[Bug 1736664] Re: gnome-shell crashed with SIGTRAP in _g_log_abort() from g_log_default_handler() from default_log_handler() from g_logv() from g_log() from gjs_callback_closure() from ffi_closure_uni

2020-01-16 Thread sparr
I have created a more specific bug report, for a crash triggered from the file browser in the Discord app, here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1736664 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1860052] [NEW] gnome-shell crash when typing into file browser dialog in Discord app

2020-01-16 Thread sparr
Public bug reported: This is a specific instance of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /gnome-shell/+bug/1736664 I cannot see the journal that will be attached to the bug in advance, so I can't copy the error message to the summary. While using the Discord app I clicked the (+) button in

[Bug 1736664] Re: gnome-shell crashed with SIGTRAP in _g_log_abort() from g_log_default_handler() from default_log_handler() from g_logv() from g_log() from gjs_callback_closure() from ffi_closure_uni

2020-01-16 Thread sparr
https://errors.ubuntu.com/oops/89b39b4a-38b3-11ea-b8ae-fa163e102db1 https://errors.ubuntu.com/oops/9d568826-30e1-11ea-a775-fa163ee63de6 these two crashes seem to be this bug. this is a recurring (but not easily reproducible) problem for me, most often triggered by typing into the File > Open

[Bug 1832086] [NEW] bug report

2019-06-08 Thread Peter Sparr
Public bug reported: Cant send bug report from Ubuntu Studio 19.10 ** Affects: xfce4-panel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1274613] Re: module-bluetooth-discover does not load on login

2015-07-18 Thread sparr
This problem seems to persist in Xubuntu 15.04. The PPA mentioned in comment #20 does not have packages for vivid, only trusty. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1274613 Title:

[Bug 1189653] [NEW] User Accounts password change form incorrectly says Wrong password when password chage restrictions in effect

2013-06-10 Thread sparr
Public bug reported: If a user has password expiry restrictions in place that prevent password changes (such as a minimum password age set with chage) and they try to change their password through the User Accounts tool, they will see a red warning icon to the right of the Current password field,

[Bug 1189653] Re: User Accounts password change form incorrectly says Wrong password when password chage restrictions in effect

2013-06-10 Thread sparr
`xprop WM_CLASS` says the user account and password change windows both have the class gnome-control-center ** Package changed: ubuntu = gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 224477] Re: /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d calls /sbin/runlevel without DEPENDSing upstart

2012-11-30 Thread sparr
Thank you Mark. This should, perhaps, be moved to a bug on one of the sysv packages. My original assignment to the upstart package was likely mistaken. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 583056] Re: Assertion error (r == n_visible_rows) in gtk_file_system_model_sort causes applications to crash

2011-12-15 Thread sparr
I am still seeing this bug in multiple applications while using GTK+ 2.24 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/583056 Title: Assertion error (r == n_visible_rows) in

[Bug 588441] Re: Prompted for root password for Administration features as non-sudoer

2010-09-08 Thread sparr
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem, - Log in as a user who is not an Admin or a sudoer - From the menu bar click System Adminstration Printing Add 2. the behavior you expected - prompt for root password or sudoer credentials with better

[Bug 61463]

2010-06-15 Thread sparr
http://z1owlxoyjtw.ezacutjupl.com -- Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61463 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 588441] [NEW] Prompted for root password for Administration features as non-sudoer

2010-06-01 Thread sparr
Public bug reported: While logged in as a user who is neither an Admin nor a sudoer, attempting to do System Administration Printing Add (or any of a hundred other administration tasks) results in a prompt for the root password. I have no root password, nor do I use the root user. This

[Bug 455073] Re: A mouse pointer keeps reappearing during video playback in smplayer

2009-10-26 Thread sparr
The fault here lies with mplayer, specifically 22disable- xscreensaver.patch https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/karmic/mplayer/karmic revision 54 the patch was turned off revision 56 it was turned back on ** Package changed: smplayer (Ubuntu) = mplayer (Ubuntu) ** Changed in:

[Bug 423446] Re: Shell autocomplete will not proceed past path with escaped characters

