[Bug 80921] Re: No subpixel rendering

2008-11-04 Thread Tobias Wolf
Mohamed, can you try my packages above and see if they are an improvement? I think they achieve what you are looking for. -- No subpixel rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/80921 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 279836] Re: Enabling Subpixel smoothing (LCDs) in Appearance Preferences results in inconsistent character shapes

2008-10-12 Thread Tobias Wolf
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 192551 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192551 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 192551 [hardy] slight font hinting mode incorrectly renders: fi, fl, ff -- Enabling Subpixel smoothing (LCDs) in Appearance Preferences results in

[Bug 80921] Re: No subpixel rendering

2008-10-13 Thread Tobias Wolf
It seems that Poppler also disables hinting completely. I created test packages in a special PPA that enable both slight hinting, which really improves vertical text contrast, and the default LCD filter, which improves horizontal contrast a great deal. I had to revert the removal of the FreeType

[Bug 118468] Re: Suspend to Ram/Disk on Samsung X30 WV1500 does not work

2008-04-06 Thread Tobias Wolf
BTW, I had resume from suspend on my Samsung X30 1700 working for a long time (since Feisty), but it stopped working after clean-installing Gutsy. I had problems to reconstruct my settings, even now on Hardy with new pm-utils I found that I still get funny colors after resume, but when I switch

[Bug 203824] Re: bad default aliasing for 'arial'

2008-03-25 Thread Tobias Wolf
The Nimbus fonts are PostScript fonts and normally the right replacement for the group Helvetica, Times, Courier, because those are Type1 fonts, too. Unfortunately Helvetica is then aliased to Arial, which would prefer Liberation Sans but that is not available, so Nimbus Sans gets aliased to it.

[Bug 215845] Re: Fast scroll wheel issue on Hardy

2008-04-13 Thread Tobias Wolf
I see a variation of this when I scroll with the right side of my touchpad: When scrolling fast the scrollbar jitters or jerks back and forth but moves in the general direction. I have 2.6.2-0ubuntu0~ppa12, no compiz, nvidia driver. -- Fast scroll wheel issue on Hardy

[Bug 216875] [NEW] gnome-font-viewer: broken subpixel rendering

2008-04-13 Thread Tobias Wolf
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center It seems gnome-font-viewer uses an antialising method that is independent from the global settings. Especially the subpixel rendering looks very bad. I have my global settings set to subpixel+slight hinting. ** Affects:

[Bug 216875] Re: gnome-font-viewer: broken subpixel rendering

2008-04-13 Thread Tobias Wolf
** Attachment added: Screenshot of gnome-font-view displaying DejaVu Extra Light http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13410359/Screenshot-DejaVu%20Sans%2C%20ExtraLight.png -- gnome-font-viewer: broken subpixel rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216875 You received this bug notification

[Bug 216875] Re: gnome-font-viewer: broken subpixel rendering

2008-04-13 Thread Tobias Wolf
This is how it would look with the global Gnome settings ** Attachment added: DejaVu Sans Light (72 dpi).png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13410408/%20DejaVu%20Sans%20Light%20%2872%20dpi%29.png -- gnome-font-viewer: broken subpixel rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216875 You

[Bug 203824] Re: bad default aliasing for 'arial'

2008-04-01 Thread Tobias Wolf
I'm normally not a user of office programs, still I fired it up to see how Office is affected if 30-metric-aliases.conf is removed. The relative merit of uncorrupted documents vs good looking hinting has to be clear here. So I made a series of tests: reference: A line of WWW before page break, a

[Bug 203824] Re: bad default aliasing for 'arial'

2008-04-01 Thread Tobias Wolf
Arial: good ** Attachment added: reference http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13034437/arial.png -- bad default aliasing for 'arial' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203824 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 203824] Re: bad default aliasing for 'arial'

2008-04-01 Thread Tobias Wolf
Liberation Sans: good (metric compatible, but not DFSG free, and not in main) ** Attachment added: Liberation Sans http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13034450/liberation-sans.png -- bad default aliasing for 'arial' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203824 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 203824] Re: bad default aliasing for 'arial'

