[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2018-04-07 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Honestly I wouldn't concern yourself with it at this point. Ubuntu 18.04 is due out in just over two weeks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1705369 Title: Ubuntu 17.10

[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2017-11-13 Thread CaptSaltyJack
I actually don't think uninstalling nvidia & reinstalling is good enough. gdm3 has to be removed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1705369 Title: Ubuntu 17.10

[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2017-11-10 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Yeah, apparently 17.10 wasn’t tested thoroughly before release. And yes, #60 works. Just make sure lightdm is installed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1705369

[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2017-11-01 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Sorry you can't get it working, that's all I can think of. My advice would be to just go back to 17.04 and install Gnome there if you want the Gnome experience. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2017-11-01 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Good luck! I went through several tries to get it right. Make sure after removing gdm that lightdm is installed.. that's key. And if you get a login screen, be sure to use Xorg. Those two things SHOULD get you on the right track hopefully. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2017-11-01 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Bernadette: Just to make sure, did you try the below in this exact order? sudo apt purge gdm3 (optional step if lightdm is not auto installe) sudo apt install -y lightdm sudo apt purge nvidia* sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r) sudo apt install nvidia-384 This worked for me. At the

[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2017-11-01 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Did the steps above on my laptop. It works, though the "Ubuntu" login just logs me out right away (I believe that's Wayland). If I choose "Ubuntu on Xorg", I can log in with no issues. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2017-10-29 Thread CaptSaltyJack
You're right :) I skipped the nvidia part. Just wanted to see how the VM would behave if I purged gdm. Then I realized lightdm was not installed, so that would be an extra step on that list. Thanks, everyone -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2017-10-29 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Thanks! Ran that on a VM as a test. I wound up with a text-based login shell, no greeter. "sudo apt install lightdm" fixed that, but my VM may not have been in a totally clean state. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2017-10-28 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Sorry, there were many different solutions posted so I wasn’t sure which was the correct one. So just to be clear, is the solution: $ sudo apt purge gdm3 ?? What’s the exact list of steps to resolve this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2017-10-28 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Sorry to spam the comments, there's no edit feature. Once again I have a black screen with a blinking cursor, but I'm able to hit Ctrl+Alt+F6 to get to a shell. How do I troubleshoot this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2017-10-28 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Update: Went into a recovery shell as root, ran "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg". I got no output, no prompts, nothing. Rebooted, things are OK now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2017-10-28 Thread CaptSaltyJack
I take that back. Just rebooted, and I have a black screen with a blinking cursor. Ugh. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1705369 Title: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to

[Bug 1705369] Re: Ubuntu 17.10 boots to black screen when using Nvidia drivers (on a desktop with an Intel GPU)

2017-10-28 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Just wanted to weigh in: simply adding "nomodeset" to my kernel command line worked! I was able to use the proprietary NVidia drivers, no problem. I'm on a ThinkPad T570. It looks like due to this change, I'm using X11 instead of Wayland. I don't know if I care either way, everything works great

[Bug 1234846] Re: Touchpad options missing drag lock feature

2014-06-16 Thread CaptSaltyJack
I'm not sure what upstream means or what to do at this point. I have the latest Ubuntu 14.04 with 3.13.0-29 kernel, and there is still no drag lock option in the touchpad preferences. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1159959] Re: Cursor moves with Disable touchpad while typing

2013-10-28 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Is this fixed in 13.10? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1159959 Title: Cursor moves with Disable touchpad while typing To manage notifications about

[Bug 1079683] Re: gnome-disks fails to work with filesystems

2013-10-14 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Confirmed on 13.04. gnome-disks is pretty much unusable, can't even format a USB flash drive. gparted has no issues doing so. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1218979] [NEW] Touchpad disable while typing option is ignored

2013-08-30 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Public bug reported: Going into System Settings Mouse/Touchpad, and checking the box Disable while typing has no effect. I'm on a ThinkPad S431 using a Synaptics touchpad. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu

[Bug 1217939] [NEW] Unable to search for contacts (find button disabled)

2013-08-28 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Public bug reported: When going to the Empathy main menu and choosing Contacts Search for Contacts, a dialog comes up. After typing some text in the Search box, the Find button remains disabled and there's no way to search. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: empathy

[Bug 1172934] Re: empathy notification wrong sender name

2013-08-12 Thread CaptSaltyJack
What I think you mean is, in the notification menu, when you get an incoming message, it shows your own name rather than the person you're talking to. I've discovered what causes this: if you start a conversation with someone, your own name is shown in the notification menu. The other party has

