[Bug 303423] [NEW] Calculator crashes when you edit number in specific order

2008-11-29 Thread Mike Fairbank
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gcalctool Follow the following steps to reproduce this bug: 1.Make sure the view is on scientific display mode 2. Type in the number 1.005^1701010.100 3. Move the editing cursor to the position after the 7 4. Hold down the delete key on the keyboard.

[Bug 303423] Re: Calculator crashes when you edit number in specific order

2008-11-29 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20048979/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20048980/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20048981/ProcStatus.txt -- Calculator

Re: [Bug 303423] Re: Calculator crashes when you edit number in specific order

2008-11-30 Thread Mike Fairbank
Dear Xavier, Thanks for the feedback and thanks for looking into it. I'll raise anything else odd I notice, as an aim to contribute to making Gnome and Ubuntu better. Thanks for you own work on the Gnome / Ubuntu product - it is a great collaborative work. Best wishes, Mike Fairbank. On Sat

[Bug 499109] [NEW] Since upgrading to Karmic, I have to open Rhythmbox twice to get it started

2009-12-21 Thread Mike Fairbank
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rhythmbox Version: Rhythmbox 0.12.5 Ubuntu 9.10 Release:9.10 I have to click on the icon twice to get rythmbox to start. The first time I click, the mousepointer changes to the animation that shows it is busy. So it looks just like it's loading.

[Bug 499109] Re: Since upgrading to Karmic, I have to open Rhythmbox twice to get it started

2009-12-21 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37021621/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37021622/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37021623/ProcStatus.txt -- Since

[Bug 499109] Re: Since upgrading to Karmic, I have to open Rhythmbox twice to get it started

2009-12-21 Thread Mike Fairbank
Thanks for the reply. 1. Typing rhytmbox from the command line for the first time causes the error message plus a hang. But then opening via clicking on the icon opens rhythmbox immediately (but again without any delay). 2. Opening via the icon for the first time does cause rhtyhmbox to appear

[Bug 499109] Re: Since upgrading to Karmic, I have to open Rhythmbox twice to get it started

2009-12-21 Thread Mike Fairbank
Okay, I realise this may be a deliberate feature now (apart from the error message I get from the command line). 1. Clicking on rhytmbox once in the panel at the top of my desktop causes a second rhthmbox icon to appear on the right of that panel. Clicking on that second rhythmbox icon opens

[Bug 529072] Re: it is difficult to edit text in text fields - keyboard is ignored a lot

2011-10-04 Thread Mike Fairbank
Yes I agree. Hover-over fixes this problem for me. So this is not a bug, it is a feature. Thanks for your help. Sorry I needed help with something so basic. But on the other hand, this is a very strange 80s user interface, so much so that not many people in the twenty first century will figure

[Bug 156201] Re: gedit handles opening big files badly

2012-01-24 Thread Mike Fairbank
I have noticed this bug. I have a 5MB document with very long lines. Each line is approximately a million characters wide. If you view it with word wrap OFF then the computer becomes very unresponsive. Scrolling the scrollbars particularly hangs the computer for a long time. I'm on gedit

[Bug 260492] Re: opening a directory using an application change associations incorrectly

2011-04-10 Thread Mike Fairbank
I have just experienced these exact symptoms on my upto date version of Ubuntu 10.10. Any folder I opened from the places would immediately cause the entire contents of that folder to be opened by media player. I fixed the problem afterwards by editing .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list as

[Bug 260492] Re: opening a directory using an application change associations incorrectly

2011-04-10 Thread Mike Fairbank
I have just experienced these exact symptoms on my upto date version of Ubuntu 10.10. Any folder I opened from the places would immediately cause the entire contents of that folder to be opened by media player. I fixed the problem afterwards by editing .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list as

[Bug 513482] Re: a java program that causes X windows to hang

2011-02-03 Thread Mike Fairbank
I don't know why this bug has been re-opened. The Xorg-server developers analysed this bug carefully and diagnosed it as Java misbehaving. I raised this bug and as far as I'm concerned it's been passed on to the responsible software owner- which in this case is Oracle's Java. -- You received

