[Bug 1831495] [NEW] LVM pauses for a long time during boot for a "Generic- SD/MMC/MS PRO" with no media inserted

2019-06-03 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: Boot time is greatly impacted by a media detection timer for a SD/MMC card reader with no media inserted. DEVICE: [1.857492] scsi host6: usb-storage 1-9:1.0 [1.857539] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [1.858178] usbcore: registered new

[Bug 48734] Re: Home permissions too open

2019-05-24 Thread Chris Rainey
It has been my experience, lately, that individuals or families sharing a computer have a single login account, i.e. "Family", etc.. This is probably due to the perception by such simple-needs $USER's or their family I.T. guru, that--it is the easiest way to overcome the reasonable and appropriate

[Bug 48734] Re: Home permissions too open

2019-05-24 Thread Chris Rainey
If I invite you into my house(physical), then I don't expect you to go through my filing cabinets or closets, when I'm not looking, without explicitly giving you those "permissions(0755)". "Good fences make good neighbours" and "Locks keep out only the honest" are equally true. Placing

[Bug 48734] Re: Home permissions too open

2019-05-20 Thread Chris Rainey
Whoa...Robbie, I'm just looking out for all the new user's and admin's that are coming in from other platforms that could reasonably be surprised by this and not Unix/Linux veteran's who broke their teeth with vi on Slackware, etc.. Believe it or not, with WSL-2 and other notable advancements of

[Bug 1829624] Re: Default permissions(0755 / umask=0022) allow other users to access files behind a password protected user account after login

2019-05-20 Thread Chris Rainey
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 48734 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48734 ** Information type changed from Private Security to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 48734] Re: Home permissions too open

2019-05-20 Thread Chris Rainey
Wow! Approaching 13-years and counting on this bug. Neat. Desktop Linux: The principle of least astonishment (POLA) should _always_ be priority-one with Security. Open $HOME's are a surprise to me and everyone I know. Now that cloud storage has taken the desktop users of the world by storm, is

[Bug 1292398] Re: Second screen position isn't saved from one session to another

2019-05-10 Thread Chris Rainey
@macbreeze you might want to open a bug for the xfce4-session package or the xubuntu meta package as this one is targeting the gnome-shell package. LightDM has settings in /etc/lightdm for overriding which monitor is used for the login widget and xrandr tool may help in the session after login.

[Bug 1802321] Re: libdvd-pkg: `apt-get check` failed, you may have broken packages. Aborting...

2019-05-08 Thread Chris Rainey
** Description changed: + WORKAROUND: + + $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg + + ERROR: libdvd-pkg: Downloading orig source... I: libdvdcss_1.4.2 /usr/bin/wget --tries=3 --timeout=40 --read-timeout=40 --continue -O libdvdcss_1.4.2.orig.tar.bz2 \ -

Re: [Bug 1728012] Re: Many 3rd party scanner drivers are broken by a sane change

2019-05-07 Thread Chris Rainey
e the root scan the scanner was > detected as an epkowa driven unknown model, after the root scan it is > detected with the proper model name. > > @ Chris Rainey: regarding the Brother MFP, I can confirm that I ran the > installer script and not the available deb packages. > > --

Re: [Bug 1728012] Re: Many 3rd party scanner drivers are broken by a sane change

2019-05-07 Thread Chris Rainey
Just a reminder to those of us using Brother DCP or MFP's: I repeatedly find that the only way to properly install the printer and scanner drivers is to use the "Installer Script"(i.e. 09/13/2018 (2.2.1-1)) provided on the model downloads page(see below) and to follow the directions given

[Bug 1802138]

2019-05-02 Thread Chris Rainey
@Simon: apologies, if your previous comment is directed at me. I'm currently on Ubuntu 19.04(Gnome 3) without a proper XFCE4 installation to test this on. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1826040] [NEW] examples.desktop file is not executable and only opens into default text editor(gedit)

2019-04-23 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: ~$ file examples.desktop examples.desktop: UTF-8 Unicode text Does not open or spawn content in: /usr/share/example-content/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: example-content 50 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6 Uname: Linux

