[Bug 978333] Re: xfwm4 is not running after failed shut down / "session manager must be in idle state when requesting a shutdown"

2020-04-08 Thread markling
Ten years later, after installing xubuntu 18.04: " Received error while trying to log out Session manager must be in idle state when requesting a shutdown " All user gui programs are closed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

Re: [Bug 1514600] Re: gnome-mplayer stutters on restarting video with space-bar following fwd/rew arrow keypress

2020-02-05 Thread markling
It was humour. Sarcasm, actually. A protest. Nothing gets reported back to the user but an echo and a snooty put down. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1514600 Title: gnome-mplayer

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

2019-08-01 Thread markling
I found it necessary to lock+suspend the screen before closing the lid. So I did it with a script tied to the keyboard shortcut CTRL+SUPER+DELETE: https://askubuntu.com/a/1162665/297529 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1264115] Re: Gedit hangs while searching in large file

2019-06-30 Thread markling
It seems to be notable in html files when highlighting is on. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1264115 Title: Gedit hangs while searching in large file To manage notifications about

[Bug 1745999] Re: Okular snap package cannot access files outside home directory

2019-05-13 Thread markling
Numpty user scratches around in the dirt looking for some incy little nut that pinged off when he tried to attach some widget. Choking and spluttering in all the dust kicked up down there, it's hard to see. There are all these big cowboy boots kicking around. Its a gabble of developers talking

[Bug 1745999] Re: Okular snap package cannot access files outside home directory

2019-05-13 Thread markling
What has Thunderbird got to do with it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1745999 Title: Okular snap package cannot access files outside home directory To manage notifications about

[Bug 1821364] [NEW] xfce4 install on Ubuntu 18.04 has no polkit agent

2019-03-22 Thread markling
Public bug reported: The problem was evident as en error message when trying run 'Language Support' (gnome-language-selector) after install. (This was the advised way to get the Atom spell-checker working). Error described here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1031319/language-

[Bug 1680635] [NEW] ImportError on Python3 / xenial: No module named 'httplib'

2017-04-06 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Installed as per instructions in pdf manual, ldtp-tutorial.pdf, but used python3 in place of python as usual. It appears however to have installed a python2 version. Hence: - >>> import ldtp Traceback (most recent call last): File "",

[Bug 1542957] Re: SCSI failed | boot failed | APCI complained

2016-02-08 Thread markling
I refuse to use Apport until it offers an option for fully anonymized reporting. That means full anonymization of all filenames, including directories, usernames, strings from filesystem content, addresses, device names and whatever else. I'm boycotting Apport. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1542957] [NEW] SCSI failed | boot failed | APCI complained

2016-02-07 Thread markling
Public bug reported: SCSI stopped working. Machine locks on boot. It was fine before. What should happen: machine boosts, scsi interface enabled What does happen: machine fails to boot, acpi reports problems Boot messages [edited]: ACPI PCC Probe Failed Starting Version 219 Worker[139]

[Bug 1514600] Re: gnome-mplayer stutters on restarting video with space-bar following fwd/rew arrow keypress

2015-11-22 Thread markling
Helloo! (Helloo... Hello... Hell... Hellooo... Helloo... Hello... Hell... Hellooo... Helloo...) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1514600

[Bug 1486445] Re: Lots of zeitgeist errors

2015-11-22 Thread markling
My syslog is full of zeitgeist errors like this: org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine ... DataInserter: destroyed with unflushed data... org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine ... database is locked It seems also to be causing problems with other applications:

[Bug 1516373] [NEW] gpu-manager segfault after log reports "Kernel Module is not loaded"

2015-11-15 Thread markling
Public bug reported: gpu-manager.conf reports "Kernel Module is not loaded". While investigating (there's scant info about gpu-manager), i attempted "gpu- manager -h". Caused segmentation fault. lspci: 01:00.1 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV370 GL [FireGL V3100]