2008-04-01 Thread Tobias Wolf
Nimbus Sans: broken layout Liberation is not available, so Nimbus is aliased to Arial via the path Arial → Helvetica → Nimbus n.b.: This is the default setup! metric compatibility is not given. ** Attachment added: Nimbus Sans http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13034470/nimbus-sans-l.png -- bad

[Bug 203824] Re: bad default aliasing for 'arial'

2008-04-01 Thread Tobias Wolf
DejaVu Sans: broken layout I unlinked /etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf. Same outcome, layout is not preserved since no metric compatible font for Arial is available. In principle there's no difference wrt word processing unless Liberation is shipped by default. The same holds for

[Bug 161058] Re: some ~/.fonts.conf settings do no override desktop-wide gnome settings (hinting style)

2008-04-01 Thread Tobias Wolf
How about cross-checking with KDE or something similar? -- some ~/.fonts.conf settings do no override desktop-wide gnome settings (hinting style) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/161058 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 153521] Re: fonts are blurred with subpixel rendering

2008-04-01 Thread Tobias Wolf
- why would the current settings be a source of eye strain? Viewing habits, not eye-strain. Ok, maybe some people are seated really closely or watch the screen without glasses while having myopia (telescope effect). - why would fonts of the same *point* size look worse on screens with a

[Bug 125756] Re: When using evdev keyboard shortcuts go to vt and kill the Xserver

2008-04-01 Thread Tobias Wolf
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- When using evdev keyboard shortcuts go to vt and kill the Xserver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/125756 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 190848] Re: font in terminal does not resemble font in preview

2008-04-03 Thread Tobias Wolf
The special rules in /etc/fonts/conf.avail/53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf are there because some developers were vehemently against making the change to the new subpixel rendering. The file is a compromise they accepted since they work mainly in terminals anyway. Not really a bug. It's

[Bug 217729] Re: qt4 apps don't support subpixel rendering

2008-04-22 Thread Tobias Wolf
I can confirm this. At least it doesn't repect my xrdb hinting settings in .Xdefaults: Xft.dpi: 133 Xft.hintstyle: hintslight Xft.autohinting: 1 Xft.antialias: 1 Xft.rgba: rgb -- qt4 apps don't support subpixel rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217729 You received this bug notification

[Bug 217729] Re: qt4 apps don't support subpixel rendering

2008-04-22 Thread Tobias Wolf
Isn't this what would be the upstream bug?: http://trolltech.com/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=entryid=195256 -- qt4 apps don't support subpixel rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217729 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 188702] Re: hardy: multimedia keys no longer work

2008-02-28 Thread Tobias Wolf
** Also affects: quodlibet-plugins (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- hardy: multimedia keys no longer work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188702 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 190783] Re: Subpixel AA rendering bug

2008-03-01 Thread Tobias Wolf
Right, I can confirm, too. I think it is caused by Consolas having certain letters slightly wider or close to the horizontal advance space . If you look at the artifatcs, they seem to correspond to the fringes that fall outside the cursor while it is over the At sign, e.g. With my font

[Bug 202382] [NEW] less doesn't display plain-text .doc files

2008-03-14 Thread Tobias Wolf
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: less It appears that less incorporates some extension based smartness now, and does not allow me to read a plain-text file with the extension .doc: No catdoc available This was totally unexpected for me that less is supposed to have a brain! Anyhow

[Bug 188702] Re: hardy: multimedia keys no longer work

2008-03-04 Thread Tobias Wolf
** Changed in: quodlibet-plugins (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Fix Released -- hardy: multimedia keys no longer work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188702 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 188311] Re: dbusmmkey needs to be adjusted for new gnome-settings-daemon

2008-03-04 Thread Tobias Wolf
Sorry for reporting an affects also in bug #188311. I actually used upstream svn and have not realized that there is a fix already. I have mailed the original author of the plugin. No response yet. So, #188311 is invalid wrt quodlibet-plugins. -- dbusmmkey needs to be adjusted for new

