[Bug 1498544] Re: Autologin not correctly enabled on 15.10 installations

2016-02-12 Thread David Biesack
Can someone please update the doc at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LightDM It does not mention [Seat:*]. thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1498544 Title: Autologin not correctly

[Bug 1498544] Re: Autologin not correctly enabled on 15.10 installations

2016-02-12 Thread David Biesack
I found http://wiki.debian.org/LightDM which is more current and matches what I have in 15.10 Wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1498544 Title: Autologin not correctly enabled on

[Bug 1498544] Re: Autologin not correctly enabled on 15.10 installations

2016-02-10 Thread David Biesack
I have a new 15.10 install (XUbuntu) and auto-login is not working for me. How can I check if I have this fix or not? I've done all system updates. My /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf.d/99_autologin.conf contain: [greeter] background=/etc/lightdm/wallpaper.png [SeatDefaults]

[Bug 991758] Re: Chromium web browser not showing mp4 videos

2015-06-30 Thread David Biesack
Attached is a screenshot of the Network view. The video is 68MB, so the content size is correct. Hope it helps. ** Attachment added: chromium-mp4-network.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/991758/+attachment/4422498/+files/chromium-mp4-network.png -- You

[Bug 899878] Re: Software center have hardcoded colors and shows white font on white bg

2015-06-11 Thread David Biesack
keying a fix for this general problem to a specific theme seems like the wrong solution. The proper fix is to just honor the theme's foreground/background colors, whether it is Adwaita or some thing different. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 991758] Re: Chromium web browser not showing mp4 videos

2015-04-30 Thread David Biesack
It turns out that chrome fails to play the videos when they are served from a SharePoint server (on our intranet). If I download the videos, I can Ctrl-O Open them in Chrome and view them. Same if I move them to a web server instead of a document folder in SharePoint. (Note that Firefox can view

[Bug 991758] Re: Chromium web browser not showing mp4 videos

2015-04-30 Thread David Biesack
attached is the wget log. ** Attachment added: wget.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/991758/+attachment/4388592/+files/wget.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 991758] Re: Chromium web browser not showing mp4 videos

2015-04-29 Thread David Biesack
I'm running chromium-browser Version 41.0.2272.76 Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit) and installed the chromium-codecs-ffmpeg and chromium-codecs-ffmpeg- extra but I still can't play mp4/H.264 videos in the browser. I get a black window with a play button, an empty progress bar, 0:00 and a disabled audio

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

2015-04-08 Thread David Biesack
I found this can be changed via dconf, for those of you (like me) who don't use Gnome or Unity and can't access this hidden menu $ dconf write /org/gnome/calculator/button-mode 'basic'; gnome-calculator $ dconf write /org/gnome/calculator/button-mode 'advanced'; gnome-calculator $ dconf write

[Bug 1001035] Re: lightdm uses a hardcoded path to .xsession-errors, please make it configurable

2013-07-25 Thread David Biesack
I log onto a couple different machines using my common network account (i.e. a shared HOME). I really need a way to set my .xsession-errors file to be host specific, so that my concurrent sessions don't stomp on each other. I recommend a boolean configuration option for lightdm.config to use a

[Bug 382879] Re: gdm should not hardcode name of ~/.xsession-errors

2013-07-25 Thread David Biesack
also, for those of us who have a shared network home directory, logging onto two machines causes them to stomp on the same .xsession-errors file. It would be nice to have a per-host .xsession-errors file. Someone suggested we argue upstream so I've done that:

[Bug 913933] Re: Ubuntu Software Center displays light text on light background when using dark theme

2013-07-08 Thread David Biesack
reported against 13.04 as bug #1199049 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/913933 Title: Ubuntu Software Center displays light text on light background when using dark theme To manage

[Bug 1199049] [NEW] Ubuntu Software Center displays light text on light background when using dark theme

2013-07-08 Thread David Biesack
Public bug reported: Migrating https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/913933 to current release. I installed GnomishDark theme from http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/GnomishDark?content=147290 because I strongly prefer dark background. I used gnome-tweak-tool to set

[Bug 913933] Re: Ubuntu Software Center displays light text on light background when using dark theme

2013-07-01 Thread David Biesack
Is there a patch that I can apply to the UI to fix this? I've been able to fix similar problems in meld and other tools, since many are distributed as python or other scripting languages and are amenable to source patching. software-center is a python script, and there is a lot of python in

[Bug 1043118] Re: Shows Error while adding the file monitor.

2013-06-20 Thread David Biesack
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1003185 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1003185 Is there a workaround or preference which can disable this? I don't even know what shutter is trying to do or what the file monitor is. I'm just trying to capture a window shutter --window --active

[Bug 1112568] Re: lynx -dump fails if filename is not *.html

2013-02-04 Thread David Biesack
Thanks for the tip, Thomas. I still find the behavior confusing; i.e. that the name is important rather than the content. -dump dumps the formatted output of the default document implies the document is HTML, does not mention other possible interpretations or file formats, and does

[Bug 1112568] [NEW] lynx -dump fails if filename is not *.html

2013-02-01 Thread David Biesack
Public bug reported: lynx -dump url is supposed to strip out the HTML markup and format the text, but it is not working; it is just echoing the output. The input is simple HTML: $ echo | curl.out EOF html bodypSome text/p/body /html EOF but when I do $ lynx -d curl.out lynx just echos

[Bug 913933] Re: Ubuntu Software Center displays light text on light background when using dark theme

2012-12-17 Thread David Biesack
Can a developer provide a hint on where the colors are set/loaded? I'm not familiar with the organization of the source, and there is a lot of python code in software-center. I would be happy to work on a patch if someone pointed me in the right direction. As is, this app is almost unusable with

