[Bug 1902385] [NEW] At times I have an app. menu that opens and never closes

2020-10-31 Thread Alexis Wilke
Public bug reported: It has happened twice in the last little bit where I opened a menu on an icon in the dock and the menu remains opened "forever" (until next reboot). Opening other menus from other icons in the dock works as expected. In most cases, the menu that's stuck is "transparent" to

[Bug 1815060] Re: Traceback closing tab with changes

2020-05-31 Thread Alexis Wilke
For those interested in 18.04, the file to replace is: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/meld/filediff.py and you can replace it with the version: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/-/blob/3.18.2/meld/filediff.py Then saving when closing the tab works as expected. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1768369] Re: Tabs don't close after saving changes

2020-05-31 Thread Alexis Wilke
For those interested in 18.04, the file to replace is: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/meld/filediff.py and you can replace it with the version: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/-/blob/3.18.2/meld/filediff.py Then saving when closing the tab works as expected. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1768369] Re: Tabs don't close after saving changes

2020-05-31 Thread Alexis Wilke
For those interested in 18.04, the file to replace is: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/meld/filediff.py and you can replace it with the version: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/-/blob/3.18.2/meld/filediff.py Then saving when closing the tab works as expected. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1855489] Re: Chromium auto-restart feature breaks many features

2019-12-12 Thread Alexis Wilke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1616650 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1616650 Okay, another updated happened today (version 79.0.3945.79) and I can confirm that it creates the issue where I lose the dot under the Gnome icon. So bug $1616650 definitely looks like the solution to this

[Bug 1855489] Re: Chromium auto-restart feature breaks many features

2019-12-06 Thread Alexis Wilke
Well, I can't really confirm whether it is a refresh (which I called auto-restart) after an auto-update or a an actual crash... but for sure the window does not change yet it gets disconnected from the Gnome Desktop (and that has happened many times now). At least I'll post to confirm that the

[Bug 1855489] [NEW] Chromium auto-restart feature breaks many features

2019-12-06 Thread Alexis Wilke
Public bug reported: Once in a while, Chromium "auto-restarts" to take advantage of new features and especially apply security patches. This sounds like a great feature only it currently has very bad repercussions (as in, it's terribly bogus). Steps to reproduce: 1. start Chromium 2. browse to

[Bug 1079190] Re: gnome-control-center keyboard shortcuts does not manage keyboard power button keybindings properly

2019-10-20 Thread Alexis Wilke
I got here because of a question asked on the Ubuntu stack here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/115333/how-do-i-disable-the-sleep- button-on-my-keyboard My keyboard Sleep button is right next to the Esc key. It's just too close and way to easy to end up clicking on it. It would be nicer to have

[Bug 1814261] Re: gpm prevents loging to the console: spurious “Enter” events seems inserted

2019-02-04 Thread Alexis Wilke
I rebooted on Ubuntu 16.04 (4.4.0-142-generic) and it worked as expected once gpm was turned off. I used the following command to prevent gpm from starting on a reboot and messing up the login screen: sudo systemctl mask gpm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1814261] Re: gpm prevents loging to the console: spurious “Enter” events seems inserted

2019-02-04 Thread Alexis Wilke
I have the exact same problem on Ubuntu 16.04 (vmlinuz-4.4.0-142-generic). I will try to turn off GPM and see how my console functions without it. What a surprise though! Not being able to log in the simplest console. Not something I've seen in ages... -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1799859] Re: "pbuilder-dist create xenial" fails (Unutu 16.04) since Oct 17, 2018

2018-11-09 Thread Alexis Wilke
As Pete mentioned, the "wrong" version comes from the proposed version. We can see the list is here: https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/xenial/main/proposed/gcc-5 The following is the table with the versions. - Other versions of "gcc-5" in Xenial RepositoryAreaVersion

[Bug 1799859] Re: "pbuilder-dist create xenial" fails (Unutu 16.04) since Oct 17, 2018

2018-10-27 Thread Alexis Wilke
Well... the creation of the environment worked with "--updates-only". However, my build requires a few things, one of which is libexpart1-dev and that still fails: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libexpat1-dev : Depends: libexpat1 (= 2.1.0-7) but 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.3 is to be

