[Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-05-22 Thread Romano Giannetti
I want to underline that my comment was not *at all* a critic to developers. There is something pesky going on with keyboards, and difficult to spot (although I suspect some kind of bad interaction between {unity,gnome}-control-settings and ibus). The monster bug #1218322 would have been fixed

[Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-05-24 Thread Romano Giannetti
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1240198 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240198 The all time record being probably bug #295014, with us since 2004 in its first incarnation... But well, we have to remember that most developers works on this in their free time, so... There should be a

[Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-05-08 Thread Romano Giannetti
@William, i have a pure Ubuntu Gnome (3) system --- should I test your PPA? Keyboard switch with key-combos is utterly broken on my system, to the point that the only reliable way to obtain it is using the panel indicator --- which, by the way, is often than not out of sync with the real

[Bug 1318452] [NEW] .Xmodmap should be read after keyboard layout switch

2014-05-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: Using Ubuntu Gnome 14.04, my .Xmodmap is correctly read at startup (at least, it seems). I have a very simple .Xmodmap: ! EuroSign is on AltGr-5, eacute is mucho more useful for Spanish keycode 26 = e E e E eacute Eacute However, on layout switch, the

[Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-05-12 Thread Romano Giannetti
Yes, I can confirm that with more than 2 layouts the thing is even more broken. I tried to get a shot to understand better what it's happening, but I suspect that the thing is **really** complex and we have a lot of interacting modules and things that (I suspect) no one really grasp --- the dconf

[Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-05-12 Thread Romano Giannetti
@William (sorry, got posted too early, a pity launchpad don't let you edit comments). I read wrongly your comment and thought it would have been of no use (I use only latin keyboards --- switch between US intl, US intl AltGr-dead keys, and Spanish), and the name of the PPA is for non-latin... --

[Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-05-12 Thread Romano Giannetti
@William --- will try again this afternoon; sorry for the delay. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1218322 Title: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc. To

[Bug 1310800] Re: 056a:0302 Trusty Tahr, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2014-05-12 Thread Romano Giannetti
I was not really able to reproduce the crash neither on my 32 nor the 64 bit system... so I am quite unable to help. Has anyone explored the possibility of a corrupted/wrong wacom.ko in the distribution media? Romano -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1218322] Re: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc.

2014-05-13 Thread Romano Giannetti
@William: I tested the PPA. Remeber, Ubuntu Gnome 14.04; I have just two keyboard layouts (if you want I can check with three to). With the PPA: 1. switching to next source works ok if I choose a normal key combo, for example, Super+Space. On pressing the combo, the layout switches, the

[Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-18 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Holger: yes --- I just noticed it too. I humbly suggest that Canonical or Redhat help the vino developers to add a more common encryption type to the vino server. It is the default (and the facto only) remote vnc server in our system, and in its current state forces everyone to connect **in

[Bug 883319] Re: xrandr --scale restricts area in which mouse moves

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
I think that the upstream bug is not correct here. The problem is not with panning; the problem is with scaling and the mouse behavior. I have xserver-xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu6 (X.Org X Server 1.14.5), and if I issue xrandr --output LVDS1 --scale 2x2 the screen scales correctly, but then the

[Bug 883319] Re: xrandr --scale restricts area in which mouse moves

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
So basically, the Fix released status is incorrect. The bug referred to the title is still here (at least in Saucy, will test Trusty). Maybe the other problem (panning, mentioned in the upstream bug, not related with this bug title) is fixed, but not this one. -- You received this bug

[Bug 881046]

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Probably this bug has been marked invalid because there is a mix of two bugs here: one is related to panning (which I do not know if it's fixed or no), and the other one to mouse constraints when scaling. I have X.Org X Server 1.14.5 , and if I issue xrandr --output LVDS1 --scale 2x2 the screen

[Bug 883319]

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Probably this bug has been marked invalid because there is a mix of two bugs here: one is related to panning (which I do not know if it's fixed or no), and the other one to mouse constraints when scaling. I have X.Org X Server 1.14.5 , and if I issue xrandr --output LVDS1 --scale 2x2 the screen

[Bug 883319] Re: xrandr --scale restricts area in which mouse moves

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Can a bug supervisor mark this for Trusty and removing the (wrong) Fix Released status? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883319 Title: xrandr --scale restricts area in which mouse

