[Bug 1889342] Re: Thunderbolt Dock Loses Monitors

2021-05-11 Thread markb
@koba, sorry I use Arch, not Ubuntu/Debian. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1889342 Title: Thunderbolt Dock Loses Monitors To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1889342] Re: Thunderbolt Dock Loses Monitors

2021-05-11 Thread markb
I should make it clear that you need the kernel and the updated BIOS and dock firmware at or beyond the versions I state. All 3 are needed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1889342

[Bug 1889342] Re: Thunderbolt Dock Loses Monitors

2021-05-11 Thread markb
I'm cc'd on this thread from a while ago when I was looking around for solutions to the many issues that plagued my XPS 9300 laptop and my WD19TB dock (same combination as OP here). I can state that with any Linux kernel 5.10.16 or later, and XPS BIOS 1.5.0, and dock firmware 01.00.15.01, all

[Bug 1889342] Re: Thunderbolt Dock Loses Monitors

2020-11-02 Thread markb
I am the person who wrote the post on the Dell forums Vladimir is referring to (and I have posted earlier here as above). Note that adding i915.enable_dp_mst=0 doesn't just "sometimes resolve" the very frequent blackouts, disconnects, and other problems I was seeing with my WD19TB dock + XPS 13

[Bug 1889342] Re: Thunderbolt Dock Loses Monitors

2020-10-13 Thread markb
FYI the same lock screen bug and random dock disconnects etc occur on Arch Linux as well. Using XPS 13 9300 + WD19TB + 2 by 2560x1440 DP connected screens, GNOME 3.38, kernel 5.9, fwupd versions up to date. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1580366] Re: Couldn't find colour scheme details for meld:unknown-text-foreground

2016-06-09 Thread markb
@hackel, did you report this upstream? Please add reference here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1580366 Title: Couldn't find colour scheme details for meld:unknown-text-foreground

[Bug 1469089] Re: libxul.so cannot open shared object file

2015-06-29 Thread MarkB
Just been in touch with some Sophos Contacts, they are aware of the issue and are working on a fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1469089 Title: libxul.so cannot open shared object

[Bug 1196196] Re: [background]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()

2013-10-21 Thread markb
It says above that this bug was fixed in gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu31 but I cleanly installed Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 today with gnome-control-center 1:3.8.3-0ubuntu1~saucy2 and it still crashes as soon as I try to change the background. I see the following segfault each time in my syslog:

[Bug 1196196] Re: [background]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()

2013-10-21 Thread markb
Tim, in the process of doing that I discovered that this problem seems to be not directly due to gnome-control-center so I won't raise a bug on the crash. I will append a comment on my Ubuntu GNOME list post which presumably is what pointed you here. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1051227] Re: image viewer crashes ubuntu on viewing fullscreen jpg

2013-10-21 Thread markb
I am getting this problem on a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051227 Title: image viewer crashes ubuntu on viewing fullscreen jpg To manage

[Bug 1217196] Re: Keyboard shortcuts not working with GNOME 3.9.90

2013-10-20 Thread markb
Just as Matthew Butler in comment #30 above, I did a clean install of Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 release today adding gnome3 and gnome3-next ppa's. Now shortcuts don't work, in particular CTRL+ALT+T which is a pain. I can add/change the shortcuts, and even add CTRL+ALT+T as a custom terminal shortcut but

Re: [Bug 1233625] Re: update package started failing (w/ samba?)

2013-10-10 Thread MarkB
Yolanda, Thanks for the reply and suggestion. I ran the suggested commands in the link subsequently: begin sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get update end then begin sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf sudo apt-get update end The sudo apt-get update ran without error. Last 2 lines from terminal

Re: [Bug 1233625] Re: update package started failing (w/ samba?)

2013-10-10 Thread MarkB
Yolanda, Thanks for the reply and suggestion. I ran the suggested commands in the link subsequently: begin sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get update end then begin sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf sudo apt-get update end The sudo apt-get update ran without error. Last 2 lines from terminal

[Bug 1233625] [NEW] upgrade package started failing (w/ samba?)

2013-10-01 Thread MarkB
Public bug reported: During the normal update process the desktop upgrade package failed. I have recently installed Twonky Media Server on the PC. But Twonky has been operating normally for 2 months. I connect to a DLink DNS-323 NAS w/ it's OS running a Linux kernel. I have been trying to mount

[Bug 1233625] Re: update package started failing (w/ samba?)