[Bug 1514600] Re: gnome-mplayer stutters on restarting video with space-bar following fwd/rew arrow keypress

2015-11-12 Thread markling
I would be eager to perform any further investigation of this bug as required, if given suitable instructions. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1514600 Title: gnome-mplayer stutters on

[Bug 1514600] Re: gnome-mplayer stutters on restarting video with space-bar following fwd/rew arrow keypress

2015-11-12 Thread markling
It occurs while playing mp3's such that using the arrow keys to navigate a recording make playback stutter so much that it renders the navigation almost pointless. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1514912] [NEW] Thunar crash while copying files (segfault / possible clash with gnome.zeitgeist.Engine)

2015-11-10 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Crash while drag+dropping five files from one folder to a subfolder. Long file / folder names with unusual characters. Thunar hung, then crashed. Logs attached. ** Affects: thunar (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: thunar xfce zeitgeist **

[Bug 1514600] Re: gnome-mplayer stutters on restarting video with space-bar following fwd/rew arrow keypress

2015-11-10 Thread markling
Stutter occurred also when playing an mp3 without pausing or rwd/fwding play. It also occurred that I played the same audio file without stutter, even while pausing and doing rwd/fwd during play. So I thought this was not a problem that effected audio. But it did when the same audio was played a

[Bug 1514600] Re: gnome-mplayer stutters on restarting video with space-bar following fwd/rew arrow keypress

2015-11-10 Thread markling
The video stutter doesn't appear to occur if you avoid using the arrow keys to fwd/rev and only use the mouse pointer to relocate the video. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1514600

[Bug 1514600] [NEW] gnome-mplayer stutters on restarting video with space-bar following fwd/rew arrow keypress

2015-11-09 Thread markling
Public bug reported: 1. Start video : plays fine. 2. Spacebar to video : works fine 4. Spacebar to video : works fine If however: 5. ">" to video : goes okay 6. Spacebar to video : works fine 7. Spacebar to video : video

[Bug 798414] Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space

2015-11-09 Thread markling
No, Bill Canaday (bill13510). No, no, no. And no. The linux way is everyone does their bit to make the software better. Users, who are not developers or system administrators, report when things don't work properly. This is a time-consuming and often seemingly thankless, fruitless and pointless

[Bug 1319829] Re: aa-genprof will crash when select scan on Ubuntu 14.04 server

2015-06-15 Thread markling
Bravo. This is an issue for new users, btw, because the rather well written Introduction to Apparmor by Bodhi.Zazen on Ubuntu Forums (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1008906) uses Genprof at the crucial point where its tutorial teaches you how to build a profile. And it makes a special

[Bug 1319829] Re: aa-genprof will crash when select scan on Ubuntu 14.04 server

2015-06-12 Thread markling
So, yah. I'm getting this error. But I'm on 14.04 LTS. It's still running the malfunctioning Apparmor 2.8.95~2430. It seems then that fix 2.8.96~2541 was never issued. Apparmor seems impotent. It seems as though it is impossible to configure, impossible to use Apparmor to secure a machine

[Bug 1463125] Re: ubuntu 14.04 stuck (apparently) during install

2015-06-12 Thread markling
I'm sorry but I have no time to reinstall to recreate the error. I have just spent half my night/early hours learning/trying to get Apparmor to work only to discover it is running a bug that has been fixed but apparently not implemented. bah. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1463125] [NEW] ubuntu 14.04 stuck (apparently) during install

2015-06-08 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 14.04 Install appears to have hung. Install is unable to proceed beyond the user options screen. There is no dialogue button for next or any other way for the user to tell the install to continue. This install was started from live desktop icon. The install then

[Bug 1463125] Re: ubuntu 14.04 stuck (apparently) during install

2015-06-08 Thread markling
The workaround to this bug was to click back and then continue again. The install then offered a continue option on the user details screen instead of the odd, impotent connect option. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1460997] [NEW] Wastebasket / Trash can't handle long file names

