[Bug 550022] [NEW] package samba-common-bin 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2010-03-27 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: samba Hi, I haven't investigated fully yet, but this bug report is fairly similar to Bug #546896. However, first, the final error message is different and, second, the platform is 32-bit not 64-bit. Doug ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Date:

[Bug 550022] Re: package samba-common-bin 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2010-03-27 Thread Doug Morse
** Attachment added: AptOrdering.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42235193/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42235194/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Dmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42235195/Dmesg.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 550022] Re: package samba-common-bin 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2010-03-27 Thread Doug Morse
Hi, I'm still not completely clear on what the problem is, but (surprisingly) the following fixed the problem for me. sudo apt-get purge samba-common-bin sudo aptitude download samba-common-bin sudo dpkg -i samba-common-bin_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6_i386.deb sudo rm -f

[Bug 550022] Re: package samba-common-bin 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2010-03-27 Thread Doug Morse
Hi, For the developers / technically-minded, I should definitely note: The problem was pretty clearly related to the file /usr/bin/nmblookup.samba3 not being present. Indeed, after installing samba-common-bin with aptitude / apt-get (which always failed, as aforementioned), running dpkg -L

[Bug 511505] Re: samba-common-bin postinst returned error status 2 (update-alternatives failure, nmblookup.samba3 does not exist)

2010-03-28 Thread Doug Morse
Hi, Regarding the workaround I describe in Bug #550022, I should also note that I had to uninstall package nautilus-share before I could uninstall samba-common-bin. After the workaround, I of course reinstalled nautilus-share. HTH, Doug -- samba-common-bin postinst returned error status 2

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2012-02-01 Thread Doug Morse
@Sean: Thanks for the tip re: upgrading Compiz from oneiric-proposed (c.f., Bug #896762). I've done so (i.e., upgraded Compiz) and, although so far the problem seems to occur less often, for me at least it FAR from fixes it. Of course, my version of the problem occurs more (perhaps exclusively)

[Bug 934711] [NEW] Google Plus (Google+) stopped working within Thunderbird after upgrade to 10.0.2 (10.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1)

2012-02-17 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: Today, Feb. 17, 2012, running apt-get upgrade caused my version of Thunderbird to upgrade to version 10.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1. Everything seems to be working fine, with one notable exception: Visiting Google Plus within Thunderbird now no longer works, whereas it had

[Bug 934711] Re: Google Plus (Google+) stopped working within Thunderbird after upgrade to 10.0.2 (10.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1)

2012-02-17 Thread Doug Morse
** Attachment added: screenshot.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/934711/+attachment/2751286/+files/screenshot.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/934711 Title: Google Plus

[Bug 874320] [NEW] Wake on Lan (WOL) not working after upgrade from natty to oneiric

2011-10-14 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: Hi Fellow Ubuntu-ers, Wake on lan (WOL) was working fine on my system before upgrading to Oneiric. Now, nothing I do makes WOL work again. I have tried uninstalling network-manager and simply configuring /etc/network/interfaces as such: - contents of

[Bug 874320] Re: Wake on Lan (WOL) not working after upgrade from natty to oneiric

2011-10-14 Thread Doug Morse
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[Bug 876929] [NEW] Evince crashes (segfault) under Unity with a custom theme

2011-10-17 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: I have created a custom theme -- a trivial derivation of Ubuntu 11.10's stock Ambiance them, with the only changes being changing the selection color from orange to blue (1 color change in 3 files) -- and everything works fine except that evince crashes with a segfault. I

[Bug 876929] Re: Evince crashes (segfault) under Unity with a custom theme

2011-10-17 Thread Doug Morse
** Attachment added: Strace log of evince https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876929/+attachment/2555641/+files/strace-evince.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876929 Title: Evince

[Bug 876929] Re: Evince crashes (segfault) under Unity with a custom theme

2011-10-17 Thread Doug Morse
OK, just now I backed up /usr/share/themes/Ambiance to /usr/share/themes/Ambiance.DIST and made the same three trivial changes to the them -- changed selected_bg_color from #f07746 to #008ab8 in gtk-3.0/settings.ini, gtk-3.0/gtkrc, and gtk-2.0/gtkrc -- and switched to this updated Ambiance theme.