[Bug 874386] Re: Can't drag/drop files onto bookmarked folders

2012-06-18 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Tested, works great! Not too sure how to change the bug to reflect that though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874386 Title: Can't drag/drop files onto bookmarked

[Bug 874386] Re: Can't drag/drop files onto bookmarked folders

2012-06-14 Thread CaptSaltyJack
This is great! I'd like to thank the developers who worked on this to make it happen. Your efforts are hugely appreciated! I'll enable the proposed source and watch for this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus

[Bug 1009331] [NEW] Gnome terminal is wrong size (rows)

2012-06-06 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Public bug reported: I have explicitly set the gnome terminal to be 80x24, yet it opens a window that is 80x22. I have to set my window size to 80x26 in order to get 80x24. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-terminal 3.4.1.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu

[Bug 1009331] Re: Gnome terminal is wrong size (rows)

2012-06-06 Thread CaptSaltyJack
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[Bug 877744] Re: Empathy loses all styling after upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10

2011-10-20 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Oh, nice tip. That worked, thanks! Still though, one shouldn't have to do that. Something is clearly getting trashed in the theme settings upon upgrade to 11.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu.

[Bug 877744] Re: Empathy loses all styling after upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10

2011-10-19 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Screenshot attached ** Attachment added: emp.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/877744/+attachment/2560633/+files/emp.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu.

[Bug 845760] Re: Evolution meeting requests have wrong times

2011-10-19 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Confirmed, on Ubuntu 11.10 and this bug still occurs for me too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/845760 Title: Evolution meeting requests have wrong times To

[Bug 877744] Re: Empathy loses all styling after upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10

2011-10-19 Thread CaptSaltyJack
There is no Xsession error. And this bug does reproduce in a brand new guest account as well. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877744 Title: Empathy loses all

[Bug 877744] [NEW] Empathy loses all styling after upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10

2011-10-18 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Public bug reported: Upon upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10, empathy is now unstyled. No balloons, no formatting, it's quite ugly. The only thing that shows up besides plaintext is the avatar images. Others are experiencing the same issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package:

[Bug 877744] Re: Empathy loses all styling after upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10

2011-10-18 Thread CaptSaltyJack
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877744 Title: Empathy loses all styling after upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 874386] Re: Can't drag/drop files onto bookmarked folders

2011-10-14 Thread CaptSaltyJack
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874386 Title: Can't drag/drop files onto bookmarked folders To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 874386] [NEW] Can't drag/drop files onto bookmarked folders

2011-10-14 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Public bug reported: Usability issue: One would expect to be able to drag/drop files onto the bookmarked folders in the lefthand pane in nautilus. However, this is not possible. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu

[Bug 845760] Re: Evolution meeting requests have wrong times

2011-10-14 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Will check this in oneiric ASAP -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/845760 Title: Evolution meeting requests have wrong times To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 751803] Re: GNOME Terminal window initially opens at 80x23

2011-09-22 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Verified. This bug still exists in 11.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/751803 Title: GNOME Terminal window initially opens at 80x23 To manage

[Bug 845760] Re: Evolution meeting requests have wrong times

2011-09-09 Thread CaptSaltyJack
** Attachment added: evo_bug.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/845760/+attachment/2377134/+files/evo_bug.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/845760 Title:

[Bug 845760] [NEW] Evolution meeting requests have wrong times

2011-09-09 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Public bug reported: I get meeting requests at work (via MAPI plugin, Exchange 2003) and the times are always off. The meeting might be at noon but Evo thinks it's five hours later. My time zone settings are correct, I've double- checked. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package:

[Bug 662040] Re: Seahorse/GPG has no option for ASCII output

2011-07-11 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Nope, the new version still does not allow an ASCII (armored) encrypted file as an option. It always encrypts to a binary file. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to seahorse in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662040

[Bug 662040] [NEW] Seahorse/GPG has no option for ASCII output

2010-10-17 Thread CaptSaltyJack
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: seahorse Feature request: add the ability for Ubuntu's built-in GPG/PGP interface to allow ASCII output of encrypted files and signatures. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: seahorse 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu

[Bug 662040] Re: Seahorse/GPG has no option for ASCII output

2010-10-17 Thread CaptSaltyJack
-- Seahorse/GPG has no option for ASCII output https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662040 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to seahorse in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com