[Bug 1292398] Re: Second screen position isn't saved from one session to another

2019-04-22 Thread Chris Rainey
@vanvugt: not sure if #136 is directed at my comment in #135, but the _only_ way to produce the problem is to logout or reboot which naturally involves the display manager. Again, the problem goes away, for my case, simply by using a different display manager, as stated in #131. The problem is

Re: [Bug 1728241] Re: stjerm project is abandoned(unmaintained) upstream -- please remove from archives

2019-04-20 Thread Chris Rainey
@Steve Langasek please see my original bug for the details of why I believe this package should be removed unless upstream will update to latest released version: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/stjerm/+bug/1717013 I followed directions given by Jeremy Bicha to request removal of the

Re: [Bug 1292398] Re: Second screen position isn't saved from one session to another

2019-04-18 Thread Chris Rainey
Our setup: 1. Older GPU(Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 2000) 2. Always using some sort of display multiplexer(splitter) on VGA out to dual TV’s, previously, now only single local monitor on VGA and 4K Tx(wireless) on HDMI out to a projector, currently. Thoughts: 1. Could the splitter or

Re: [Bug 1727908] Re: Software & Updates application does not permit changes on the "Other Software" tab

2019-03-20 Thread Chris Rainey
I find that primary(left-clicking) up to 15 or 20+ times _eventually_ spawns the pkexec-gui box. On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 9:26 AM Bjoern H. <1727...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I have this issue both in 18.10 and 19.04. Using arrows and space does > not work, the only workaround I've found is

[Bug 1625600] Re: ~/.config/monitors.xml is not applied at startup in Gnome Fallback

2019-03-20 Thread Chris Rainey
Another workaround, here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1820423 Use slick-greeter(lightdm), etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1625600 Title:

[Bug 1820423] Re: monitors.xml is not parsed or applied correctly during login after reboot or shutdown

2019-03-20 Thread Chris Rainey
** Description changed: - WORKAROUND: replace gdm3 with slick-greeter + lightdm-settings + gnome- - screensaver + numlockx(optionally) + WORKAROUND + + Replace gdm3 with slick-greeter + lightdm-settings + gnome-screensaver + + numlockx(optionally) + TL;DR + + Correct positioning and

[Bug 1820423] Re: monitors.xml is not parsed or applied correctly during login after reboot or shutdown

2019-03-19 Thread Chris Rainey
** Summary changed: - monitors.xml is not parsed or applied correctly after reboot or shutdown + monitors.xml is not parsed or applied correctly during login after reboot or shutdown ** Description changed: WORKAROUND: replace gdm3 with slick-greeter + lightdm-settings + gnome- screensaver

[Bug 1820423] Re: monitors.xml is not parsed or applied correctly after reboot or shutdown

2019-03-18 Thread Chris Rainey
** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/issues #474 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/issues/474 ** Also affects: gdm via https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/issues/474 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1820423] Re: monitors.xml is not parsed or applied correctly after reboot or shutdown

2019-03-18 Thread Chris Rainey
** Description changed: WORKAROUND: replace gdm3 with slick-greeter + lightdm-settings + gnome- screensaver + numlockx(optionally) TL;DR After a clean install of Ubuntu 18.10, connecting a FHD(1920x1080) LED monitor to the VGA port of a DELL Optiplex 390 desktop tower, connecting

[Bug 1820423] Re: monitors.xml is not parsed or applied correctly after reboot or shutdown

2019-03-18 Thread Chris Rainey
@seb128 I have edited the bug description to provide more information on how the issue is triggered. The bug occurs during the handoff of gdm3 ---> gnome-shell(mutter?) _after_ login. The issue is repeatedly and consistently triggered until GDM(gdm3) is replaced by LightDM(slick- greeter) and then

[Bug 1820423] Re: monitors.xml is not parsed or applied correctly after reboot or shutdown

2019-03-18 Thread Chris Rainey
** Description changed: WORKAROUND: replace gdm3 with slick-greeter + lightdm-settings + gnome- screensaver + numlockx(optionally) - ERROR(syslog) = "Failed to get current display configuration state: - GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Name -