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2012-03-06 Thread Doug Morse
@Sam: Any word on this re: firefox/thunderbird menus not appearing of disappearing after workspace switching? It's been 4 months since the first report on this issue without any resolution or workaround, and it's a constant irritation. I appreciate that most of the work here is voluntary

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2012-01-12 Thread Doug Morse
On 2011-12-05 (Comment #37) Tim Penhey (thumper) wrote: I believe that Sam may have fixed this bug already. Any further word on this? It's been over a month since Tim wrote this, and I still have to deal with this issue constantly re: menus either never appearing or disappearing immediately

[Bug 821832] Re: indicator-weather disappears from panel randomly

2011-12-23 Thread Doug Morse
Hi, I recently started using indicator-weather and also would like to see this bug resolved and am willing to help in any way I can. My $HOME/.cache/indicator-weather.log file is attached. Apparently, according to the log, I used indicator-weather a bit on Sept. 14, 2011 (i.e., on Natty). I

[Bug 821832] Re: indicator-weather disappears from panel randomly

2011-12-23 Thread Doug Morse
Oops, forgot to attach the logfile. Apologies for the dup message. ** Attachment added: indicator-weather.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/weather-indicator/+bug/821832/+attachment/2645383/+files/indicator-weather.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 821832] Re: indicator-weather disappears from panel randomly

2011-12-24 Thread Doug Morse
Hi John, Wow, lots of bug reports there, most of them segfaults from the looks of it. Your crash report could be helpful. Would you mind to post it as a a file attachment? I can't really work with as it is. The email message itself is, as it should be, has long lines wrapped, thereby

[Bug 821832] Re: indicator-weather disappears from panel randomly

2011-12-24 Thread Doug Morse
Thanks John. Well, for your crash, it looks like your crash is related to passing a menu message along dbus (see below). This isn't terribly diagnostic, but my best guess would be that the problem is occurring when indicator- weather is updating it appearance due to some change in weather

[Bug 821832] Re: indicator-weather disappears from panel randomly

2011-12-24 Thread Doug Morse
Yep, my crash was also was related to libdbusmenu, but further down in the program stack, and apparently on the Fetcher thread (according to IndicatorLog.txt). --- apport-retrace --- root@s3:/var/crash# apport-retrace -s -g _usr_bin_indicator-weather.1000.crash Reading symbols from

[Bug 821832] Re: indicator-weather disappears from panel randomly

2011-12-24 Thread Doug Morse
I should have noted: In the above comment (Comment #47), I believe the key lines of interest from the stack backtrace are lines 9 and 14: #9 0x7f39ef5557fc in ?? () from /usr/lib/libdbusmenu-glib.so.4 ... #14 0x7f39ef551254 in dbusmenu_menuitem_property_set_variant () from

[Bug 821832] Re: indicator-weather disappears from panel randomly

2011-12-25 Thread Doug Morse
So, my confidence is now pretty high that this is due to a problem in libdbusmenu, or some misuse of it by either Python itself or a Python extension (but I tend to doubt it's the latter two). So, not sure I can go much further with this right now. The next step I would take would be download

[Bug 821832] Re: indicator-weather disappears from panel randomly

2011-12-25 Thread Doug Morse
@John: Of course, I did *ask* you to add as attachment what you had already posted. :) Just goes to show how easy it is to overlook such things. :) Be well. --Doug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 908526] [NEW] Shutter indicator somtimes only visible in Expo view

2011-12-25 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: The Summary says it all. :) See attached screenshots. FWIW, I think this problem is most likely due to problems with the new Unity indicator API than with Shutter itself. I don't know how to report a bug for an OS library, though, nor is it to clear to me what libs are

[Bug 908526] Re: Shutter indicator somtimes only visible in Expo view

2011-12-25 Thread Doug Morse
** Attachment added: Shutter in Normal View (indicator missing) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908526/+attachment/2646391/+files/0001.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908526