[Bug 883319] Re: xrandr --scale restricts area in which mouse moves

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
...checked in 14.04 trusty, still here. A real PITA because the scaling is really useful with all the applications (*-tweak-tools, are you listening me?) which are expecting 1600x1200 pixel every time... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 883319] Re: xrandr --scale restricts area in which mouse moves

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Yes --- I understand. But why the bug is marked Invalid? It is quite easy to reproduce, and difficult to miss (if you ever needed to use the --scale option). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1310800] [NEW] Trusty Thar, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: I have just upgraded to 14.04 from 13.10. I have a wacom cth-480 touch+pen tablet, which was not recognized on 13.10 (kernel 3.11). With the stock kernel from 14.04, I have an immediate kernel panic as soon as I plug in the tablet to the laptop. The system is a asus 1005PE

[Bug 1310800] Re: Trusty Thar, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
I reported it here too: https://sourceforge.net/p/linuxwacom/bugs/238/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1310800 Title: Trusty Thar, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause

[Bug 1310800] Re: Trusty Thar, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
I tried --- but the page that opens my browser, after I (correctly) log in, says the information on this page is private Not allowed here How can I upload the data manually? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1310800] Re: Trusty Thar, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2014-04-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Marked as confirmed because I am unable to user apport-collect, as commented above. I tried in all the way I can, but launchpad refuses to allow the data upload. I used apport_cli --save apport_report.txt linux and attached the resulting file. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status:

[Bug 1319726] Re: In pixman_region32_init_rect: Invalid rectangle passed

2014-09-17 Thread Romano Giannetti
Maybe it is https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=728678 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #728678 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=728678 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-09-18 Thread Romano Giannetti
Can anyone confirm that the workaround (setting language - keyboard input method to None instead of IBus) breaks the Shift-Ctrl-U method of inputting Unicode chars? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1310800] Re: 056a:0302 Trusty Tahr, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2014-09-19 Thread Romano Giannetti
@riban: As I commented, I can't reproduce it any more. Or maybe it's random (I had a crash with the tablet in once, when reconnected with the wireless option). There is a bug upstream: http://sourceforge.net/p/linuxwacom/bugs/238/ --- maybe you can chime in there and see if the developers can

[Bug 295014]

2014-08-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
I haven't chacked 4.3 --- as anyone checked if this bug is still there? Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295014 Title: [Upstream] Cannot remove highlight from .doc in Word

[Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
I agree that the best possible solution would be for the Windows clients (at least TigerVNC and TightVNC) to catch up. Unfortunately this has not happened; for the time being it would be much better if vino could offer the option to go back to the previous Security Type when the client does not

[Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
I reported the thing to TigerVNC bug tracker too: https://sourceforge.net/p/tigervnc/bug-tracker/148/ let's see if a solution can be found... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1281250

[Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
Sebastian: no. the default is to use encryption. But after updating vino (do not remember at which point), vino changed the security type to a new one (at least, I think); the connection stopped to work with the error reported above and the only solution to have it back was to disable encryption.

[Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
Ok, I have reported it upstream at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728267 --- but I am unable to add it to the bug. I used to choose älso affect distributionand simply paste the URL, but now I have an error (says I can't add another bug to the same distribution and in the

[Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
Can please people with the problem state their version? Mine is [:~] 127 % apt-cache policy vino vino: Installed: 3.10.0-0ubuntu1~saucy1 Candidate: 3.10.0-0ubuntu1~saucy1 Version table: *** 3.10.0-0ubuntu1~saucy1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3-staging/ubuntu/

[Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
Upstream comment: I think that the TLS security type (18) is rather uncommon, but gtk-vnc supports it. I think that virt-viewer uses gtk-vnc and should work: http://virt-manager.org/download/ so basically the problem is that vino is using an encryption type which is supported only by few

[Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
Well, downloaded it (virt-viewer, I mean). Tried to connect to a remote machine but no dice --- it just show a window, asking for a connection URI, I tried 200 combinations... No documentation handy available either. Seems to be thought just for managing virtual machines, so it doesn't seem a