[Bug 591896] Re: various user interface issues

2010-07-15 Thread Mike Fairbank
Thanks. I've raised these upstream at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624470 I've removed point 2 as you say it's fixed already. It is a real shame scientific mode is being removed :( More useful than the financial functions for me. Thanks. Mike. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug

[Bug 591892] [NEW] ln cosh 99999999 causes program to hang for long time / indefinitely

2010-06-09 Thread Mike Fairbank
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gcalctool In scientific display mode, enter ln cosh . This causes the program to hang for a long time / indefinitely. During this hang, the calculator is unable to redraw itself and does not respond. I waited 5 minutes but got no response so

[Bug 591896] [NEW] various user interface issues

2010-06-09 Thread Mike Fairbank
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gcalctool I am using gcalctool 5.28.2 Here are some user interface suggestions: 1. When in scientific display mode, pressing the lower case L key brings in an obscure financial function. I think financial function shortcuts should be disabled in

[Bug 591892] Re: ln cosh 99999999 causes program to hang for long time / indefinitely

2010-06-09 Thread Mike Fairbank
Thanks Marcel. Yes it looks like this is a duplicate of the bug you cite (347089). It's good that it got the right answer in the end! However it would be better if there was a way to escape to cancel the long calculation, and the window redrawing did not stall during the calculation. -- ln

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-04-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
We were wondering if this is still an issue? Thanks. Yes, I'm actively following progress on this bug and still hoping for a fix. Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . Ok I've burnt and tried the

[Bug 512518] apport-collect data

2010-04-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
AlsaDevices: total 0 crw-rw+ 1 root audio 116, 3 2010-04-25 19:54 seq crw-rw+ 1 root audio 116, 2 2010-04-25 19:54 timer AplayDevices: aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found... Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: arecord: device_list:223: no soundcards found... AudioDevicesInUse:

[Bug 512518] Lspci.txt

2010-04-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: Lspci.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45366449/Lspci.txt -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 512518] PciMultimedia.txt

2010-04-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: PciMultimedia.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45366451/PciMultimedia.txt -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 512518] ProcCpuinfo.txt

2010-04-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: ProcCpuinfo.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45366452/ProcCpuinfo.txt -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 512518] ProcInterrupts.txt

2010-04-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: ProcInterrupts.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45366453/ProcInterrupts.txt -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 512518] ProcModules.txt

2010-04-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: ProcModules.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45366454/ProcModules.txt -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 512518] BootDmesg.txt

2010-04-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45366441/BootDmesg.txt -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 512518] UdevLog.txt

2010-04-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: UdevLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45366490/UdevLog.txt -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 512518] WifiSyslog.txt

2010-04-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: WifiSyslog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45366491/WifiSyslog.txt ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New ** Tags added: apport-collected -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You

[Bug 512518] UdevDb.txt

2010-04-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: UdevDb.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45366455/UdevDb.txt -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-04-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
Okay I've added all the above attachments using acpi=off on the ubuntu 9.10 live cd 64 bit edition. -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-04-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-04-26 Thread Mike Fairbank
I've just made a proper install of ubuntu onto a dual boot partition of my harddrive. This will enable me to apply upgrades more easily. So I've done that, and then run it (under acpi=off, since that's all I can do to prevent this problem), and fetched all the latest ubuntu updates for Karmic.