[Bug 908526] Re: Shutter indicator somtimes only visible in Expo view

2011-12-25 Thread Doug Morse
** Attachment added: Shutter in Expo View (indicator present) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shutter/+bug/908526/+attachment/2646393/+files/0013.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 821832] Re: indicator-weather disappears from panel randomly

2011-12-25 Thread Doug Morse
@John: Sounds good, and Merry Christmas to you as well! I didn't really read through all the previous posts in this thread until just now, so wasn't aware Eliah had already cautioned you re: crash reports. I certainly will be more mindful of this issue in the future, both in offering out my

[Bug 728423] Re: Graphical corruption in unity after leaving shift switcher

2011-12-27 Thread Doug Morse
Me too. The visual artifacts seems to appear mostly as the shift switcher restores the layout post-switch. I have attached a screenshot and also attach a very brief video for forensics. Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric). ATI Radeon HD 5670 (PCIe, Saphire brand). Stock fglrx driver: ii fglrx

[Bug 728423] Re: Graphical corruption in unity after leaving shift switcher

2011-12-27 Thread Doug Morse
1-2 video attached. ** Attachment added: videoshot.avi https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/728423/+attachment/2648261/+files/videoshot.avi -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 728423] Re: Graphical corruption in unity after leaving shift switcher

2011-12-27 Thread Doug Morse
Apologies, that should have been 1-2 second video. Also, for what it's worth: Back on 11.04 I tried out Nautilus Elementary with Clutterflow (am- monkeyd ppa). It never worked right, displaying similar artifacts in the ClutterFlow region -- so much so that it was unusable. I long since

[Bug 909093] [NEW] Wobbly windows plugin acting strangely / get stuck (Compiz, Unity, Oneiric)

2011-12-27 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: The attached screen shot says it all. WIndows sometimes get stuck like this. Sometimes Alt-Tab or switching viewports (workspaces) fixes this, but most often not, so I usually have to quit and restart the program. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package:

[Bug 909093] Re: Wobbly windows plugin acting strangely / get stuck (Compiz, Unity, Oneiric)

2011-12-27 Thread Doug Morse
** Attachment added: Screenshot at 2011-12-27 12:11:50.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/909093/+attachment/2648367/+files/Screenshot%20at%202011-12-27%2012%3A11%3A50.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 757991] Re: java applications a double icon appears

2011-12-28 Thread Doug Morse
Same problem with JabRef, and I cannot seem to find a resolution. Is there not a webpage somewhere the explains, in detail, how BAMF does it's matching? For JabRef, xprop reports: morse@s3 launchers sleep 2; xprop | grep WM_CLASS WM_CLASS(STRING) = sun-awt-X11-XFramePeer,

[Bug 757991] Re: java applications a double icon appears

2011-12-30 Thread Doug Morse
Well, scratch that. With StartupWMClass still set to net-sf-jabref- JabRefMain in my Jabref.desktop, apparently after logging off and back on, JabRef now only shows a single icon after starting, and interaction with in the icon seems to be working fine, just as with other, non-Java apps. So,

[Bug 821832] Re: indicator-weather disappears from panel randomly

2012-01-03 Thread Doug Morse
Thanks John. As I mentioned before, the problems seem to be something amiss in libdbusmenu -- either the problem is there, or libdbusmenu is not checking for a problem condition for which it should be checking. It's quite likely that just a few lines of programming code need to be changed -- it's

[Bug 876929] Re: Evince crashes (segfault) under Unity with a custom theme

2012-01-03 Thread Doug Morse
Hi Jamie, Thanks for the help, although I'm not sure the actions you propose will fix the problem. /local/stores/morse is just a place I store large files on a separate partition and has nothing to do with evince. I relocate /usr/local to /srv/system/usr/local, a separate parition, and create a

[Bug 908526] Re: Shutter indicator somtimes only visible in Expo view

2012-01-06 Thread Doug Morse
Thanks Mario. I whitelisted all indicators shortly after upgrading to Oneiric. Shutter does show up in normal view, just not expo view. But I imagine expo view only shows indicators using app-indicators; if so, then the observed behavior makes sense. Thanks for the clarification. -- You

