:  6.0.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2

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Wayland

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[neon] [Bug 466607] Bug re-introduced as of today's updates

2023-06-05 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466607

Stuart K. Smith  changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
Seeing the same thing here when kscreen is installed. AMD RX580 and KDEneon

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[kmahjongg] [Bug 458566] "Restart Game" opens "Save Game" dialog

2022-09-01 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458566

--- Comment #2 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
(In reply to Albert Astals Cid from comment #1)
> I think it makes sense, imagine you're almost done and Press F5 by mistake,
> having a dialog that lets you save, not save, cancel, makes sense to me

As someone who plays the game almost daily, I find it highly annoying and
unnecessary. 
It's rare to solve a game on the first go so restarting is a common thing to do
for 3 or 4 rounds at least.
An accidental F5 only means you have to start over with the same tiles -
something one does anyway.
An intentional F5 now means you have to stop what you are doing and close a
dialog.
If it was an intentional change, it is not a benefit and has a negative impact
on game play.

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[kmahjongg] [Bug 458566] New: "Restart Game" opens "Save Game" dialog

2022-08-31 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458566

Bug ID: 458566
   Summary: "Restart Game" opens "Save Game" dialog
   Product: kmahjongg
   Version: 0.9.22080
  Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
  Severity: normal
  Priority: NOR
 Component: general
  Assignee: unassigned-b...@kde.org
  Reporter: stuartksm...@gmail.com
CC: kde-games-b...@kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
Since last update, F5 (Reload Game) results in a "Save Game?" dailog instead of
just reloading the current game as in the past.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start a game and take one or more turns.
2. Press F5 to reload.

OBSERVED RESULT
Save Game dialog window opens.

EXPECTED RESULT
No dialog, just the game reloading.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version: 

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[partitionmanager] [Bug 434635] Partition Manager's Help files can not be parsed in Help Center

2021-03-24 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=434635

--- Comment #8 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
Tested this on Debian Sid with Plasma 5.20.5/ Frameworks 5.78.0 and no error.

Still seems to be an (K)Ubuntu problem

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[partitionmanager] [Bug 434635] Partition Manager's Help files can not be parsed in Help Center

2021-03-21 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=434635

--- Comment #6 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
Just checked on an updated Manjaro KDE running plasma 5.21.3 and OK there. Must
be related to Ubuntu.

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[partitionmanager] [Bug 434635] Partition Manager's Help files can not be parsed in Help Center

2021-03-19 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=434635

--- Comment #4 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
Same again on 20.10

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[partitionmanager] [Bug 434635] Partition Manager's Help files can not be parsed in Help Center

2021-03-19 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=434635

Stuart K. Smith  changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
I am seeing the same results on Kubuntu 20.04

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[frameworks-solid] [Bug 402660] Device notifier clears a device after unmount, but before unplug

2019-12-06 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402660

--- Comment #35 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
Still not resolved.

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[dolphin] [Bug 414906] Dolphin does not allow UNMOUNT of USB thumb drives, only "Safely Remove"

2019-12-06 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414906

--- Comment #3 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
One more possible issue: I have an older USB attached SD card reader. "Safely
Remove" powers down the entire device rather than the subject SD card. In my
case, the device is internally installed in a desktop machine and internally
connected to a USB buss, so unplugging and plugging it back in is not an
option. Either rebooting or some device power control magic if you're that
familiar with the device is required.

Granted, this case is a poorly designed hardware issue, but it is easily
managed by a more friendly Dolphin context.

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[dolphin] [Bug 414906] Dolphin does not allow UNMOUNT of USB thumb drives, only "Safely Remove"

2019-12-06 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414906

--- Comment #2 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
Thank you for the quick reply.

Yes: You want to reformat or install an ISO to a thumb drive. You plug it in,
mount it, view it to be sure it's blank or doesn't contain any data you want to
save, then unmount it and format it or whatever.

Or you copy a file or two off of it, then hit the "Safely Remove", then realize
you wanted one more file. Too bad, you have to pull it and start all over
again.

Clearly, one can do this from the command line, but using the GUI and a mouse
has benefits. Also not all computers have easily reachable USB ports (some of
us still have desktop machines).

Conversely, why does a thumb drive need to be powered down at all? if it's
unmounted, there's no benefit to making it inaccessible, is there?