[Bug 1054808] Re: Default filename for screenshots is problematic

2014-06-23 Thread Romano Giannetti
The problem with ISO8601 is that it uses colons : to separate hours, minutes and seconds; although : are a perfectly valid character for the Unix filesystem, they are not accepted in Windows. So you can't put the screenshot on a NTFS filesystem nor on a shared filesystem (say, Dropbox) with a

[Bug 1308154] Re: wxmaxima 13.04.2-2 fails to get some keyboard inputs

2014-09-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
I edited the description following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates --- could someone with a bit more time than myself nominate it with the StableReleaseUpdate team? Instructions in the wiki link above. ** Description changed: + With 13.04.2-2 (at the moment in proposed repos),

[Bug 1059872] Re: Error formatting disk using disk utility

2014-10-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
Tried to format an USB drive this morning with full update stable 14.04.1 Ubuntu Gnome release, using Disk utility; still no way, timeout wiping. Three years after, I have still to use gparted to do it (which works ok, but you can't say it is exactly user-friendly). -- You received this bug

[Bug 366780] Re: Please provide a mechanism whereby Wi-Fi networks can be prioritized

2014-10-07 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Marius I have exactly the same problem with the University network and the global EDUROAM network. And no, I can't change the name of any of them; I just want NM to connect to my local University network whenever available, even if last time I manually connected to the global EDUROAM --- because

[Bug 1311735] [NEW] vino-server using a lot of CPU and very sluggish after upgrade to 14.04

2014-04-23 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: The title says its all. PID USER PR NIVIRTRESSHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 8150 romano20 0 64268 8800 5948 R 57.8 0.4 126:57.46 vino-se+ 8883 romano20 0 632412 34788 6156 S 31.8 1.7 195:15.26 dropbox 1420 root 20

[Bug 1310800] Re: Trusty Thar, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2014-04-23 Thread Romano Giannetti
Tested with linux-image-3.15.0-031500rc2-generic_3.15.0-031500rc2.201404201435_i386.deb, still here. Will attach oops image. There are hints that the problem is known here: https://sourceforge.net/p/linuxwacom/bugs/238/#f170 In that case, I strongly advise adding modprobe wacom at boot in

[Bug 1310800] Re: Trusty Thar, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2014-04-23 Thread Romano Giannetti
I can confirm that with linux- image-3.15.0-031500rc2-generic_3.15.0-031500rc2 the tablet works correctly if I manually load the driver *before* connecting it. Still, seems a dangerous bug to me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1310800] Re: Trusty Thar, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2014-04-23 Thread Romano Giannetti
Ok, (relatively) good news 1) still with kernel linux- image-3.15.0-031500rc2-generic_3.15.0-031500rc2 2) I recompiled the input-wacom-0.20.0 that worked for me in 13.10, from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxwacom/files/xf86-input-wacom /input-wacom/input-wacom-0.20.0.tar.bz2/download

[Bug 1310800] Re: Trusty Thar, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2014-04-23 Thread Romano Giannetti
Ok, compiling 0.21.0 against the upstream kernel (will test with the stock one) will too avoid the crash. I think that my expertise stops here... I do not know how to check for differences between the input-wacom official tree and the ubuntu tree. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1311735] Re: vino-server using a lot of CPU and very sluggish after upgrade to 14.04

2014-04-24 Thread Romano Giannetti
Encryption is already off due to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vino/+bug/1281250 - otherwise vino is practically impossible to use (no clients apart from vinagre use the encryption that vino offer). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
@nitrogen dream: reading here: https://sourceforge.net/p/tigervnc/code/HEAD/tree/rfbproto/rfbproto.rst #vnc-authentication, with type 2 the only thing that is encrypted is the VNC password, which is, honestly, my least worry. All the keystrokes in the session (including your bank password) is

[Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible from non-linux machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
** Summary changed: - VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled + VNC accessible from non-linux machines only with encryption disabled -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1281250] Re: VNC accessible from non-linux machines only with encryption disabled

2014-04-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
SSVNC works, although is quite slow with vino. Using x11vnc as server with -ssl options give a reasonable speed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1281250 Title: VNC accessible from