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2011-12-04 Thread Doug Morse
@Andres and Sean: Most excellent, thanks. :) So, the disappearing menu issue is then not likely due to upgrade issues. @Andres: I agree, I think that Compiz is definitely implicated. That this problem only occurs with Mozilla apps -- as far as anyone has reported -- seems to narrow it down to

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2011-12-04 Thread Doug Morse
@Anders: Thanks, and thanks for your helpful input! Disabling transparent menus did seem to help, in that I was able to work intently for about 2 hours w/o menus disappearing. This is a much longer period than I've experienced in recent times (menus typically disappear on me every several

[Bug 807442] Re: Clicking on launcher inconsistently switches to the correct workspace (viewport)

2011-12-05 Thread Doug Morse
Hi Omer, No, since upgrading to Oneiric, the problem seems to have resolved. Thanks! Cheers, Doug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/807442 Title: Clicking on launcher inconsistently

[Bug 897794] Re: Firefox 8 User Agent String Ubuntu; addition causes attempt to download rather than display

2011-12-05 Thread Doug Morse
I am also having several sites prompting me to download a application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml file for various websites. I also encountered one case in which the page simply renders the page as raw HTML instead of actually rending the page/frames correctly. This behavior is new, and I believe

[Bug 897794] Re: Firefox 8 User Agent String Ubuntu; addition causes attempt to download rather than display

2011-12-05 Thread Doug Morse
I can confirm that, as a workaround, if you install the User Agent Switcher: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/ and simply create a new user agent -- I called mine Firefox 8.0 -- and edit out the Ubuntu; (notice that the space after the semicolon is removed),

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2011-12-05 Thread Doug Morse
@Thane: This is potentially very helpful information, thanks! I'm not entirely certain, but I think that selecting System - Preferences - Appearance - Visual Effects - None disables Compiz entirely, which, if so, would confirm that Compiz is implicated (which we already suspected). However, if

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2011-12-05 Thread Doug Morse
@Sean: Thanks for the input and yes, that's my recollection, too. I read through Thane's post so quickly I missed that he's still on 10.10. and that there's is no such setting in 11.04 / 11.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2011-12-05 Thread Doug Morse
@Anders: Very helpful, input -- thanks! I'm 99% certain that both Thunderbird and Firefox render their menus with Javascript -- this is how plug-ins / add-ons are able to change the contents of menus -- and this is rather unique when compared to most other Linux apps. So, thanks again for the

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2011-12-05 Thread Doug Morse
@Tim: Fantastic! It'd be great to get confirmation of that, as well as I for one am quite curious as to what the problem was and where it resided (e.g., Compiz, Mozilla, both, something else?). In hunting around for a fix, I noticed similar problems have been reported on other (non-Linux)

[Bug 897794] Re: Firefox 8 User Agent String Ubuntu; addition causes attempt to download rather than display

2011-12-06 Thread Doug Morse
@Sharif: Did you try to download the plugin directly from the website I mentioned in comment #9? I'm on Ubuntu 11.10 with the very latest official of Firefox (FF 8.0) from Ubuntu and the plugin works just fine for me. See the attached screenshots. Of course, the Ubuntu; part of the user agent

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2011-12-01 Thread Doug Morse
Hi, [This comment is a bit long. For those in a hurry, perhaps just read the important part set off below. :) ] As with Dave Russell (comment #15), menus disappear for me constantly as well, both in Firefox and in Thunderbird. I'd say 20+ times an hour rather than 20+ per day. Globalmenus

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2011-12-01 Thread Doug Morse
Thanks Dave for your feedback -- I think the information is quite helpful. So, just to be clear: You DO have this problem when switching workspaces with Ctrl-Alt-arrow (and hence never zooming out to Expo view)? IOW, my present working hypothesis is that going into Expo view is essential to

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2011-12-01 Thread Doug Morse
@Thane: Thanks so much. This pretty much disconfirms my working hypothesis, at least for Thunderbird -- that going into Expo view is necessary to trigger the problem -- but disconfirmation is useful information nonetheless. This seems to be a nasty bug in that I suspect it's going to be a hard