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[dolphin] [Bug 414906] New: Dolphin does not allow UNMOUNT of USB thumb drives, only "Safely Remove"

2019-12-06 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414906

Bug ID: 414906
   Summary: Dolphin does not allow UNMOUNT of USB thumb drives,
only "Safely Remove"
   Product: dolphin
   Version: 19.08.3
  Platform: Neon Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
  Severity: normal
  Priority: NOR
 Component: panels: places
  Assignee: dolphin-bugs-n...@kde.org
  Reporter: stuartksm...@gmail.com
CC: kfm-de...@kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
Dolphin Removable Devices context menu needs Unmount just like the Devices
context menu. Safely remove powers down and logically ejects a thumb drive
requiring one to physically remove and re-insert it before use again.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Right-Click on removable USB device 
2. 
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
Context menu contains:
 - Open in New Window
 - Open in New Tab
 - Properties
 - Safely Remove
 - 
 - Hide
 - Hide Section 'Removable Devices'

EXPECTED RESULT
 - Open in New Window
 - Open in New Tab
 - Properties
 - Unmount
 - Safely Remove
 - 
 - Hide
 - Hide Section 'Removable Devices'

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDEneon 5.17
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.64.0
Qt Version: 5.13.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Kernel 5.0.0-36-generic

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[neon] [Bug 407729] neon-settings package causes files in /sudoers.d to not be honored

2019-05-23 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407729

--- Comment #11 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
BTW, agreed on the security issue. I had narrowed it to just the specific PC
and it's in a rather controlled environment. I had widened it (ALL ALL etc.)
when trying to trouble shoot this issue. My laptop does not have this setup.

I haven't ventured into polkit much, but worth a look. Thanks again.

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[neon] [Bug 407729] neon-settings package causes files in /sudoers.d to not be honored

2019-05-23 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407729

--- Comment #10 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
Thank for the detailed info. Always good to be armed with the facts in my
world. 
Funny you should make that recommendation about pkcon as I starting looking
into it right after my last post here. My apt use was due to the burgeoning
problems with early Discover in conjunction with Muon being without a dev. I
just put apt into some aliases and made the suoders entry and went full CLI for
updates and installations. That was about 5 years ago I think? pkcon looks good
in the CLI and I'm looking at the GUIs also. 

Thanks again. Beverages on me if we ever meet in the real world :)

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[neon] [Bug 407729] neon-settings package causes files in /sudoers.d to not be honored

2019-05-23 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407729

--- Comment #8 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
So neon-settings redirected bin/apt to sbin/apt ?

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[neon] [Bug 407729] neon-settings package causes files in /sudoers.d to not be honored

2019-05-23 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407729

--- Comment #7 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
Seems like an odd way to implement a change like that; /usr/sbin/apt calls
/usr/sbin/apt-overly which calls /usr/bin/apt. No wonder sudoers got confused!

At least this explains why my sudo apt overrides worked in the 16.04 version.

Thanks for running it down, I would have never found this.

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[neon] [Bug 407729] neon-settings package causes files in /sudoers.d to not be honored

2019-05-23 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407729

--- Comment #4 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
Results here are unchanged. Removing neon-settings allows sudoers.d/apt to work
but it does not when neon-settings are installed.

The issue appears to be specific to apt and apt-get. Echoing Harald commands do
indeed work for 'ls' but '/usr/bin/apt' in sudoers.d does NOT work when
neon-settings is installed, but does when neon-settings is not installed. Same
goes for '/usr/bin/apt'. '/usr/bin/add-apt-repository' works with or without
neon-settings installed so it is not related to the '/usr/bin/' folder but
appears to be specific to apt and apt-get. All of the above 'apt' related
commands and others are in a single file together on a single line and all but
apt and apt-get work without a sudo password.

I confirmed this on a VM as well as on my bare metal install. To recap:

While neon-settings is installed:
/bin/ls in /etc/sudoers.d/foo does allow 'sudo ls' to work without a password.
Others, like 'sudo pwrstat' and 'sudo btrfs' that are on my system also work.
Identically formatted '/etc/sudoers.d/apt' containing '/usr/bin/apt' and
'/usr/bin/apt-get' among other commands all work EXCEPT apt and apt-get.
Uninstalling neon-settings allows 'sudo apt' and 'sudo apt-get' to work without
a password with no other modifications.