[Bug 1820423] Re: monitors.xml is not parsed or applied correctly after reboot or shutdown

2019-03-17 Thread Chris Rainey
** Also affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1820423 Title: monitors.xml is not parsed or applied correctly after

[Bug 1760849] Re: Login screen appears on only one monitor and it's not the one I want

2019-03-16 Thread Chris Rainey
WORKAROUND: replace gdm3 with slick-greeter + lightdm-settings + gnome- screensaver + numlockx(optionally) Greeter will auto-appear on whichever screen your mouse is on or moves to, dynamically. See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1820423 -- You received this bug

[Bug 1820423] Re: monitors.xml is not parsed or applied correctly after reboot or shutdown

2019-03-16 Thread Chris Rainey
** Description changed: WORKAROUND: replace gdm3 with slick-greeter + lightdm-settings + gnome- - screensaver + screensaver + numlockx(optionally) ERROR(syslog) = "Failed to get current display configuration state: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Name

[Bug 1292398] Re: Second screen position isn't saved from one session to another

2019-03-16 Thread Chris Rainey
WORKAROUND FOR UBUNTU 18.10(clean install): Replace gdm3 with slick-greeter + lightdm-settings + gnome-screensaver + numlockx(optionally) See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1820423 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1820423] [NEW] monitors.xml is not parsed or applied correctly after reboot or shutdown

2019-03-16 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: WORKAROUND: replace gdm3 with slick-greeter + lightdm-settings + gnome- screensaver ERROR(syslog) = "Failed to get current display configuration state: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Name "org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig" does not exist"

[Bug 1067277] Re: popcon.ubuntu.com: Ubuntu Popularity Contest statistics is out of date

2019-02-26 Thread Chris Rainey
Agreed. And with the latest versions of Ubuntu proper collecting telemetry at first login, I wonder if this tool should simply be removed from the archives or is somebody still using it for development purposes? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

Re: [Bug 1801609] Re: Fails to deactivate dpms off mode after user initiated wake-up events(not system-suspended, just locked and dpms active)

2019-02-17 Thread Chris Rainey
More info here, as well: If I only set the "Switch off after" Display setting to >1 Minute and leave the other settings("Blank after" and "Put to sleep after") at 0(Never), then the display wakes up normally! This was tested on the originally affected system(s) and required no customized

Re: [Bug 1769126] Re: SIMPLE-SCAN crashes when set to photo scanning

2019-02-16 Thread Chris Rainey
@Forrest Voight: Awesome write-up. Thanks! On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 3:05 AM Forrest Voight wrote: > I looked into this issue at length and posted a write-up here: > http://forre.st/brother_printer > > The gist of it is that setting up a Brother printer with an invalid > model name (e.g.

[Bug 1783895] Re: Screen locking fails on Suspend/Resume for laptop lid-switch

2019-02-07 Thread Chris Rainey
OK, just circling back around to this as of today, 02/07/2019: It appears that just by having Xscreensaver installed, although disabled in the autostart items of the session manager, can inhibit the use of the other items further down in the /usr/bin/xflock4 script(i.e. slock). So . . . after

[Bug 1814815] [NEW] surf needs to depend on 'apparmor-profiles-extra' or apparmor.service fails

2019-02-05 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: surf "Suggests: apparmor, apparmor-profiles-extra", but it needs to depend on 'apparmor-profiles-extra' or the service unit fails to start: Feb 05 12:56:59 CKR-1 systemd[1]: Starting AppArmor initialization... -- Subject: Unit apparmor.service has begun start-up --

[Bug 1814344] Re: Needs to depend on gstreamer*-plugins-bad for DVD playback in Totem

2019-02-01 Thread Chris Rainey
** Description changed: After a clean install of 18.10, ubuntu-restricted-extras(which depends on this pkg) and libdvd-pkg, I am unable to play an encrypted DVD movie. I assumed that all needed packages would be installed at this point, but I came to find out that

[Bug 1814344] [NEW] Needs to depend on gstreamer*-plugins-bad for DVD playback in Totem

2019-02-01 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: After a clean install of 18.10, ubuntu-restricted-extras(which depends on this pkg) and libdvd-pkg, I am unable to play an encrypted DVD movie. I assumed that all needed packages would be installed at this point, but I came to find out that "gstreamer*-plugins-bad" was

[Bug 1809044] Re: DVD playback error: unable to play . . . DVD source is required . . .