2013-10-01 Thread MarkB
** Summary changed: - upgrade package started failing (w/ samba?) + update package started failing (w/ samba?) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1233625 Title: update

[Bug 1233625] Re: upgrade package started failing (w/ samba?)

2013-10-01 Thread MarkB
I ran the following from terminal. mark@Paradise:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/twonkyserver status Twonky server IS running. twonkyproxy is running. twonkytuner is not running. mark@Paradise:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/twonkyserver stop Stopping Twonky MediaServer ... Stopping twonkyproxy Stopping twonkytuner

[Bug 1233625] [NEW] upgrade package started failing (w/ samba?)

2013-10-01 Thread MarkB
Public bug reported: During the normal update process the desktop upgrade package failed. I have recently installed Twonky Media Server on the PC. But Twonky has been operating normally for 2 months. I connect to a DLink DNS-323 NAS w/ it's OS running a Linux kernel. I have been trying to mount

[Bug 1233625] Re: update package started failing (w/ samba?)

2013-10-01 Thread MarkB
** Summary changed: - upgrade package started failing (w/ samba?) + update package started failing (w/ samba?) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1233625 Title: update package started

[Bug 1233625] Re: upgrade package started failing (w/ samba?)

2013-10-01 Thread MarkB
I ran the following from terminal. mark@Paradise:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/twonkyserver status Twonky server IS running. twonkyproxy is running. twonkytuner is not running. mark@Paradise:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/twonkyserver stop Stopping Twonky MediaServer ... Stopping twonkyproxy Stopping twonkytuner

[Bug 1175632] Re: transmission forgets path configuration and creates strange directories

2013-06-19 Thread markb
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 x64 with stock transmission 2.77-0ubuntu1 and see this bug. It is repeatable. Just rm -rf ~/.config/transmission to set default settings, start transmission, e.g. set a save to location, restart transmission, and you will see it forgets the setting (and others). Like the OP

[Bug 933332] Re: super key randomly stops working on gnome3 shell

2013-05-11 Thread markb
It's probably this upstream GNOME bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660922. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #660922 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660922 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 571118] Re: Crash: gtags: directory stack over flow. gtags - GNU GLOBAL 5.7.1

2013-04-16 Thread markb
C'mon maintainers, this long standing bug only exists in the ancient 5.7.1 version on ubuntu. It is fixed in modern global, e.g. 6.2.8 which I have installed from source. Surely it is time for an update on ubuntu? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1077546] Re: Gnome Shell sudo dialog said Sorry, that didn't work. Please try again when opening Synaptic

2013-04-10 Thread markb
There appears to be an upstream gnome patch for this at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=692937, including for gnome- shell 3.6. Can we get this applied to Ubuntu? I got there via bug #1167059 and then https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690592. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug

[Bug 1167059] [NEW] Authentication dialog not working from gnome-shell search

2013-04-09 Thread markb
Public bug reported: This bug is significant and repeatable. My system is up to date Ubuntu 12.10 x86_64 running gnome-shell (3.6.2-0ubuntu0.2) and using gnome 3 team ppa. As of recently(?), whenever I try to run any program that requires authentication, e.g. synaptic, then I press the meta key,

[Bug 1167059] Re: Authentication dialog not working from gnome-shell search

2013-04-09 Thread markb
I'll just add that I updated a Ubuntu 12.10 x86_64 guest running in current VirtualBox 4.2.10 (on same Ubuntu host as above), also using gnome 3 ppa and the same bug occurs there repeatedly too. However, I have another updated 12.10 x86_64 guest (inc gnome3 ppa) in VB 4.2.10 on a Mac OSX 10.8.3

[Bug 1167059] Re: Authentication dialog not working from gnome-shell search

2013-04-09 Thread markb
Looked around more and found that this issue looks to be same as bug #1077546 which is ultimately upstream gnome issue https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690592. Bad bug, no upstream activity since it was raised 4 months ago :( ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #690592

[Bug 1070150] Re: Intermittent black screen or low graphics mode message

2013-03-19 Thread markb
Just add a comment here that I have a new fast PC + SSD + HD4000 graphics and I get both these problems on frequently updated Ubuntu 12.10. I solved the low graphics mode issue long ago by changing from lightdm to gdm. I have 2 screens and occasionally I boot up and get 1 black screen but I have

[Bug 1131263] Re: Gwibber does not add Facebook account, external browser says Success.

