Bug#826328: util-linux: losetup -d disfunctional for cloop and similar loop-compatible block devices

2020-05-03 Thread Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Knopper
users won't ever invoke losetup, and those who do, can just use busybox instead (for cloop). Regards -Klaus Knopper On Sun, May 03, 2020 at 09:21:41PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > Hello Klaus, > > * Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Knopper [200503 19:20]: > > Hello Andreas, > > &

Bug#908760: xdg-utils: xdg-open doesn't work in LXDE on URLs

2019-02-05 Thread Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Knopper
uot;$1"; then instead, since -a only works inside [ ... ] or test ... environment. The current syntax falsely evaluates the expression as "true", resulting in the fact that URLs like http://debian.org are being replaced by an invalid local path /home/username/http://debian.org.

Bug#857050: firefox no longer plays sound without pulseaudio daemon

2017-03-07 Thread Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Knopper
Package: firefox Version: 52.0~b9-1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? Firefox developers apparently changed the default build to no longer supporting sound output except for

Bug#826328: util-linux: losetup -d disfunctional for cloop and similar loop-compatible block devices

2016-06-08 Thread Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Knopper
Hello Andreas, On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 12:26:11PM +0200, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > Hello Klaus Knopper. > > Thanks for your bug report. > > On Sat, Jun 04, 2016 at 05:35:43PM +0200, Klaus Knopper wrote: > [...] > > Losetup was able to setup compressed loopback (cloop)

Bug#826328: util-linux: losetup -d disfunctional for cloop and similar loop-compatible block devices

2016-06-04 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: util-linux Version: 2.28-5 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Losetup was able to setup compressed loopback (cloop) devices, which have a similar ioctl API, until recently the code in sys-utils/losetup.c and lib/loopdev.c was changed to only accept devices with loopbacks major device id.

Bug#809328: lxde-common: package should not depend on a specific window manager

2015-12-29 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: lxde-common Version: 0.99.0-2 Severity: normal Since lxde does not depend on openbox, and runs nicely with metacity or compiz-decorator, the "openbox" should not be listed under "Depends:", but rather unter "Recommends:" with a few alternatives in the package Control file. This will

Bug#809333: musixtex: Bogus file /usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/musixtex-fonts/' in package

2015-12-29 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: musixtex Version: 1:1.20.ctan20151216-1 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer, The musixtex package contains a file called /usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/musixtex-fonts/' (single quote as filename), its content looks like a misnamed font.map file. This may lead to quotation mismatches in

Bug#799572: gnome-screenshot hangs indefinitely with blank window when capturing fullscreen, running under compositing window manager

2015-09-20 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: gnome-screenshot Version: 3.16.2-1 Severity: important Tags: patch upstream gnome-screenshot runs into an endlees loop when capturing a fullscreen picture. This may be related to a similar bug in reported for GTK 3.8 described here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695132

Bug#798577: zenity is missing locales for buttons (Yes/No etc.)

2015-09-10 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: zenity Version: 3.16.3-1 Severity: important Tags: l10n While most text messages are correctly translates, the inscription for buttons is missing (i.e. "Yes" and "No" are not translated for zenity --question). A mixture of english and localized user interfaces is confusing to the user.

Bug#722451: Creating Compiz group

2015-07-30 Thread Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Knopper
Hello Mengual, On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 01:28:22AM +0200, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote: Hi, Actually I hoped submitting the package to a11y team could speed up the upload, but lack of time prevents this. So as requested by Stephen, we've just created a Compiz packaging team, so that: 1.