2015-06-02 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Can't delete files with names longer than 131 characters. Thunar says: File operation in progress Moving files into the wastebasket... Unable to create wastebasket info file File name too long Using 'rm' on the command line does delete the file. gvfs-trash, however,

[Bug 1452371] [NEW] Thunar failing to display file data accurately

2015-05-06 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Thunar is regularly failing to display file data correctly. E.g. After copying files between two directories today, Thunar displayed the copies with file sizes that were different from reality. Attached screenshots show Thunar's listing of files in the two directories. The

[Bug 1364036] Re: Manual login disappeared after update of lightdm / greeter

2014-10-01 Thread markling
I changed this to New, because the info requested has been supplied and the bug is therefore not incomplete, and because Undecided was not given as an option. ** Changed in: ubuntustudio-default-settings (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1218510] Re: Fails to open due to: PNG read error in /usr/share/mplayer/skins/default/main

2014-10-01 Thread markling
The Paul Andreassen fix worked for me. Hurrah. Shame the bug won't get fixed. Have people given up on Linux now everything's going mobile? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1218510 Title:

[Bug 1364036] Re: Manual login disappeared after update of lightdm / greeter

2014-10-01 Thread markling
Pointless. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364036 Title: Manual login disappeared after update of lightdm / greeter To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1218510] Re: Fails to open due to: PNG read error in /usr/share/mplayer/skins/default/main

2014-09-30 Thread markling
I fired an Ubuntu-bug report on this. I hope it came through. I can't see it here. But I sent it here. How can you tell? I also hope very much that the bug gets fixed. mplayer is still the greatest media player. I miss it very much. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1364036] Re: Manual login disappeared after update of lightdm / greeter

2014-09-27 Thread markling
I hadn't edited any config._. I can tell you no more than is supplied in the apport report and associated files I supplied. I hope this helps. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364036

[Bug 579876] Re: encrypted home directory isn't mounted if password changed by another user

2014-09-23 Thread markling
Credible help pages say you should avoid changing a password as root (e.g. http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/Ecryptfs#Password). That is all very well if you know it. But you are not likely to know it if your system doesn't tell you. And users are encouraged to change passwords on the command line

[Bug 1371964] Re: Permission denied while writing tags from filename

2014-09-23 Thread markling
Would you be kind enough to suggest where this report might be directed in order for it to help trace the problem to its source and contribute to its resolution? I think grubby little bugs like this are an important matter for linux and Ubuntu, and all the open source app developers who use the

[Bug 1371964] Re: Permission denied while writing tags from filename

2014-09-23 Thread markling
Ah so. The owner of the offending files was root. A user action caused Gmusicbrowser to be unable to write tags. It concerned files that had been unpacked using a command line program from a root account - by me. But this is not nevertheless a user problem. It is a problem with linux being

[Bug 1371964] Re: Permission denied while writing tags from filename

2014-09-23 Thread markling
There was also very bizarrely, one music folder with permissions: -r. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371964 Title: Permission denied while writing tags from filename To

[Bug 579876] Re: encrypted home directory isn't mounted if password changed by another user

2014-09-22 Thread markling
This is definitely a bug. And nothing's been done about it after four years. Not even - as discussed here - some simple messages to inform users that they are about to break their system and lose their data. This really is atrocious. Users are most likely to encounter this problem because: i)

[Bug 1371964] Re: Permission denied while writing tags from filename

2014-09-22 Thread markling
Dear Quentin If it's to do with permissions, then it could be a more fundamental problem with the way linux software handles music files. The file permissions for my music are set by whatever linux programs create them. They are usually created by soundjuicer or soundconverter. Some permissions

[Bug 406373] Re: rhythmbox crashed with SIGSEGV in rb_encoder_encode()

2014-09-20 Thread markling
This bug appears to have been fixed! It seems so. I installed Rhythbox the other day, completely on the off-chance because I had got fed up with being unable to update my ipod. And it worked! I just did it again too! This is brilliant. Linux is brilliant. We are really not worthy of such