[Bug 192551] Re: [hardy] slight font hinting mode incorrectly renders: fi, fl, ff

2008-02-26 Thread Tobias Wolf
Are you aware what ligatures are? As far as I can tell there is no problem here. Ligatures in general are a feature and not a bug. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographical_ligature -- [hardy] slight font hinting mode incorrectly renders: fi, fl, ff https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192551 You

[Bug 190783] Re: Subpixel AA rendering bug

2008-02-26 Thread Tobias Wolf
That's GVim, right? Then I can't confirm for Slight hinting and gvim. I use it all the time, I would notice this. -- Subpixel AA rendering bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190783 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 190783] Re: Subpixel AA rendering bug

2008-02-27 Thread Tobias Wolf
Kann you give me a series of keystrokes, that always causes some artifacts? Then I might confirm this. I have Consolas. -- Subpixel AA rendering bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190783 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 192551] Re: [hardy] slight font hinting mode incorrectly renders: fi, fl, ff

2008-02-27 Thread Tobias Wolf
Right. It's an effect of the slightly altered shape of the fi ligature vs. fi separately in the low-res pixel grid . The hood of the f will get slightly lower to extend towards the dot of the the i. Then hinting kicks in, and it will shorten the f by one pixel since the top of the outline now

[Bug 159845] Re: kochi fonts poor subpixel rendering

2007-12-11 Thread Tobias Wolf
This is a bug. With Fontconfig likely. FreeType is not good at authinting CJK text. This is why it forces embedded hints normally. This doesn't happen with subpixel, but it should. -- kochi fonts poor subpixel rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159845 You received this bug notification

[Bug 159434] Re: Unable to set legacy subpixel rendering

2007-12-11 Thread Tobias Wolf
This patch was written by keybuk to implement an option in fontcofig such that the old method ist sitll accessible as lcdfilter legacy. Normally fontconfig only offers one method. -- Unable to set legacy subpixel rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159434 You received this bug

[Bug 153441] Re: strange font configuration dialog behavior

2007-12-11 Thread Tobias Wolf
Not a bug for the dialog but for the Human theme (ubuntulooks). The state of the four radio buttons is Inconsistent, but the theme doesn't distinguish Active and Inconsistent. The meaning here is that since in the details dialog you customized the advanced settings, none of the presets apply,

[Bug 159434] Re: Unable to set legacy subpixel rendering

2007-12-11 Thread Tobias Wolf
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10301#c21 Maybe an error? -- Unable to set legacy subpixel rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 159434] Re: Unable to set legacy subpixel rendering

2007-12-17 Thread Tobias Wolf
Hey, I uploaded a new devel Cairo with the corrected patch to my PPA. Care to test it? I don't like the old style, of course, so I didn't. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/towolf/ubuntu gutsy main But be aware that there's some other unstable stuff in my PPA. I suggest to only enable the repo for

[Bug 159434] Re: Unable to set legacy subpixel rendering

2007-12-17 Thread Tobias Wolf
Note that I dodn't upload the fontconfig patch, so the old naming you cited above should still be valid. I think. ** Also affects: libcairo (Baltix) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: libcairo (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: libcairo

[Bug 203824] Re: bad default aliasing for 'arial'

2008-05-05 Thread Tobias Wolf
Yes, kind of. But over at bug #41411 they haven't realized yet that that 30-metric-aliases.conf leads to a /chain/ of aliases, which is the reason for Nimbus popping up everywhere. Website==Arial → Helvetica → Nimbus Sans Website==Times New Roman → Times → Nimbus Roman No9 -- bad default

[Bug 41411] Re: Fonts are mapped to ugly fonts (which also causes problems with OOo)

2008-06-01 Thread Tobias Wolf
Shouldn't you break the link between Arial and Helvetica instead? Those aren't metric compatible. And If someone requests a match for Helvetica it is likely that they expect a PostScript Type1 font. -- Fonts are mapped to ugly fonts (which also causes problems with OOo)

