[Bug 1006985] Re: Display often fails to repaint

2012-06-23 Thread Exüberance
I've been using Advanced mode instead of Programming mode for a while now, and have not encounter this bug under that settings, so it appears to be exclusive to Programming mode -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 974242] Re: Compiz edge detection code is moving windows against my will

2012-06-13 Thread Exüberance
I believe patch supervisors are the ones who nominate a patch for release, but that hasn't happened in this case for some reason. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/974242 Title: Compiz

[Bug 815996] Re: Desktop occasionally freezes/locks up when switching workspaces

2012-06-13 Thread Exüberance
This bug no longer occurs for me in 12.04 (same computer that I had before on 11.10 where I did experience this bug) with no PPAs for Compiz, NVIDIA, or X. If you are having this issue on 12.04, I recommend purging any related PPAs and seeing if the problem persists. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1010189] [NEW] Characters are no longer hilited when searching

2012-06-07 Thread Exüberance
Public bug reported: In previous version of gucharmap, when you used Ctrl+F to search for a character, the current match would have a hilighted background so you can see which one it is. In the current version on Ubuntu 12.04, this is no longer the case. The display still scrolls to show the

[Bug 1006985] Re: Display often fails to repaint

2012-06-03 Thread Exüberance
My graphics card is GeForce GTX 560M, and I am using the proprietary version-current drivers. The calculator is the only program in which I am experiencing screen refresh issues. If it's at all relevant, I'm using GNOME Classic with Compiz. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1006985] [NEW] Display often fails to repaint

2012-05-31 Thread Exüberance
Public bug reported: Frequently, when performing a calculation, either by hitting enter on the keyboard or by clicking the = sign, the display will fail to update (it will still show the expression you typed in instead of the answer) until you do something else to cause a repaint such as moving

[Bug 949071] Re: CRT monitor refresh setting always resets to 60 after reboot

2012-05-28 Thread Exüberance
For the record, this happened to be with an LCD monitor on a laptop. I don't think the bug is specific to CRT monitors. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/949071 Title: CRT monitor

[Bug 985707] Re: nvidia gt430 vcard do not save refresh rate

2012-05-23 Thread Exüberance
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 949071 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/949071 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 949071 CRT monitor refresh setting always resets to 60 after reboot -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 949071] Re: CRT monitor refresh setting always resets to 60 after reboot

2012-05-23 Thread Exüberance
#9 workaround works for me! Thanks a lot! By using gtf to get a valid modeline and adjusting my xorg.conf a little, I was able to use xrandr to set the proper resolution on startup. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 974242] Re: Compiz edge detection code is moving windows against my will

2012-04-30 Thread Exüberance
Yes, turning off the Place Window plugin worked for me. Windows no longer spazz out when in-between workspaces, in-between monitors, or just not stritcly contained in one viewport in general. The downside is that now all programs that don't exlplicitly state a location to map the window at are

[Bug 981844] Re: Spell check does not check spelling.

2012-04-28 Thread Exüberance
myspell didn't work (was already installed), but installing hunspell-en- ca did (that's for Canadian spelling, replace en-ca with whichever language pack is appropriate for you, most likely en-ca, en-us. I don't think there's a British English one for hunspell though. Then restart LibreOffice.

[Bug 967091] Re: Wrong tint with Nvidia after upgrading to 11.2

2012-04-21 Thread Exüberance
The remove NVidia's vieo hardware acceleration workaround (remove libvdpau1) solved both this problem AND the even more annoying flash videos show up in all white pixels of the screen when firefox is minized bug. Adding the lines to the config file, on the other hand, fixed the swapped red/blue

[Bug 815996] Re: Desktop occasionally freezes/locks up when switching workspaces

2012-03-02 Thread Exüberance
I found a solution to this bug. Install the version of Compiz from Daniel van Vugt's ppa and that will fix this issue. Even if you restart compiz, it remains stable. https://launchpad.net/~vanvugt/+archive/compiz ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- You

[Bug 600178] Re: Screen tearing when dragging window, in videos and other large screen redraws (on nVidia GPU)