[Bug 1310800] Re: Trusty Thar, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2014-04-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
I reinstalled the linux-image-extra-3.13.0-24-generic and the crash went away. I am really puzzled; I *did* try the newer kernel and had the crash. This morning has disappeared. Marking invalid for now, still looking at it. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete

[Bug 1394901] [NEW] recollindex stuck with 100% CPU usage, do not stop when interrupted

2014-11-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: I have the recollindex task stuck on a simple doc (that I can print easily with antiword) since 12 hours. [romano:~/.recoll] % ps augx | grep recolli romano 23475 95.0 0.6 107452 52040 pts/8RN+ nov20 715:49 recollindex The thing is stuck with: [romano:~/.recoll] %

[Bug 718427] Re: recoll slows system to a crawl

2014-11-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
I am trying again to use recoll after a more than a year, but it seems that I will have to remove it again. It is making my system (i5/16G ram) slow as molasses. Anyone can suggest an alternative indexing system? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1054808] Re: Default filename for screenshots is problematic

2014-11-22 Thread Romano Giannetti
Ok, now that the upstream pushed it (and added another patch for gnome- settings-daemon at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=740520 ) for 3.14, with a bit of luck it will percolate to Ubuntu Gnome in a couple of years ;-). My suggestion would be to simply ditch the thing and use shutter

[Bug 1246272] Re: Keyboard layout changing randomly

2014-11-29 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Mekk I think that you nailed the problem in #77 (and you forgot all the settings via XKB in xorg.conf hierarchy, and /usr/share/X11/xkb/, and .Xmodmap, and IBus, and ). I have the sensation (mind you --- this is not at all an accusation to anyone; I tried to dig into it and failed) that no

[Bug 1318561] Re: GNOME 3, icon bar in the middle of the screen

2014-06-03 Thread Romano Giannetti
It can be solved by restarting the shell (Alt-F2 and then r). It happens to me also. I am using cairo-dock too, but I am not sure if this is related --- I do not think because I am quite sure that it happened without cairo-dock too. In this moment I have the buggy behavior; it started just

[Bug 1241811] Re: USB disk not automatically mounted after upgrade to 13.10

2014-06-04 Thread Romano Giannetti
I can confirm that when it happened to me, I had gdm as login manager and not lightdm. Since the upgrade to 14.04, it happened just one time in one laptop (solved by login/logout) with Ubuntu Gnome, and never in my other laptop which has Xubuntu. So for me it is happening now very rarely; last

[Bug 366780] Re: Please provide a mechanism whereby Wi-Fi networks can be prioritized

2014-06-05 Thread Romano Giannetti
The thing could be solved with just one bit of priority thing. I already commented to the upstream bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359556 and had no answers. I imagine that using the NM scripts dispatcher you can implement some workaround, though:

[Bug 1329092] [NEW] xfig crashes when drawing a dot-dashed line

2014-06-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: Easy to trigger. So easy I am really suspecting I am the last one using xfig Steps (see attached snaphost). 1 - choose the line tool. 2 - choose the dot-dash line style 3 - draw a line 4 - crash (hard, no partial save): [:~] 2 % xfig [1]3591

[Bug 1329092] Re: xfig crashes when drawing a dot-dashed line

2014-06-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1317825 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1317825 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1317825 The -..- and -.- line styles are broken -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1317825] Re: The -..- and -.- line styles are broken

2014-06-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
I tested this minimal patch: --- w_drawprim.c.orig 2014-06-11 17:23:29.348481192 -0600 +++ w_drawprim.c2014-06-11 17:23:34.736481307 -0600 @@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ } -static unsigned char dash_list[16][2] = {{255, 255}, {255, 255}, +static unsigned char dash_list[16][8] = {{255, 255},

[Bug 777230] Re: xfig cannot display EPS graphics

2014-06-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
I can confirm it is fixed in 14.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/777230 Title: xfig cannot display EPS graphics To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1144484] Re: xfig crashes when typing space

2014-06-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
I opened the attached file with xfig 3.2.5c on Ubuntu 14.04 --- no problem. Typing spaces will work as expected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1144484 Title: xfig crashes when

[Bug 1308511] Re: rotation of compound objects fails

2014-06-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
I think that this has been like that since forever. xfig tells you invalid rotation for this compound object. So really not a bug; maybe a missing feature. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 282659] Re: evince print problems for double sided, multiple copies