Bug#785704: mps-youtube: package needs update from upstream, versions 0.2.4 not functional with current youtube API

2015-05-19 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: mps-youtube Version: 0.01.46-3 Severity: important mps-yt is a very practical tool for vision-impaired or blind computer users in order to find and convert videos from the youtube platform. Unfortunately, because of a change in youtubes API, the version 0.01.46 ceases to function,

Bug#722451: Adoption

2014-10-13 Thread Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Knopper
Hello Jean-Philippe, On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 01:35:38AM +0200, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote: Hi, I think your Compiz packaging will be in Debian before next Sunday or 20th. I plan to add yourself from possible uploaders, because I really hope we'll be able to work together on the package

Bug#722451: Adoption

2014-09-29 Thread Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Knopper
where the mousepointer should be visible. Regards -Klaus Knopper On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 01:36:43AM +0200, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote: Hi, I'm going to package before freeze, on the top of 0.9.12 from Ubuntu. I don't have enough info about Knoppix packages (Debian-based, release, where

Bug#722451: Adoption

2014-08-26 Thread Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Knopper
Hello, On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 11:56:48PM +0200, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez wrote: On 11/08/14 23:50, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote: Hi, Do you plan still to package Compiz? Do you have a problem which prevents this? Do you need help? Otherwise, can I adopt it so that someone and I

Bug#722451: RFP: compiz -- Compositing 3D window manager

2013-09-11 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: compiz Version : 0.9.11 Upstream Author : Sam Spilsbury sam.spilsb...@canonical.com and others * URL : https://launchpad.net/compiz * License : GPL-2+, LGPL-2.1+, MIT/X11 Programming Lang: C, C++, Python

Bug#579297: wpasupplicant: Recompiling with gnutls fixes (or workarounds) the problem

2012-11-02 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: wpasupplicant Version: 1.0-3 Severity: normal In an eduroam environment (which is basically WPA-Enterprise), I can confirm disconnects without the possibility to reconnect when using wpa_supplicant wit network-manager. Killing and restarting wpa_supplicant allows a temporary reconnect.

Bug#686637: mutt: Wrong parsing of localized S/MIME Content-Description header

2012-09-07 Thread Klaus Knopper
The attached patch works for me, though it is not 100% logically correct. It assumes that email containing the pkcs7-mime header and NOT having subtype smime-type, is encrypted, regardless of its Content-Description. Regards -Klaus --- mutt-1.5.21/crypt.c.orig 2012-09-04 10:01:33.0 +0200

Bug#686637: mutt: Wrong parsing of localized S/MIME Content-Description header

2012-09-04 Thread Klaus Knopper
=application/pkcs7-signature whether or not we have an encrypted/signed message. Regards -Klaus Knopper -- Package-specific info: Mutt 1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Copyright (C) 1996-2009 Michael R. Elkins and others. Mutt comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `mutt -vv'. Mutt is free software

Bug#678378: metacity: Migration guide needed for adding keybindungs to external functions/programs

2012-06-21 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: metacity Version: 1:2.34.3-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: upstream In version 2.34.3 of metacity, the keybindings (now reachable via gsettings) for calling external programs seem to be gone. In the previous version of metacity, it was possible to add a keybinding for Alt-F1 which called

Bug#631504: ntfs-3g needs to be compiled with --with-fuse=internal and installed setuid root

2012-06-14 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: ntfs-3g Version: 1:2012.1.15AR.5-1 Severity: normal The error message caused by unprovileged ntfs-3g mount tells the solution from the upstream documentation, see http://tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-faq/#unprivileged Using external fuse in setuid root programs is considered insecure by

Bug#631504: ntfs-3g needs to be compiled with --with-fuse=internal and installed setuid root

2012-06-14 Thread Klaus Knopper
Hello Daniel, On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:55:01PM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote: reopen 631504 reopen 637805 thanks On 06/14/2012 10:48 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote: see the other bug reports about this where i've commented on the issue. sorry, i though you opened a new bug.. anyhow, you've

Bug#654337: zenity: items in --list starting with -- are misinterpreted as options

2012-01-02 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: zenity Version: 3.2.0-1 Severity: normal Tags: upstream zenity --list 1 2 3 --4 should display a list like this: 1 2 3 --4 but reports This option is not available. Please see --help for all possible usages. instead. Thus, it is not possible to have items with leading -- in the list.