2013-02-21 Thread markb
I'll just point that I have been using gwibber with Facebook fine since Ubuntu 12.10 was released (although only after fixing http://ubuntumisr.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/fix-facebook-not-working-with- gwibber.html). This new bug only started happening a day or so ago. I started getting random web

[Bug 1039125] Re: [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: PFIFO_CACHE_ERROR - Ch 2/2 Mthd 0x0800 Data 0x00000000

2012-09-11 Thread markb
I am running precise (with xorg-edgers ppa clearly). I didn't realise this bug was relevant only to systems running quantal? I am seeing the same issue but ignore my comments if not appropriate here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1039125] Re: [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: PFIFO_CACHE_ERROR - Ch 2/2 Mthd 0x0800 Data 0x00000000

2012-09-10 Thread markb
@bowmore, I am on 3.5.0-13 using xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.1+git20120816.3aa9a296-0ubuntu0sarvatt~precise but I am still seeing small screen corruptions and plenty of nouveau PFIFO_CACHE_ERROR messages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 970686] Re: Activities search does not complete recent documents anymore

2012-08-26 Thread markb
@ntdoherty Unity does have that functionality, Enable scale addons plugin in Compiz. Also enable window titles on all windows and add the text plugin. Change Unity launcher to auto hide and activate on top left hot corner. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 973096] Re: Nvidia driver causes xorg crash

2012-08-04 Thread markb
I just installed today's new 304.30 nvidia driver to see if this bug is fixed but it aborted within 10 minutes: [ 613.297325] Xorg[1563]: segfault at b4e2f000 ip b47e6960 sp bfb15cc0 error 7 in nvidia_drv.so[b4701000+6b5000] Tried with kernel 3.5.0-8. This 304.30 version also exhibits a new

[Bug 973096] Re: Nvidia driver causes xorg crash

2012-08-04 Thread markb
Further to my comment #207 above, today nvidia have quickly released v304.32 driver which has fixed the blue tint across SDL apps that I mentioned. But 304.22 still seg faulted on me after a couple of hours as per this bug. [ 6026.027634] Xorg[1570]: segfault at b4ebc000 ip b4872e90 sp bf885aa0

[Bug 973096] Re: Nvidia driver causes xorg crash

2012-08-04 Thread markb
That second sentence above should be 304.32, not 304.22 (why is there no edit function on this bug tracker?) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973096 Title: Nvidia driver causes xorg

[Bug 973096] Re: Nvidia driver causes xorg crash

2012-07-28 Thread markb
@ste-goddard this bug is not specific to Ubuntu. Search around the web/forums and you will find it happens on all linux distributions. I've seen it reported on Arch, Gentoo, and Fedora at least, wherever people are using v295.* and later nvidia drivers. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1016457] Re: Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't show virtual terminal

2012-07-13 Thread markb
This bug has occurred for me since installing 12.04 (clean install). Has worked fine in all releases prior. I believe it is a bug with nvidia driver as virtual consoles work fine if I run nouveau. I have tried all nvidia drivers from v295.33 to v302.22 and the bug has existed with every one of

[Bug 1016457] Re: Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't show virtual terminal

2012-07-13 Thread markb
Rebooted with kernel 3.5.0-4-generic and still no virtual consoles (using latest 302.22 nvidia). Actually this bug is all over the web for people with some nvidia chipsets, e.g. I have a 8600 GT which is of the family for which virtual consoles don't work. E.g. see

[Bug 973096] Re: Nvidia driver causes xorg crash

2012-07-13 Thread markb
I installed new nvidia 304.22 driver which was released today but it crashed with a segmentation fault within 3 hours. [10057.732360] Xorg[1514]: segfault at b4f25000 ip b4948ec0 sp bfb341a0 error 7 in nvidia_drv.so[b4865000+64d000] Also, virtual consoles (ctrl+alt+f1-6]) still don't work with

[Bug 1012916] Re: [nouveau] 12.04 Unity 3d hard freezes

2012-07-10 Thread markb
I don't know if anybody is following my story here but I noticed an xorg-edgers kernel update from 3.5.0.3.3 to 3.5.0.4.4 today so I thought I would give it a test running Unity. Note, as my previous comment I can run kernel 3.2 forever without issue. So I upgraded and rebooted to 3.5.0.4.4 and I