2014-10-28 Thread Romano Giannetti
Just to comment, passing by, that this nice bug is still here with us. Print the attached file and ask for two copies in a printer that default to double-sided printer. You will have one sheet ready to trash, with the image on the two sides. Have a nice day, ** Attachment added: Example .eps

[Bug 1012081] Re: util-linux needs updating to 2.24.2

2014-11-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
If it's in utopic a not in Trusty, someone should start a SRU request. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates But I suspect that, given that this bug has been declined for Trusty, it will be quite difficult to get through. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1348622] [NEW] xfig crashes on exit

2014-07-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: Every time I exit xfig, I have a crash: xfig3.2.5c: SIGSEGV signal trapped xfig: Figure is empty or not modified - exiting without saving. [1]23742 segmentation fault (core dumped) xfig ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xfig 1:3.2.5.c-1ubuntu1

[Bug 1320916] Re: NICs being mapped with strange names that make no sense

2014-11-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
I do not have biosdevname installed, but I can't anymore create virtual interfaces. Issuing sudo iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan1 type station will result in a message kernel: [31130.438726] systemd-udevd[24264]: renamed network interface wlan1 to rename4 ...and rename4 is not

[Bug 1397654] [NEW] Adding a virtual wireless interface is broken

2014-11-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: This is quite simple. I used to split my wifi network with:   sudo iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan1 type station ...and it used to work (at least on some machine). Now if I do the same I have:    kernel: [31130.438726] systemd-udevd[24264]: renamed network

[Bug 1397654] Re: Adding a virtual wireless interface is broken

2014-11-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
** Description changed: This is quite simple. I used to split my wifi network with:   sudo iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan1 type station ...and it used to work (at least on some machine). Now if I do the same I have:    kernel: [31130.438726] systemd-udevd[24264]:

[Bug 1398867] [NEW] dconf-editor resizes itself out of screen

2014-12-03 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: To reproduce: 1. open dconf-editor 2. search for, for example xkb 3. moving through proprieties makes the height of the windows change. If you chose the load-xkb-layout (but that just an example) you have the screenshot shown 4. The windows in not resizable (it thinks it

[Bug 1398867] Re: dconf-editor resizes itself out of screen

2014-12-03 Thread Romano Giannetti
** Attachment added: dconf-editor view in activities https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/d-conf/+bug/1398867/+attachment/4273562/+files/Workspace%201_017.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 381017]

2014-05-31 Thread Romano Giannetti
If I can chime in with a comment to the developers (if anyone is listening here): I am used to never use drag and drop of attachment on TB now, given the really broken behavior. Suggestion: ditch the thing completely. Remove drag and drop. For good. It's so broken it is more a danger(1) than any

[Bug 1268780] Re: Please backport the libata.force disable patch to 13.10 kernel

2015-01-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1268780 Title: Please backport the libata.force disable patch to 13.10 kernel To

[Bug 718427] Re: recoll slows system to a crawl

2015-01-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
In my case, I ended up to put the recollindex in the daily jobs of anacron. The problem is that, whatever I do, when recollindex is running I clearly notice hiccups (mostly under the second, sometime of a one-two seconds) when doing things that are normally instantaneous. It happens for example

[Bug 1397654] Re: Adding a virtual wireless interface is broken

2015-02-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Guest (disposable-s) , if you check this bug affects you at the top of the bug report it will be confirmed, and maybe we will have a bit of attention from the developers. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1420698] [NEW] use network time is not installing ntp?

