[Bug 1796475] [NEW] Nautilus lists files in a directory without proper permissions

2018-10-06 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: I have a directory inside '/tmp' which is owned by root:root (user root and group root). Directory's permissions are 0700 (means that only the user, root, has full permissions). The directory '/tmp' has permissions 'drwxrwxrwt' and is owned by root:root. I created a direct

[Bug 1393612] Re: Protect against BadUSB device

2016-06-27 Thread johnmne
I opened a duplicate thread, in the following link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1590990 The user "Seth Arnold" asked my several questions and I replied to them all. Here are my answers to his questions: "- How would a user interact when pluggin

[Bug 1651425] [NEW] Adjust area of screenshot

2016-12-20 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: ** This is a feature request. ** Please enable to adjust the area of screenshot after that it was chosen. For example when I take a screenshot using keyboard shortcut: "CTRL" + "SHIFT" + "Print Screen" , then I have only one chance to choose the right coordinates/area for

[Bug 1668361] [NEW] Quieter PC with automatic Sleep State command to all HDDs

2017-02-27 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: * This is NOT a bug, but a feature request. * It is known that mechanical HDDs produce a lot of noise. I have several HDDs and mostly I use only one of them at every single moment. The problem is that ALL HDDs are working automatically when the PC starts. (I can hear them wo

[Bug 1668361] Re: Quieter PC with automatic Sleep State command to all HDDs

2017-02-27 Thread johnmne
** Description changed: * This is NOT a bug, but a feature request. * It is known that mechanical HDDs produce a lot of noise. I have several HDDs and mostly I use only one of them at every single moment. The problem is that ALL HDDs are working automatically when the PC starts. (I

[Bug 1669156] [NEW] Fails writing with Caps Lock

2017-03-01 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: On Ubuntu 16.04: When clicking on the following 3 keyboard keys simultaneously: Left-CTRL + Left-ALT + F1 Then you get to a textual terminal (CLI) where you can type commands. But there is a problem when typing English letters with Caps Lock turned on: Instead of English cap

[Bug 1617620] Re: Autorun files from Removable Media

2016-09-11 Thread johnmne
In addition to the fix suggestion that I wrote in my first post, please also have the checkbox of "Never prompt or start programs on media insertion" as checked (this should be the default). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubun

[Bug 1622323] Re: USB device monitor tool

2016-09-16 Thread johnmne
@Tyler Hicks (tyhicks): I think that the security tag should be returned, because that currently Ubuntu is missing a protection from the basUSB exploit. Therefore there is an existing vulnerability in Ubuntu that wasn't attended for years, see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1393612 (Ev

[Bug 1322925] Re: Copy, cut, and paste in Nautilus fail in certain circumstances

2016-09-29 Thread johnmne
Just now this bug appeared on Ubuntu 16.04. Probably due to an update.. Info (output trimmed): $ dpkg-query -s nautilus Version: 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Bug 1630529] [NEW] Keeps asking "Do you want to continue with full Windows compatibility disabled?"

2016-10-05 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: I tried to burn many files that some of them weren't fully compatible with Windows. When tried to burn, Brasero kept asking: "Do you want to continue with full Windows compatibility disabled?" I clicked "Continue" but it prompts again. The cycle repeats indefinitely. When I

[Bug 1628926] Re: Postpone login attempts if X successive attempts have failed

2016-10-05 Thread johnmne
@Robie Basak (racb): OK, though having a good default values impacts greatly on the security of systems world-wide. Normal users just install a software but don't configure. This encourages hackers to attempt to hack users world-wide. If hackers knew that a good default configurations are present

[Bug 1632270] [NEW] Clicking on Save button doesn't quit gedit

2016-10-11 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: When you edit a text file using 'gedit' and tries to quit the program using the X button, a dialog appears asking: " Save changes to document <...> before closing? If you don't save, changes from the last <...> minutes will be permanently lost. " And 3 button appear: 1. "Clo

[Bug 1590990] Re: USB exploit - cross platform

2016-06-14 Thread johnmne
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1393612 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1393612 Answering your questions: "- How would a user interact when plugging in the first keyboard or mouse?" The first keyboard and mouse are normally connected when powering on the PC. The behaviour should be li

[Bug 1661640] Re: upon login, shows corrupt graphics buffer until unity done loading