[Bug 1799859] Re: "pbuilder-dist create xenial" fails (Unutu 16.04) since Oct 17, 2018

2018-10-24 Thread Alexis Wilke
Just in case, I tried again after commenting my .pbuilderrc and I also have a hook. I get the same results, the build-essential package is not happy. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1799859] [NEW] "pbuilder-dist create xenial" fails (Unutu 16.04) since Oct 17, 2018

2018-10-24 Thread Alexis Wilke
Public bug reported: I have a build environment which I can't use anymore. I get some dependency errors as follow: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libexpat1-dev : Depends: libexpat1 (= 2.1.0-7) but 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.3 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you

[Bug 1779583] Re: cron do_command.c attempts a fork() without testing for errors

2018-07-02 Thread Alexis Wilke
** Tags removed: trusty ** Tags added: xenial ** Description changed: The do_command.c file calls fork() twice. For the first fork(), the possibility for an error is checked properly and an error emitted (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/1702785 for an example

[Bug 675673] Re: One junk email repeat thousand of times (until thunderbird is stopped)

2018-07-01 Thread Alexis Wilke
Sure, I don't think anyone has ever looked in this problem, unfortunately. Although "it works for me" now, doesn't mean it's fixed. That's all I'm saying. The code of Thunderbird is huge so I was never able to look enough through it and understand where the problem could be. Anyway, it can be

[Bug 675673] Re: One junk email repeat thousand of times (until thunderbird is stopped)

2018-07-01 Thread Alexis Wilke
I don't recall having that bug happen to me for some time. However, it stops only because I understood what was causing some other problem. You have a feature called "Compact Folders" which is bogus and I think that when that other problem occurs, this very bug happens. I have had it with

[Bug 1779583] Re: cron do_command.c attempts a fork() without testing for errors

2018-07-01 Thread Alexis Wilke
I guess I should attempt to compile before submitting a patch. Some brackets were required in one of the cases. ** Patch added: "Compiling fix to second fork() in child_process()" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/1779583/+attachment/5158458/+files/do_command-2.patch --

[Bug 1779583] Re: cron do_command.c attempts a fork() without testing for errors

2018-07-01 Thread Alexis Wilke
** Description changed: The do_command.c file calls fork() twice. - For the first for(), the possibility for an error is checked properly + For the first fork(), the possibility for an error is checked properly and an error emitted (see

[Bug 1702785] Re: High memory and "can't fork" on heavy long-lived cron daemon

2018-07-01 Thread Alexis Wilke
Actually, an immediate fix for you guys may be to make sure that there is some *input_data. I have no clue what that means in terms of administrative setup, though. But maybe someone else can help in that area. The really bad statement looks like this: if (*input_data && fork() == 0) {

[Bug 1779583] [NEW] cron do_command.c attempts a fork() without testing for errors

2018-07-01 Thread Alexis Wilke
Public bug reported: The do_command.c file calls fork() twice. For the first for(), the possibility for an error is checked properly and an error emitted (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/1702785 for an example when that happens: message is "can't fork".) This first fork()

[Bug 1702785] Re: High memory and "can't fork" on heavy long-lived cron daemon

2018-07-01 Thread Alexis Wilke
I found a bug in the code as described in this issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/1779583 The bug would not prevent the error you're seeing, however, there is a second fork() which, if it fails, will block that part of cron, which would therefore leak. So if it happens "on

[Bug 1779583] Re: cron do_command.c attempts a fork() without testing for errors

2018-07-01 Thread Alexis Wilke
This may be one solution to the problem reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/1702785 Because when the second fork() fails, the cron process waits for 2 children, one of which doesn't even exist and thus cron is stuck with "a ton" of memory allocated. This would also

[Bug 1742330] Re: Can't reboot, shutdown or suspend with 4.4.0-108

2018-01-10 Thread Alexis Wilke
The other bug report that seems to be similar is this one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1742323 Although someone said that they tested the other version and it did not work for them. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1742330] Re: Can't reboot, shutdown or suspend with 4.4.0-108

2018-01-09 Thread Alexis Wilke
Same problem here. This kernel boots and seems to work as expected: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~jsalisbury/lp1741934/ The newer (stock version) 4.4.0-108.131 stops really fast. It looks like 2 or 3 pages of text. I can't scroll or use the keyboard at all once it dies. I'm attaching my screenshot