2015-02-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: I discovered that, even if I checked use network time in the control panel, the package ntp was not installed (just ntpdate). This caused a drift in time in my desktop (which is always on); after a couple of days if I deselect the the option and select it again I have: SYS:

[Bug 1420659] Re: systemd-timedated is not keeping the time synchronized

2015-02-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
I use Ubuntu Gnome remix, so this is gnome-control-center, does not know if it applies to Unity too. Nevertheless: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1420698 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1420659] [NEW] systemd-timedated is not keeping the time synchronized

2015-02-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: I do not know if this is related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1409594 In my system, 14.04 fully updated, the time is not kept in sync with network servers. When starting, I have this complain: Feb 11 08:47:51 pern kernel: [775910.071548]

[Bug 1420659] Re: systemd-timedated is not keeping the time synchronized

2015-02-11 Thread Romano Giannetti
Thanks. I was convinced that checking use netweork time in the control panel was equivalent to install ntp. Installed and fixed. Sorry for the noise. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1310800] Re: 056a:0302 Trusty Tahr, kernel 3.13: automatic load of wacom.ko driver cause a hard kernel panic

2015-03-13 Thread Romano Giannetti
I have a new incarnation of the bug, but I am not being able to capture a track, although is quite easy to trigger. Steps: 1 - load wacom.ko 2- connect the tablet **wirelessly** 3- wait until the tablet go to deep sleep (around 10 minutes) 4- switch the tablet on - hard crash, the PC is

[Bug 854833] Re: NM asks for Wi-Fi password every time I log in, or every minute, if "Available to all users" not checked; forgets password too

2015-10-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
New installation of 14.04.3, still happens. It happens only for enterprise-type connection (my university and eduroam, both WPA). The WPA personal connections (where you do not have to put an username) are ok, remembered and automatically started. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 792085] Re: Automatic remount of safely removed drive

2015-10-17 Thread Romano Giannetti
FYI --- using command line to eject the disk/partiton do work, see http://askubuntu.com/questions/422481/prevent-usb-drives-from-auto- remounting-after-remove On the other hand, I see surprising that this bug is marked Medium. For non-tech-savy users, can ends in unclean disconnect and even

[Bug 1329092] Re: xfig crashes when drawing a dot-dashed line

2015-10-04 Thread Romano Giannetti
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1317825 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1317825 Yes --- I was unable to contact the developers. In the main bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1317825 there are patches fixing it. If you can help contact a real maintainer, go for it! -- You

[Bug 1418217] Re: printing a scaled page not in the center

2015-11-23 Thread Romano Giannetti
If you scale down, say, to 90% a page to make it fits the printing margins, evince fails to center it and you still have one border cut off. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1418217

[Bug 1573454] Re: Mouse pointer disappear after suspend in Xubuntu 16.04

2016-06-03 Thread Romano Giannetti
@SitisNet --- but then the laptop will not suspend when I close the lid, stove it in the backpack and bike away... ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1573454 Title: Mouse pointer

[Bug 1554613] Re: Screen flickers on XPS 13 9350/9550 (Intel Skylake/Broadwell GPU)

2016-05-26 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Vasya: seems a different problem. The flickering which this bug is referring to is application-independent, and visible in the full screen(s). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1554613

[Bug 1411174] Re: "open in terminal" does not honour SSH_AUTH_SOCK and GPG_AGENT_INFO environment variables in Ubuntu 14.10

2016-01-17 Thread Romano Giannetti
@Simon: I proposed a workaround (ugly) in http://askubuntu.com/questions/606451 /nautilus-open-in-terminal-extension-will-not-propagate-ssh-auto-sock A upstream report would be nice; I suspect it could be related to the fact that "run in terminal" is hard coded in gnome (see

[Bug 1317825] Re: The -..- and -.- line styles are broken

2016-03-12 Thread Romano Giannetti
Where is available 1:3.2.5.c-4? In 14.04 seems still 1:3.2.5.c-1ubuntu1. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1317825 Title: The -..- and -.- line styles are broken To manage

[Bug 1554613] Re: Screen flickers on XPS 13 9350/9550 (Intel Skylake/Broadwell GPU)

2016-05-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
I had this problem with a Dell desktop; It was especially bad with the second monitor, which blanked out every time it lost focus. I can confirm that - $ apt-add-repository "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/canonical-kernel-team/ppa/ubuntu yakkety main" - $ echo -en "Package: *\nPin: release

[Bug 1574440] Re: After upgrade to 16.04, ibus-rime doesn't respect the system keyboard layout.