[Bug 1371964] [NEW] Permission denied while writing tags from filename

2014-09-20 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Following error when attempting to write tags generated from filename: Error while writing tag... Permission denied Error opening '~/Music/Can/Tago Mago/Can - Tago Mago - 01 - Paperhouse.flac' for writing. N.B. : Tags do write without error when I attempt to do it in the

[Bug 1220429] Re: gmusicbrowser lost saved lists

2014-09-03 Thread markling
FYI, installed gmusicbrowser again after some time away (v 1.1.12+ds0-1). It's looking very nice indeed. I'll report any helpful bugs or suggestions in the appropriate place, which I presume is there (http://gmusicbrowser.org/) rather than here? -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1292425] Re: apport does not specify what personal data it collects and reports

2014-09-01 Thread markling
More on Apport bug. Just reporting another bug now, Apport gave me the option of including logs. It said if you include logs they might contain personal data such as username and something-or-other. This is brilliant. A most welcome and reassuring sign of progress. The procedure could be

[Bug 1220429] Re: gmusicbrowser lost saved lists

2014-08-25 Thread markling
Dear Quentin Subsequent to these reports distribution upgrades and/or bug infestations forcing reinstallation led me to lose my gmb application data. I'm looking frantically through backups but am facing the possibility that it is lost. Quodlibet stopped working altogether on Xubuntu 14.04. It

[Bug 1276739] Re: partman-crypto uses xts by default, yet xts.ko kernel module is not present in 3.2 (original-point-zero stack) crypto-modules-udeb

2014-06-30 Thread markling
This bug appears to be a problem with Xubuntu AMD64 12.04.4 Alternate. I have been prevented using this disk to rescue an encrypted LVM system because, it says, reload ioctl failed...failed to setup dm-crypt key mapping for device... check that kernel supports aes-xts-plain64 cipher. The system

[Bug 1276739] Re: partman-crypto uses xts by default, yet xts.ko kernel module is not present in 3.2 (original-point-zero stack) crypto-modules-udeb

2014-06-30 Thread markling
GParted Live CD doesn't appear to be able to help either - no facility to work on encrypted partitions: http://gparted.org/features.php -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276739 Title:

[Bug 1333386] Re: Package system broken, update failed, keyboard failed on boot, root partition full

2014-06-24 Thread markling
Would someone be kind enough to change this from 'Thunar' bug to 'Software-updater' bug? I do not appear to have the facility to do this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186 Title:

[Bug 1206145] Re: xfce segfault complete system failure after Thunar crash

2014-06-23 Thread markling
Excuse me, Thaddäus. Didn't see your question here. Thunar has been regularly crashing out in a similar fashion in 14.04 but not with fatal consequences. I have been required only to restart Thunar to continue work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1333386] [NEW] Package system broken, update failed, keyboard failed on boot, root partition full

2014-06-23 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Repeated failure of xubuntu/ubuntu updates repeatedly causes my system to crash severely. I recently had to reinstall my operating system after a failed update. I may now have to do it again. The cause is this perennial problem of the root partition getting full up within

[Bug 1333386] Re: Package system broken, update failed, keyboard failed on boot, root partition full

2014-06-23 Thread markling
btw, this is not a Thunar bug. In the box where it asks what package this bug affects, I wrote, 'software-updater'. But Launchpad took it as a Thunar bug all the same. Probably because I was on the page of another Thunar bug when I selected 'report-bug'. I suspect it's also a Grub bug. -- You

[Bug 285080] Re: incorrect error: there is not enough room on the disk to save

2014-05-25 Thread markling
This effects me on a fresh install of Xubuntu 14.04 LTS. Installed about two weeks ago. I am suddenly unable to download files. I have been blocked downloading a .pdf and a .zip. Firefox gives me this error message: There is not enough room on the disc to save /tmp/filename Remove unnecessary