[Bug 1742323] Re: Meltdown Update Kernel doesnt boot

2018-01-09 Thread Alexis Wilke
Achim Behrens, Is the kernel that fails really 104? Or is that your backup that you just booted into to report the problem? The one that fails for me is the new one, 108. It just "panics" nearly instantaneously. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot of "panic" showing the callstack"

[Bug 1720908] [NEW] Firefox cannot load Flash because of libxul broken dependency

2017-10-02 Thread Alexis Wilke
Public bug reported: When I start Firefox version 56 in my console and then go to a page using Adobe Flash, I get the following errors: /usr/lib/firefox/plugin-container: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so: undefined symbol: gdk_screen_get_monitor_workarea [18352] WARNING: pipe

[Bug 1663376] Re: php7.0-snmp generates many warnings without snmp installed.

2017-02-18 Thread Alexis Wilke
Bug reported to Debian, reference: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=855467 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #855467 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=855467 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1663376] [NEW] php7.0-snmp generates many warnings without snmp installed.

2017-02-09 Thread Alexis Wilke
Public bug reported: Somehow, the php7.0-snmp generates many warnings about missing "things" until I install `snmp`. Maybe snmp should be a dependency? A couple of references of people mentioning the problem: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/installed-php-7-0-now- returns-errors

[Bug 815996] Re: Desktop occasionally freezes/locks up when switching workspaces

2016-07-30 Thread Alexis Wilke
Adding a comment just to say that I'm under Xenial and it still happens. Even though it is marked as "Won't Fix"... I have the problem ONLY if I quickly go from screen 1 to screen 2 and back to screen 1 (Alt-F2, Alt-F1) and I have SeaMonkey in fullscreen mode. Without apps in fullscreen, I never

[Bug 1309535] Re: Running without pam-kwallet installed issues a warning in auth.log

2014-11-29 Thread Alexis Wilke
There is information about KWallet. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE_Wallet It is marked as optional because it is allowed to fail as it does when you are running with Gnome (unity uses Gnome by default). So this is not a bug. You make comment out the lines as shown in #19 but you may

[Bug 1250814] Re: CCSM fails to read current Desktop Size values

2014-07-05 Thread Alexis Wilke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1294341 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1294341 The Desktop Size is still affected. But the command: gsettings get org.compiz.core:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/core/ hsize Seems to work for me. I currently use 2x2 and the command lines give me 2

[Bug 1294341] Re: Some of the input fields are blank in CompizConfig Settings Manager

2014-07-05 Thread Alexis Wilke
I suppose this was not back ported to 13.10, correct? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1294341 Title: Some of the input fields are blank in CompizConfig Settings Manager To manage

[Bug 967091] Re: Wrong tint in flash when it uses video acceleration

2014-01-04 Thread Alexis Wilke
I had that problem on one of my computers where I installed the CUDA development system. The CUDA installs its own libraries and the libvdpau_nvidia.so library was not getting used! I used the following command to remove the offensive vdpau library: sudo rm /usr/lib/libvdpau.so

[Bug 933723] Re: bind9 registers itself with resolvconf even though it's unable to provide name service

2013-10-12 Thread Alexis Wilke
As I ran in this problem too, I wanted to mention one thing: The RESOLVCONF=no parameter one can set in /etc/default/bind9 is NOT in effect until you reboot. I put in effect between quotes because it is, but bind9 will not delete the file it created on boot: /run/resolvconf/interface/lo.named

[Bug 933723] Re: bind9 registers itself with resolvconf even though it's unable to provide name service

2013-10-12 Thread Alexis Wilke
As I ran in this problem too, I wanted to mention one thing: The RESOLVCONF=no parameter one can set in /etc/default/bind9 is NOT in effect until you reboot. I put in effect between quotes because it is, but bind9 will not delete the file it created on boot: /run/resolvconf/interface/lo.named

[Bug 1230172] Re: gnome-calculator menu unreachable when global menu is off

2013-09-28 Thread Alexis Wilke
I have the same problem. I cannot use the global menus because I setup my X environment to focus the window my mouse goes over. That really does not work with global menus since I lose those menus as soon as I move the mouse over another window (although Atl-F10 can help, it's not easy to type