2012-02-15 Thread Exüberance
I was able to remove almost all screen tearing by doing the following: Disable flipping (aka. double buffering) in nvidia-settings Enable vsync in nvidia-settings Enable 'sync to vblank' in Compiz (under the OpenGL section) DISABLE 'detect refresh rate' in Compiz (under Compositing section) Set

[Bug 815996] Re: Desktop occasionally freezes/locks up when switching workspaces

2012-02-15 Thread Exüberance
This keeps happening to me now. I usually have to restart X with Ctrl+Alt+PrtSc+K, log back in, and kill the extra compiz process. Sometimes I have to do it twice. I've attached a backtrace ** Attachment added: backtrace of compiz after crash using tty1

[Bug 903512] Re: When (re)starting compiz with compiz --replace, switching workspaces causes the display to freeze

2012-02-13 Thread Exüberance
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 815996 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/815996 The exact behaviour of this bug seems to change with updates. At this point in time, compiz has a chance of experiencing this bug even when started normally, but that probabilty of this happening is not THAT

[Bug 598308] Re: Volume at login set to Maximum

2012-02-10 Thread Exüberance
I started being affected by this after installing the JACK audio plugin for pulseaudio in synaptic. The problem persists, however, after I have purged the previouslyy mentioned packaged. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 815996] Re: Desktop occasionally freezes/locks up when switching workspaces

2012-02-07 Thread Exüberance
Okay, I guess one of the updates did something, because now compiz has like a 25% on startup of entering fail mode where it will crash the first time you switch workspaces (and occasionally upon closing windows). Re-installing X-Updates made absolutely no difference this time. -- You received

[Bug 903512] Re: When (re)starting compiz with compiz --replace, switching workspaces causes the display to freeze

2011-12-21 Thread Exüberance
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 815996 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/815996 Upon purging the updated X packages I had and reverting to the current official release version in the repositories, the behavior has returned to being predictable exactly as described in my original post.

[Bug 815996] Re: Desktop occasionally freezes/locks up when switching workspaces

2011-12-21 Thread Exüberance
Looks like it will always crash after running compiz --replace, but since I undid the X updates, it won't happen so long as you don't switch window managers or restart Compiz. Which is unfortunate since compiz needs to be restarted every few hours otherwise window movement becomes slow. -- You

[Bug 770160] Re: windows start to move slow after using compiz for some hours

2011-12-21 Thread Exüberance
compiz --replace works for me in that it gets rid of the window slowness, but doing that causes the much more severe bug 903512 making it impossible to switch workspaces without a complete graphics freeze, so it's not really a fix. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 888039] Re: Gradual degradation in desktop performance.

2011-12-16 Thread Exüberance
I don't think this is linked to swap activity. I'll have to let my computer stay on overnight to make sure, but I've never seen my computer use more than half my ram (and I only have 4GB), let alone start using swap space. The only time I've even seen swap space used is that a couple kilobytes

[Bug 903512] Re: When (re)starting compiz with compiz --replace, switching workspaces causes the display to freeze

2011-12-14 Thread Exüberance
The latest update for GNOME completely ruined everything. Now, Compiz crashes when switching windows all the time. Even after a fresh reboot. I no longer have any usable window managers. Looks like I've have to go back to Ubuntu 10.04 until this is fixed. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 903512] Re: When (re)starting compiz with compiz --replace, switching workspaces causes the display to freeze

2011-12-14 Thread Exüberance
Actually, the chance of a crash now appears to simply be random. I've got about a 20% of a crash when switching workspaces, making one of the most useful things in Ubuntu completely useless. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 903512] Re: When (re)starting compiz with compiz --replace, switching workspaces causes the display to freeze

2011-12-14 Thread Exüberance
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 815996 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/815996 This new behaviour since the update now matched bug 815996, so I'm marking this is a duplicate. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 815996 Desktop occasionally freezes/locks up when switching

[Bug 815996] Re: Desktop occasionally freezes/locks up when switching workspaces

2011-12-14 Thread Exüberance
I recently reported a very similar issue (bug 903512), but after getting the GNOME update yesterday from Update Manager, the problem is much worse and now behaves just like you described (it used to freeze mid- slide, but now it's right after it finishes sliding, at it doesn't happen ALL the time,