[Bug 285080] Re: incorrect error: there is not enough room on the disk to save

2014-05-25 Thread markling
Can I suggest the name of this bug is changed? It seems that the error message is correct. The problem with it is that it is unhelpful. The bug is not that the message is in error. The bug is that there isn't space to save downloads when there should be. This is a serious bug. So I would

[Bug 285080] Re: incorrect error: there is not enough room on the disk to save

2014-05-25 Thread markling
Oh, mine is AMD64 as well, btw. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285080 Title: incorrect error: there is not enough room on the disk to save To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 285080] Re: incorrect error: there is not enough room on the disk to save

2014-05-25 Thread markling
* I reset the machine after clearing trash. = The .zip file downloaded fine To try and identify the problem: * I sent another 8.4Gb of stuff to the trash. (Though this involved deleting some stuff from /home, so it might not have the desired effect). * Attempted to download another 400Mb zip =

[Bug 285080] Re: incorrect error: there is not enough room on the disk to save

2014-05-25 Thread markling
* Sent another 10Gb of files to trash in stages (to get around Xubuntu not wanting to add 10Gb of files to trash all at once looks like another bug) * df shows tmp still only 1% full -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 285080] Re: incorrect error: there is not enough room on the disk to save

2014-05-25 Thread markling
A related problem that may shed further light on this bug: Simultabeous to this is a bug that keeps making Thunar crash. I just tried reporting that bug using ubuntu-bug and got this error: The problem cannot be reported: Your home partition has less than 38.345728 MB of free space available,

[Bug 103075] Re: Can't burn a cd

2014-03-25 Thread markling
This error still occurs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to k3b in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103075 Title: Can't burn a cd To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1292425] [NEW] apport does not specify what personal data it collects and reports

2014-03-14 Thread markling
Public bug reported: apport does not specify what personal data it collects and reports. So, for example, if you want to report a bug on gedit, you've no idea if it reports your doc content, or with Thunar your file system structure, or session, the names of every document and window you have

[Bug 1292425] Re: apport does not specify what personal data it collects and reports

2014-03-14 Thread markling
and the process that delivered these error messages (whatever one it was, there's no active apport process, so it's hard to tell, but these were messages delivered to the command line in response to the command ubuntu -bug apport-gtk) has still got the gavel in the terminal window where it was

[Bug 1292425] Re: apport does not specify what personal data it collects and reports

2014-03-14 Thread markling
This on the command line, btw, when I reported this: Gtk-Message: Failed to load module gail Gtk-Message: Failed to load module atk-bridge Gtk-Message: Failed to load module gail Gtk-Message: Failed to load module atk-bridge :~$ (process:22401): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion

[Bug 1292425] Re: apport does not specify what personal data it collects and reports

2014-03-14 Thread markling
And would someone please help with this? : I want to report an xfce4-session bug. But I cannot. I have 27 gedit document tabs open in 7 workspaces, 5 Firefox windows with 65 tabs, 5 thunar windows/tabs, 4 terminal windows, 4 search windows, 2 x Recoll, 9 x Okular. (Excuse me if I missed anything

[Bug 1292425] Re: apport does not specify what personal data it collects and reports

2014-03-14 Thread markling
More info on the xfce4-session bug. (Would someone be kind enough to file it, since I have been unable to do so myself?) I closed down each group of windows, methodically attempting to save session/shutdown each time. The error recurred every time. Even after closing all open application

[Bug 1289793] [NEW] Saved sessions don't remember xfce workspaces

2014-03-08 Thread markling
Public bug reported: The session manager opens almost all saved windows in the same workspace, regardless of which workspace they were in when they were saved. This appears to be a problem related to the applications. Gedit windows, for example, are all restored to their prior workspaces.