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-04-26 Thread Mike Fairbank
I've tried following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes to install the -vesa driver, as this would apparently fix the similar problems occurring on Lucid, however this made no difference for me. -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

[Bug 499109] Re: Since upgrading to Karmic, I have to open Rhythmbox twice to get it started

2010-04-27 Thread Mike Fairbank
There is not much issue now. The title of this bug is totally wrong - you are right, I didn't realise that it actually was opening on the first time and becoming a notification icon. Sorry about that. The only issue is the message which occurs when you type rhythmbox at the command line: **

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-04-27 Thread Mike Fairbank
I've enabled apport permanently to generate crash reports. I've just recovered a crash report saved by apport into /var/crash. The file is attached. This crash report was detected directly after an X-freeze, shortly after the next restart. The X-freeze on this occasion happened while trying to

[Bug 513482] Re: a java program that causes X windows to hang

2010-04-17 Thread Mike Fairbank
I've raised this upstream at xorg ( https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27232 ). So this bug could be closed now. Thank you. ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #27232 http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27232 -- a java program that causes X windows to hang

[Bug 529072] Re: it is difficult to edit text in text fields - keyboard is ignored a lot

2010-04-17 Thread Mike Fairbank
I've tested it under KDE and the bug is still there. This bug is making xfig so difficult to work with that I've switched to using Inkscape. That is an effective enough work-around for me, and accept that xfig's user interface is out of date and broken. -- it is difficult to edit text in text

[Bug 529072] [NEW] it is difficult to edit text in text fields - keyboard is ignored a lot

2010-02-27 Thread Mike Fairbank
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xfig A lot of text fields don't easily allow keyboard editing. For example, if you open a fresh instance of xfig, and choose file:export then a window appears. 2 editable text fields in this window are Output file and filename mask. Click in these

[Bug 529072] Re: it is difficult to edit text in text fields - keyboard is ignored a lot

2010-02-27 Thread Mike Fairbank
Note: I've just found this section of the FAQ at http://xfig.org/userman/frm_faq.html There it says: I cannot type anything into the popup dialogs in xfig when I use the fvwm window manager POSSIBLE CAUSE AND SOLUTION: There have been reports of this problem when using the fvwm window

[Bug 513482] Re: a java program that causes X windows to hang

2010-02-20 Thread Mike Fairbank
Please can the this importance of this bug be raised to severe, because that what a reproducible x-windows total crash is? Please can it then be pushed upstream to x-windows? Whether it is java that is causing X-windows to crash or not, X-windows should handle the error more gracefully than

[Bug 499109] Re: Since upgrading to Karmic, I have to open Rhythmbox twice to get it started

2010-01-20 Thread Mike Fairbank
I'd like to try to help you more but I cannot understand the page http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash. Here are the problems: 1. It says First, check if there is a package with a -dbg suffix in the main Ubuntu repositories. These are the debug symbol packages, and are equivalent to

[Bug 499109] Re: Since upgrading to Karmic, I have to open Rhythmbox twice to get it started

2010-01-21 Thread Mike Fairbank
Ok, I've figured out how to get the backtrace. It's attached. I've partially edited the http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash to make it clearer on the points I got stuck, but please could you edit it further to explain how you check if there is a package with a -dbg suffix in the main

[Bug 499109] Re: Since upgrading to Karmic, I have to open Rhythmbox twice to get it started

2010-01-23 Thread Mike Fairbank
Ok here's my second attempt at the back trace. This one is much longer. Hope that helps. ** Attachment added: backtrace http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38298032/gdb-rhythmbox.txt -- Since upgrading to Karmic, I have to open Rhythmbox twice to get it started

[Bug 513482] Re: a java program that causes X windows to hang

2010-02-21 Thread Mike Fairbank
This bug is reproducible on a Linux distro called crux (http://www.crux.nu) with a lightweight window manager named IceWM. So this bug is nothing to do with Ubuntu or Gnome. Please can it be pushed upstream to X11 or/and java. -- a java program that causes X windows to hang

[Bug 512518] [NEW] Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-01-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
Public bug reported: I've just burnt a Live CD from the Ubuntu.com website today for 32 bit Ubuntu. I've tried to install it on Live Mode on an Asus Notebook PC (Intel Celeron Processor, 1.40Ghz, 500MB Ram). It goes through the boot processes okay, Displays Gnome, and then crashes almost