[Bug 815996] Re: Desktop occasionally freezes/locks up when switching workspaces

2011-12-14 Thread Exüberance
This is happening to me on 11.10 Oneiric with GNOME Classic by the way. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/815996 Title: Desktop occasionally freezes/locks up when switching workspaces

[Bug 815996] Re: Desktop occasionally freezes/locks up when switching workspaces

2011-12-14 Thread Exüberance
I'm also getting freezes after returning from a locked screen, so I can't even use Compiz with 1 workspace. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/815996 Title: Desktop occasionally

[Bug 815996] Re: Desktop occasionally freezes/locks up when switching workspaces

2011-12-14 Thread Exüberance
I previously had the X-Updates ppa installed (https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates) in an attempt to fix screen tearing. I eventually did fix it, but the X-Updates did nothing. Since I didn't need it, I ran ppa-purge, and now everything SEEMS to be running good. I've switched

[Bug 888039] Re: Gradual degradation in desktop performance.

2011-12-13 Thread Exüberance
I don't think my problem is bug 773861 since the decrease in updates of window movement decays over time, and is perfectly fast for the first few hours of use. I've subscribed to bug 770160 though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 888039] Re: Gradual degradation in desktop performance.

2011-12-12 Thread Exüberance
Well I got my window moving bugs (it was a mouse polling issue) and screen tearing issues all figured out, but it turns out that I actually DO have this bug after all- it just wasn't the cause of my other issues. After leaving my laptop on overnight will downloading a torrent, I noticed that

[Bug 903512] Re: When (re)starting compiz with compiz --replace, switching workspaces causes the display to freeze

2011-12-12 Thread Exüberance
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/903512 Title: When (re)starting compiz with compiz --replace, switching workspaces causes the display to freeze To manage notifications about this

[Bug 903512] Re: When (re)starting compiz with compiz --replace, switching workspaces causes the display to freeze

2011-12-12 Thread Exüberance
I should also mention that it is NOT necessary to be running compiz when entering compiz --replace. Switching from Compiz to Metacity then back to Compiz also produces this error. ** Description changed: After restarting compiz with the compiz --replace command, attempting to switch

[Bug 903512] [NEW] When (re)starting compiz with compiz --replace, switching workspaces causes the display to freeze

2011-12-12 Thread Exüberance
Public bug reported: After restarting compiz with the compiz --replace command, attempting to switch workspaces will cause the display to freeze. The only way to recover (aside from rebooting) is to restart the X session with Ctrl+Alt+PrtScrn+K, but the problem usually (though not 100% of the

[Bug 888039] Re: Gradual degradation in desktop performance.

2011-12-12 Thread Exüberance
Of course, restarting compiz produces bug 903512 which is even worse. By the way, is there any way to edit comments on Launchpad? I often get an idea or think of something to add after writing a comment, but have to double-post since I can't find any edit button. -- You received this bug

[Bug 903512] Re: When (re)starting compiz with compiz --replace, switching workspaces causes the display to freeze

2011-12-12 Thread Exüberance
** Description changed: After restarting compiz with the compiz --replace command, attempting to switch workspaces will cause the display to freeze. The only way to recover (aside from rebooting) is to restart the X session with Ctrl+Alt+PrtScrn+K, but the problem usually (though not 100%

[Bug 874514] Re: Nothing on screen updates other than cursor when moving window

2011-12-10 Thread Exüberance
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 764330 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/764330 Huh, I've discovered that this fix only seems to work on ONE of my USB ports, and I can't figure out how to get it to work on all of them. Weird. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 764330] Re: Move window annoying slow with compiz

2011-12-10 Thread Exüberance
#86 yes I can confirm this behavior Interesting, I just discovered that #33 's mouse polling fix only works on ONE of my usb ports o.0. I really don't understand that, but for some reason only 1 port is affected by the fix. I'll have to do more testing, but I THINK that it works on ANY usb port

[Bug 880707] Re: [regression] Visible tearing is worse in 11.10 than 11.04, even when Sync To VBlank is enabled, but only when Unity is active.