2019-02-01 Thread Chris Rainey
[SOLVED] Just needed to: $ sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad I'm not sure why this isn't included in the restricted-extras or libdvd-pkg depends? ** Summary changed: - DVD playback error: unable to play . . . DVD source is required . . . + [SOLVED] DVD playback error: unable to

[Bug 788596] Re: xclock's reverseVideo draws black on black

2019-01-29 Thread Chris Rainey
* CORRECTION * It is necessary to specify the class or instance for correct application of preferences when logging in to a fresh session due to the app defaults in: /etc/X11/app-defaults/XClock* >From the xclock man page: "WIDGETS In order to specify resources, it is useful to know

[Bug 788596] Re: xclock's reverseVideo draws black on black

2019-01-29 Thread Chris Rainey
Here's my current resource file for what I like at the moment: ~$ cat .Xresources *background: #00 *foreground: #ff XClock*majorColor: #66 XClock*minorColor: #44 XClock*hourColor: #88 XClock*minuteColor: #88 XClock*secondColor: #22

[Bug 1812594] [NEW] lubuntu-desktop needs to depend on lxlock

2019-01-20 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: lubuntu-desktop needs to depend on lxlock since lxhotkey is pre- configured to call it via 'Ctrl-Alt-l' by default after a clean install of "Lubintu 18.04.1". It is confusing to a new user that no setting of a HotKey for 'lxsession-default lock' works out-of-the-box.

[Bug 1067277] Re: popcon.ubuntu.com: Ubuntu Popularity Contest statistics is out of date

2019-01-02 Thread Chris Rainey
http://popcon.ubuntu.com/ is updating as of: Last generated on Mon Dec 31 01:30:12 2018 UTC. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067277 Title: popcon.ubuntu.com: Ubuntu Popularity

[Bug 1067277] Re: popcon.ubuntu.com: Ubuntu Popularity Contest statistics is out of date

2019-01-02 Thread Chris Rainey
We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new

[Bug 1366546] Re: Ubuntu doesn't provide \EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI for UEFI systems

2019-01-02 Thread Chris Rainey
We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new

[Bug 1159361] Re: zoneminder not creating local unix sockets for streaming

2019-01-02 Thread Chris Rainey
Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the

[Bug 1711420] Re: Should be popularity-contest package a part of Ubuntu installer media?

2019-01-02 Thread Chris Rainey
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1067277 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067277 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1067277 popcon.ubuntu.com: Ubuntu Popularity Contest statistics is out of date -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1002978] Re: [meta-bug] Inverted Internal microphone (phase inversion)

2018-12-28 Thread Chris Rainey
@David Henningsson (diwic): we haven't heard from you on this bug in over 3-years. If you are still tracking this issue here and would like to keep doing so, please change the 'Status' of this bug to 'Confirmed'. Thanks! ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

Re: [Bug 788596] Re: xclock's reverseVideo draws black on black

2018-12-28 Thread Chris Rainey
I'm using a stock Ubuntu 18.10 installation(although I'm using the openbox window-manager) in an Xorg display server session. When I fire up a gnome-terminal and type: $ xclock -rv I get a reversed video xclock which has all hands visible and appears to be the 'reverse' of a standard xclock

[Bug 835532] Re: lightdm does not keep numlock status on boot

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Rainey
Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) reached end-of-life on May 9, 2013. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the

[Bug 835532] Re: lightdm does not keep numlock status on boot

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Rainey
Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) reached end-of-life on May 9, 2013. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the

[Bug 828307] Re: Can't get out of fullscreen mode when two or more apps are fullscreen

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Rainey
Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017. Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) reached end-of-life on May 9, 2013. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in

[Bug 828307] Re: Can't get out of fullscreen mode when two or more apps are fullscreen

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Rainey
Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017. Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) reached end-of-life on May 9, 2013. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in