[Bug 1287080] [NEW] network manager icon disappeared

2014-03-03 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Network manager icon disappeared. Cannot put it back. Cannot report nm-applet as ubuntu-bug. Apport says: Package nm-applet does not exist Yet: ps -eaf | grep nm-applet mark 7332 7283 0 09:07 pts/300:00:00 grep --color=auto nm-applet However, putting filter

[Bug 1287084] [NEW] network manager icon disappeared

2014-03-03 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Please see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network- manager/+bug/1287080 (Ubuntu-bug wouldn't let me add this information to that bug, presumably it can't see it because its a bug reported against a different application). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu

[Bug 1287080] Re: network manager icon disappeared

2014-03-03 Thread markling
I simultaneously reported bug info for xfce4-panel as well: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-panel/+bug/1287084 I do think, btw, that this should be down as a security vulnerability. The bug has left me as a simple user without any control over my network aside from the switch on

[Bug 1215182] Re: xfce 4 session manager does not save session

2014-03-03 Thread markling
This problem seems to have been fixed. Has anything been updated or changed? Session manager is now saving sessions successfully and presenting them as options on startup. Sessions are restoring. It is brilliant. One glaring problem remains: it seems that no applications bar Gedit can remember in

[Bug 1287080] Re: network manager icon disappeared

2014-03-03 Thread markling
Ignoring this EOL business for now, here's a quick fix, the problem and the solution. The quick fix is miraculous, really. You just type nm-applet on the command line. The problem was that Network Manager was deselected in Session Startup Dialogue. I probably did this and forgot all about it.

[Bug 1275047] [NEW] package evolution-data-server-common 3.6.4-0ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: package evolution-data-server-common is already installed and configured

2014-01-31 Thread markling
Public bug reported: See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+filebug/bf2e8944-8aa7-11e3-b112-002481e7f48a?field.title=package%20libcamel-1.2-40%203.6.4-0ubuntu1.1%20failed%20to%20install/upgrade%3A%20package%20libcamel-1.2-40%20is%20already%20installed%20and%20configured

[Bug 1275050] [NEW] package libcamel-1.2-40 3.6.4-0ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: package libcamel-1.2-40 is already installed and configured

2014-01-31 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Was trying to install SABnzbd+ through the Software Centre. The Software Centre said the install failed. It then requested a restart. Simultaneous to this, three bugs were reported in succession: this one and the two others listed below. Immediately after reporting the

[Bug 1275048] [NEW] package gnome-icon-theme-full 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package gnome-icon-theme-full is already installed and configured

2014-01-31 Thread markling
Public bug reported: See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+filebug/bf2e8944-8aa7-11e3-b112-002481e7f48a?field.title=package%20libcamel-1.2-40%203.6.4-0ubuntu1.1%20failed%20to%20install/upgrade%3A%20package%20libcamel-1.2-40%20is%20already%20installed%20and%20configured

[Bug 1268565] [NEW] Software updater package operation failed

2014-01-13 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Update manager failed to install packages. Before that, it warned me its updates were coming from untrusted sources. But it did not tell me which updates or which sources, nor offer me an opportunity to deselect them or troubleshoot the problem. Then it failed to install.

[Bug 103075] Re: Can't burn a cd

2013-12-22 Thread markling
So k3b settings says: Default Temporary Directory: /tmp/kde-username/ It would seem to make sense for the k3b to either choose a tmp directory that exists or to create it itself. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1260453] [NEW] Thunar window maximised to fill whole screen after crash

2013-12-12 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Had a couple of windows open in a workspace - it was workspace 3, as it happens. One of the open windows was Thunar - call it window A. The other, probably Gedit - call it window B. I was closing down: routine, closing windows. Various windows were open in various workspaces.