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2011-12-03 Thread Doug Morse
@Domingos86: OK, good to know, thanks. Anyone out there having this disappearing menu problem based on a fresh (not upgraded) install of Oneiric (11.10)? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 905801] [NEW] Update login records when command is launched option does not appear to be working in Terminator (Ubuntu 11.10)

2011-12-17 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: The Update login records when command is launched option does not appear to be working on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric; fully-updated as of 2011-12-16) when using the Terminator application. Unfortunately, I did not discover Terminator until after Ubuntu 11.10, so I cannot say if

[Bug 905801] Re: Update login records when command is launched option does not appear to be working in Terminator (Ubuntu 11.10)

2011-12-17 Thread Doug Morse
** Attachment added: screenshot.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905801/+attachment/2637690/+files/screenshot.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905801 Title: Update login

[Bug 905801] Re: Update login records when command is launched option does not appear to be working in Terminator (Ubuntu 11.10)

2011-12-17 Thread Doug Morse
I did not realize when posting this bug that Terminator has its own project on Launchpad. I have re-post this bug there, so I imagine it's OK and appropriate to close this report. Here is the link to the other, identical report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/905803 -- You

[Bug 720833] Re: *** NSPlugin Viewer runaway errors are causing .xsession-errors file to fill hard drive partition

2011-04-18 Thread Doug Morse
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 498911 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498911 Hi, This .xession-errors runaway file problem has stuck again, and this time it's repeatable. If I run abiword on this machine, it acts strangely -- I can type in a few characters and then it looks up (but

[Bug 720833] Re: *** NSPlugin Viewer runaway errors are causing .xsession-errors file to fill hard drive partition

2011-04-18 Thread Doug Morse
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 498911 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498911 Here is a file with the last 500 lines of the second .xsession-errors file after the file runaway problem (abiword). ** Attachment added: xsession-errors-2

[Bug 791412] Re: Does not switch to right desktop upon launcher click, when target application is side-window-snapped

2011-08-28 Thread Doug Morse
I just confirmed that, if I unmaximize all my windows, and place them toward the center of their respective viewports, using Super-Numeric will again properly switch to the correct viewport as well as raise and focus the selected window. I routinely change screen resolution from 1680x1050 to

[Bug 791412] Re: Does not switch to right desktop upon launcher click, when target application is side-window-snapped

2011-08-28 Thread Doug Morse
Quick followup: I just maximized all my windows and then minimized them to the launcher, as I usually do, and this caused the problem of Unity not switching to the correct viewport when using Alt-Numeric. If I unminimize a window, then the viewport switching again seems to work. In a nutshell,

[Bug 876929] Re: Evince crashes (segfault) under Unity with a custom theme

2011-10-18 Thread Doug Morse
I presume you meant 'aa-complain' and yes, that fixed it. I had thought that the problem might be AppArmour related, but did not think to check /var/log/syslog, which clearly showed that AA was the problem. Below you can see both the before (DENIED) and the after (ALLOW) -- after I ran

[Bug 877951] [NEW] After recent update, shading for window snapping appears even when no window is being moved

2011-10-19 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: Hi, Sometime in the last 24-48 hours, some update has caused Unity / Window Snapping to start appearing, even when I am not moving a window at all. The problem is intermittent, but once it occurs, the only solution is to log off and back on. I have not yet been able to

[Bug 877951] Re: After recent update, shading for window snapping appears even when no window is being moved

2011-10-19 Thread Doug Morse
** Attachment added: Three screenshots of the problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877951/+attachment/2559608/+files/screenshot.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877951 Title:

[Bug 894048] Re: Keyboard accelerators in firefox-globalmenu and thunderbird-global menu after upgrade from 11.04 (Natty) to 11.10 (Oneiric)

2011-11-23 Thread Doug Morse
** Summary changed: - Keyboard accelerators in firefox-globalmenu and thunderbird-global menu after upgrade from 11.04 (Natty) to 11.10 (Oneiric) + Keyboard accelerators not working correctly in Firefox and Thunderbird after upgrade from 11.04 (Natty) to 11.10 (Oneiric) -- You received this