[Bug 1060182] Re: Unable to add Twitter account

2012-12-11 Thread David Biesack
I tried this again today after receiving the 'expired' notification, and the subscription worked. Perhaps some other system update or reboot fixed this. Not sure if i should leave this as Expired or mark as Invalid. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1060182] Re: Unable to add Twitter account

2012-10-11 Thread David Biesack
I tried again today and I see the same failure. I'm presented with the Twitter web page, grant authorization, then the Broadast Accounts dialog refreshes with Twitter authorized near the top, and a text area below that says Authorization complete. but the banner (yellow box) says Verifying and

[Bug 1034594] [NEW] zenity --question --timeout returns 5 when click yes

2012-08-08 Thread David Biesack
Public bug reported: The man page says: For example, zenity --question will return either 0, 1 or 5, depending on whether the user pressed OK, Cancel or timeout has been reached. zenity --entry will output on standard output what the user typed into the text entry field. however, for the

[Bug 1019364] [NEW] vinagre menu is hidden when host screen too smal

2012-06-29 Thread David Biesack
Public bug reported: I ran vinagre 3.4.2 on a laptop running 1280x1024 resolution to connect to a desktop that was running on 1600x1200 dual monitors at an effective resolution of 3200x1200. The vinagre menu that is supposed to appear at the top center of the display appears to be centered on

[Bug 819328] Re: [Oneiric] update-manager crashed with DBusException in _run(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not sen

2012-02-27 Thread David Biesack
Can someone describe what You need a policykit agent in your custom x session means - how does one achieve this? I'm not having much luck finding documentation/guides on this. 'apt-get upgrade' from a console window works for me but update-manager still fails. Or better yet, is there a guide

[Bug 819328] Re: [Oneiric] update-manager crashed with DBusException in _run(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not sen

2012-02-13 Thread David Biesack
How does one get this fix? I get the same error message when I run update-manager and if I run sudo apt-get update I get a list of packages downloaded but the update does not do anything... sudo apt-get update . Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted amd64

[Bug 819328] Re: [Oneiric] update-manager crashed with DBusException in _run(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not sen

2012-02-13 Thread David Biesack
I guess my problem was not running Gnome3 - I was running a bare Xsession session with openbox window manager. I logged out, then logged in with a Gnome3 Unity session, and update-manager is working OK for me and downloading and applying changes. So for me the but is that update-manager does

[Bug 913933] [NEW] Ubuntu Software Center displays light text on light background when using dark theme

2012-01-09 Thread David Biesack
Public bug reported: I am running gdm and my session is openbox-gnome (not Unity) on Ubuntu 11.10 I installed GnomishDark theme from http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/GnomishDark?content=147290 because I strongly prefer dark background. I used gnome-tweak-tool to set my window and GTK

[Bug 913933] Re: Ubuntu Software Center displays light text on light background when using dark theme

2012-01-09 Thread David Biesack
** Attachment added: software center light text on light background using GnomishDark GTK theme https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/913933/+attachment/2664871/+files/software-center.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 824514] Re: add feature: open gnome-rdp session via command line

2011-09-03 Thread David Biesack
OK. I have also jused rdesktop directly, since it's simpler and does what I want (I don't need all the chrome that remmina provides) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824514 Title: add

[Bug 824514] [NEW] add feature: open gnome-rdp session via command line

2011-08-11 Thread David Biesack
Public bug reported: gnome-rdp should have a way to open a named connection via the command line (like remmina -c file.remmina does, etc.). This will allow adding shortcuts to command scripts, the Ubuntu start menu, keyboard hot keys, etc. I.e. if I have a rdp connection named MyLaptop then I

[Bug 824587] [NEW] dialog with X errors pops up upon closing rdp session

2011-08-11 Thread David Biesack
Public bug reported: I added a RDP connection to a Windows 7 laptop. Works great. When I close the rdesktop gnome-rdp pops up a dialog with some X errors. NOT IMPLEMENTED: System pointer message 0x7f00 X Error of failed request: BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter) Major opcode of failed

[Bug 824587] Re: dialog with X errors pops up upon closing rdp session

2011-08-11 Thread David Biesack
** Attachment added: screen shot of error dialog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824587/+attachment/2268727/+files/window.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824587 Title: dialog

[Bug 454215] Re: wmctrl doesn't adjust position of terminal windows in Hardy

2011-08-11 Thread David Biesack
@ralemi when I run your script in a terminal, it does not snap left or right. instead, it resizes the window to take up the entire monitor. I have dual monitors - it will resize to the size of a maximized app on the left monitor (but the icon is still that of a normal window - i.e. not maximized

[Bug 454215] Re: wmctrl doesn't adjust position of terminal windows in Hardy

2011-05-20 Thread David Biesack
In Ubuntu 10.10 wmctrl (1.07) moves terminal windows fine for me. However, there are other windows that wmctrl can't move/resize as I want. For example, I have my X display spread across dual 1600x1200 monitors for an effective 3200x1200 desktop wmctrl -r 'Google Chrome' -e 0,1200,0,1000,1000

[Bug 746906] [NEW] [Realtek ALC1200] Playback problem - no audio playing dvr-ms files

2011-03-31 Thread David Biesack
Public bug reported: I tried to watch a .cvr-ms file captured from a TV card with Windows Media Center. I was trying to watch it in Ubuntu 10.10 using the Totem movie player. Sound works elsewhere, but in Totem, there was no sound even though the volume was up. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease:

[Bug 746906] Re: [Realtek ALC1200] Playback problem - no audio playing dvr-ms files

2011-03-31 Thread David Biesack
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746906 Title: [Realtek ALC1200] Playback problem - no audio playing dvr-ms files -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com