Bug#476414: Permissions needed

2018-06-29 Thread Alex Hvostov
To fix this (if your file system supports file capabilities): 1. Install the libcap2-bin package. 2. As root, enter the following command: setcap cap_sys_resource=ep /usr/bin/wodim Note that this enables wodim to override a variety of resource limits, which is a risk to system security

Bug#898367: mariadb-server-core-10.1: mysql_install_db requires my_print_defaults, but my_print_defaults is in mariadb-server-10.1

2018-05-10 Thread Alex Hvostov
Package: mariadb-server-core-10.1 Version: 1:10.1.29-6 Severity: normal The package mariadb-server-core-10.1 contains the script ‘mysql_install_db’. That script calls the ‘my_print_defaults’ command, and fails if my_print_defaults is not installed. The problem is that my_print_defaults is in

Bug#895260: kde-cli-tools: Hard dependency on sudo, which weakens system security

2018-04-08 Thread Alex Hvostov
Package: kde-cli-tools Version: 4:5.10.5-2 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, kde-cli-tools 4:5.12.4-1 has a hard dependency on kdesu, which indirectly depends on sudo, making it impossible to upgrade KDE without creating a serious, unnecessary security risk. Frankly, I consider it a bug that

Bug#884957: openjdk-9-jre-headless: jrt-fs.jar not compatible with Java 8

2017-12-21 Thread Alex Hvostov
Package: openjdk-9-jre-headless Version: 9.0.1+11-1 Severity: normal The jrt-fs.jar shipped with this package does not work correctly on Java 8. This is needed by some development tools that run on Java 8 but support development for Java 9, such as IntelliJ IDEA. A detailed explanation of this

Bug#837552: sddm: Greeter segfaults on startup

2016-09-12 Thread Alex Hvostov
Package: sddm Version: 0.13.0-1 Severity: important After updating to this version, the greeter now segfaults on start. `startx` into Plasma works fine (I'm reporting this bug from there). gdb backtrace of the crashing thread: #0 QFontconfigDatabase::populateFontDatabase (this=) at

Bug#555719: nautilus: WebDAV over SSL fails when a client certificate is required

2014-03-17 Thread Alex Hvostov
Sorry, but I'm not using GNOME or Nautilus any more. Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Bug#738541: obnam: Add support for ext[234] nodump flag

2014-02-10 Thread Alex Hvostov
Package: obnam Version: 1.6.1-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: upstream patch I've spent a few days hacking on Obnam to add support for the Linux ext[234] nodump flag. This flag, when set with the `chattr +d` command, lets you mark a file or folder as not to be backed up, and is a good way for

Bug#650782: (no subject)

2012-08-02 Thread Alex Hvostov
You can, however, write into the system-wide Akonadi server configuration file at package installation time, in order to auto-configure the backend based on which backend package is installed. For example, for the SQLite backend, you need a file named /etc/xdg/akonadi/akonadiserverrc

Bug#599694:

2010-10-10 Thread Alex Hvostov
I should also note that this behavior does not occur with a Java application having only a single Frame and a modal Dialog blocking it. Even running multiple instances of such an application behaves like it should; no windows are missing from the window picker or AWN. signature.asc Description:

Bug#577645:

2010-09-15 Thread Alex Hvostov
There is a patch on the mentioned upstream bug report. Building libao with this patch solves the problem for me. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#588382:

2010-07-31 Thread Alex Hvostov
I ran into this problem too, so I did a little testing. The Windows Go-OO build has the same problem, but the Oracle build doesn't! Go-OO claims that Debian uses them as an upstream, rather than vanilla OOo. If this is correct, then it appears that this bug was introduced by Go-OO. Hope this

Bug#588382:

2010-07-31 Thread Alex Hvostov
I should also mention that, when trying to read a PDF generated by Debian OOo, GNOME's Evince program complains: $ evince foo.pdf Error: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table... signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#586432: gimp: Please consider making toolbox / dock windows skip taskbar

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Hvostov
On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 18:01 -0400, Ari Pollak wrote: The windows are marked as utility by default, so the window manager or environment should handle hiding it from the taskbar. It doesn't always, and that's really the problem. avant-window-navigator is an example: it ignores skip taskbar

Bug#582688:

2010-06-01 Thread Alex Hvostov
I just noticed that I can use a template successfully by right-clicking it and choosing to edit as new message. Double clicking it, however, still causes a segfault. Now running version 2.30.1.2-3. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#574782:

2010-03-22 Thread Alex Hvostov
forwarded 574782 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216130 thanks This was already in upstream Bugzilla. Noting that here. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#572911:

2010-03-19 Thread Alex Hvostov
On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 16:34 +0100, Brice Goglin wrote: Alex Hvostov wrote: This issue happens to me, too. It is most definitely not solved. There is nothing to solve in this report, glxgears is not a benchmark, so having a slow glxgears means nothing. Moreover, you're not even using

Bug#572911:

2010-03-19 Thread Alex Hvostov
On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 17:11 +0100, Brice Goglin wrote: The whole point is that glxgears reports something that is meaningless and we're trying to fight about it by hiding as much as possible all reports that show glxgears in big. Some distributions even hide the glxgears fps output by default