[Bug 111263] Re: [needs-packaging] MiKTeX Tools for Unix-alikes

2008-06-02 Thread Tobias Wolf
Will you get rid of the duplication of libraries in the tarball and make it uses system libraries? $ l -1 /usr/local/lib/*MiK*.1 /usr/local/lib/libMiKTeX207-app.so.1@ /usr/local/lib/libMiKTeX207-bzip2.so.1@ /usr/local/lib/libMiKTeX207-core.so.1@ /usr/local/lib/libMiKTeX207-expat.so.1@

[Bug 237330] Re: evince should use subpixel antialiasing for documents if the gconf key /desktop/gnome/font_rendering/antialiasing is set to rgba

2008-06-04 Thread Tobias Wolf
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 80921 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/80921 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 80921 No subpixel rendering -- evince should use subpixel antialiasing for documents if the gconf key /desktop/gnome/font_rendering/antialiasing is set to

[Bug 80921] Re: No subpixel rendering

2008-06-04 Thread Tobias Wolf
Posted at mailing list, problem is due to bug in Cairo backend surface code. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3307 ** Changed in: poppler (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Confirmed ** Also affects: poppler via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3307 Importance:

[Bug 118468] Re: Suspend to Ram/Disk on Samsung X30 WV1500 does not work

2008-06-10 Thread Tobias Wolf
This is my suspend script $ cat /usr/local/bin/suspend #!/bin/sh pm-suspend vbetool dpms off vbetool dpms on I call sudo suspend and it works reliably. -- Suspend to Ram/Disk on Samsung X30 WV1500 does not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118468 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 80921] Re: No subpixel rendering

2008-06-18 Thread Tobias Wolf
Right, that’s fair enough. As long as you don’t propose this as the fix. In your patch, why do you hard code pixel order to RGB? What if someone rotates his screen? -- No subpixel rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/80921 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 80921] Re: No subpixel rendering

2008-06-18 Thread Tobias Wolf
Tom, that patch from freedesktop bugzilla is not cool. It messes with the symptoms but not with the cause of the bug. Did you read the comments in the thread? http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/poppler/2008-May/003814.html -- No subpixel rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/80921 You

[Bug 216875] Re: gnome-font-viewer: broken subpixel rendering

2008-07-28 Thread Tobias Wolf
Excuse the follow-up, Sebastien, but what is now used for viewing fonts? I’ve looked around (Recommends, Suggests, etc) but there is now nothing on my system that wants to open a font file when I double click it. -- gnome-font-viewer: broken subpixel rendering

[Bug 80921] Re: No subpixel rendering

2008-07-02 Thread Tobias Wolf
Patch seems to do what what it says on the box, with nice results. -- No subpixel rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/80921 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 247933] Re: evdev missing symbol preventing X running

2008-07-18 Thread Tobias Wolf
Confirming. I can use my mouse without evdev, but the functionality is reduced (no HWheel). -- evdev missing symbol preventing X running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247933 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 335538] Re: gedit-latex-plugin will not load

2009-03-16 Thread Tobias Wolf
Yes, that avoids the ImportError. But it gives this traceback: DEBUG:LaTeXOutlineView:init Traceback (most recent call last): File /home/towolf/.gnome2/gedit/plugins/GeditLaTeXPlugin/__init__.py, line 89, in activate self._window_decorators[window] = GeditWindowDecorator(window) File

[Bug 335538] Re: gedit-latex-plugin will not load

2009-03-18 Thread Tobias Wolf
That would be much appreciated. -- gedit-latex-plugin will not load https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335538 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 323689] Re: Samsung X30 hotkeys aren't covered by hal fdi files

2009-01-31 Thread Tobias Wolf
I think my «guillemets» shouldn't be in a encoding=ISO-8859-1 XML file -- Samsung X30 hotkeys aren't covered by hal fdi files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/323689 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 323689] [NEW] Samsung X30 hotkeys aren't covered by hal fdi files

2009-01-31 Thread Tobias Wolf
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hal-info My Samsung laptop model (Samsung X30 or NX30 or SX30) isn't covered in the Hal fdi files, so after hotkey-setup dropped the samsung.hk file my special buttons stopped working. I figured out what the stanza for my model should be such that the