2009-10-05 Thread sparr
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 419509 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419509 This problem persists after uninstalling bash-completion. I may have failed to test that situation adequately, but so far I believe this to be a bash bug, not a bash-completion bug. -- Shell autocomplete

[Bug 423446] [NEW] Shell autocomplete will not proceed past path with escaped characters

2009-09-02 Thread sparr
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bash When using bash to autocomplete a path that contains escaped characters (such as a space), it will not complete anything once the path contains the escaped character. mkdir foo\ bar[ENTER] mkdir foo\ bar/baz[ENTER] cd foo[TAB] result: cd foo\ bar/

[Bug 413950] Re: Incorrect cursor positioning in Firefox.

2009-08-21 Thread sparr
I am seeing a possibly related issue with dragging tabs, occasionally what I intend to be a horizontal drag (or even a click) will be interpreted as enough of a vertical drag to tear the tab off into a new window. -- Incorrect cursor positioning in Firefox. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/413950

[Bug 348818] [NEW] forcedeth random MAC for nvidia chipset on boot

2009-03-25 Thread sparr
Public bug reported: My onboard nVidia NIC is assigned a random MAC address every time I boot. The detected MAC is invalid because it is being read backwards. This may be related to Bug #175333 (and many other similar suspend/resume bug reports with the same symptom), but is not a duplicate

[Bug 339100] Re: jaunty upgrade fails when libboost-python-dev is installed

2009-03-13 Thread sparr
More detailed output, also including another python upgrade problem. I had to remove libboost-dbg and libboost-python-dev and pitivi, then python upgraded successfully. Should this one bug encompass all 3 problems, or should separate bugs be opened? Setting up python (2.6.1-0ubuntu3) ...

[Bug 82108] Re: forcedeth changes MAC address after suspend/resume

2009-03-02 Thread sparr
I encounter this same problem, but every boot instead of on resume. Problem originated in gutsy (I think), persists through hardy and intrepid. It also caused the eth0,eth1,...,eth99 bug, but a fix for the network device name rules found elsewhere resolved that. If that is a sufficiently

[Bug 297373] Re: depends on nonexistent binutils-avr (= 2.18-4)

2008-12-21 Thread sparr
This seems to be fixed, with the dependency changed to = 2.16.1-1 ** Changed in: gcc-avr (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Committed -- depends on nonexistent binutils-avr (= 2.18-4) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297373 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 297373] [NEW] depends on nonexistent binutils-avr (= 2.18-4)

2008-11-12 Thread sparr
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gcc-avr I am using Intrepid. As far as I can see, binutils-avr 2.18-3 is the latest version available. I am unable to apt-get build-dep gcc-avr because of this. ** Affects: gcc-avr (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- depends

[Bug 225297] [NEW] update-menus fvwm-crystal calls sh with bash parameter -r

2008-05-01 Thread sparr
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: fvwm-crystal /etc/menu-methods/fvwm-crystal (package fvwm-crystal) contains a call on line 20 to sh -r ..., although -r is not a valid POSIX sh parameter. Specifically, it is a valid bash parameter but not a valid dash parameter. This causes many errors

[Bug 224477] [NEW] upstart /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d calls /sbin/runlevel without DEPENDSing sysvinit or upstart-compat-sysv

2008-04-29 Thread sparr
Public bug reported: upstart's /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d script makes a call to /sbin/runlevel (on line 274). if neither sysvinit nor upstart-compat-sysv are installed then /sbin/runlevel won't exist, and it complains. one of those packages, or one of their PROVIDES, should be a DEPENDS of upstart.

[Bug 134725] xrandr rotates screen, does not change resolution

2007-08-25 Thread sparr
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-i810 After upgrading to gutsy (on 2007 08 22) xrandr now rotates the screen but does not change the apparent resolution. When it should change from 1024x768 to 768x1024 (a not-native resolution) it does not, leaving me with a 1024x768

[Bug 134729] kde panel buttons jump when moved

2007-08-25 Thread sparr
Public bug reported: Using gutsy, when I have a non-kde-application on my panel (as a button) and I drag it around, the outline box showing where it will land jumps around and is sometimes not visible. When I drop the button that I am dragging often it will drop in the wrong place, or other

[Bug 105962] Re: Feisty: KDE System Settings crashed when trying to open it (Backtrace attached)

2007-08-23 Thread sparr
I have the same problem, system settings crashes when i try to load it. This started after edgy-feisty dist-upgrade, and possibly some other package installations. This same issue may also be causing kcontrol to display only a few rare options (empty Network folder and Perhiperals-OBEX Devices).