[Bug 1012916] Re: [nouveau] 12.04 Unity 3d hard freezes

2012-07-04 Thread markb
Well I have determined that for me this problem is caused by linux kernel 3.5.0-3 (pulled in via linux-image-generic) which was installed on my system via xorg-edgers ppa. I removed this and went back to the generic precise kernel which is currently 3.2.0-26 and my lockups have gone. I am still

[Bug 1012916] Re: [nouveau] 12.04 Unity 3d hard freezes

2012-07-02 Thread markb
Well this just happened again to me with same PFIFO_CACHE_ERROR nouveau errors in dmesg. Although this time it happened on gnome-shell, which is my normal desktop where I have never seen this before. I have only had this happen on those rare times I try Unity. I had updated earlier today and

[Bug 1012916] Re: [nouveau] 12.04 Unity 3d hard freezes

2012-07-02 Thread markb
So I decided to use Unity for a while. Locked up twice within 10 mins, second time without skype 4 running so not skype related. Unity/Compiz brings on this problem MUCH more than gnome shell/mutter. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1012916] Re: [nouveau] 12.04 Unity 3d hard freezes

2012-06-29 Thread markb
Further to my comment #7 above, I noticed an xorg-core update today so I tried Unity for a while but it locked up within 30 mins. System died over about 20 secs, i.e. my mouse became sluggish then after about 10 secs it stopped moving completely. Music player stopped a few secs after that and

[Bug 1012916] Re: [nouveau] 12.04 Unity 3d hard freezes

2012-06-29 Thread markb
@brigham, I have used nvidia drivers with my system (8600 GT) for a few years without problems but since ubuntu 12.04 (i.e. nvidia v295.33, v295.40, v295.49, v295.53, v302.07, v302.11, v302.17?), I suffer an xorg segmentation fault within a hour or two of booting when using nvidia driver (and that

[Bug 1012916] Re: [nouveau] 12.04 Unity 3d hard freezes

2012-06-28 Thread markb
I'm using nouveau from xorg-edgers ppa on 12.04 and I think I am having this same bug just recently. My Unity 3D session will hang anywhere from 1 minute to a few hours after I boot. Sometimes the entire UI locks up, other times the UI locks up but my mouse cursor will still move (but can't select

[Bug 973096] Re: Nvidia driver causes xorg crash

2012-06-20 Thread markb
Re comment #133 above from wlx, I have experienced this problem with my 8600 GT card on all nvidia versions since I installed ubuntu 12.04, i.e. 295.40 and all versions through to 302.17. I have tried the installers from nvidia site, and also xorg-edgers ppa. I never had this problem in the 4

[Bug 973096] Re: Nvidia driver causes xorg crash

2012-06-17 Thread markb
Like danrgmc above in comment #120, I just tried nvidia driver v302.17 also (via xorg-edgers ppa) but found it seg faulted within a couple of hours. My 8600 GT card has worked fine for years with ubuntu but this seg fault started with Ubuntu 12.04 at nvidia v295.40 and has occurred for all the

[Bug 990639] Re: Unity Launcher reveal does not work

2012-06-05 Thread markb
Re: my comment #13 above, I just discovered that there is a specific bug for this issue when it occurs in VirtualBox. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/971018. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 772063] Re: App icon on the Unity Launcher lost track of running instance

2012-05-27 Thread markb
As per comment #26, I installed unity 5.12-0ubuntu1.1 from precise- proposed (which pulled in 3 other unity packages from proposed) to verify my problem described in comment #22. It seems kmymoney does show a launcher icon now but there is odd behaviour. For about the first 80 secs after I log in

[Bug 982485] Re: [regression] Nvidia 295.40: Unity 3D does not work at all with the new nvidia driver

2012-05-08 Thread markb
Here's my experience with a nvidia 8600GT card on ubuntu 12.04. All previous ubuntu releases have worked fine with with proprietary driver over many years. Installed clean 12.04 and using gnome-shell + gnome3 team ppa, nvidia driver 295.40 did a segmentation fault after a hour or so mainly just