[Bug 1220429] Re: gmusicbrowser lost saved lists

2013-12-12 Thread markling
You may be interested in knowing the same thing happens with Quod Libet. And specifically, the same thing happened to me when using Quod Libet: 1) music on external, USB HDD; 2) Playlist made with Quod Libet library of this disk; 3) Over time... 4). One time opened Quod Libet before

[Bug 1078741] Re: ALT+printscreen (PrtSc) for taking screenshots not working

2013-11-18 Thread markling
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 642792 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/642792 This bug should be reopened. From where I'm sitting its an xfce4 bug, or a Xubuntu bug. It is not a duplicate bug of #642792 for two reasons. One is that #642792 was a Gnome bug. Second, #642792 was

[Bug 1078741] Re: ALT+printscreen (PrtSc) for taking screenshots not working

2013-11-18 Thread markling
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 642792 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/642792 I'm using xfce4-screenshoot 1.8.1-1 / amd64 I cannot get a keyboard press to do a print screen / screen shot. Any of the following key presses do nothing: Print Screen CTRL-Print Screen ALT-Print Screen

[Bug 1078741] Re: ALT+printscreen (PrtSc) for taking screenshots not working

2013-11-18 Thread markling
I have removed this bug's status as a duplicate of bug #642792. It is worth noting here that the screenshot app no longer appears to provide a facility for choosing screen/window capture, and timed capture. I don't know what happened to these, but it seems like a backwards step. ** This bug is

[Bug 1223848] Re: Thunar hogging processor after problem mounting external drive

2013-10-15 Thread markling
Here's a more specific account of this problem: External, USB, encrypted, windows disk. Click on disk in Thunar device list. Thunar throws a password window up. Cancel the action. Thunar closes the Window but retains the process. Thunar keeps the device busy in the Device list: its rotating

[Bug 798414] Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space

2013-10-14 Thread markling
So here's the scenario: . Thunar crashed out again when I was in the middle of some work. . Software upates have been waiting for a week because they won't install until I manually remove my operating system's discarded kernel images . So I stop work to install the updates but there are 19

[Bug 798414] Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space

2013-10-14 Thread markling
This is still happening. I can't stress enough what an incredible hinderance it is to the working day when your system starts crashing and you have to do the updates but the updates won't work because you have first to remove old kernel images your OS has not cleaned up. So I go trapsing after

[Bug 798414] Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space

2013-10-14 Thread markling
The name of this error is unhelpful. update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space It should be: software updater preventing installing updates by rubbish heap of old kernel images or ubuntu should clean up its discarded kernel images automatically

[Bug 1232784] Re: package linux-image-extra-3.8.0-31-generic 3.8.0-31.46 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1

2013-10-12 Thread markling
This bug is the same as: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /initramfs-tools/+bug/798414 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1232784 Title: package

[Bug 1206145] Re: xfce segfault complete system failure after Thunar crash

2013-10-11 Thread markling
I've had minor repeats of this problem, without the linux black screen of death. Just happened twice within an hour. Filed crash reports. Both occassions was rapidly pressing the up arrow on the Thunar navigation panel. Can't see cause. First time was about three directories deep on an external,

[Bug 376073] Re: Pdf search doesn't find strings running over lines

2013-10-08 Thread markling
This error is still effecting me. It has been this way for four years. I have a pdf open in Okular. If I search for a term with two words, Okular will not find it if the term runs over a line. So you have to remember to search for either of the words in the term, and lug past all those matches

[Bug 1234628] [NEW] Crash Report from kernel update lost after internet connection dropped

2013-10-03 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Kernel update gave an error after reset. Apport began compiling a crash report. My internet connection dropped while Apport was compiling the report. Apport then asked me to approve the report filing. I told it to go ahead. Apport failed because there wasn't an internet

[Bug 1230231] [NEW] gnome-sound-recorder does not record

2013-09-25 Thread markling
Public bug reported: gnome-sound-recorder not working. Failure was, initially, an attempt to get it recording streaming audio out of the box. That having failed, I tried changing its options, and my (alsa) sound options. Failing that I started looking for help online: the problem looked

[Bug 1230231] Re: gnome-sound-recorder does not record

2013-09-25 Thread markling
Woah there though. My description of Alsa user interface settings is only the *impression* I have after being unable to make any sense of them. The input settings are actually described in fairly plain English. All of the settings are not. And in combination, the effect is to overwhlem the user