[Bug 828307] Re: Can't get out of fullscreen mode when two or more apps are fullscreen

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Rainey
Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017. Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) reached end-of-life on May 9, 2013. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in

[Bug 788596] Re: xclock's reverseVideo draws black on black

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Rainey
Seems to be working normally and without any workarounds in Ubuntu 18.10. ** Changed in: x11-apps (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 502920] Re: [needs-packaging] Canon UFR II driver needs packaging

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Rainey
Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) reached end-of-life on April 30, 2011. Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty) reached end-of-life on October 23, 2010. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in

[Bug 946899] Re: 8086:2a02 [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Rainey
Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the

[Bug 946899] Re: 8086:2a02 [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Rainey
Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the

[Bug 218202] Re: numlockx does not turn num lock keyboard light on.

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Rainey
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=45fb3a934dc0db51584aba37c2f9d73deff9191d ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 218202] Re: numlockx does not turn num lock keyboard light on.

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Rainey
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been

[Bug 218202] Re: numlockx does not turn num lock keyboard light on.

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Rainey
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=45fb3a934dc0db51584aba37c2f9d73deff9191d ** Changed in: numlockx (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 218202] Re: numlockx does not turn num lock keyboard light on.

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Rainey
Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) reached end-of-life on May 12, 2011. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest

Re: [Bug 1809044] Re: DVD playback error: unable to play . . . DVD source is required . . .

2018-12-20 Thread Chris Rainey
$ dpkg -l | grep dvdcss ii libdvdcss-dev:amd64 1.4.2-1~local amd64library for accessing encrypted DVDs - development files ii libdvdcss2:amd64 1.4.2-1~local amd64library for accessing

Re: [Bug 1809044] Re: DVD playback error: unable to play . . . DVD source is required . . .

2018-12-19 Thread Chris Rainey
@Daniel: sorry . . . forgot to mention that ubuntu-restricted-extras(which depends on *-addons) _is_ installed. I also ensured that all other dependencies are installed according to: https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/video-dvd-restricted.html.en This definitely feels like a regression..

[Bug 1809044] Re: DVD playback error: unable to play . . . DVD source is required . . .

2018-12-19 Thread Chris Rainey
** Also affects: totem (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1809044 Title: DVD playback error: unable to play . . . DVD source is

[Bug 1809044] [NEW] DVD playback error: unable to play . . . DVD source is required . . .

2018-12-18 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: Successful installation of libdvd-pkg and dpkg-reconfigure, afterwards, to complete compilation. Inserted known-good DVD and clicked on "Open in Videos" which launched the Totem player. Error msg: "Unable to play the file, DVD source is required, but is not installed."

[Bug 1711538] Re: Tap-to-click does not work on the GDM login screen

2018-12-17 Thread Chris Rainey
Upstream bug-watch(Launchpad does not track GitLab, so here it is): https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/issues/124 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711538 Title:

[Bug 1054299] Re: Race condition in suspend scripts reveals desktop

2018-12-17 Thread Chris Rainey
Just some additional thoughts brought to you by the work of the fella's over at the LXQt project on this same issue: TL;DR: systemd-logind may not be inhibiting long enough for screen- lockers to complete. Variable adjustments can be made. 1.

[Bug 1808638] Re: Tap-to-Click at login screen for principle of least astonishment (POLA)

2018-12-15 Thread Chris Rainey
Migrated upstream to: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gsettings-desktop- schemas/issues/4 ** Changed in: gdm Importance: Medium => Undecided ** Changed in: gdm Status: Expired => New ** Changed in: gdm Remote watch: GNOME Bug Tracker #785855 => None -- You received this bug

[Bug 1808638] Re: Tap-to-Click at login screen for principle of least astonishment (POLA)

2018-12-15 Thread Chris Rainey
As Launchpad has _not_ been updated to track GNOME bugs which have been migrated to GitLab, I'm posting an upstream bug which can also be tracked for this issue: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/issues/325 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #785855

[Bug 1808638] [NEW] Tap-to-Click at login screen for principle of least astonishment (POLA)

2018-12-15 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: I've observed many end-users who are confused by the lack of ability to "Tap-to-Click" on their touchpads at the login screen after boot(and screen-lock?). Most---if not all, of these users are migrating from MS Windows or another system which does prevent this technique. In

[Bug 1787729] Re: [FAILED] Failed to start Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled.