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-01-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
The equivalent Ubuntu 9.04 Live CD works fine on the affected machine. -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-01-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: lspci-vvnn.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38378556/lspci-vvnn.log -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-01-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: dmesg.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38378567/dmesg.log -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-01-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: version.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38378573/version.log -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-01-25 Thread Mike Fairbank
Managed to get the 4 attachements above using the 9.04 Live CD on the affected computer. ** Attachment added: uname-a.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38378623/uname-a.log -- Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512518 You received this

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-01-26 Thread Mike Fairbank
Please note that this bug is about version 9.10 32 bit live CD. The diagnostic files were all taken from version 9.04 live CD, since this is the only way I can access that hardware. So the only relevant information files (out of the 4 attachments above) are those that give information about the

[Bug 513482] [NEW] a java program that causes X windows to hang

2010-01-27 Thread Mike Fairbank
Public bug reported: I have a simple java program that causes X windows / Gnome to hang with my hardware if you perform a few simple steps. I'm using 64 bit ubuntu, Linux Kernel 2.6.31-17-generic, with java version 1.6.0_16 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_16-b01) Java HotSpot(TM)

[Bug 513482] Re: a java program that causes X windows to hang

2010-01-27 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: java_Xwindows_Bug.zip http://launchpadlibrarian.net/3848/java_Xwindows_Bug.zip ** Attachment added: AlsaDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/3849/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38466670/BootDmesg.txt

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-01-28 Thread Mike Fairbank
Ok thanks. I've tried those. Here are the results: noapic: no difference (still hangs) acpi=off: it works! noalpic: was worse (mouse pointer doesn't even move) Thanks for that suggestion. So I can no access the computer + OS fully using acpi=off. Do you want me to generate more

[Bug 513482] Re: a java program that causes X windows to hang

2010-01-28 Thread Mike Fairbank
Regarding whether this is a java issue or an X issue: I've tested this on an old Windows XP machine with java 1.6 and the bug does not happen there. -- a java program that causes X windows to hang https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513482 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 513998] Re: system test: do you see color bars and static? fails.

2010-01-28 Thread Mike Fairbank
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38505793/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38505794/XsessionErrors.txt -- system test: do you see color bars and static? fails. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513998

[Bug 513998] [NEW] system test: do you see color bars and static? fails.

2010-01-28 Thread Mike Fairbank
Public bug reported: I am running the system test do you see color bars and static? on the Ubuntu 9.10 (32bit) Live CD and I see nothing. A window quickly appears and almost instantaneously disappears during the test, but there definitely is no coloured bar image. I am running the Live CD with

[Bug 512518] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD hangs X soon after gnome is displayed

2010-01-28 Thread Mike Fairbank
Further relevant information: 1. Now I've got into ubuntu 9.10 Live CD properly using acpi=off, I've run the system test application and one of the video test fails (the test entitled do you see color bars and static?. I've raised this separately as bug 513998. 2. I've found out that even

[Bug 513482] Re: a java program that causes X windows to hang

2010-02-01 Thread Mike Fairbank
Attached is a smaller version of the java code that causes the crash. Hopefully that will make it easier to analyse. I don't think there's much point in going any smaller, since the cause of the bug is probably in X11/Gnome/Java and the size of the code is insignificant to those packages, but I

[Bug 538673] [NEW] tracker-extract seems to briefly consume 1.5GB memory and slow computer right down

2010-03-14 Thread Mike Fairbank
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tracker In normal operation of computer, very occasionally computer suddenly slows right down for about 45 seconds - mousepointer is very slow to respond to movement, and windows are too slow to respond to clicks. This has been hard to identify the

[Bug 1754458] Re: nm-applet symbol not displayed on mate (18.04)

2018-05-30 Thread Mike Fairbank
Yes I found this bug too. The bug arose after I did a clean full install of Mate 18.04LTS, but I re-used my old Mate 16.04 home partition. So it's probably confused by my old style configuration files which were imported from Mate16.04 to Mate 18.04. The workaround of using Mate Tweak to switch