[Bug 335538] Re: gedit-latex-plugin will not load

2009-03-25 Thread Tobias Wolf
Yes, it works. Don’t know if this is the right way to fix it, but it certainly does the trick. -- gedit-latex-plugin will not load https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335538 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 335538] Re: gedit-latex-plugin will not load

2009-03-25 Thread Tobias Wolf
Could you also take care of the related compatibility problem in bug #338285 ? -- gedit-latex-plugin will not load https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335538 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 216875] Re: gnome-font-viewer: broken subpixel rendering

2009-04-15 Thread Tobias Wolf
Should be visible with all fonts, but it works best with thin/light fonts. Examples: $ gnome-font-viewer /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSerif-Italic.ttf $ gnome-font-viewer /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf Look for the intense color fringing. --

[Bug 296608] Re: fonts get funky with subpixel smoothing

2008-11-14 Thread Tobias Wolf
I don’t think this is a valid bug report. Maybe that Slight is used as default for subpixel filtering, but I for one think that’s good. Secondly, that the glyphs »get larger« is entirely expected when you change the hinting mode because after all that’s what hinting does, right? Slight hinting

[Bug 118468] Re: Suspend to Ram/Disk on Samsung X30 WV1500 does not work

2009-01-18 Thread Tobias Wolf
** Attachment added: g-p-m-nv.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21317049/g-p-m-nv.log -- Suspend to Ram/Disk on Samsung X30 WV1500 does not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118468 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 118468] Re: Suspend to Ram/Disk on Samsung X30 WV1500 does not work

2009-01-18 Thread Tobias Wolf
** Attachment added: g-p-m-nvidia.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21317053/g-p-m-nvidia.log -- Suspend to Ram/Disk on Samsung X30 WV1500 does not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118468 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 118468] Re: Suspend to Ram/Disk on Samsung X30 WV1500 does not work

2009-01-18 Thread Tobias Wolf
Salve again, for completeness sake, and to eliminate the possibility that my hd install is somehow pathological, I made myself a Live USB install of the Jaunty Alpha 3. It was difficult to obtain results, because the problems were even worse than for my normal install. That is, I couldn’t manage

[Bug 314217] Re: Installation of libgmime2.2-cil fails

2009-01-15 Thread Tobias Wolf
** Changed in: gmime2.2 (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Installation of libgmime2.2-cil fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314217 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 314217] Re: Installation of libgmime2.2-cil fails

2009-01-15 Thread Tobias Wolf
Here’s a better error description: /usr/lib/cli/gmime-sharp-2.2$ sudo /usr/bin/gacutil -i gmime-sharp.dll Failure adding assembly gmime-sharp.dll to the cache: Strong name cannot be verified for delay-signed assembly -- Installation of libgmime2.2-cil fails

[Bug 118468] Re: Suspend to Ram/Disk on Samsung X30 WV1500 does not work

2009-01-15 Thread Tobias Wolf
Still present in Intrepid final. And chance has it that I upgraded to Jaunty yesterday. The screen still doesn’t come up after resume, but I can reanimate using dpms off and on. Summary, no change at all. The thing is that it used to work in Feisty without tricks. Not anymore. -- Suspend to

[Bug 216875] Re: gnome-font-viewer: broken subpixel rendering

2009-01-15 Thread Tobias Wolf
Guess who’s back? ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Confirmed -- gnome-font-viewer: broken subpixel rendering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216875 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 320585] Re: [Jaunty] Does not respond to tapping (scrolling fine)

2009-01-24 Thread Tobias Wolf
This error appears in Xorg.0.log: (WW) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad can't grab event device, errno=16 -- [Jaunty] Does not respond to tapping (scrolling fine) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/320585 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 296608] Re: fonts get funky with subpixel smoothing

2008-11-29 Thread Tobias Wolf
Sorry, but you should get up to speed with how font rendering works. Antialias has nothing to do with hinting. Sure they both interact to form the final glyph images but they are different ways to change the appearance of fonts. Hinting changes the shape of glyphs, so it’s no surprise what you