2018-12-06 Thread Chris Rainey
I just figured-out how to get "apport-autoreport.service", "whoopsie.service" & "systemd-networkd-wait-online.service" starting correctly on a networkd(netplan)-only(NetworkManager.service _disabled_ system) desktop which uses WiFi and a static-ip on Ubuntu 18.10 Desktop. I'm commenting here in

[Bug 1728012] Re: Many 3rd party scanner drivers are broken by a sane change

2018-11-30 Thread Chris Rainey
All that was needed for my Brother DCP-L2550DW was to 'apt purge' the manually installed drivers: $ sudo apt --auto-remove purge brscan4 dcpl2550dwpdrv Then *BE SURE* to use the Brother installer script: linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.1-1.gz (or whatever your current version is from the

[Bug 1805039] Re: [SOLVED] Simple Scan segfaults when scanning on "Photo"(24-bit) quality.

2018-11-30 Thread Chris Rainey
See comment #3 ** Changed in: simple-scan (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1805039 Title: [SOLVED] Simple Scan segfaults when scanning on

[Bug 1805039] Re: Simple Scan seg-faults when scnanning on "Photo"(24-bit) quality.

2018-11-30 Thread Chris Rainey
*** SOLVED !! *** All that was needed was to 'apt purge' the manually installed drivers: $ sudo apt --auto-remove purge brscan4 dcpl2550dwpdrv Then *BE SURE* to use the Brother installer script: linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.1-1.gz (or whatever your current version is from the

[Bug 1805039] Re: Simple Scan seg-faults when scnanning on "Photo"(24-bit) quality.

2018-11-30 Thread Chris Rainey
Output from simple-scan run in debug mode: $ simple-scan -d [+0.00s] DEBUG: simple-scan.vala:638: Starting Simple Scan 3.30.1.1, PID=29211 (simple-scan:29211): Gtk-WARNING **: 14:56:04.684: Failed to register client: GDBus.Error:org.gnome.SessionManager.AlreadyRegistered: Unable to register

[Bug 1805039] [NEW] Simple Scan seg-faults when scnanning on "Photo"(24-bit) quality.

2018-11-25 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: Simple Scan seg-faults when scanning at 24-bit(Photo) depth using the latest driver for my: Model: Brother DCP-L2550DW Driver: brscan4-0.4.6-1.amd64.deb $ grep -i scan /var/log/syslog Nov 25 12:42:45 CKR-1 systemd-udevd[496]: Invalid rule

[Bug 1797649] Re: receive authentication canceled in terminal when changing options in "Other Software"

2018-11-16 Thread Chris Rainey
*WORKAROUND* in Ubuntu 18.10: $ sudo -i # software-properties-gtk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797649 Title: receive authentication canceled in terminal when changing options in

[Bug 1803576] [NEW] apt() needs "--abc-xyz" completions like apt-get()

2018-11-15 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: I've switched from using "apt-get ..." to just "apt ..." for cli package management. apt-get will auto-complete an option such as "apt-get --auto..." but apt, alone, will not. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: bash-completion 1:2.8-1ubuntu1

Re: [Bug 1801609] Re: Fails to deactivate dpms off mode after user initiated wake-up events(not system-suspended, just locked and dpms active)

2018-11-09 Thread Chris Rainey
@Theo: Thanks for your help. On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 10:15 AM Theo Linkspfeifer < 1801...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I did not spot anything relevant in your log files either. > > Sadly, no idea how to debug this further also. > > ** Package changed: light-locker (Ubuntu) => xorg-server

[Bug 1802507] [NEW] "Launch Calculator" keyboard setting does not work

2018-11-09 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: Keyboard setting for "Launch Calculator" does _not_ work for snap installed "gnome-calculator". WORKAROUND: $sudo apt install gnome-calculator && sudo snap remove gnome-calculator ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.30.1-1ubuntu2

[Bug 1713615] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails because Redirection from https to http is forbidden

2018-11-08 Thread Chris Rainey
#17 works on clean install of 18.10. ** Also affects: ubuntu-restricted-extras (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1713615 Title:

[Bug 1802321] [NEW] libdvd-pkg: `apt-get check` failed, you may have broken packages. Aborting...