2011-12-10 Thread Exüberance
After a lot of fiddling, I finally found something that works for me: Turn vysnc on in both NVIDIA and Compiz. Do NOT turn on undirect fullscreen windows. Leave that workaround UNCHECKED or you'll have tearing in fullscreen. Then do either of the following A) Turn allow flipping OFF in Nvidia

[Bug 764330] Re: Move window annoying slow with compiz

2011-12-06 Thread Exüberance
The mouse polling fix worked for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/764330 Title: Move window annoying slow with compiz To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 874514] Re: Nothing on screen updates other than cursor when moving window

2011-12-05 Thread Exüberance
Sorry for the triple post, but HOLY CRAP I FIGURED IT OUT after lots of searching. I noticed that the problem only occurred when moving windows with my MOUSE, not with my TOUCHPAD. The problem is with mouse polling. Here's the fix: 1) Open /etc/modules with your favourite editor. 2) Add the

[Bug 874514] Re: Nothing on screen updates other than cursor when moving window

2011-12-05 Thread Exüberance
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 764330 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/764330 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 764330 Move window annoying slow with compiz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 874514] Re: Nothing on screen updates other than cursor when moving window

2011-12-04 Thread Exüberance
I found a good alternative to compiz until this gets fixed. Use Metacity, and instead cairo-compmgr from here: https://launchpad.net/~gekkio/+archive/cairo-compmgr (It's for Maverick, but it seems to be working perfectly on Oneiric so far. Just edit the repository line to say maverick instead of

[Bug 899707] [NEW] Mutter crashes after lock screen

2011-12-03 Thread Exüberance
Public bug reported: Problem Description: After locking the screen, mutter will consistently (always repeatable) crash, forcing me to restart it using only the mouse. Steps to Reproduce: 1) Lock the screen That's it Error Output: Running mutter --replace in the terminal, then locking the

[Bug 899707] Re: Mutter crashes after lock screen

2011-12-03 Thread Exüberance
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899707 Title: Mutter crashes after lock screen To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 888039] Re: Gradual degradation in desktop performance.

2011-12-02 Thread Exüberance
I also am getting this bug after minutes. The thing is, it's not actually time. Here is the behaviour I am getting: When attempting to move a window (ANY window, not just one with transparency) in GNOME Classic using Compiz, the very first time you click the window and drag it around it works

[Bug 888039] Re: Gradual degradation in desktop performance.

2011-12-02 Thread Exüberance
Perhaps I do, because this fix suddenly stopped working and I have no idea why. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/888039 Title: Gradual degradation in desktop performance. To manage

[Bug 874514] Re: Nothing on screen updates other than cursor when moving window

2011-12-02 Thread Exüberance
I can confirm this with an nVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M. It makes Compiz pretty much unusable. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874514 Title: Nothing on screen updates other than cursor

[Bug 760814] Re: Compiz Very Slow and Choppy in Natty Classic

2011-12-01 Thread Exüberance
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 92599 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/92599 This bug affects me also. I can run 0 A.D. with amazing graphics with no lag at all, yet moving a terminal window with transparency makes the entire system display stall for literally a second. Attempting to

[Bug 760814] Re: Compiz Very Slow and Choppy in Natty Classic

2011-12-01 Thread Exüberance
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 92599 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/92599 I should also say that the bug #92599 solution did NOT work, so this is not a duplicate. After more testing, I've determined that the lag is better defined than I thought: Attempting to drag ANY window with

[Bug 885592] Re: No parent folder button

2011-12-01 Thread Exüberance
This is an EXTREMELY annoying bug for me. I like using the text location instead of breadcrumbs so that I can copy-paste file locations (which is especially useful now that Nautilus no longer has the open location in terminal option on the menu anymore), so there's no quick way to move to a parent

[Bug 565697] Re: nvidia dual monitor seperate x server mouse cursor gets stuck

2010-06-28 Thread Exüberance
I also have this problem. Once the mouse moves to the 2nd screen, I cannot move it back using the touchpad but I can move it back using a USB mouse. Peculiar... -- nvidia dual monitor seperate x server mouse cursor gets stuck https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565697 You received this bug