[Bug 894048] [NEW] Keyboard accelerators not working correctly in Firefox and Thunderbird after upgrade from 11.04 (Natty) to 11.10 (Oneiric)

2011-11-23 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: Hi, After upgrading from Natty (11.04) to Oneiric (11.10), the keyboard accelerators for firefox-globalmenu and thunderbird-globalmenu have stopped working correctly. Behavior: When pressing a keyboard accelerator, for example, Alt-F for the File menu, for the first time

[Bug 894048] Re: Keyboard accelerators not working correctly in Firefox and Thunderbird after upgrade from 11.04 (Natty) to 11.10 (Oneiric)

2011-11-23 Thread Doug Morse
I should add: I'm pretty sure this problem has existed since I first upgrade to Oneiric (11.10). Regardless, it certainly is a problem now. Here are what I believe to be the relevant packages and their versions: morse@s3 ~ dpkg -l | egrep (thunderbird|firefox) ii firefox

[Bug 875557] Re: Compiz grid overlay appears after workspace switcher use

2011-10-27 Thread Doug Morse
Since my report, Bug #877951, has been marked a duplicate of this bug, I just thought I should mention the following: 1. The procedure for creating the problem as reported by the OP in this report (Bug #875557) does NOT cause the problem for me. In other words, clicking on the viewport switcher

[Bug 884005] Re: After upgrading to Oneiric, Unity leaves focus on previous viewport when switching viewports via the Compiz Expo plugin

2011-10-30 Thread Doug Morse
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/884005 Title: After upgrading to Oneiric, Unity leaves focus on previous viewport when switching viewports via the Compiz Expo plugin To manage

[Bug 884005] [NEW] After upgrading to Oneiric, Unity leaves focus on previous viewport when switching viewports via the Compiz Expo plugin

2011-10-30 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: Hi, The problem: I have Expo view mapped to my middle mouse button. Ever since upgrading from Natty to Oneric, whenever I switch viewports by pressing the middle button to invoke Expo view, clicking on a different viewport, and then pressing the middle button again to exit

[Bug 874320] Re: Wake on Lan (WOL) not working after upgrade from natty to oneiric

2011-10-22 Thread Doug Morse
... probably a false alarm here. :) I'll close this bug if I am able; otherwise I leave it for the proper admin to do so. Thanks, Doug ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Doug Morse (dm-dougmorse) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 874320] Re: Wake on Lan (WOL) not working after upgrade from natty to oneiric

2011-10-22 Thread Doug Morse
Closing my erroneous bug report. :) ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874320 Title: Wake on Lan (WOL) not working

[Bug 759043] [NEW] gnome-open appears not to work with certain URLs

2011-04-12 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: Running gnome-open http://dx.doi.org/10.%2Fj.1551-6709.2010.01151.x; from the command line fails with: Error showing url: Operation not supported Running gnome-open http://google.com; works just fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: libgnome2-0

[Bug 759043] Re: gnome-open appears not to work with certain URLs

2011-04-12 Thread Doug Morse
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[Bug 784558] Re: Unity dock doesn't disappear

2011-08-13 Thread Doug Morse
[Apologies for the duplicate post to those who receive two of these; I posted to the wrong bug report.] Just happened to me as well, for all four viewports (i.e., dock stuck on all four of them, for all windows). First time it's happened to me. Ubuntu 11.04 x64. No pending updates at the time of

[Bug 798416] Re: unity dock got stuck

2011-08-13 Thread Doug Morse
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 784558 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/784558 Just happened to me as well, for all four viewports (i.e., dock stuck on all four of them, for all windows). First time it's happened to me. Ubuntu 11.04 x64. No pending updates at the time of the problem.