2018-11-08 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: ERROR: libdvd-pkg: Downloading orig source... I: libdvdcss_1.4.2 /usr/bin/wget --tries=3 --timeout=40 --read-timeout=40 --continue -O libdvdcss_1.4.2.orig.tar.bz2 \ http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.4.2/libdvdcss-1.4.2.tar.bz2 \ ||

[Bug 1802138] [NEW] xflock4 needs a 'sleep 1' before 'xset dpms force off' to prevent backlight from immediately reactivating

2018-11-07 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: Without a 'sleep 1' before +dpms command, slock or xtrlock, etc. will cause a laptop backlight to immediately reactivate. description: Notebook product: 4180AP3 vendor: LENOVO version: ThinkPad T420 *-firmware description: BIOS

[Bug 1801609] Re: Fails to deactivate dpms off mode after user initiated wake-up events(not system-suspended, just locked and dpms active)

2018-11-07 Thread Chris Rainey
** Attachment removed: "light-locker_lightdm.out" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-locker/+bug/1801609/+attachment/5210057/+files/light-locker_lightdm.out ** Attachment removed: "light-locker_seat0-greeter.out"

Re: [Bug 1801609] Re: Fails to deactivate dpms off mode after user initiated wake-up events(not system-suspended, just locked and dpms active)

2018-11-07 Thread Chris Rainey
lightdm & syslog(relevant sections only), attached. I saw nothing suspicious, although the lightdm.log seemed to have the most relevant entries. Also, $ sleep 1 && xset dpms force off works normally and as expected. On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 11:56 AM Theo Linkspfeifer <

[Bug 1801609] Re: Fails to deactivate dpms off mode after user initiated wake-up events(not system-suspended, just locked and dpms active)

2018-11-07 Thread Chris Rainey
** Attachment added: "light-locker_x-0.out" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-locker/+bug/1801609/+attachment/5210060/+files/light-locker_x-0.out -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1801609] Re: Fails to deactivate dpms off mode after user initiated wake-up events(not system-suspended, just locked and dpms active)

2018-11-07 Thread Chris Rainey
** Attachment added: "light-locker_x-1.out" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-locker/+bug/1801609/+attachment/5210061/+files/light-locker_x-1.out -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1801609] Re: Fails to deactivate dpms off mode after user initiated wake-up events(not system-suspended, just locked and dpms active)

2018-11-07 Thread Chris Rainey
** Attachment added: "light-locker_syslog.out" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-locker/+bug/1801609/+attachment/5210059/+files/light-locker_syslog.out -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1801609] Re: Fails to deactivate dpms off mode after user initiated wake-up events(not system-suspended, just locked and dpms active)

2018-11-07 Thread Chris Rainey
lightdm & syslog(relevant sections only), attached. I saw nothing suspicious, although the lightdm.log seemed to have the most relevant entries. Also, $ sleep 1 && xset dpms force off works normally and as expected. ** Attachment added: "light-locker_lightdm.out"

[Bug 1801609] Re: Fails to deactivate dpms off mode after user initiated wake-up events(not system-suspended, just locked and dpms active)

2018-11-07 Thread Chris Rainey
** Attachment added: "light-locker_seat0-greeter.out" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-locker/+bug/1801609/+attachment/5210058/+files/light-locker_seat0-greeter.out -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1801609] Re: Fails to VT-switch back to lightdm after user initiated wake-up events(not system-suspended, just locked and dpms active)

2018-11-06 Thread Chris Rainey
Hi Theo, thanks for the follow-up. In answer to your question: YES! "dm-tool lock" produces exact same result. $ killall light-locker $ dm-tool lock -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1801609] Re: Fails to VT-switch back to lightdm after user initiated wake-up events(not system-suspended, just locked and dpms active)

