[Bug 738330] Re: Today's Natty update means no guest additions in virtualbox

2011-04-03 Thread Sam Illingworth
Filed as bug 749602 - please lend your weight to it if you think it's worth fixing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/738330 Title: Today's Natty update means no guest additions in virtu

[Bug 749602] [NEW] Nothing tells you what Guest Additions to install

2011-04-03 Thread Sam Illingworth
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 This bug report is a spin-off of bug 738330. When you install Ubuntu as the guest OS in Virtual Box, your natural first instinct is to install Guest Additions from the Virtual Box menu. According to comments in 738330 you shouldn

[Bug 738330] Re: Today's Natty update means no guest additions in virtualbox

2011-04-03 Thread Sam Illingworth
Can somebody confirm what package we're supposed to install? A search in software centre for Guest Additions only returns the host package. Perhaps we should have a separate bug for something like "it's totally not obvious what you're supposed to install to get Guest Additions working (there isn'

[Bug 738330] Re: Today's Natty update means no guest additions in virtualbox

2011-04-01 Thread Sam Illingworth
Compiz is working, for me, but the panel and launcher only go transparent when I mouse over them, and the drop shadows are just opaque black boxes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/738330

[Bug 742024] Re: Inconsistency between sound and network icons

2011-03-24 Thread Sam Illingworth
Same problem here. Problem did not occur with previous (rather swanky) icon. The other new icons function as expected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/742024 Title: Inconsistency betw

[Bug 738330] Re: Today's Natty update means no guest additions in virtualbox

2011-03-20 Thread Sam Illingworth
@Felix - I've found a package called virtualbox-guest-additions in the software center, but it doesn't sound like that's what you mean: "This package provides an iso image which contains the guest additions for Linux, Solaris and Windows to be installed on the host system. The guest systems then c

[Bug 738330] Re: Today's Natty update means no guest additions in virtualbox

2011-03-20 Thread Sam Illingworth
Yep, I am using 4.0.4 guest additions too. @Felix - that in the repos is it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/738330 Title: Today's Natty update means no guest additions in virtualbox

[Bug 738330] Re: Today's Natty update means no 3D in virtual box

2011-03-19 Thread Sam Illingworth
I can't run those commands, RedSingularity, am on an OS X host, but I'm using virtual box 4.0.4 r70112. Also, you're right - seamless and auto- resize aren't working either, so the problem is that Guest Additions don't work in the newest build. Could the bug title be changed to reflect this? --

[Bug 738330] [NEW] Today's Natty update means no 3D in virtual box

2011-03-19 Thread Sam Illingworth
Public bug reported: I'm running Ubuntu in Virtual Box on a Mac host and today's update has broken 3D. Normally every time there's an update I restart Ubuntu and see a 2D interface, but then I re-install the guest additions and restart and see a 3D interface, but no such look today. I imagine yo

[Bug 734118] [NEW] Panel should (optionally) go opaque when window is maximized

2011-03-12 Thread Sam Illingworth
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: light-themes Some people would like a transparant panel when no window is maximized and an opaque panel when a window is maximized (I can't decide if I am one such person). I expect this could easily be added as an option. On a related note, I personall

[Bug 418203] Re: "Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical - 1.0" doesn't make sense

2011-02-08 Thread Sam Illingworth
Still here in Natty alpha 2 (with Firefox 4.0b11) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/418203 Title: "Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical - 1.0" doesn't make sense -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

Re: [Bug 705461] Re: LibreOffice won't launch from Unity Launcher

2011-01-31 Thread Sam Illingworth
> ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 > (20101007) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8:en > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > LC_MESSAGES=en_AG.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackag

[Bug 705711] Re: Screenshot should give you the option of hiding the cursor when you take a screenshot

2011-01-21 Thread Sam Illingworth
I think there are too many different dialogs involved. We have: option 1) you press Print Screen and you get a dialogue with no options other than saving the screenshot option 2) you run --interactive which gives you a dialog with options, followed by the dialog from option 1 The way I see it

[Bug 705711] Re: Screenshot should give you the option of hiding the cursor when you take a screenshot

2011-01-20 Thread Sam Illingworth
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[Bug 705711] [NEW] Screenshot should give you the option of hiding the cursor when you take a screenshot

2011-01-20 Thread Sam Illingworth
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-screenshot When you take a screenshot a dialogue pops up asking you where to save. This dialogue should have the option of hiding the cursor. The option may be configurable somewhere, but it's not intuitive or easy to use, it should be right there

[Bug 705710] Re: Update should check (refresh) automatically when run

2011-01-20 Thread Sam Illingworth
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[Bug 705710] [NEW] Update should check (refresh) automatically when run

2011-01-20 Thread Sam Illingworth
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager When you start update-manager it's unintuitive that you have to click Check to check for updates - that's what you expect the programme you just started to do anyway. It should check automatically. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 1

[Bug 705461] Re: LibreOffice won't launch from Unity Launcher

2011-01-20 Thread Sam Illingworth
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[Bug 705461] [NEW] LibreOffice won't launch from Unity Launcher

