[Bug 1756840] Re: Buggy, under-maintained, not fit for main anymore; alternatives exist

2021-12-08 Thread Gabriel Staples
Just a quick update on my end. This also addresses @Xavier Gnata's question here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs- utils/+bug/1756840/comments/3 > Ok but what am I supposed to do on a dual boot machine?? I'm writing this all from memory. I did this a long time ago. My

[Bug 1885170] [NEW] Feature request: make nemo the default file manager instead of nautilus

2020-06-25 Thread Gabriel Staples
Public bug reported: I'd like to propose that you make nemo the default file manager packaged with Ubuntu in the future instead of Nautilus. My justification is centered around utility, use of space, and features. Please see the portion of my answer near the bottom titled "Why use nemo over

[Bug 134313] Re: pdfimages produces inverted image for black & white image

2019-11-09 Thread Gabriel Staples
Related: "In general, Acrobat and Reader will show a negative image when the image data indicates that it needs to be inverted. When you have images that are compressed with the CCITTG4 algorithm, there is a flag in the image data that indicates if a logical "1" indicates black or white. The

[Bug 134313] Re: pdfimages produces inverted image for black & white image

2019-11-09 Thread Gabriel Staples
`pdfimages -list mypdf.pdf` shows all of my pages were encoded in `ccitt` format. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134313 Title: pdfimages produces inverted image for black & white

[Bug 134313] Re: pdfimages produces inverted image for black & white image

2019-11-09 Thread Gabriel Staples
Version info: ``` $ pdfimages -v pdfimages version 0.62.0 Copyright 2005-2017 The Poppler Developers - http://poppler.freedesktop.org Copyright 1996-2011 Glyph & Cog, LLC ``` -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 134313] Re: pdfimages produces inverted image for black & white image

2019-11-09 Thread Gabriel Staples
Still occurring on Ubuntu 18.04. This is weird. There's got to be a way to fix it! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134313 Title: pdfimages produces inverted image for black & white

[Bug 1724876] Re: libreoffice soffice.bin using 100% cpu

2019-10-26 Thread Gabriel Staples
Marcus, here's all the extensions I have installed. Also, I just downgraded my LibreOffice installation from 6.3.2 to 6.3.1 then to 6.2.8. 6.3.2 and 6.3.1 both were buggy, but 6.2.8 seems to work perfectly now and actually makes my entire computer feel like I just bought a new computer! All

[Bug 1724876] Re: libreoffice soffice.bin using 100% cpu

2019-10-26 Thread Gabriel Staples
Also, here was my work-around to try to fix the 100% cpu soffice.bin bug: https://serverfault.com/questions/953809/soffice-bin-high-cpu- usage/986039#986039. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1300367] Re: rsync 3.1.0 and 3.0.9 incompatibility

2019-10-21 Thread Gabriel Staples
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1384503 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1384503 Work-around: just upgrade your rsync versions to ensure they are *exactly the same* on both the sending and receiving PCs. See my answer here:

[Bug 1724876] Re: libreoffice soffice.bin using 100% cpu

2019-09-28 Thread Gabriel Staples
Here's another screenshot showing the *massive* difference in total CPU load that I made simply by calling `pkill soffice.bin`! ** Attachment added: "HUGE total CPU drop after calling `pkill soffice.bin`"

[Bug 1724876] Re: libreoffice soffice.bin using 100% cpu

2019-09-28 Thread Gabriel Staples
FYI these are the tweaks I've made to my Ubuntu 18 installation, in case any of them triggered or shed light on the LibreOffice issue: https://electricrcaircraftguy.github.io/20190919-post_ubuntu_18_todos.html. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1724876] Re: libreoffice soffice.bin using 100% cpu

2019-09-28 Thread Gabriel Staples
Exact same as TLRobb notes just above: 100% usage of one cpu core for an extended period (hours?)--no idea what it's doing, but on a slow computer with few cores it's really rendering my computer nearly unusable just to have LibreOffice open in the background with a document minimized while I

[Bug 1724876] Re: libreoffice soffice.bin using 100% cpu

2019-09-28 Thread Gabriel Staples
Note: I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 with this LibreOffice: Version: 6.3.1.2 Build ID: b79626edf0065ac373bd1df5c28bd630b4424273 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.0; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded Here's a screenshot of my System Monitor,

[Bug 1756840] Re: Buggy, under-maintained, not fit for main anymore; alternatives exist

2019-07-12 Thread Gabriel Staples
Let me also link back to a few of my related comments (and related questions and answers) here, to kind of tie all of my efforts together: 1. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1029249/how-to-encrypt-home-on-ubuntu-18-04#comment1927239_1031509 and

[Bug 1756840] Re: Buggy, under-maintained, not fit for main anymore; alternatives exist

2019-07-12 Thread Gabriel Staples
Also note I have a dual boot Windows/Ubuntu setup with UEFI and I don't want to break the dual boot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756840 Title: Buggy, under-maintained, not fit

[Bug 1756840] Re: Buggy, under-maintained, not fit for main anymore; alternatives exist

2019-07-12 Thread Gabriel Staples
Any news or progress on this? I've been fighting with installing ecryptfs now for days (first time using it) after installing Ubuntu 18 by following these instructions: https://www.howtogeek.com/116032/how- to-encrypt-your-home-folder-after-installing-ubuntu/amp/. These instructions fail with

[Bug 1295526] Re: "disable touchpad while typing" doesn't work

2018-11-24 Thread Gabriel Staples
Update: my solution has been moved to here: https://askubuntu.com/a/986133/327339. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1295526 Title: "disable touchpad while typing" doesn't work To