Re: [Bug 720833] Re: *** NSPlugin Viewer runaway errors are causing .xsession-errors file to fill hard drive partition

2011-02-17 Thread Doug Morse
Hi Marc, Certainly, and again I realize I was reporting something out-of-band (i.e., non-security). I do hope you pass this report along to others within (or associated with) Canonical who handle higher-urgency, non-security matters, just as a heads up of a potential problem that might have

[Bug 712165] [NEW] iPhone no longer shows up in / is not recognized by Rhythmbox

2011-02-02 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rhythmbox My iPhone 3GS was showing up and working just fine in Rhythmbox just a month or two ago. I only use Rhythmbox to copy music to the iPhone, which I have done previously and repeatedly without incident. For some reason, I suspect due to an

[Bug 712165] Re: iPhone no longer shows up in / is not recognized by Rhythmbox

2011-02-02 Thread Doug Morse
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/712165 Title: iPhone no longer shows up in / is not recognized by Rhythmbox -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 366549] Re: Kaffeine player crashes with ATI Catalyst Driver (ati-driver-installer-9-4-x86.x86_64.run)

2010-04-21 Thread Doug Morse
Hi, Me too. Assertion failed in hal_rs780.c error messages in groups of 30-40 messages at a time. Errors seem mostly to occur on waking from sleep/suspend. Far as I can tell, they are benign, but troubling none the less. Proprietary ATI drivers for ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (HP dv7 nr1451

[Bug 77442] Re: compiz / vnc screen updates with nVidia restricted

2010-04-03 Thread Doug Morse
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 353126 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353126 Broken in karmic 9.10 w. Nvidia 96 drivers... :( -- compiz / vnc screen updates with nVidia restricted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/77442 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 543786] [NEW] package linux-headers-2.6.31-20-generic 2.6.31-20.58 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2010-03-21 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: Hi, This seems to be very similar to a bug I reported when upgrading to kernel 2.6.31-20.57 (bug #533970). Again, I had to temporarily remove any instances of the file nvidia-common from the /etc/kernel directory hierarchy, then run sudo apt-get -f install, and then recopy

[Bug 543786] Re: package linux-headers-2.6.31-20-generic 2.6.31-20.58 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2010-03-21 Thread Doug Morse
** Attachment added: AlsaDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41558223/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: AplayDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41558224/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: AptOrdering.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41558225/AptOrdering.txt **

[Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-05-05 Thread Doug Morse
@Spang If you look at my post #248, you can change the /usr/bin/compiz script easily to make compiz always run with --use-root-window option (albeit this involves changing a file in /usr/bin, a technical no-no, but in this case helpful to ensure a program always runs with the correct options, for

[Bug 478761] Re: failed to start scanner: Invalid argument

2010-05-28 Thread Doug Morse
Hi Davias, Something about the xsane driver seems to put my scanner into an odd state wherein I also get the invalid argument error message and cannot scan. At first I thought it could be a number of things (see comment #30), but I've definitely nailed it down to hardware state issue. Normally,

Re: [Bug 478761] Re: failed to start scanner: Invalid argument

2010-06-03 Thread Doug Morse
Hi Davias, That's great -- I'm glad it worked! And thanks for letting me know: It makes me feel better knowing that at least one other person is having a similar problem and that the same solution works. Thanks also for posting to LaunchPad so others can know, and I'm glad to know that it

[Bug 572617] Re: [regression-release] Session manager lacks backward compatibility, making the desktop session unusable

2010-06-04 Thread Doug Morse
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 467668 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467668 Hi, Me too. On an older desktop, which I just upgraded to Lucid from Karmic and which had *none* of these problems before the upgrade, the only solution that works is (b) compiz --replace as a startup item.

[Bug 467668] Re: [regression-release] Neither compiz nor metacity nor nautilus are run at start

2010-06-05 Thread Doug Morse
Hi Rob, Per your request in bug #572617 -- my apologies for mis-posting there -- I removed my workarounds, moved my ~/.config directory to a backup location, reboot the system, and then logged back on. This most decidedly did NOT fix the problem. Indeed, it create quite a mess, wherein,

[Bug 467668] Re: [regression-release] Neither compiz nor metacity nor nautilus are run at start

2010-06-05 Thread Doug Morse
Hi, Correction: My previous post was intended for Leo, not Rob. My apologies. Doug -- [regression-release] Neither compiz nor metacity nor nautilus are run at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467668 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 467668] Re: [regression-release] Neither compiz nor metacity nor nautilus are run at start