2011-01-20 Thread Sam Illingworth
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libreoffice Start LibreOffice (I've tried the generic start center, and the word processor), right click on it in the Launcher and click keep in Launcher, close the app, click the launcher icon for the app. It wibbles for a bit, then goes blank, the app

[Bug 658301] Re: Cannot install GIMP or other apps from Software Centre

2010-10-19 Thread Sam Illingworth
I'm not sure what more to add to this - I've tried both the 64 and 32 bit version of 10.10, the normal download from the Ubuntu website, on two machines, and had the same issue on both. Are you sure you've tried it on a fresh install? Maybe you've ticked something in some settings somewhere that

[Bug 658301] Re: Cannot install GIMP or other apps from Software Centre

2010-10-11 Thread Sam Illingworth
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658301/+attachment/1684389/+files/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658301/+attachment/1684390/+files/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" https://

[Bug 658301] [NEW] Cannot install GIMP or other apps from Software Centre

2010-10-11 Thread Sam Illingworth
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: software-center On a fresh Ubuntu 10.10 install when you go to install GIMP from the Software Centre you get the message "Requires installation of untrusted packages" and then the installation terminates. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Pack

Re: [Bug 491521] Re: Decorations and RGBA

2010-02-22 Thread Sam Illingworth
owever, RGBA support is > enabled by default and there is a chance for some fallout from this being > added. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-ubuntu/+bug/491521/+subscribe > -- Sam Illingworth -- Decorations and RGBA https://bugs

[Bug 431217] Re: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 2.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-02-12 Thread Sam Illingworth
Before you go blocking people perhaps you could tell us how to utilize this fix? I still get this error every time I do an update, regardless of how many times I reload the repos. Is some manual change required? -- package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 2.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-

[Bug 510454] Re: Empathy "Network error" with any account over corporate network

2010-02-07 Thread Sam Illingworth
The attached screen-shot confirms the settings are the same in each app for the same account (Empathy on the left, Pidgin on the right). Setting a proxy on my machine makes no difference, but bear in mind that even if I choose "Direct internet connection", my corporate network will route me through

[Bug 510454] Re: Empathy "Network error" with any account over corporate network

2010-02-07 Thread Sam Illingworth
Sorry, ignore that first screenshot - I had a Google account showing in Empathy and an MSN account showing in Pidgin. /This/ screenshot shows both apps using the same MSN account with the same settings. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38873455/Screenshot.png

[Bug 472552] Re: Please upgrade evolution-mapi to 0.28.1

2010-01-26 Thread Sam Illingworth
THANK YOU! :D -- Please upgrade evolution-mapi to 0.28.1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/472552 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm

[Bug 453279] Re: evolution mapi connection crash seg fault

2010-01-26 Thread Sam Illingworth
THANK YOU! :D -- evolution mapi connection crash seg fault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/453279 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

[Bug 510454] Re: Empathy "Network error" with any account over corporate network

2010-01-20 Thread Sam Illingworth
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38173860/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38173861/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38173862/ProcStatus.txt ** Attachm

[Bug 510454] [NEW] Empathy "Network error" with any account over corporate network

2010-01-20 Thread Sam Illingworth
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: empathy Empathy cannot connect ("Network error") to my gtalk or MSN account over my work's network. I assume this is caused by corporate firewalls and transparent proxies and other annoying things like that, but Pidgin doesn't have any problems. Problem

[Bug 293660] Re: tsclient always tries to reconnect

2010-01-19 Thread Sam Illingworth
@ liquidweaver :D I love you. -- tsclient always tries to reconnect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293660 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

[Bug 293660] Re: tsclient always tries to reconnect

2010-01-15 Thread Sam Illingworth
This bug's being going on for ages! Please let's get it fixed for Lucid! Can anyone give me instructions for installing that patch (and indeed other patches)? -- tsclient always tries to reconnect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293660 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 461839] Re: Administrative Control Centre does not work (wrong sudo-method)

2010-01-14 Thread Sam Illingworth
Does that workaround work for everyone? I did it but for some reason every time I boot I'm running at 30hz and have to change it to 60 every time. I thought that might be caused by doing "gksudo amdcccle" instead of "amdxdg-su -c amdcccle"? -- Administrative Control Centre does not work (wrong

[Bug 304889] Re: Does not use system proxy settings

2009-11-11 Thread Sam Illingworth
I have this problem but I don't have any proxy set in Gnome, it all happens invisibly somewhere on the corporate LAN. Is this likely to be the same issue? -- Does not use system proxy settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304889 You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 212055] Re: Unable to download sheep

2009-11-08 Thread Sam Illingworth
I also had no problem with the version compiled from source, but have this problem with the version from the repo. Trouble with using the compiled version is that it doesn't seem to take the same arguments as the old version in the repo, and I can't get it to run with xwinwrap :( -- Unable to do

[Bug 12153] Re: Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts

2009-11-07 Thread Sam Illingworth
Works for me in fresh Karmic install :) -- Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/12153 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https:

[Bug 444926] Re: samba and smbfs depend on an old version of samba-common

2009-10-26 Thread Sam Illingworth
Well, I suppose it's good that it's not affecting other people, but I've never manually edited my sources file, and I've disabled every optional repo so I'm only looking at the standard Ubuntu ones, so this would still seem to be an Ubuntu bug. Hmm. Well, I'm planning on doing a fresh install whe

[Bug 444926] Re: samba and smbfs depend on an old version of samba-common

2009-10-19 Thread Sam Illingworth
Attached ** Attachment added: "sources.list" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33957627/sources.list -- samba and smbfs depend on an old version of samba-common https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/444926 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 452642] [NEW] The '"x" is an executable text file' dialogue is not user friendly

2009-10-15 Thread Sam Illingworth
Public bug reported: I originally raised this as an idea on the brainstorm, but was told it should be reported as a bug by the brainstorm admin (the brainstorm is here: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21745/). When you click on an executable text file, such as a script to which you've just made

[Bug 124348] Re: Logging off causes error on client

2009-10-13 Thread Sam Illingworth
This is a high priority bug. Scenario: - User A leaves themselves connected to Remote Machine then goes away from their local machine - User B has a high priority reason to connect to Remote Machine, so User B connects, disconnecting User A - Since User A is not around to click cancel, their

[Bug 424071] Re: screenshot not working

2009-10-12 Thread Sam Illingworth
Sorry for the delay. Oh, sorry, thought I had included the version I was on. I was using the Karmic alpha but I've had to switch back to Jaunty for various reasons (shouldn't really have been using an alpha version on my work machine I suppose). I don't know if this still exists in the beta, but

[Bug 444926] Re: samba and smbfs depend on an old version of samba-common

2009-10-07 Thread Sam Illingworth
Do you mean the "Download from" option on the first tab of Software Sources? I tried changing that a couple of times, no difference. Can anyone replicate this? What's showing up under "latest version" for the various samba packages for you guys? -- samba and smbfs depend on an old version of s

[Bug 444926] Re: samba and smbfs depend on an old version of samba-common

2009-10-07 Thread Sam Illingworth
OK, I've tried that, can still replicate. Here's a screenshot showing the samba packages sorted by latest version; you're right - some are 3, some 3.1. Funny thing is, if I go to Force Version on samba-common it lists the two options as 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.1 (now) 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3 (Jaunty) But I'm

[Bug 444926] [NEW] samba and smbfs depend on an old version of samba-common

2009-10-06 Thread Sam Illingworth
Public bug reported: Cannot install samba, so unable to create shares. Here are the errors Synaptic gives me if I try to install smbfs or samba: smbfs: Depends: samba-common (=2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3) but 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.1 is to be installed samba: Depends: samba-common (=2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3) but

[Bug 124348] Re: Logging off causes error on client

2009-09-13 Thread Sam Illingworth
I agree that this isn't a papercut, but will it still get fixed? Perhaps it should be raised upstream? Who makes the remote desktop client? -- Logging off causes error on client https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 428363] [NEW] Nautilus does not remember background gradients for all folders

2009-09-12 Thread Sam Illingworth
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus Assign a couple of background colours so that they make a gradient. Works fine for one folder, but if you use middle-click or control-click to apply it to all folders, then close and open Nautilus, only the second colour you select has been remem

[Bug 424071] [NEW] screenshot not working

2009-09-03 Thread Sam Illingworth
Public bug reported: I've checked the key assignment, but pressing my prinst screen key (while recognised by the keyboard shortcuts application) is not causing the print screen application to pop up. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- screenshot not working ht

[Bug 424067] [NEW] volum is either silent or full in karmic

2009-09-03 Thread Sam Illingworth
Public bug reported: I was going to include some screenshots with this, but screenshots aren't working in Karmic either (I'll raise that next). I've found that my volume control isn't working. Anything lower than about 20% is silent, anything higher is full volume. ** Affects: ubuntu Impor

[Bug 136336] Re: Compiz shift-switcher should show preview for minimized windows

2009-08-15 Thread Sam Illingworth
Agreed - while Live Previews would be nice, can't we at least have a none-stretched icon or a cached thumbnail of the minimized application in the meantime? -- Compiz shift-switcher should show preview for minimized windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/136336 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 12153] Re: Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts

2009-08-14 Thread Sam Illingworth
Well, with Super mapped to the win keys I can now (in Jaunty) use the Windows key in any short-cut, so that appears to be part of this bug fixed. If other Jaunty users can confirm this is fixed then all that remains is to change the default setting when Ubuntu is installed. Would that be a design

[Bug 12153] Re: Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts

2009-06-22 Thread Sam Illingworth
I've just read through this entire thread - to summarize: It seems we have two/three issues: 1) The out-of-the-box behaviour only allows the windows key to be used on it's own, not as part of a shortcut using the keyboard shortcut applet 2) The workaround of setting super or meta is mapped to th

[Bug 12153] Re: Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts

2008-08-08 Thread Sam Illingworth
Hi Guys - firstly I apologise for not being very technial here - I'm quite new to Linux. For me setting "Super is mapped to the win keys" or "Meta is mapped to the win keys" (they appear to do the same thing, and shouldn't one of them be selected by default anyway? I've installed Ubuntu on four c