[Bug 436829] [NEW] Booting Casper via PXE netboot supports only NFS over TCP

2009-09-25 Thread Tobias Wolf
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: casper My NFS server only serves via proto=udp. Casper’s nfsmount, however, defaults to TCP. This would be easy to specify in the mount option in the pxelinux.cfg but there are two problems with the initramfs: 1. the scripts/casper script uses nfsmount,

[Bug 436755] Re: indicator-applet doesn't change icon when I recieve new e-mails

2009-09-28 Thread Tobias Wolf
I can confirm. Unread count is wrong (i.e., zero), and I don’t get the orange-red envelope. -- indicator-applet doesn't change icon when I recieve new e-mails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436755 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 452458] Re: Add rtkit Conflicts to force removal of rtkit for release testing

2009-10-19 Thread Tobias Wolf
I agree with Lennart on two counts. It’s disappointing that flatvol was disabled. And too bad that PA can’t run as real-time now. You guys need to collaborate more. -- Add rtkit Conflicts to force removal of rtkit for release testing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/452458 You received this bug

[Bug 397461] Re: xorg crush on keyboard event

2009-07-13 Thread Tobias Wolf
I also have this issue. I got Xorg and my drivers from Xorg edgers PPA. Do you also use this unstable source? I don't use dual screen, only a simple Thinkpad with Intel graphics. At first I thought it would only trigger on special characters like apostrophe and pressing Enter later. It's really

[Bug 19586] Re: When nautilus cannot unmount a media, it must tell why.

2009-07-14 Thread Tobias Wolf
This is in now. Unless I’m mistaken? nautilus (1:2.27.4-0ubuntu1) [...] - Support new style unmount operations; this will provide a nice dialog when unmounting a busy drive mount ** Attachment added: unmount confirmation.png

[Bug 264254] Re: subpixel rendering in intrepid

2008-09-11 Thread Tobias Wolf
Shouldn't this have a higher importance since it is a clear regression? -- subpixel rendering in intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264254 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 268891] Re: [PPA 0.9.12 regression], Wakeup from ALSA!, Underruns rewinds

2008-09-12 Thread Tobias Wolf
Over the network, i.e. with a remote PULSE_SERVER set, I get a lot of rewinds when a stream is playing. The frequency is high, in the 2-4 Hz range. Acoustically it sounds like about three fadeouts per second, as if someone would move a fader up and down all the time. I have Kernel 2.6.27-3 and PA

[Bug 262028] Re: Intrepid, Hinting/Aliasing seems to broken for all fonts

2008-09-12 Thread Tobias Wolf
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 264254 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264254 This is not a duplicate. You’re talking about hinting, the other bug is talking about LCD filters. -- Intrepid, Hinting/Aliasing seems to broken for all fonts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262028 You

[Bug 269644] [NEW] Does not transcode Musepack MPC (simple patch exists)

2008-09-12 Thread Tobias Wolf
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mt-daapd Musepack or mpc is not listed in codeclist in the source (not the config file!) of the ffmpeg transcoder. Consequently, playing mpc fails on clients. A simple patch from upstream fixes this:

[Bug 264254] Re: subpixel rendering in intrepid

2008-09-14 Thread Tobias Wolf
For Qt4 you have to add the lcdfilter snippet to /etc/fonts/local.conf because Qt for some reason does not look into your ~/.fonts.conf. But this will not work either because of LP bug #217729 . -- subpixel rendering in intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264254 You received this bug

[Bug 264254] Re: subpixel rendering in intrepid

2008-09-25 Thread Tobias Wolf
Looks like someone pulled the rug from under our feet: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.cairo/14916 -- subpixel rendering in intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264254 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 264254] Re: subpixel rendering in intrepid

2008-09-17 Thread Tobias Wolf
Looks like the fix works alright. Denis, can you file a new bug on Openoffice? OO.org has also been the odd one out the last time around, and there was no way to fix it with fontconfig only. -- subpixel rendering in intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264254 You received this bug