Could someone specifically test this against /usr/bin/apt and/or
/usr/bin/apt-get to confirm? Test procedure requested please: 

With neon-settings installed, use Harald's series of commands above and
substitute '/usr/bin/apt' for '/bin/ls'. Then enter 'sudo -k' and 'sudo apt
update'. Assuming the result is a password is requested, do CTRL+C to cancel
and then uninstall neon-settings and re-test. Be sure to do 'sudo -k' between
commands if package uninstall is done in the same terminal to force a reset of
the environment. Please report results here. Thanks.

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[neon] [Bug 407729] neon-settings package causes files in /sudoers.d to not be honored

2019-05-19 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407729

--- Comment #1 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
I installed all the dependencies for neon-settings and sudoers.d/ files worked
normally. Installing the specific neon-settings package breaks the
functionality.

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[neon] [Bug 407729] New: neon-settings package causes files in /sudoers.d to not be honored

2019-05-19 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407729

Bug ID: 407729
   Summary: neon-settings package causes files in /sudoers.d to
not be honored
   Product: neon
   Version: unspecified
  Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
  Severity: normal
  Priority: NOR
 Component: Packages User Edition
  Assignee: neon-b...@kde.org
  Reporter: stuartksm...@gmail.com
CC: j...@jriddell.org, neon-b...@kde.org, sit...@kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
Using a new install of KDEneon I noticed any entries in /etc/sudoers.d/ did not
have the desired effect of allowing sudo actions without a password.

Replacing the "neon-settings" package with "kubuntu-settings-desktop" results
in the files in /etc/sudoers.d to begin working again.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Fresh install of KDEneon.
2. Add file in /etc/sudoers.d/ using "sudo visudo -f ..."
3. Test action and see that sudo password is still required.

OBSERVED RESULT
Install "kubuntu-settings-desktop" which forces removal of "neon-settings".
Test action and see that sudo password is no longer required.

EXPECTED RESULT
Files in sudoers.d should be parsed by KDEneon as they are when using Kubuntu.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDEneon User Edition - latest (5.15.5)
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.58.0
Qt Version: 5.12.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I'm not sure yet if it's actually neon-settings or one of is depends or a
missing depends.

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[frameworks-solid] [Bug 402660] Device notifier clears a device after unmount, but before unplug

2019-04-10 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402660

--- Comment #32 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
Mihai Sorin Dobrescu: I totally got what you meant and my comment wasn't
pointed at you. Rather, I was try to illustrate a broader point that different
devices needs different actions and the terms are important because of that.
Using "Safely Eject" obfuscates the actual needed action and is part of the
problem in my view.

Christoph Feck: Precisely and exactly to the issue. There are many uses for the
Notifier when controlling USB storage devices and there is no "one size fits
all" solution. Fully ejecting a non-spinning device in unwarranted and in many
cases very inconvenient.

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[frameworks-solid] [Bug 402660] Device notifier clears a device after unmount, but before unplug

2019-04-09 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402660

--- Comment #29 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
That doesn't seem to work here, at least not with a USB stick:

sudo hdparm -y /dev/sdi
[sudo] password for stuart: 

/dev/sdi:
 issuing standby command
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]:  f0 00 05 00 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 00 20 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

The drive is still mounted after this and unmounting first has the same
results.

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[frameworks-solid] [Bug 402660] Device notifier clears a device after unmount, but before unplug

2019-04-09 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402660

--- Comment #27 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
Thinking it over, what I would like to see is;

If the USB storage device is a CD/DVD/BR, "Eject" is the default action.

If the device is a USB attached file system but not a CD/DVD/BR, then set
"Unmount all file systems on this device" as default action, and offer "Unmount
only this file system" as an action in the list for the device.

Then if you want to unmount and grab your thumb drive or USB hard drive, the
default is perfect. If you are continuing to work with a multi-file system USB
device, then you can select and specify which file system to unmount (or
mount).

In both cases, the device remains accessible because it has not been powered
off by Eject.

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[frameworks-solid] [Bug 402660] Device notifier clears a device after unmount, but before unplug

2019-04-09 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402660

--- Comment #26 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
Agreed, however in the case of USB thumb drive, unmounting forces commit or it
won't unmount until cache is clear. It least that's my belief. IME I can't
unmount any file system until it's not being used.

Part of the issue might be the understanding of eject vs. unmount. A file
system is unmounted, but not ever "ejected". A device may be ejected, but only
cleanly if it has been unmounted prior.

