[Bug 1912670] Re: Mouse buttons and keyboard unresponsive after idle time

2021-01-25 Thread nick_s
For the time being my workaround is to disable xfce4-power-manager by: 1) Going to Settings → Session and Startup → Application Autostart and unticking the "Power Manager (Power management for the Xfce desktop)" item in the list. 2) Removing the "Power Manager Plugin" item from the desktop panel

[Bug 1912670] Re: Mouse buttons and keyboard unresponsive after idle time

2021-01-23 Thread nick_s
Before I try GNOME desktop, I tried some additional things: 1) From the Ctrl_Alt+F1 terminal console, running 'sudo systemctl restart lightdm' restarts my desktop environment and everything is ok until a few minutes idle time causes the problem again. 2) In the Xfce desktop panel I removed the

[Bug 1912670] Re: Mouse buttons and keyboard unresponsive after idle time

2021-01-23 Thread nick_s
In a terminal window on the desktop I run evtest... after a few minutes of idle time the desktop is unresponsive to any mouse clicks but evtest continues to report all mouse activity. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1912670] Re: Mouse buttons and keyboard unresponsive after idle time

2021-01-22 Thread nick_s
Thanks. Here are the results of your suggestions, plus some other things I tried: 1. 'tlp' was not installed. 2. I installed 'powertop' and checked its 'Tunables' section. There were 6 entries for "Autosuspend for USB device xHCI Host Controller" all set to 'Good' - I changed these to 'Bad'. The

[Bug 1912670] [NEW] Mouse buttons and keyboard unresponsive after idle time

2021-01-21 Thread nick_s
Public bug reported: If I leave my desktop (Xubuntu 20.04.1 LTS, Xfce xfdesktop4 4.14.2-1, Xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14) idle for a few minutes, the mouse buttons and most keyboard presses become unresponsive. My "system power saving" setting is disabled (set to "never") and "display power management"

[Bug 1335492] Re: [4.11.8] Desktop icons rearrange on each login

2019-10-02 Thread nick_s via ubuntu-bugs
My desktop icons are also rearranging themselves between logins, but it seems to be specifically the icons managed by xfconf (i.e. "Home", "Filesystem", "Rubbish Bin") - any other icons seem to retain their positions ok. I'm on Xubuntu 18.04 with all updates, and xfdesktop4 version

[Bug 1049450] Re: Fails trying to hide the xfce4-panel panel 1

2016-01-06 Thread nick_s
Srinivas, just for completeness, you may want to compare with my panel settings, which are: Mode: Horizontal (YES) Lock Panel (YES) Automatically show and hide the panel (NO) Don't reserve space on borders Row Size (pixels): 32 Number of rows: 1

[Bug 1049450] Re: Fails trying to hide the xfce4-panel panel 1

2016-01-05 Thread nick_s
This also affects me on a fresh install of xubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-amd64 with all updates. The command xfce4-panel --version reports "xfce4-panel 4.11.0 (Xfce 4.10)". A workaround that seems to have fixed it for me is to insert a separator as the last item in my panel (to the right of the

[Bug 490410] Re: Application window does not resize correctly

2014-12-31 Thread nick_s
This appears to be fixed in LibreOffice Version: 4.2.7.2 Build ID: 420m0(Build:2) running on Xubuntu 14.04.1 with Xfce4.10. The toolbars of the resized applicationshow buttons which give access to the icons. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1308105] Re: Xfce resets TV mode to NULL when power cycled

2014-07-16 Thread nick_s
This also affects me on Mythbuntu 14.04 x86 64bit with the open radeon driver and ATI RS880 [Radeon HD 4250] graphics controller. The workaround for me was to disable xfsettingsd in the GUI Settings under Session and Startup: 1) In the Application Autostart tab I unticked xfsettingsd. 2) In the

[Bug 815419] Re: Unable to disable wireless on Toshiba NB520 via FN+F8

2012-10-20 Thread nick_s
Personally I don't need a backport as that machine will be upgraded to Quantal. I included the other keystrokes for completeness of testing because often fixing one thing can break others. I'll submit a separate bug for the Fn+F9 touchpad issue. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 815419] Re: Unable to disable wireless on Toshiba NB520 via FN+F8

2012-10-20 Thread nick_s
Further testing on the Fn+F9 wifi issue shows that the wifi activity LED (and presumably the radio transceiver) remains on. The command rfkill list shows that the Wireless LAN is only being soft blocked and Bluetooth isn't being blocked at all. Users for whom this is inadequate may wish to

[Bug 815419] Re: Unable to disable wireless on Toshiba NB520

2012-10-19 Thread nick_s
It's certainly still an issue in 12.04... I'll test in the development/upstream releases and report back in the next couple of days. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/815419 Title:

[Bug 990870] Re: External USB keyboard not working in Ubuntu 12.04

2012-10-19 Thread nick_s
This also affects me on 12.04 64-bit (Mythbuntu). It used to work fine. A previous round of updates caused it to stop working but unplugging/replugging the USB adapter seemed to fix it. With the latest round of updates (to kernel 3.2.0-32) it's stopped working and unplugging/replugging doesn't

[Bug 815419] Re: Unable to disable wireless on Toshiba NB520

2012-10-19 Thread nick_s
Here are my results of testing against xubuntu-12.10-beta2-desktop-amd64 kernel 3.5.0-15/17 (and 12.04 amd64 kernel 3.2.0.32 for reference): Key 12.04 12.10 Function --- - - Fn+EscY Y Switch built-in speaker on/off. Fn+F5 Y Y Switch

[Bug 990870] Re: External USB keyboard not working in Ubuntu 12.04

2012-10-19 Thread nick_s
Further to my last post... Firstly I attached a PS2 keyboard to get past the desktop login/password, when the desktop session started the wireless keyboard still wouldn't work. Secondly there was another USB device plugged in (a sensor for a remote control that appears to the system as a

[Bug 815419] Re: Unable to disable wireless on Toshiba NB520

2012-07-03 Thread nick_s
I just installed Xubuntu12.04 (64bit) on the same Toshiba NB520 machine. In addition to Fn+F8 not enabling/disabling wireless, Fn+F9 for enabling/disabling the built-in touchpad has stopped working too (this was working previously with Xubuntu11.10). With the toshiba_acpi kernel module loaded,

[Bug 993980] [NEW] package samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

2012-05-03 Thread nick_s
Public bug reported: Fresh install of Mythbuntu 12.04 desktop 64-bit. First-time running Update Manager, hung after about 20 mins and remained inactive. After a further 20 mins of inactivity, rebooted the system, got a System Error and reported this problem. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease:

[Bug 993980] Re: package samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

2012-05-03 Thread nick_s
** Description changed: Fresh install of Mythbuntu 12.04 desktop 64-bit. First-time running Update Manager, hung after about 20 mins and remained inactive. - After 20 mins of inactivity, rebooted the system, got a System Error and reported this problem. + After a further 20 mins of

[Bug 993980] [NEW] package samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

2012-05-03 Thread nick_s
Public bug reported: Fresh install of Mythbuntu 12.04 desktop 64-bit. First-time running Update Manager, hung after about 20 mins and remained inactive. After a further 20 mins of inactivity, rebooted the system, got a System Error and reported this problem. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease:

[Bug 993980] Re: package samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

2012-05-03 Thread nick_s
** Description changed: Fresh install of Mythbuntu 12.04 desktop 64-bit. First-time running Update Manager, hung after about 20 mins and remained inactive. - After 20 mins of inactivity, rebooted the system, got a System Error and reported this problem. + After a further 20 mins of

[Bug 511312] Re: [Upstream] Draw omits x importing svg

2012-01-04 Thread nick_s
Tested in 3.4.4 (build:402) and the problem persists. Tested in 3.5.0beta2... the graphic seems to be rendered correctly (open path, x in the correct position). However I don't recall seeing the Break option in the right-click context menu to break the object into its individual component parts

[Bug 482268] Re: connector loses track of position

2011-08-08 Thread nick_s
I've just tested and the problem still occurs. Presumably the Xubuntu repository (and therefore my machine) is still on v3.3.2 rather than v3.3.3 or the recently released v3.4.2. I'll download the v3.4.2 .deb from the LibreOffice website and report my results soon. $ lsb_release -rd

[Bug 482268] Re: connector loses track of position

2011-08-08 Thread nick_s
I can confirm that this issue appears to be resolved in: LibreOffice 3.4.2 OOO340m1 (Build:203) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482268 Title: connector loses track of position To

[Bug 815419] [NEW] Unable to disable wireless on Toshiba NB520

2011-07-24 Thread nick_s
Public bug reported: Unable to disable the Atheros AR9285 internal wireless networking adapter of the Toshiba NB520 netbook. The Fn+F8 keystroke is unresponsive (but works correctly when booted in Windows 7). The ath9k kernel modules does not appear to provide any parameters to toggle the

[Bug 815419] Re: Unable to disable wireless on Toshiba NB520

2011-07-24 Thread nick_s
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/815419 Title: Unable to disable wireless on Toshiba NB520 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 482119] Re: Cannot load toshiba_acpi module (no such device) on M45-S2692 Laptop