[Bug 990639] Re: Unity Launcher reveal does not work

2012-05-08 Thread markb
As Jorenko says in comment #8, Russel's fix from comment #4 does not work when running Ubuntu as a guest in VirtualBox. Just can not use auto-hide in that case which is a bummer on a small screen. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 772063] Re: App icon on the Unity Launcher lost track of running instance

2012-05-08 Thread markb
On 12.04 this is repeatable for me running kmymoney. Appears in Unity launcher as app starts but then disappears. App also never appears in alt+tab list but does appear in super+w. This is the main bug which has always stopped my using Unity. Thought it would be fixed by 12.04 but sadly not - back

[Bug 980519] Re: Random log off in Ubuntu 12.04 LT Beta

2012-05-05 Thread markb
I did a clean install of 12.04 and have been experiencing this a few times per day also on with my nvidia 8600 GT card. That was with nvidia- current-updates at 295.40. Never saw this problem on 11.10. You will see a xorg server segmentation fault in the log file when this happens. I installed the

[Bug 982710] Re: [regression] Nvidia 295.40 driver is extremely slow

2012-05-04 Thread markb
As I reported on the ubuntu forums at http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11904367postcount=8 the 295.49 driver seq faulted on me 3 times in the 4 hours I ran it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

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

2012-04-13 Thread markb
Not only does removing ~/.macromedia not work, but now I can not deselect enable hardware acceleration anymore in my flash settings. So warning, don't take the advice of comment #70! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 881145] Re: Bittorrent ignoring speed limit

2012-03-20 Thread markb
I've found that this problem occurs only on some specific torrents, similar to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727994 reported recently on Fedora . Actually the xonotic torrent I quote in my comment one above always ignores any speed limits. That is a public torrent so it should be

[Bug 881145] Re: Bittorrent ignoring speed limit

2012-03-16 Thread markb
This bug is happening to me now on ubuntu 11.10 using gnome-shell and transmission-gtk 2.50-0ubuntu1~oneiric1. Global and alternative speed limits are ignored. E.g. happening on this torrent http://dl.xonotic.org/xonotic-0.6.0.zip.torrent. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 928438] Re: LibreOffice doesn't have window title or buttons in Unity

2012-02-08 Thread markb
Seems to be initiated when jumping between full screen apps, particularly to/from nautilus. When it happens, Libreoffice also disappears from the alt-tab list and, if minimised, also from the expo (ctrl-w) view. So it completely disappears from view and access from Unity when minimised. However,

[Bug 881955] Re: System monitor freezes up when switching to Processes tab

2011-11-13 Thread markb
I am running Oneiric x32 with nvidia driver and also get this problem when I enable xorg-edgers ppa. Purging that ppa removes the problem. Does not happen on my intel video laptop with same ppa enabled so seems xorg-edgers + nvidia (290.06) related? System monitor lock up is repeatable but other

[Bug 881955] Re: System monitor freezes up when switching to Processes tab

2011-11-13 Thread markb
Not sure if helpful but further to my above comment I find that gnome- system-monitor locks up in a futex() call: stat64(/proc/2426, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 stat64(/proc/2427, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 stat64(/proc/2500, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0,

[Bug 787465] Re: View-Show MenuBar isn't working in 11.04 and later in gnome-terminal

2011-10-26 Thread markb
For gnome-shell users that want a workaround for this bug but want to preserve global menus in Unity then perhaps a better solution is to create a file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/81ubuntu-menu-proxy with the single line content: [ $DESKTOP_SESSION != ubuntu ] unset UBUNTU_MENUPROXY -- You received

[Bug 711799] Re: e2fsprogs wrongly identifies ext4 as mounted

2011-07-14 Thread markb
I did read the man page and noted the scramble option. In fact, I did save a scrambled image before I recovered my partition but the man page is vague on how the names are (one-way?) ciphered and the e2image.c code had little comments to help explain it so I am not willing to publish my image

[Bug 711799] Re: e2fsprogs wrongly identifies ext4 as mounted

2011-07-13 Thread markb
I am suffering this bug on my 10.10 laptop. It just decided to not boot anymore last night. According to TT, I downloaded the latest e2fsprogs 1.41.14 from sourceforge, built and installed it, but still get the error: % sudo fsck /dev/sda3 fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010) e2fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)

[Bug 711799] Re: e2fsprogs wrongly identifies ext4 as mounted

2011-07-13 Thread markb
Sorry, I am not keen to disclose my private data. I am OS atm with only my failed ubuntu10.10 laptop and a 10.10 live cd. It seems this is a problem in 10.10 only (i.e. kernel related?). I just went down to the nearest bookshop, bought a UK linux user magazine which had a xubuntu 11.04 live cd.