Re: [Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2007-04-10 Thread sparr
Once again I feel the need to point out that this change is no worse than upgrading from XFree to X.org, or from GCC2/3 to GCC3/4. Those changes also broke* many existing programs, build processes, and scripts, but we made them for the greater good. * broke in this context meaning exposed

Re: [Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2007-02-17 Thread sparr
I believe that FAR less dashisms will creep in than bashisms have over time. Just like switching web browsers... A developer who switches from IE to Firefox has to give up all his IE-isms. He might pick up a couple of Firefox-isms, but I am almost certain that there will be less of them and

Re: [Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2007-02-17 Thread sparr
I could maybe see patching dash to die with an error This script contains invalid syntax, try running it with /bin/bash instead of /bin/sh when it encounters one of various known bashisms like echo -e. On 2/17/07, nemti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No matter how many script devs you complain to,

Re: [Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2007-02-16 Thread sparr
On 2/16/07, Martin Buchholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will probably continue to use Ubuntu on my home machine, since I am a bit of a reckless hobbyist there myself, but will recommend NOT using Ubuntu at work, and will look around for a distribution that values reliability more for my next

Re: [Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2007-02-05 Thread sparr
Because there shouldn't be one. There was no warning when the default X switched from XFree to X.org, because non-broken programs don't know the difference. There is no warning when upgrading gcc from 2.x to 3.x to 4.x, despite it being well known that that breaks MANY build processes. On

Re: [Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2007-01-24 Thread sparr
On 1/24/07, Mark Constable [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a choice, do I edit all these scripts (1000s!!!), do I self maintain a hacked /bin/sh link to /bin/bash, or, do I assign my future to another distro that I can trust not to put me in this position again? Or do you take the simple

Re: [Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2007-01-23 Thread sparr
I cannot disagree more. The Ubuntu devs have done a far greater good here than with any other distro I have used in the past. Being willing to take steps like this, instead of waiting for optional compliance that will never happen, is exactly what we need more of. On 1/23/07, Mark Constable

[Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2007-01-07 Thread sparr
The overwhelming majority of Ubuntu users would almost never notice application installs running faster? I am serious. There are packages that take over a minute for post-install dpkg configuration, and dash speeds them up a LOT. It's the difference in spending 10 minutes or 30 minutes on

[Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2007-01-03 Thread sparr
$10 says neither of you reported the problem to those at fault, GPH and VMWare, instead of just discussing it in forums. If people put half as much time into getting the problem fixed as they do whining about it, the vast majority of packages would already be fixed. -- Script that are using

Re: [Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2007-01-03 Thread sparr
Nothing in an Ubuntu package is unsupported. If the upstream has abandoned it then the maintenance falls on the package maintainer. If the package maintainer is lax then replace him yourself. On 1/3/07, LionsPhil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because getting large groups of people to fix

[Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2006-12-13 Thread sparr
The fact is in the majority of cases [dash] fails miserably This is what polite people call a falsehood, and what I call a lie. By my gross overestimate, dash fails while compiling less than 5% of available packages, and while installing less than 1%. The failure rate for third party software,

Re: [Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2006-10-30 Thread sparr
The 'bug' is not with dash, it is with every package that dash breaks. They should all be fixed. *maybe* dash should not be the default until they are fixed, but I think they would never get fixed if it wasn't. On 10/30/06, Stephen Thorne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Suggested resolution: Use

[Bug 61463] Wrong target.

2006-10-28 Thread sparr
Complain to the script authors who are making the mistake. Dash has been a viable provider of /bin/sh (by way of debconf on the dash package) for a long time. There are other shells that provide 'sh' functionality too. If a script really requires /bin/bash then it needs to start with