2010-06-06 Thread Doug Morse
@Leo Yes, correct. My apologies, I misspoke. What I should have wrote is: What we can be relatively certain of now is that, at a minimum, something within the $HOME/.config folder is implicated as the source of the problem, and at a maximum the source does not extend beyond $HOME. I can say

[Bug 525468] Re: Fresh Ubuntu 9.10 Install Fails Linux Image (Kernel) Update

2010-05-17 Thread Doug Morse
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- Fresh Ubuntu 9.10 Install Fails Linux Image (Kernel) Update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/525468 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 591060] [NEW] USB mouse moves across multiple desktops; touchpad mouse does not

2010-06-07 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: OS: Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS Karmic HW: Laptop, HP Pavallion dv7-nr1451, ATI Radeon Using amdcccle, I have successfully set up an external monitor to my laptop. The laptop LCD is display / desktop 1, the external monitor is display / desktop 2. Everything works fine -- e.g.,

[Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-04-24 Thread Doug Morse
Hi, I am sympathetic to both Dan Burke's and Sandro Mani's points of view. I agree with Dan that this affects way too many folks to just be left be. On the other hand, I agree with Sandro that there's not much Ubuntu developers can do about it re: closed-source drivers. I also think Sandro

[Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-04-24 Thread Doug Morse
Hi again, Just reading Rocko's post #239, I'm more convinced that there's more to this than just Xdamage. The problem does *not* occur and the -noxdamage workaround is *not* needed if one turns off all compiz special effects, right? So, doesn't that suggest that it's not just an Xdamage issue,

[Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-04-24 Thread Doug Morse
(formatting problem: ... does *not* occur and the '-noxdamage' workaround is *not* needed...) -- Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353126 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-04-26 Thread Doug Morse
Thanks to Aaron from NVidia for his assistance and post (#245) on this. I implemented his --use-root-window workaround by modifying the /usr/bin/compiz script (after first backing it up, of course). I simply changed the line: COMPIZ_OPTIONS=--ignore-desktop-hints --replace to

[Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-04-26 Thread Doug Morse
I forgot to mention: When running compiz.real with '--use-root-window' with nvidia 96.43.13, the directly-connect display showed update problems, that is, portions around windows and frames w/in windows would be black. The only way to correct this was to switch to another viewport and then back

[Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-04-27 Thread Doug Morse
Thanks Aaron! Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic /w updates presently has X at 1.7. from dpkg -l | grep xorg: ii xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10 the X.Org X server So, I'm guessing I just need to download the latest 96.43.16 drivers (vs. the 96.43.13 I presently have installed) and

Re: [Bug 533970] Re: package linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic 2.6.31-20.57 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10

2010-03-17 Thread Doug Morse
Hi Alberto, Thanks again for the help on this. Yes, I do have that file, and I've included it's contents below. Of course, as I mentioned, I have uninstalled and re-installed all nvidia-* packages recently, so I cannot be sure it was present then. Doug Template: nvidia-common/obsolete-driver

Re: [Bug 533970] Re: package linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic 2.6.31-20.57 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10

2010-03-17 Thread Doug Morse
Hi Brian, I don't think so, although I already commented on the similarities (see comment #32 on that bug report). That report seems to be more about custom kernel and grub issues, which were not in play for me. I had neither a custom kernel nor did I have problems with or error messages from

[Bug 533970] [NEW] package linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic 2.6.31-20.57 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10

2010-03-07 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.31-20-386 Nothing special to report other than I was trying to allow Update Manager to perform its usual updates, in this case a kernel upgrade. I always do kernel upgrade separately, i.e., either update the linux-* packages first and

[Bug 533970] Re: package linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic 2.6.31-20.57 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10

2010-03-07 Thread Doug Morse
** Attachment added: AptOrdering.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40438946/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40438947/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Dmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40438948/Dmesg.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 534118] [NEW] package linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic 2.6.31-19.56 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-03-07 Thread Doug Morse
Public bug reported: Don't know until I can view the attached logfiles, which I don't know how to do until I actually submit this bug report.. ProblemType: Package AptOrdering: linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic: Install linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic: Configure Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Mar 7

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