[Bug 264254] Re: subpixel rendering in intrepid

2008-09-20 Thread Tobias Wolf
It’s not the ordering. It’s the config in 53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf The reason this file is there is that when lcddefault was introduced some of the developers weren’t happy with the look of monospace fonts in their terminal at low point sizes. So a compromise was made to move to the new way

[Bug 264254] Re: subpixel rendering in intrepid

2008-09-20 Thread Tobias Wolf
BTW, this file still uses obsolete syntax: edit name=lcd_filter mode=assign constlcdlegacy/const /edit -- subpixel rendering in intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264254 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 264254] Re: subpixel rendering in intrepid

2008-09-20 Thread Tobias Wolf
This is the post where Scott explained this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3483916highlight=monospace#post3483916 -- subpixel rendering in intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264254 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 267141] Re: suspend button disappears after pm-utils upgraded to 1.1.2.4-1ubuntu2

2008-09-06 Thread Tobias Wolf
I can confirm on Samsung X30. After downgrading the Suspend option becomes available again. ** Changed in: pm-utils (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- suspend button disappears after pm-utils upgraded to 1.1.2.4-1ubuntu2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267141 You received this bug

[Bug 265131] Re: Lenovo X200 can not suspend

2008-09-06 Thread Tobias Wolf
I can confirm on Samsung X30. After downgrading the Suspend option becomes available again. -- Lenovo X200 can not suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/265131 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 265131] Re: Lenovo X200 can not suspend

2008-09-06 Thread Tobias Wolf
Oops, wrong bug. I wanted to confirm bug #267141. -- Lenovo X200 can not suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/265131 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 257901] Re: Suggestion: GUI frontend(s) for ecryptfs-utils

2008-09-08 Thread Tobias Wolf
(icons from Epiphany.) ** Attachment added: better-ui.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17406196/better-ui.png -- Suggestion: GUI frontend(s) for ecryptfs-utils https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257901 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 257901] Re: Suggestion: GUI frontend(s) for ecryptfs-utils

2008-09-08 Thread Tobias Wolf
Well, the patch is so trivial, that I found it not worth posting. What I'm really wondering is, where and how will this UI be presented? Did you think this through, yet? My initial impression is that this will sidestep the established desktop mechanisms. Shouldn't this be intregrated with

[Bug 257901] Re: Suggestion: GUI frontend(s) for ecryptfs-utils

2008-09-09 Thread Tobias Wolf
I think the vault should be locked/unlocked in situ, i.e., right inside the folder view. This may be possible in Nautilus with a ribbon on top similar to the Trash view. I’m a fan of this: http://www.iclarified.com/images/tutorials/177/698/698.png I'll attach a mockup of how I feel it would work

[Bug 259799] Re: Suggestion: support for ecryptfs in Nautilus

2008-09-09 Thread Tobias Wolf
I feel that unless these integration issues are clearly resolved the Private folder will become a usability debacle. I think that unless there is really good integration this feature should not be enabled by default. 1. Presentation: to much technical wording at the moment, too much

[Bug 118468] Re: Suspend to Ram/Disk on Samsung X30 WV1500 does not work

2008-09-10 Thread Tobias Wolf
Here you go. Is there anything going wrong you can discern in the log? [voff and von are aliases for commands I mentioned above] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dmesg -c /dev/null [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo pm-suspend [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ...blindly... bash: ...blindly...: command not found [EMAIL

[Bug 79166] Re: Erratic cursor after vt-switching in Feisty

2008-09-03 Thread Tobias Wolf
Not for me. It has been long gone and I simply forgot about this bug report. I guess it went away during the Feisty cycle already. -- Erratic cursor after vt-switching in Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/79166 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 264254] Re: subpixel rendering in intrepid

2008-09-03 Thread Tobias Wolf
The reason is this: cairo (1.7.4-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low * New upstream version: [...] - LCD subpixel filtering using FreeType [...] * debian/patches/00list: Remove lcd-filter patch now applied upstream I just found out that when I add this to my