2018-11-06 Thread Chris Rainey
Also, upon reflection, it would seem that the actual issue is _not_ a failure to switch to VT8, as I can blindly enter passwd and return to session. It would seem that the video driver is simply not coming out of +dpms mode. I will update the title to better reflect that. ** Summary changed: -

[Bug 1801629] Re: xubuntu-core needs to depend on cryptsetup and lvm2 or 'apt autoremove' will make a LUKS+LVM encrypted root partition non-bootable

2018-11-05 Thread Chris Rainey
** Also affects: ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801629 Title: xubuntu-core needs to depend on cryptsetup and

[Bug 1801609] Re: Fails to VT-switch back to lightdm after user initiated wake-up events(not system-suspended, just locked)

2018-11-05 Thread Chris Rainey
** Summary changed: - Dual monitors(vga+HDMI) fail to wake after screen-lock(no system-suspend) + Fails to VT-switch back to lightdm after user initiated wake-up events(not system-suspended, just locked) ** Summary changed: - Fails to VT-switch back to lightdm after user initiated wake-up

[Bug 1797649] Re: receive authentication canceled in terminal when changing options in "Other Software"

2018-11-05 Thread Chris Rainey
Works as expected in Xubuntu 18.10. Must be something in the ubuntu- session policykit/PAM/systemd auth? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797649 Title: receive authentication canceled

[Bug 1801609] Re: Dual monitors(vga+HDMI) fail to wake after screen-lock(no system-suspend)

2018-11-05 Thread Chris Rainey
S looking forward to Sean's xfce4-screensaver @ https://github.com /xfce-mirror/xfce4-screensaver !! If you are reading this, please help test this *new* program. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1801629] Re: xubuntu-core needs to depend on cryptsetup and lvm2 or 'apt autoremove' will make a LUKS+LVM encrypted root partition non-bootable

2018-11-05 Thread Chris Rainey
** Summary changed: - xubuntu-core needs to depend on cryptsetup and lvm2 or 'apt autoremove' will make a LUKS+LVM encrypted system non-bootable + xubuntu-core needs to depend on cryptsetup and lvm2 or 'apt autoremove' will make a LUKS+LVM encrypted root partition non-bootable ** Description

[Bug 1801609] Re: Dual monitors(vga+HDMI) fail to wake after screen-lock(no system-suspend)

2018-11-05 Thread Chris Rainey
Confirming that this problem exists on two different systems. Both systems(desktop and laptop) are using an Intel video card year 2009 or newer. Additionally, it would seem that the real issue is that light-locker or some sub-system is not switching the display back to VT-8, as I can wake the

[Bug 1746039] Re: Xubuntu needs a gui backup utility --- deja-dup or somesuch

2018-11-05 Thread Chris Rainey
Ok. I've added deja-dup to my Xubuntu 18.04 installs and I can confirm that it integrates well and works. Seems to me like it would be a safe addition to the Xubuntu desktop recommends. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1744959] Re: Xubuntu needs to depend on full LibreOffice(Impress(PowerPoint), etc.)) suite for modern office needs

2018-11-05 Thread Chris Rainey
** Summary changed: - Xubuntu needs to depend on full LibreOffice suite for modern office needs + Xubuntu needs to depend on full LibreOffice(Impress(PowerPoint), etc.)) suite for modern office needs -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1746556] Re: Xubuntu needs a better numlock handler at login and during user session

2018-11-05 Thread Chris Rainey
** Summary changed: - Xubuntu needs a better num lock handler at login and during user session + Xubuntu needs a better numlock handler at login and during user session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1801629] [NEW] xubuntu-core needs to depend on cryptsetup and lvm2 or 'apt autoremove' will make a LUKS+LVM encrypted system non-bootable

2018-11-04 Thread Chris Rainey
Public bug reported: In a fresh/clean install of Xubuntu 18.10, if an unsuspecting user runs 'apt autoremove', it will remove 'cryptsetup' and 'lvm2' making the system non-bootable at next restart if an encrypted(LUKS+LVM) drive was selected during the ubiquity installer wizard: $ sudo apt

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