2017-02-03 Thread johnmne
I've read that odd-numbered versions of Ubuntu (like 'Ubuntu 15.10' which you use) aren't recommended for common users. It was advised to use an even-numbered versions, like Ubuntu 16.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 1641298] [NEW] Better description and info about a package

2016-11-12 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: ** This is not a bug, but a feature request. ** Please add more information in the page of each package: * most importantly - the package's actual name. (The name that is used in the command line: "apt-get install ".) * show the last record from the changelog, so that the

[Bug 1669562] [NEW] An action on a single partition shows other partitions as unformatted space

2017-03-02 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: When performing an action on a single partition, such as removing the "bootable" flag, makes other partitions to be shown as "unformatted space". The partitions format of the HDD is Master Boot Record. The action of removing the "bootable" flag was performed on a single "ext4

[Bug 1669865] [NEW] kactivitymanagerd is using a file while it shouldn't

2017-03-03 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: Sometimes I open a PDF file via Okular and after a while closes it. Then, I try to unmount the partition in which that PDF file is hosted - but I can't, because that "kactivitymanagerd" is using that file. Even if I wait for 5 minutes after that I closed that PDF - then "kac

[Bug 1608185] Re: dnsmasq uses many ports

2016-08-26 Thread johnmne
@Robie Basak (racb): Thanks for your response and sorry I responded late. I didn't know it wasn't a problem. All I knew is that DNS port is 53.. so naturally I thought that something weird happens.. ** Changed in: dnsmasq (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug noti

[Bug 1590990] Re: USB exploit - cross platform

2016-07-31 Thread johnmne
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1393612 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1393612 Dear Seth, Indeed but surely there is a solution for this. You can say the same thing about every other message that should be displayed to the user in every configuration/setup of Ubuntu/Linux. I sent an

[Bug 1617620] Re: Autorun files from Removable Media

2016-09-04 Thread johnmne
@Seth Arnold: Yes, unfortunately that is the default value. (I installed a fresh version of Ubuntu 16 that was downloaded directly from the website. Also I verified the checksum and it was valid.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1530405] Re: NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [kerneloops:814]

2016-10-19 Thread johnmne
This happened to me too about a 2 months ago: I installed Ubuntu 16.04. Then I installed the graphic driver (nvidia-367) about a month ago. Everything was OK until 21 September 2016. I think that the linux image update that I downloaded at 21 Sep (according to the update history file) totally ru

[Bug 1646790] [NEW] Allow to set the view encoding via menu

2016-12-02 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: This is a feature request (not a bug). 'gedit' allows to view a text file with a different encoding only when you click on the 'open' button via the GUI. But sometimes you drag a file to an already open 'gedit' instance and wish to change the encoding easily. This is not pos

[Bug 1646794] [NEW] Allow to set default auto-detect for encoding

2016-12-02 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: Currently, when gedit detects that the file isn't UTF-8 encoded, then it defaults to "ISO-8859-15". For some people it might be a relevant encoding, but for many others it isn't. Could you please allow to set a different encoding for auto-detection? (Assuming gedit knows tha

[Bug 1645115] Re: Auto update frequency isn't proper

2016-12-03 Thread johnmne
@Tyler Hicks (tyhicks) : I didn't upgrade, it is a fresh install. (Checksum of installation image is verified.) I compared the file that I own at: "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades" with the file that you attached: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/295870733/50unattended-upgrades using the

[Bug 1648893] [NEW] Some packages aren't listed in the search output

2016-12-09 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: The package 'texlive-latex-extra' isn't listed in 'Ubuntu Software' GUI. Searching for that package in that GUI didn't come up with the package. The command: apt-get install --simulate texlive-latex-extra Finds that package and successfully simulates an installation. Link t

[Bug 1628926] [NEW] Postpone login attempts if X successive attempts have failed

2016-09-29 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: ** This is a feature request that regards to security. ** Please add to the login method a mechanism that postpones successive login attempts if X attempts have failed. Obviously this can be further enhanced - for example: If X successive login attempts failed, then disable

[Bug 1628922] [NEW] Postpone login attempts if X have failed

2016-09-29 Thread johnmne
Public bug reported: ** This is a feature request that regards to security. ** Please add to the login method a mechanism that postpones successive login attempts if X attempts failed. Obviously this can be further enhanced - for example: If X successive login attempts failed, then disable that