[Bug 1956518] Re: linux-firmware 1.187.24 may crash USB ports

2022-01-09 Thread Chris Graham
This seems to be affecting me too. Around the time the firmware package was updated (plus other kernel-related packages), I started having serious problems with USB during boot. I cannot really be sure it isn't a hardware problem, but I am able to use MacOS okay (this is an iMac). I boot off of

[Bug 1846759] Re: Ubuntu's evolution-data-server package incompatible with gnome-calendar package

2019-10-08 Thread Chris Graham
Ergh, you're right. It is the other guy in the Gnome thread using 3.34, not me. I should have checked my own version rather than running with what was said in there. I've now mentioned this on the Gnome issue tracker thread. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1846759] [NEW] Ubuntu's evolution-data-server package incompatible with gnome-calendar package

2019-10-04 Thread Chris Graham
Public bug reported: On reporting an issue in gnome-calendar, I was told "GNOME Calendar 3.34 requires EDS 3.34 running in the host system.". Ubuntu has 3.32. See: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/issues/464#note_617797 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package:

[Bug 1839217] Re: Bad user experience choosing partition labels

2019-08-08 Thread Chris Graham
I can't reproduce anymore either :(. I wish I kept a record of the exact error message. I just grepped through so many packages to try and source the error and couldn't find anything. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1839212] Re: UX issues in "Ubuntu Software" and related applications

2019-08-07 Thread Chris Graham
Thanks for bringing up the Discourse site. I actually have a lot more I want to talk about that is general and this seems to be the perfect place. I really want to contribute there but I don't seem to have posting permission on the Discourse. Username chrisgraham. There's no post topic button

[Bug 1839373] [NEW] Modernize CD-ROM/DVD options

2019-08-07 Thread Chris Graham
Public bug reported: "Software & Updates" has CD/DVD options, which is (a) antiquated and (b) unclear how it works. I understand it likely works by standardized mount paths, but most users nowadays will be installing with a USB stick which has no support. Imagine a new user who needs to install

[Bug 1839220] Re: Installation on EFI-requiring hardware requires expert intervention

2019-08-06 Thread Chris Graham
As a side-note, ideally the installer would be enough also to detect what filesystems are compatible with rEFInd, and give an error if you select them for installation. For example, XFS is not compatible with rEFInd. This implies the EFI detection/question would need to be presented before the

[Bug 1839220] [NEW] Installation on EFI-requiring hardware requires expert intervention

2019-08-06 Thread Chris Graham
Public bug reported: This issue is based on my experience installing onto an iMac, which absolutely requires EFI boot. I don't know how well this applies to the broader world of "PCs", I believe some of these either require EFI too, or at least by default have it set in the firmware settings to

[Bug 1839219] [NEW] "minimum alignment" check has multiple issues

2019-08-06 Thread Chris Graham
Public bug reported: I was installing to an external SSD, HP P600 to be specific. This is an annoying bit of hardware, as it's actually 2 125GB SSDs in a single case, so functions as 2 drives. The message... "The partition ... starts at an offset of 3584 bytes from the minimum alignment for

[Bug 641899] Re: Ubuntu Software Center is very slow

2019-08-06 Thread Chris Graham
It's definitely important to stress test things on a poor quality slow connection. Imagine a new user setting up Ubuntu for a first time, already a bit overwhelmed by everything, and they've just got Dropbox setup and hogging network resources as it downloads many GB of data, while they continue

[Bug 1839217] [NEW] Bad user experience choosing partition labels

2019-08-06 Thread Chris Graham
Public bug reported: For FAT partitions, labels have to be upper case. FAT is the default for a new partition, but the default example label is mixed case. This means just going on recommendation, it's not going to work out, and the user will get an error message. A better user experience

[Bug 1839212] [NEW] UX issues in "Ubuntu Software" and related applications

2019-08-06 Thread Chris Graham
Public bug reported: I think it's important to have a look at the high level user experience around software updating in Ubuntu. This is all tested on the latest Ubuntu 19 (installed a few days ago). Apologies if this is the wrong place to post, and that I'm bundling a couple of things together.

[Bug 1528319] Re: Scaling factors for HiDPI on multiple monitors

2019-08-05 Thread Chris Graham
I'm on an iMac, so I want to make use of my Retina (hj-dpi) screen, while also using external screens that are not hi-dpi. I can confirm no good X11 support for separate dpis per screen. I was able to mess around with xrandr, but I got ghosting on my mouse cursor that I could not resolve.