2011-07-09 Thread nick_s
I get the same error as the original bug report: $ sudo modprobe toshiba_acpi FATAL: Error inserting toshiba_acpi (/lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.ko): No such device This is on a Toshiba NB520 updated to the latest BIOS v1.90 and running Xubuntu 11.04

[Bug 666263] Re: Options for Calc are incorrectly displayed

2011-06-21 Thread nick_s
I can confirm it seems to be fixed in LibreOffice Calc on Xubuntu11.04. LibreOffice 3.3.2 OOO330m19 (Build:202) tag libreoffice-3.3.2.2, Ubuntu package 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 ** Tags added: natty ** Description changed: Binary package hint: openoffice.org In OpenOffice Tools - Options, the

[Bug 666263] Dependencies.txt

2011-06-21 Thread nick_s
apport information ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666263/+attachment/2177355/+files/Dependencies.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666263

[Bug 492912] Re: Uniconvertor Failed

2011-05-24 Thread nick_s
OK, I'll redirect my this bug affects me to that bug. (The workaround suggested there appears to work for me). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/492912 Title: Uniconvertor Failed --

[Bug 418242] Re: Incorrect call to output plugins (with persistent error message) on copy

2011-05-24 Thread nick_s
I'm experiencing similar problems in Inkscape on Xubuntu11.04. The xfce4-settings-helper process kept restarting itself after a kill -9 command, but thanks to delcypher for the pkill -f xfce4-settings-helper command. This seems to be a successful workaround for me. -- You received this bug

[Bug 492912] Re: Uniconvertor Failed

2011-05-23 Thread nick_s
I'm experiencing similar problems in Inkscape on Xubuntu11.04. I create a circle, copy and paste it and a similar error pops up. This happens a few times and then the application hangs. It makes Inkscape completely unuseable. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 577493] Re: various dialog box contents not displayed

2011-02-24 Thread nick_s
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Binary package hint: openoffice.org In OpenOffice Calc, various pop-up dialog boxes are displayed as an empty frame with no contents. This happens with the Insert Sheet..., Rename Sheet..., Move/Copy Sheet...

[Bug 577493] Re: various dialog box contents not displayed

2011-02-24 Thread nick_s
This issue appears to be resolved in 10.10 with OpenOffice3.2. I just ran apport-collect, plus here's the OpenOffice version info: OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 OOO320m19 (Build:9505) ooo-build 3.2.1.4, Ubuntu package 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 666263] Re: Options for Calc are incorrectly displayed

2010-12-27 Thread nick_s
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Binary package hint: openoffice.org In OpenOffice Tools - Options, the some of the sections under the OpenOffice.org Calc branch of the tree don't correspond to what is displayed in the main area of the

[Bug 666263] Re: Options for Calc are incorrectly displayed

2010-12-27 Thread nick_s
apport information ** Description changed: Binary package hint: openoffice.org In OpenOffice Tools - Options, the some of the sections under the OpenOffice.org Calc branch of the tree don't correspond to what is displayed in the main area of the options panel. General, View and

[Bug 666263] Re: Options for Calc are incorrectly displayed

2010-12-27 Thread nick_s
The problem is still the same as originally reported. No virtual machines, just a regular Xubuntu 10.10 installation on hardware, fully up-to-date with updates. OpenOffice reports the following version: OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 OOO320m19 (Build:9505) ooo-build 3.2.1.4, Ubuntu package

[Bug 490410] Re: Application window does not resize correctly

2010-11-15 Thread nick_s
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Binary package hint: openoffice.org When resizing the main application window, it does not resize correctly. In particular, when the top or left boundaries of the window are used to perform the resizing, the

[Bug 490410] Re: Application window does not resize correctly

2010-11-15 Thread nick_s
Also still exists in Xubuntu 10.10 too. Information additional to the apport update I just ran: OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 OOO320m19 (Build:9505) ooo-build 3.2.1.4, Ubuntu package 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1 -- Application window does not resize correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490410 You

[Bug 490410] Re: Application window does not resize correctly

2010-11-15 Thread nick_s
I just discovered that installing the openoffice.org-gtk package in Xubuntu somewhat resolves the problem, but it gives the whole spreadsheet contents a faded appearance (black text appears grey - screenshot attached) which is not good. Perhaps this gives a clue to the root of the original

[Bug 666256] [NEW] Data pilot value selection with (empty) is sort-dependent

2010-10-25 Thread nick_s
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org In a Data Pilot, when (de)selecting values of a particular field (with the tick-boxes), sometimes the wrong values are (de)selected. In particular, this happens when the (empty) value is present, and appears to be sort-order dependent. In