[Bug 534553] Re: Rhythmbox visualization freezes when one song finishes and another of the same format starts

2010-06-16 Thread Exüberance
I've had this issue both in 9.10 and 10.4 and was able to reproduce it on 2 different computers. It behaves for me exactly as you described every time. ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Rhythmbox visualization freezes when one song finishes and another of the

[Bug 151997] Re: visualisation button sometimes does nothing

2010-06-07 Thread Exüberance
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 534553 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534553 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 534553 Rhythmbox visualization freezes when one song finishes and another of the same format starts -- visualisation button sometimes does nothing

[Bug 581972] Re: Changing cursors does not work properly

2010-05-23 Thread Exüberance
I'm moving this back to Xorg since it's been reproduced on a non-nvidia graphics card (I'm sure the problem has nothing to do with graphics drivers, but rather whatever program is responsible for drawing the cursor.) ** Package changed: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) = xorg (Ubuntu) ** Changed

[Bug 581972] [NEW] Changing cursors does not work properly

2010-05-17 Thread Exüberance
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg When changing cursors from the appearance preferences in Ubuntu 10.4 (this worked fine in Ubuntu 9.10 on the same system, so this is only a problem in Lucid Lynx) the cursor is not completely switched. This happens both when changing to custom

[Bug 581972] Re: Changing cursors does not work properly

2010-05-17 Thread Exüberance
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48627497/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48627498/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48627499/Dependencies.txt **

[Bug 581972] Re: Changing cursors does not work properly

2010-05-17 Thread Exüberance
If you're having the same problem as me, here's a shell script that should fix the problem (you'll have to restart after using it for it to take effect... actually you can probably just restart X instead of the whole computer). To use it, just give the name of the cursor theme you want to change

[Bug 543691] Re: gvfsd leaks memory whenever there is a CD is the cd drive

2010-05-13 Thread Exüberance
I have my computer back now and just checked to to make this is still a bug, but it seems to be working perfectly fine now. An update must have fixed the problem. Sweet. ** Changed in: gvfs (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Fix Released -- gvfsd leaks memory whenever there is a CD is the cd

[Bug 175233] Re: Evolution hangs with Formatting Message after several hours

2010-04-24 Thread Exüberance
This happens whenever the IMAP server is down. If the server is responding, then Evolution will work properly, but if the server is down it will hang forever. -- Evolution hangs with Formatting Message after several hours https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175233 You received this bug notification

[Bug 543691] Re: gvfsd leaks memory whenever there is a CD is the cd drive

2010-04-08 Thread Exüberance
Unfortunately I had to send the laptop this bug occurs on to be fixed (for an unrelated problem), but it gave me a chance to see if this happens on a desktop computer, and it does not, so it seems to be specific to certain types of cd drives. I'm not the only person to have this problem, however,

[Bug 543691] [NEW] gvfsd leaks memory whenever there is a CD is the cd drive

2010-03-21 Thread Exüberance
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gvfs Whenever a CD is placed in the CD tray, gvfsd leaks memory (and if left for long enough would eventually use up all the system's memory) and causes dbus-daemon to use 100% CPU until the CD is removed. When the CD is removed, it stops leaking memory,

[Bug 367354] Re: Can't uninstall/remove xulrunner-1.9.1

2010-01-10 Thread Exüberance
Nevermind. I found that the problem was simply that when I replaced rm with a shell script that executes rm $* -I to require confimation, this caused dpkg to fail when removing files. I'm not sure why this problem only affected xulrunner and no other packages I installed and removed, but I guess

[Bug 367354] Re: Can't uninstall/remove xulrunner-1.9.1

2010-01-09 Thread Exüberance
When attempting to do the security updates yesterday (Jan 8, 2010), I am now experiencing this error. I tried purging xulrunner-1.9.1, then getting back the packages I need (using update manager to get desktop- couch back and apt-get install firefox to get the rest back, but I'm still getting the