[Bug 403135] Re: Notification area icon wrongly rendered/uses bg_color as a background (multiple apps)

2010-12-02 Thread markb
@Konstantinos I have been using your ppa packages for ages to fix this bug on Lucid. Did a clean install to Maverick this week and shocked to see this bug still exists. However applying your ppa does not fix this bug on Maverick for me. The ubuntu development process is failing. This bug and

[Bug 403135] Re: Notification area icon wrongly rendered/uses bg_color as a background (multiple apps)

2010-07-18 Thread markb
@ Konstantinos, Ubuntu updated gnome-panel to 1:2.30.2-0ubuntu0.2 a few days ago which has overwritten your last fixed ppa package 1:2.30.2-0ubuntu0.2~ppa1. So this bug has returned until you provide another update. -- Notification area icon wrongly rendered/uses bg_color as a background

[Bug 403135] Re: Notification area icon wrongly rendered/uses bg_color as a background (multiple apps)

2010-06-10 Thread markb
@ Konstantinos, ubuntu updated gnome-panel to 1:2.30.0-0ubuntu2 today which has overwritten your fixed ppa package. So this bug has returned. -- Notification area icon wrongly rendered/uses bg_color as a background (multiple apps) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403135 You received this bug

[Bug 403135] Re: Notification area icon wrongly rendered/uses bg_color as a background (multiple apps)

2010-06-05 Thread markb
@ Konstantinos, thank you. This bug was 100% reproducible, e.g on all wxwidgets based apps, on both my laptop and pc. Applying the updates from your ppa fixes this bug completely for all these apps. -- Notification area icon wrongly rendered/uses bg_color as a background (multiple apps)

[Bug 482684] Re: The nm-applet icon is missing or the sound icon is duplicated and the second one is dead

2010-02-19 Thread markb
I eliminated this problem as Jase says above in comment #6. I was using the gnome Shut Down applet beside my notification area. I swapped this to the Indicator Applet Session and I have not seen the problem since. Those 2 applets give similar functionality. Note maintainers, as I said above in

[Bug 482684] Re: The nm-applet icon is missing or the sound icon is duplicated and the second one is dead

2010-02-08 Thread markb
I get the same bug. Very occasionally the nm-applet icon will appear after boot but it usually doesn't. Will reappear if I kill and restart it. As above, I also often get 2 sound icons. Seems timing related as I have a fairly fast PC. Never happens on my slower laptop which is otherwise nearly

[Bug 411185] Re: package memtest86+ 2.01-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:

2009-08-09 Thread MarkB
** Attachment added: VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30090688/VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz ** Attachment added: VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30090689/VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz ** Attachment added: VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz

[Bug 411185] [NEW] package memtest86+ 2.01-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:

2009-08-09 Thread MarkB
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: memtest86+ failed to install ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package memtest86+ is already installed and configured NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: memtest86+

[Bug 381818] [NEW] Upgrade to byobu 2.6 fails

2009-05-29 Thread markb
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: byobu I'm on jaunty and my package manager is alerting me to an update of the byobu package but updating gives me this error: m...@pc:~ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information...

[Bug 336508] Re: kiki crashed with ImportError in module()

2009-05-09 Thread markb
This is probably not the appropriate place to report this but it seems to be related. I have noticed a number of wxpython apps have started crashing since I installed spe on my ubuntu jaunty box. I have traced the problem to the fact that, even though I have wxpython2.8 installed, when I installed

[Bug 187313] Re: [MASTER] right click (with button release) might activate random popup-menu-item

2008-12-24 Thread markb
As a few others here have reported, the mouse gestures plugin solved this problem for me. Well it did from when I commented above in November to about 1 week or so ago when the problem has returned even though the mouse gestures plugin is still installed and enabled. Any new ideas? -- [MASTER]

[Bug 187313] Re: [MASTER] right click (with button release) might activate random popup-menu-item