2016-05-20 Thread Romano Giannetti
Without RIME, on an update of a system that use english as language, but with a spanish keyboard, the system come up with qwerty-us keyboard. So I think it's more generic --- the update process is (at least sometime) throwing away the keyboard configuration. Again. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1584457] [NEW] gsd-backlight-helper spamming the logs since upate to 16.04

2016-05-22 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: Since updating to 16.04 from 14.04, I have the syslog spammed by: SEC: May 22 13:26:43 samsung-romano pkexec[21248]: gdm: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/var/lib/gdm3]

[Bug 1438510] Re: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no longer supports a2dp

2016-05-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Updated to 16.04, have the same problem. The fix in comment#5 fixes it! Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1438510 Title: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no longer supports a2dp

[Bug 1181106] Re: Failed to change profile to Advanced Audio Distribution Profile

2016-05-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
I have the same problem with Xenial, recently upgraded from Trusty. In Trusty my BT loudspeaker worked correctly, and now I have module-bluez5-device.c: Refused to switch profile to a2dp_sink: Not connected when I try to switch to A2DP, and in HSP mode the quality is terrible. -- You received

[Bug 1181106] Re: Failed to change profile to Advanced Audio Distribution Profile

2016-05-21 Thread Romano Giannetti
Update: the workaround listed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1438510/comments/5 did work for me. 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/1181106

[Bug 1566302] Re: Ubuntu 16.04: Suspend freezes the system after upgrade to linux image 4.4.0-16

2016-05-22 Thread Romano Giannetti
Same thing with a Samsung 700Z3A/700Z4A/700Z5A/700Z5B. Fixed by upgrading to 4.4.8 kernel; followed instructions in comment #22 fixed the problem completely. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1297144] Re: [Lenovo ThinkPad X230] Invisible cursor after resume from suspend

2016-05-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
Possible a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1568604. Check if switching to a VC (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and back (Alt-F7) fixes the thing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1573454] Re: Mouse pointer disappear after suspend in Xubuntu 16.04

2016-05-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
Possible a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1568604. Check if switching to a VC (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and back (Alt-F7) fixes the thing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1059872] Re: Error formatting disk using disk utility

2016-07-27 Thread Romano Giannetti
@claytondillard, please calm down. You should be aware that the times in which you choose Linux for stability or robustness are long gone (if ever they existed). Now you choose it for freedom, for helping, for fixing things community-wise, or otherwise you are misguided. Windows 10 never hung

[Bug 1568604] Re: Mouse cursor lost when unlocking with Intel graphics

2016-08-15 Thread Romano Giannetti
Hmm. Using Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 here, intel graphics, no bug. On another laptop, with Xubuntu, it happens. I think is more screen-locker related that desktop-flavor related. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1603015] [NEW] Nautilus-dropbox fails to automatically refresh the status icons / emblems

2016-07-14 Thread Romano Giannetti
Public bug reported: When I modify a file in a Dropbox folder, the emblem changes to "updating", but it will not go back to "synced" until I hit F5 to refresh. At the same time, I have this in the syslogs: Jul 14 11:35:43 pern gnome-session[2181]: ** (nautilus:2333): CRITICAL **:

[Bug 1518813] Re: sharing panel fails to properly launch required daemons

2016-06-30 Thread Romano Giannetti
I can confirm that this bug is still here in 16.04. Under the user point of view, is as screen sharing is simply not working ( regression from 14.04). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1438510] Re: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no longer supports a2dp in 16.04 xenial and 16.10 yakkety

2017-01-25 Thread Romano Giannetti
As I commented in http://askubuntu.com/a/775524/16395, some people reported success with the python script at https://gist.github.com/pylover/d68be364adac5f946887b85e6ed6e7ae --- be warned, there is a bit of NSFW language there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1448778] Re: Evince fails to display some fonts (some font thing failed)

2016-09-19 Thread Romano Giannetti
Just to add a note: it happened to me also, because I have /usr/local as a symlink to /home/local (in a different partition) and evince (or apparmor) correctly complained. So all fonts from Microsoft, which are installed in /usr/local/font, came out blank. Setting aa-complain solved momentarily

[Bug 1438510] Re: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no longer supports a2dp

2016-10-02 Thread Romano Giannetti
A new error mode is that now the BT device is not connected at all, even after doing the #5 thing, with the error: bluetoothd[984]: Unable to get Headset Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down I need to reboot the system, unpair and pair again the device, and then doing the dance of connecting

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