[Bug 666256] Re: Data pilot value selection with (empty) is sort-dependent

2010-10-25 Thread nick_s
** Attachment added: simple example of data pilot value-selection bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666256/+attachment/1710398/+files/Pilot_bug.ods -- Data pilot value selection with (empty) is sort-dependent https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666256 You received this bug notification

[Bug 666263] [NEW] Options for Calc are incorrectly displayed

2010-10-25 Thread nick_s
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org In OpenOffice Tools - Options, the some of the sections under the OpenOffice.org Calc branch of the tree don't correspond to what is displayed in the main area of the options panel. General, View and Calculate seem to be ok... but then:

[Bug 666263] Re: Options for Calc are incorrectly displayed

2010-10-25 Thread nick_s
-- Options for Calc are incorrectly displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666263 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 593405] [NEW] OpenOffice Calc crashes on delete Data Pilot table

2010-06-13 Thread nick_s
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org OpenOffice Calc crashes when deleting a table created by the Data Pilot. Steps to reproduce: 1) Load the attached minimal example spreadsheet into OpenOffice Calc. 2) Right-click on the Data Pilot table and from the popup menu choose

[Bug 593405] Re: OpenOffice Calc crashes on delete Data Pilot table

2010-06-13 Thread nick_s
** Attachment added: Minimal Example of delete Data Pilot table crash http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50280472/OOdatapilot.ods ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50279964/Dependencies.txt -- OpenOffice Calc crashes on delete Data Pilot table

[Bug 511312] Re: incorrect rendering of SVG import

2010-05-27 Thread nick_s
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Binary package hint: openoffice.org When importing a simple SVG file into OpenOffice-Draw, some elements are incorrectly rendered. In particular: a) open path elements are drawn as closed even though no

[Bug 511312] Re: incorrect rendering of SVG import

2010-05-27 Thread nick_s
Yes, this is still an issue on Lucid. I've just run apport-collect 511312 to update the platform info for this bug. The behaviour is exactly the same as originally reported... (plus when importing SVG's containing bitmaps, the bitmaps are not displayed). I am currently working around the issue

[Bug 577493] Re: various dialog box contents not displayed

2010-05-08 Thread nick_s
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48066162/Dependencies.txt -- various dialog box contents not displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/577493 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 577493] [NEW] various dialog box contents not displayed

2010-05-08 Thread nick_s
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org In OpenOffice Calc, various pop-up dialog boxes are displayed as an empty frame with no contents. This happens with the Insert Sheet..., Rename Sheet..., Move/Copy Sheet... dialogs from the pop-up menu obtained by right-clicking the tab

[Bug 490410] Re: Application window does not resize correctly

2010-02-23 Thread nick_s
I followed all the instructions and installed all the debug stuff for the backtrace, but I can't get gdb to launch the application: $ gdb /usr/bin/oocalc 21 | tee ~/gdb-oocalc.txt GNU gdb (GDB) 7.0-ubuntu Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later

[Bug 511312] [NEW] incorrect rendering of SVG import

2010-01-22 Thread nick_s
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org When importing a simple SVG file into OpenOffice-Draw, some elements are incorrectly rendered. In particular: a) open path elements are drawn as closed even though no closepath is specified in the SVG path data. b) text is rendered

[Bug 511312] Re: incorrect rendering of SVG import

2010-01-22 Thread nick_s
** Attachment added: Example of SVG rendering problems http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38280755/simple.svg ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38280756/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt

[Bug 490410] [NEW] Application window does not resize correctly

2009-11-30 Thread nick_s
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org When resizing the main application window, it does not resize correctly. In particular, when the top or left boundaries of the window are used to perform the resizing, the application's title-bar, main menu and icons are not redrawn

[Bug 490410] Re: Application window does not resize correctly

2009-11-30 Thread nick_s
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36261973/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36261974/XsessionErrors.txt -- Application window does not resize correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490410 You

[Bug 482268] [NEW] connector loses track of position

2009-11-13 Thread nick_s
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org When manipulating connectors in OpenOffice Draw, the connectors sometimes lose track of their position on the page and can't be selected. For example, in a blank OpenOffice Draw document: 1) create a connector (anywhere on the page)

[Bug 482268] Re: connector loses track of position

2009-11-13 Thread nick_s
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35659475/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35659476/XsessionErrors.txt -- connector loses track of position https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482268 You received this

[Bug 482268] Re: connector loses track of position

2009-11-13 Thread nick_s
I've subsequently found issue #105652 at www.openoffice.org which describes symptoms of the same underlying problem: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=105652 ** Bug watch added: OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker #105652 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=105652 --