[Bug 1230231] Re: gnome-sound-recorder does not record

2013-09-25 Thread markling
Something else of note regarding the actual bug. The user interface for my (alsa) sound settings seems to only offer options when there is a sound programme active. The 'Recording' tab in my sound settings interface says: No application is currently recording audio. It says this even after I

[Bug 1223848] Re: Thunar hogging processor after problem mounting external drive

2013-09-25 Thread markling
Here it is again. External drive. Windows fomatted. Ubuntu-encrypted. Left on overnight. Beyond midnight it gets auto-dismounted. Active applications (in this case Quod Libet) think it's still there till they try and access. They find it is not. When you right-click / mount in Thunar, it gives

[Bug 1223848] Re: Thunar hogging processor after problem mounting external drive

2013-09-25 Thread markling
Thunar just crashed out. Reconnected auto-dismounted disk. Got on with work. A different workspace, a different Thunar window: navigate into folder, navigate up arrow out again. Thunar hangs and bails out. Restart OK for now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1223848] Re: Thunar hogging processor after problem mounting external drive

2013-09-19 Thread markling
Very shortly after I filed that last report yesterday, Thunar crashed and bailed. This has happened before when its exhibited problems with external disks. It generated a bug report of the crash, which I sent. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1227598] [NEW] Simon speech recognition will not start: could not initialize scenarios and shadow dictionary

2013-09-19 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Simon gives following error: could not initialize scenarios and shadow dictionary I installed using 'sudo apt-get install simon' at the command line. It reported this back: QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may

[Bug 1223321] Re: update-notifier notifies of phased-updates for which you may not be eligible

2013-09-18 Thread markling
I don't know about the new summary Brian has put on this bug: update- notifier notifies of phased-updates for which you may not be eligible. But I do know that the original summary I put on it was perfectly comprehensible and that it has now been changed into something almost illegible ;) This

[Bug 1223321] Re: update-notifier says 29 updates available but Software Updater says just 8

2013-09-18 Thread markling
I just installed those 29 updates, by the way. And then my system does a popup that says: there are 20 updates available. So here I am with this new update message, and I think either my system didn't check the last lot of updates properly. Or it's got another bunch of updates it could only do

[Bug 1223848] Re: Thunar hogging processor after problem mounting external drive

2013-09-18 Thread markling
Here's another example. External disk, encrypted, listed in Thunar devices. I click on it. Thunar brings pops up a password form. I enter the password incorrectly. The form disappears. I tried a few times. (Damned passwords). But then it seems Thunar hasn't let go of it. Thunar's 'busy' wheel is

[Bug 1225656] [NEW] removed songs reappear in gmusicbrowser lists

2013-09-15 Thread markling
Public bug reported: Populate a couple of lists of songs in gmusicbrowser. Remove one or two songs from one of them. Go to the other list. Then go back to the first. The removed songs will have reappeared, as if by magic. An aside of possible

[Bug 1223848] Re: Thunar hogging processor after problem mounting external drive

2013-09-14 Thread markling
This occurs in different scenarios. Here's one: Thunar devices list shows attached but unmounted external drive B. The drive is encrypted. In normal practice the following works as expected: mouse click drive B in Thunar devices list; Thunar gives popus asking for encryption password; password

[Bug 1223848] [NEW] Thunar hogging processor after problem mounting external drive

2013-09-11 Thread markling
Public bug reported: I'll come back and fill in the details later. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: thunar 1.6.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44-generic 3.8.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 Architecture: amd64 Date:

[Bug 1223321] Re: Software updater says there are 7 updates when there are only 2

2013-09-11 Thread markling
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[Bug 1223321] Re: Software updater says there are 7 updates when there are only 2

2013-09-11 Thread markling
Righto, Seth. Thanks. Apologies for the alarm. I see how the distinction between whether it *is* a secuirty vulnerability or *might be* one may be important from your point of view. The distinction in less marked for a user in no position to be able to discern the difference, or indeed tell if

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