[Bug 118468] Re: Suspend to Ram/Disk on Samsung X30 WV1500 does not work

2008-09-01 Thread Tobias Wolf
I run 2.6.27-2-generic now and the screen still does not recover after resume. When I resume, the screen in initially black, but backlit. Then gradually colored corruptions appear until the screen is full of eerie looking corruptions. The desktop is fine, because I can blindly type, etc. Now,

[Bug 397961] Re: pitivi crashed with SIGSEGV in PyObject_IsInstance()

2009-08-05 Thread Tobias Wolf
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #590890 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=590890 ** Also affects: pitivi via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=590890 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- pitivi crashed with SIGSEGV in PyObject_IsInstance()

[Bug 397961] Re: pitivi crashed with SIGSEGV in PyObject_IsInstance()

2009-08-07 Thread Tobias Wolf
I think this was fixed by pygoocanvas (0.14.1-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low * New upstream release (LP: #409057) - Fix a crash on conduit (LP: #401568) Can anyone confirm? -- pitivi crashed with SIGSEGV in PyObject_IsInstance() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397961 You received this bug

[Bug 382626] Re: Nautilus location bar toggle icon implies unrelated function

2009-06-11 Thread Tobias Wolf
»go-jump« is the icon most closely associated with address fields. But it would still make a poor choice. Especially because there would be an awkward cluster of arrows in that corner ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerpost ). -- Nautilus location bar toggle icon implies unrelated function

[Bug 19586] Re: When nautilus cannot unmount a media, it must tell why.

2009-06-11 Thread Tobias Wolf
Won’t this come complimentary with devicekit-disks and gnome-disk- utility? http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/gdu-unmount-dialog.png -- When nautilus cannot unmount a media, it must tell why. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19586 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 850225] Re: Pressing print screen key to take screenshot doesn't work when messaging menu is open

2011-09-23 Thread Tobias Wolf
It’s a GTK issue really. And has been forever. Open menus eat keyboard event. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850225 Title: Pressing print screen key to take screenshot doesn't work

[Bug 921061] Re: Improve appearance of category headers

2012-02-14 Thread Tobias Wolf
I use Gnome icon theme, I get no image icons. These icon should be put into a local hicolor tree, the same way that apps who ship icon do it -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/921061

[Bug 921082] Re: after touchpad movement and stop, pointer continues in same direction at a steady pace

2012-01-26 Thread Tobias Wolf
This is Trackstick Emulation mode, and it’s super-annoying. I’ve read «man synaptics» up-and-down and there is no clear way to disable this. Is it FingerPress? To what level do I have to set it to disable? 256? There are other settings that have been introduced and set zto default. And also there

[Bug 921082] Re: after touchpad movement and stop, pointer continues in same direction at a steady pace

2012-01-27 Thread Tobias Wolf
Ugh, at least with the Alps touchpad on my Thinkpad X301 the new cursor behaviour makes clicking links feel like playing bomberman in an ice- level. The cursor is constantly overshooting. It’s totally broken. Can I go back to the 1.4.1 driver without rolling all of Xorg back? Is that possible at

[Bug 923708] Re: Side panel (Ctrl+F9) always show up every time EOG opens

2012-02-05 Thread Tobias Wolf
That because the Ubuntu fix was not the fix that upstream implemented. The Ubuntu fix was a gsettings override, but upstream made a code change. Please pull this change from eog git instead: http://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=6b28ca6b46fda34855d89564e5097324947ac1b9 -- You received

[Bug 923708] Re: Side panel (Ctrl+F9) always show up every time EOG opens

2012-02-06 Thread Tobias Wolf
I see. Thank you, Sebastien. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/923708 Title: Side panel (Ctrl+F9) always show up every time EOG opens To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 927952] Re: When I press the Print Screen button, it will not appear in Save Screenshot window.

2012-02-06 Thread Tobias Wolf
GNOME Screenshot 3.3.2 - 6th February 2012 == - Make non-interactive mode headless - Update to the new shell Screenshot API - Port to GApplication Here, »headless« means that no dialog is shown anymore. The screenshots are placed in your »Pictures«

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