2008-12-24 Thread markb
Further to my above comment, I just did a bit of research and I find that my firefox updated from 3.0.4 - 3.0.5 on 18-Dec (intrepid apt upgrade) which is about when I started seeing this problem reoccur. So I contend that ff 3.0.5 breaks the mouse gestures fix for this annoying problem. Surely

[Bug 296902] Re: screen brightness adjustment causes mouse/keyboard input to stop

2008-11-21 Thread markb
Happens for me as well with intrepid on my dell 640m laptop. The dimmer bar window stays up in the middle of my screen. If I do a killall nautilus then dimmer disappears and keyboard and mouse come back. Very bad bug this one. The screen gets dimmed very quickly when operating on battery. Far

[Bug 187313] Re: [MASTER] right click (with button release) might activate random popup-menu-item

2008-11-19 Thread markb
I'm a long time kde (kubuntu) user and have never seen this bug before. However, with the intrepid release I have switched to gnome and I am seeing this bug happening constantly, always in firefox. I make this point because it implies the problem to be within gtk, or at least firefox's interaction

[Bug 229681] Re: Aeskulap images not seen

2008-11-12 Thread markb
Aeskulap does not work on intrepid either :( -- Aeskulap images not seen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229681 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

[Bug 38131] Re: Firefox causes massive Xorg CPU usage

2008-11-12 Thread markb
With regards to my comments above in this bug, I have found my problem. Not sure whether/if this applies to anybody else. I discovered that it is not only Firefox which induces xorg into this crazy cpu state. Xorg would eventually get that way even if I never started firefox, it would just take

[Bug 294934] [NEW] Contacts don't show when offline

2008-11-06 Thread markb
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pidgin I'm a kubuntu + kopete user new to ubuntu + pidgin and see a simple repeatable bug on intrepid 8.10 with pidgin 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1 (up to date as of today). The bug is that any contacts you select to show when offline are only shown after pidgin

[Bug 38131] Re: Firefox causes massive Xorg CPU usage

2008-10-03 Thread markb
I can confirm that disabling shockware flash does not change this problem at all for me. After starting Firefox one or more times, xorg will eventually run flat out and my machine slows down to become nearly unusable. Also, restarting the machine in this state takes ages as it waits for X to

[Bug 176271] Re: major throughput difference (between upload and download) when using iwl3945

2008-09-24 Thread markb
This problem disappeared for me by changing my wireless access point from a Billion to a Linksys WRT54GL (running Tomato 1.21 firmware). Still believe it is a bug in the iwl3945 driver but a bug not exposed for me anymore. -- major throughput difference (between upload and download) when using

[Bug 38131] Re: Firefox causes massive Xorg CPU usage

2008-09-18 Thread markb
Scratch what I wrote above in https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/38131/comments/59. This bug occurs for me with AccelMethod = XAA or with it set to EXA. :( Also, I don't think this bug is flash related. It occurs with both flashplugin-nonfree 9 and 10 for me. -- Firefox causes massive Xorg

[Bug 229681] Re: Aeskulap images not seen

2008-09-10 Thread markb
Got my MRI scans, installed and fired aeskulap up on my ubuntu hardy box to view them, and saw nothing but a blank screens. :( Had to use my wife's windows box. +1 with James to have this fixed on hardy. -- Aeskulap images not seen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229681 You received this bug

[Bug 38131] Re: Firefox causes massive Xorg CPU usage

2008-09-10 Thread markb
I'd like to confirm what Eemil Lagerspetz says above in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/38131/comments/19. My Dell Inspiron 640m laptop (945GM) exhibits this problem running Hardy with the default xorg configuration having AccelMethod = exa. However the problem disappears by

[Bug 206809] Re: Setting Visual effects to None is ignored when logging in again

2008-08-31 Thread markb
Sabastien, are you saying that my comments about this same bug are not appropriate here because I use KDE? I'm not familiar with the ubuntu bug process but should I really have to raise another bug with exactly the same title and description but assigned to a different ubuntu package? -- Setting

[Bug 206809] Re: Setting Visual effects to None is ignored when logging in again

2008-07-28 Thread markb
Not sure if you are asking me Sebastien but I am running Kubuntu Hardy. The Compiz Desktop Effects window pops up from the KDE System/Desktop Effects menu. Seems like exactly the same bug though? -- Setting Visual effects to None is ignored when logging in again