A device, like a USB thumb drive or USB hard drive is never really in need of
"Eject" because once the file system(s) on it are unmounted you can just pull
it out.

This is where this whole mess started. Someone had multiple file systems on a
USB device and failed to unmount one or more of them before pulling the plug.
This could cause a file corruption if a write were not complete. This potential
outweighed (at least in some persons minds) the inconvenience to the thousands
of users just a thumb drive.

In my mind, the best possible solution for USB r/w storage devices is an
"unmount all" condition where all file systems on the device are unmounted.
"Eject" does this conveniently enough but then you end up where we are -
pulling a re-inserting the device. 

Seems like an expansion of the Notifier actions in this regard is in order.

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[frameworks-solid] [Bug 402660] Device notifier clears a device after unmount, but before unplug

2019-04-09 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402660

--- Comment #24 from Stuart K. Smith  ---
There seems to be a lot of rambling on this bug report about loosely related
topics. My issue is that a USB device should not have to be unplugged and
re-inserted by design. That is a very poor working practice. You should be able
to choose or default to Unmount rather than Eject (aka "Safely Remove") devices
that do not require ejection.

Is there no way for the programming of the Device Notifier to detect if a
plugged in device is a spinning hard drive vs. a USB thumb drive? BTW, my WD
USB spinning hard drive does not need to be "parked" to be removed.

This effectively make Notifier mostly useless for USB thumb drives. If I have
to go to the command line so I don't have to reach behind my monitor or PC case
to unplug and reinsert my USB drive, then why have the GUI Notifier?

At a minimum, "Unmount" should be in the options available and at best be the
default choice when clicking the up arrow in Notifier. I'd bet that there are
oodles more thumb drives being used than portable hard drives. Let the lesser
sized user group have the extra "Fully Eject" option available in the action
list but make Unmount the option. Seems way more logical to me.

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[plasmashell] [Bug 406362] New: Device Notifier treats USB thumb drives like CDs - "Safely remove" ejects instead of unmounting

2019-04-09 Thread Stuart K. Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=406362

Bug ID: 406362
   Summary: Device Notifier treats USB thumb drives like CDs -
"Safely remove" ejects instead of unmounting
   Product: plasmashell
   Version: 5.12.8
  Platform: Kubuntu Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
  Severity: normal
  Priority: NOR
 Component: Device Notifier
  Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
  Reporter: stuartksm...@gmail.com
  Target Milestone: 1.0

SUMMARY
The Device Notifier "Ejects" USB thumb drives rendering them unusable until
they are pulled from the port and re-inserted. This is both unnecessary and
poor work-flow. There is no justification for ejecting a USB thumb drive.

A much better action would be for "Unmount" to be the default action instead of
"Eject". This would allow multiple actions to be taken on a thumb drive without
continuously removing and re-inserting it, such as reformatting or burning and
ISO to it. This is especially important if the USB port is difficult to
physically access, such as the back-side of a monitor or PC.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Insert thumb drive and observe Device Notifier pop-up indication that a
drive has been inserted.
2. Select "Open with File Manager" from access options in Device Notifier.
3. Select the up-arrow button "Click to Safely Remove this device." using
Device Notifier.

OBSERVED RESULT
The USB device is no longer listed in attached devices via "lsusb" although it
is still physically present and cannot be accessed until it is removed and
re-inserted.

EXPECTED RESULT
File system should be unmounted but the physical device should still
addressable. 

"Safely Remove" when referring to a USB drive should only unmount the device,
not eject it from the bus. Ejecting is only preferred if the physical device
requires that for access such as with a CDROM/DVD. Unmounting a USB drive prior
to its physical removal is sufficient for file system safety.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDEneon LTS 5.12
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.12.8
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.56.0
Qt Version: 5.12.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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[krunner] [Bug 388593] Krunner spellcheck plugin does not work (Could not find a dictionary)

2018-02-12 Thread Stuart K . Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388593

Stuart K. Smith <stuartksm...@gmail.com> changed:

   What|Removed |Added

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--- Comment #2 from Stuart K. Smith <stuartksm...@gmail.com> ---
Same here:

kf5.karchive: bzDecompress returned -5
The dictionary data engine timed out (word: "app" )
The dictionary data engine timed out (word: "appl" )
The dictionary data engine timed out (word: "apple" )
The dictionary data engine timed out (word: "apple" )

Neon user addition, Plasma 5.12

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[neon] [Bug 379721] neon only dependency bug: phonon4qt5-backend-vlc and -gstreamer.