[Bug 755842] Re: Non-maximized windows which sit on the border of a workspace move when called

2012-10-17 Thread Alexis Wilke
I'm not too sure what you mean by fixed but for me this still doesn't work at all. What I really need is a flag in the compiz settings to nicely ask the compiz system to NEVER move my windows. If I put it in the wrong place, that's very much my problem, not compiz problem. If such a flag already

[Bug 345043] Re: gtk vim redraw problems

2012-10-14 Thread Alexis Wilke
I started having this problem in 10.10 and it very looks like it is because of compiz. I now have 12.04 and the problem is still there. Ivan suggested using a PPA and unfortunately he did not mention where that PPA is. Anyone knows? In my case, the problem happens nearly every time I use the :ls

[Bug 1014888] Re: Ubuntu Update Manager hangs when trying to upgrade anything

2012-07-05 Thread Alexis Wilke
Okay! The last few updates included some python updates and the problem is now fixed. The graphical installer is now working again. Thank you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1014888

[Bug 629112] Re: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseError in buildIndex()

2011-10-09 Thread Alexis Wilke
Just in case, I have 11.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/629112 Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseError in buildIndex() To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 629112] Re: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseError in buildIndex()

2011-10-09 Thread Alexis Wilke
I've got a similar error. Mine says .../index.3/spelling.baseA instead. I do have a /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/index.2/ folder, but no .../index.3/ folder. An ls -l /var/cache/ says: drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2011-10-09 07:42 apt-xapian-index which means the process needs to be run

[Bug 376891] Re: unhide brute segmentation fault

2011-02-22 Thread Alexis Wilke
Same problem here, Ubuntu 10.04 sudo unhide brute Unhide 20080519 yje...@security-projects.com [*]Starting scanning using brute force against PIDS Segmentation fault -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 709938] Re: BUG: Bad page map in process postgres pte:80000000cef2d067 pmd:3ac58067

2011-02-03 Thread Alexis Wilke
Hmmm... I'm not sure what you call an *upstream* kernel. Would that be a version that includes debug symbols? One of these? http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.32.28.12-lucid/ At the kernel level, is there any differences between an Ubuntu Server installation and other versions?

[Bug 709938] [NEW] BUG: Bad page map in process postgres pte:80000000cef2d067 pmd:3ac58067

2011-01-29 Thread Alexis Wilke
. After the syslog, I added some cat of a few /proc files. Thank you. Alexis Wilke ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.32-28-server 2.6.32-28.55 [modified: lib/modules/2.6.32-28-server/kernel/drivers/net/usb/asix.ko] Regression: No Reproducible: No ProcVersionSignature

[Bug 709938] Re: BUG: Bad page map in process postgres pte:80000000cef2d067 pmd:3ac58067

2011-01-29 Thread Alexis Wilke
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/709938 Title: BUG: Bad page map in process postgres pte:8000cef2d067 pmd:3ac58067 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 709938] Re: BUG: Bad page map in process postgres pte:80000000cef2d067 pmd:3ac58067

2011-01-29 Thread Alexis Wilke
There are the files I would attach to this bug instead of the strange default that ubuntu-bug attaches. ** Attachment added: syslog, meminfo, cpuinfo... https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/709938/+attachment/1815846/+files/bad-page-bug.txt -- You received this bug

[Bug 675673] [NEW] One junk email repeat thousand of times (until thunderbird is stopped)

2010-11-15 Thread Alexis Wilke
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: thunderbird It is the 3rd time that this happens. I do not know why it would happen, but at some point Thunderbird reads an email, decides that it is Junk mail, and moves it to the Junk folder. Then it repeats it over and over again until stopped by

[Bug 675673] Re: One junk email repeat thousand of times (until thunderbird is stopped)

2010-11-15 Thread Alexis Wilke
** Attachment added: Shows a sample with 5,501 scam emails... all the same! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/675673/+attachment/1734547/+files/GevaliaCoffeeSpam.png -- One junk email repeat thousand of times (until thunderbird is stopped) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/675673 You received

[Bug 371536] Re: at cannot open .SEQ file

2010-11-15 Thread Alexis Wilke
Just to mention, I'm not on 10.04 and the at command has the setuid flag set: ls -l /usr/bin/at -rwsr-sr-x 1 daemon daemon 52112 2010-03-04 18:42 /usr/bin/at Thank you. Alexis -- at cannot open .SEQ file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371536 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 371536] Re: at cannot open .SEQ file