[Bug 176271] Re: major throughput difference (between upload and download) when using iwl3945

2008-07-27 Thread markb
I have this problem on my Dell 640m Inspiron laptop. My downloads are about 2MB/s after a clean reboot but drop to about 700KB/s after a few minutes and never recover, until the next reboot. I've tried the current linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic (with iwl3945 v1.2.0),

[Bug 218180] Re: Uninstall bug with compiz packages for kubuntu/hardy

2008-07-25 Thread markb
I just had this bug and exactly concur with Roderick Greening's description of the problem as above and his suggested fix. Boy, there's some silly bugs around this compiz stuff :( -- Uninstall bug with compiz packages for kubuntu/hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/218180 You received this

[Bug 245386] Re: This page crashes firefox 3 repeatably

2008-07-03 Thread markb
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15806840/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ExtensionSummary.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15806841/ExtensionSummary.txt ** Attachment added: pluginreg.dat.txt

[Bug 245386] [NEW] This page crashes firefox 3 repeatably

2008-07-03 Thread markb
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 If I go to the following site page then firefox 3 on my update-to-date kubuntu hardy system will crash every time. The other pages on that site are ok. Expect a crash before you click on this: http://www.reece.com.au/bathrooms ProblemType:

[Bug 206809] Re: Setting Visual effects to None is ignored when logging in again

2008-06-21 Thread markb
I can confirm this bug. I'm running Kubuntu Hardy and I can change System/Desktop Effects to None and it turn Compiz off for the rest of that session but Compiz comes back after next reboot. [PS. Compiz looks great and I've been running it for a few months now but boy it is buggy, at least on

[Bug 205233] Re: kde-window-decorator crashes when turning on/off KDE's GUI Effects setting

2008-05-11 Thread markb
I'm on a new hardy kubuntu install with a 8600GT card and using nvidia- glx-new. kde-window-decorator crashes very frequently for me when changing various settings in ccsm. As a new user experimenting with compiz, this means it crashes many times a day (since there seems no other way to understand

[Bug 186382] Re: [nvidia 169.xx] gtk window decorator somtimes draws decoration ugly or not at all

2008-05-10 Thread markb
I have a 8600GT and have installed nvidia-glx-new 169.12+2.6.24.12-17.36 and linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-17-generic 2.6.24.12-17.36. I also have: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 270552 2008-04-26 11:53 libnvidia-wfb.so.173.08 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2008-05-10 15:06 libnvidia-wfb.so.1 -

[Bug 186382] Re: [nvidia 169.xx] gtk window decorator somtimes draws decoration ugly or not at all

2008-05-10 Thread markb
I installed the packages from hardy-proposed using aptitude but because I had set up the libwfb.so link manually I don't think the packages corrected it? Anyhow, I set them by hand as above. Note that I have no /usr/lib/nvidia/libwfb* files at all (I did not touch anything in that dir), so surely

[Bug 186382] Re: [nvidia 169.xx] gtk window decorator somtimes draws decoration ugly or not at all

2008-05-10 Thread markb
Yes, in the time I was waiting for your 2nd reply I worked that out for myself. The problem is fixed now. Many thanks for your help. -- [nvidia 169.xx] gtk window decorator somtimes draws decoration ugly or not at all https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186382 You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 115533] Re: spider solitare locked up at end of game, froze panel.

2007-06-28 Thread MarkB
Oops. Sorry about not getting back to you. I completed several gaming sessions over the past several weeks and could not reproduce the error. I will retain your email in case it happens again. I will try to capture a detailed error report. Thanks for the attention to this matter and sorry for

Re: [Bug 115533] Re: spider solitare locked up at end of game, froze panel.

2007-05-19 Thread MarkB
Thanks for the quick followup. Please excuse me if my object naming convention is rough, I'm new to Ubuntu. I was playing the game AisleRiot Solitare Spider. I actually won a game. At the end the gane the Spider window froze. I could not access the menus of the Spider game, the Ubuntu menus

Re: [Bug 115533] Re: spider solitare locked up at end of game, froze panel.

2007-05-19 Thread MarkB
I'll try over the next couple of days and let you know. It's kinda hard to win regularly. //mark Sebastien Bacher wrote: Does it happen every time you win a game? Could you open the system monitor dialog and look if something is using lot of CPU or memory when that happens? -- spider

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