Bug#654337: items in --list starting with -- are misinterpreted as options

2012-01-02 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: zenity Version: 3.2.0-1 Severity: normal The correct command for showing the problem is zenity --list --column= --column= 1 2 3 --4 vs. zenity --list --column= --column= 1 2 3 4 Using the pipe method inestead, echo -e 1\n2\n3\n--4 | zenity --list --column= --column= shows the

Bug#630255: testdisk: Version 6.12 available from the authors homepage (+libntfs-3g support)

2011-10-21 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: testdisk Version: 6.11-2 Severity: normal Hi, testdisk 6.12 has several improvements, listed at http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_6.12_Release it can use libtnfs-3g instead of the old libntfs10 and has support for btrfs. Regards -Klaus Knopper -- System Information: Debian

Bug#634828: lxterminal: wrong tab renaming order

2011-07-20 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: lxterminal Version: 0.1.8-2 Severity: normal Tags: upstream When moving a lxterminal tabbed session to the left, and then calling rename on the tab title, the wrong tab is being renamed. Apparently, lxterminal still uses the old order before changing the sequence of tabs internally. --

Bug#629060: update-hostname vs. network-manager

2011-06-03 Thread Klaus Knopper
assigned? Regards -Klaus Knopper -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#612430: genisoimage -m dir/* incorrectly resets permissions of parent dir to 555 root/root in output

2011-02-08 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: genisoimage Version: 9:1.1.11-1 Severity: normal Tags: upstream mkdir cd mkdir -m 1777 cd/tmp mkdir -m 1777 cd/tmp2 cp /bin/bash cd/tmp2 genisoimage -R -m 'cd/tmp2/*' -o cd.iso cd results in these permissions in the mounted cd.iso image: 2 drwxr-xr-x 4 knopper users

Bug#595982: RFP: catweasel -- CATWeasel is a web-based user- and classroom-management tool based on CipUX

2010-09-07 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: catweasel Version : 0.2 Upstream Author : Jochen Breuer bre...@dajool.com * URL : http://bitbucket.org/edmedia/catweasel/ * License : GPLv2 Programming Lang: Python Description : CATWeasel is a web-based

Bug#594833: lxsession: (Maintainer-supplied?) 03_screenlock.patch locks screen unconditionally after wakeup from suspend

2010-08-29 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: lxsession Version: 0.4.4-3 Severity: important 03_screenlock.patch, which is included in the Debian derivate of lxsession, causes a password-protected screenlock after wakeup from suspend or hibernate. This may not be desired by the user and cannot be turned off by a configuration

Bug#565710: #565710 no gtk2 version of xdialog

2010-01-18 Thread Klaus Knopper
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 05:40:28AM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote: (I refreshed my memory just now regarding zenity...) fwiw, zenity doesn't implement everything that xdialog does. It doesn't even do as many things as dialog does. It only does (what it does...) differently. (It _does_ do

Bug#565710: no gtk2 version of xdialog

2010-01-17 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: xdialog Version: 2.3.1-2 Severity: wishlist xdialog can be built with gtk2, however, there is no xdialog-gtk2 package in Debian testing or unstable, even experimental yet. xdialog is quite popular for shell-based GUIs, since it reflects the ncurses-based dialogs syntax. -- System

Bug#561565: compiz-fusion-plugins-main: Thumbnail (Taskbar window preview) crashes compiz on empty title

2009-12-18 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: compiz-fusion-plugins-main Version: 0.8.2-3 Severity: important /usr/lib/compiz/libthumbnail.so supports showing the selected windows preview in the taskbar of the desktop manager. If a window has an empty title string, compiz crashes as soon as the thumbnail is supposed to be shown

Bug#400754: kino: crashes when loading dv file from a path containing iso8859-1 umlauts

2006-11-28 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: kino Version: 0.93-1 Severity: normal Attepting to load a file residing in a path where ISO-umlauts are part of the pathname, results in a segmentation fault like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/sda2/dv/ada/gießen$ pwd /mnt/sda2/dv/ada/gießen [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/sda2/dv/ada/gießen$

Bug#358123: audacity: Problem could be related to Visuals provided by Composite extension in xorg

2006-11-28 Thread Klaus Knopper
Package: audacity Version: 1.2.4b-2.1 Followup-For: Bug #358123 If you can't reproduce the error: While audacity starts without problems in a default xorg configuration, it fails with Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) serial 321 error_code 8 request_code 146 minor_code 3