2010-11-15 Thread Alexis Wilke
Sorry, not = now -- I've got a problem with that word, obviously! -- at cannot open .SEQ file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371536 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 553328] Re: Backend does not get terminated

2010-10-26 Thread Alexis Wilke
I just ran in this problem. Same problem: 100% of one of the CPUs used. I could just kill the process and got everything back to normal. -- Backend does not get terminated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553328 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 371536] [NEW] at cannot open .SEQ file

2009-05-04 Thread Alexis Wilke
the user setuid... On the other hand, it was that way in older systems (8.04 still has the u+s flag turned on.) Thank you. Alexis Wilke P.S. There is the version, and also I tried an apt-get install --reinstall at to see whether the permissions would be magically fixed and nothing was changed

[Bug 90554] Re: ircd-irc2 hangs boot process

2009-02-26 Thread Alexis Wilke
Note that I have 8.10 now and it works. It looks like my script I posted here though. Thus I'm not too sure whether it was kept back or was upgraded... Thank you. Alexis Wilke -- ircd-irc2 hangs boot process https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/90554 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 90554] Re: ircd-irc2 hangs boot process

2008-09-26 Thread Alexis Wilke
Daniel, I really won't have the time to test an alpha branch! I'm swamped with work these days! If I remember, I'll let you know once I have 8.10 installed... Thank you. Alexis -- ircd-irc2 hangs boot process https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/90554 You received this bug notification because you

Re: [Bug 63560] Re: installing 915resolution for the correct resolution shouldn't be necessary

2007-03-30 Thread Alexis Wilke
(rc3 does on my machine). -- installing 915resolution for the correct resolution shouldn't be necessary https://launchpad.net/bugs/63560 Alexis Wilke President Made to Order Software, Corporation e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell-text: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (please, only

[Bug 90558] Re: Boot of Desktop 6.10 (Edgy Eft) installer hangs on i845

2007-03-08 Thread Alexis Wilke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 63560 *** I checked the Debugging X Auto-configuration page and I have a KVM. So that's possibly what the problem is thought still, with 915resolution, it works... And my monitor is a rather good one which works with really high frequencies in 1280x1024.

[Bug 63560] Re: installing 915resolution for the correct resolution shouldn't be necessary

2007-03-08 Thread Alexis Wilke
This is in link with the bug I entered recently named: Boot of Desktop 6.10 (Edgy Eft) installer hangs on i845 -- bug #90558 I have a KVM, but I know the resolutions that my monitor support. I have had that for a while and it has been working with that computer under older Linux systems. With

[Bug 63560] Re: installing 915resolution for the correct resolution shouldn't be necessary

2007-03-08 Thread Alexis Wilke
Okay, I got the output requested. I think it will be somewhat useless. For one thing, the xresprobe returned exactly NOTHING. Again, I have a KVM so checking the monitor certainly does not work. ** Attachment added: Output of commands required in bug #90558

[Bug 90554] Re: ircd-irc2 hangs boot process

2007-03-07 Thread Alexis Wilke
There is my file as an attachment. Note that I don't have a patch because I did not keep the original. You can create the patch yourself and then apply it 8-) Alexis W. ** Attachment added: The file with my changes http://librarian.launchpad.net/6672736/ircd-irc2 -- ircd-irc2 hangs boot

[Bug 90554] ircd-irc2 hangs boot process

2007-03-07 Thread Alexis Wilke
with user:group irc:irc. This prevents it from opening the .pid file (permission denied). Thus, I changed the stop using the name of the exec rather than the .pid file. That works for me. The changes are below. Alexis Wilke #!/bin/sh # # Starts/stops the irc daemon # set -e # $PATH to go PATH=/sbin

[Bug 90558] Boot of Desktop 6.10 (Edgy Eft) installer hangs on i845

2007-03-07 Thread Alexis Wilke
/she wants to run 915resolution before to switch to X11. (i.e. first time try without it and then re-try with it and it may just magically work!) I now run 915resolution in my boot process. Once I have a login prompt, I can start X and it never fails. Hope this helps other people... Alexis Wilke