2017-05-23 Thread Stuart K . Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=379721

--- Comment #4 from Stuart K. Smith <stuartksm...@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Jonathan Riddell from comment #3)
> Much KDE software depends on Phonon which needs one of its backends
> installed to function.  If you remove that it's entirely reasonable that apt
> wants to remove the software that needs it.

I completely understand and agree, but I don't see this as the central issue.
The problem as I see it is the lack of a fail-back to the gstreamer backend in
the event the user wants to remove VLC. As it stands, removing VLC is
impossible unless the user knows to install the gstreamer backend prior to
attempting the removal. This requirement is not obvious to the uninitiated and
is not apparent by the error messages created by the attempt.

IMO, this situation could be easily resolved in one of these ways:

1) The removal of phonon4qt5-backend-vlc triggers the installation of
phonon4qt5-backend-gstreamer - and vice-versa, thus preventing the
unintentional breakage of the entire system. 

2) Both backends installed by default, thus allowing VLC to be removed without
incident.

3) VLC not be installed by default at all, instead having gtreamer be the
default backend.

Again, IMO #1 would be the most beneficial as it provides protection from
"silly user tricks."

Interesting points to note: 
**Removing the gstreamer backend (whilst the VLC backend is not present)
automatically installs the VLC backend. It's only when you attempt the reverse
as stated above that the removal of KDE is at risk.
**Even VLC does not have the VLC backend as a dependency. Removing the VLC
backend on it's own does not force the removal of VLC.

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[neon] [Bug 379721] New: neon only dependency bug: phonon4qt5-backend-vlc and -gstreamer.

2017-05-11 Thread Stuart K . Smith
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=379721

Bug ID: 379721
   Summary: neon only dependency bug: phonon4qt5-backend-vlc and
-gstreamer.
   Product: neon
   Version: unspecified
  Platform: Neon Packages
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
  Severity: normal
  Priority: NOR
 Component: general
  Assignee: neon-b...@kde.org
  Reporter: stuartksm...@gmail.com
CC: j...@jriddell.org, neon-b...@kde.org, sit...@kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

Attempting to remove vlc from KDEneon results in removal of entire plasma
desktop. I found the problematic package is "phonon4qt5-backend-vlc" which
takes everything else with it.

If, prior to removing vlc, you first install "phonon4qt5-backend-gtreamer" then
you can remove vlc and it's depends successfully. 

This requirement to have either phonon4qt5-backend-vlc or -gstreamer is not
present in Kubuntu 16.04. Either the dependencies are incorrect or at a
minimum, the gstreamer package should be installed as fall-back if one wants to
remove vlc.

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[kio-extras] [Bug 366795] Paste action disabled when copying a local file to smb:// or mtp://

2016-08-30 Thread Stuart K . Smith via KDE Bugzilla
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366795

Stuart K. Smith <stuartksm...@gmail.com> changed:

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[Spectacle] [Bug 362241] Rectangular Region option does not preview and does not save an image after 15.12.3-2 -> 16.04.0-1

2016-07-30 Thread Stuart K . Smith via KDE Bugzilla
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=362241

--- Comment #15 from Stuart K. Smith <stuartksm...@gmail.com> ---
Yeah using nvidia driver here, thanks for the reply Boudhayan. I've had
numerous issues with nvidia drivers higher than 340 with the newer 4.4 kernels.
I don't have time to validate this right now, but I'll try reverting back to
340 and see if the issue continues. 

IMO, the latest nvidia drivers are crappy/buggy

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[Spectacle] [Bug 362241] Rectangular Region option does not preview and does not save an image after 15.12.3-2 -> 16.04.0-1

2016-07-29 Thread Stuart K . Smith via KDE Bugzilla
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=362241

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--- Comment #9 from Stuart K. Smith <stuartksm...@gmail.com> ---
Rectanglar Region capture does not work below about 400x300 ish

Version 16.04.3 on KDEneon

Why is this marked "Resolved?"

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[kwin] [Bug 342716] translucency effect causes zombie when closing a window (likely due to multiple and uncancelled "set" calls)

2016-07-07 Thread Stuart K . Smith via KDE Bugzilla
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342716

Stuart K. Smith <stuartksm...@gmail.com> changed:

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