[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2031096] Re: udisks2 daemon fails to start

2023-09-01 Thread Paul Smith
Same. This is on a machine with several nvme and sata SSDs. Oddly enough, I upgraded my laptop (which has a single nvme SSD) and have had no problems. journalctl -xeu udisks2.service output: Sep 01 03:03:59 case udisksd[6200]: udisks daemon version 2.10.0 starting Sep 01 03:03:59 case

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2028610] [NEW] bring-to-front and send-to-back not working for some apps

2023-07-25 Thread Paul Smith
Public bug reported: Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 23.04, a number of my applications have stopped accepting bring-to-front (right click on the title bar) and send-to-back (middle click on the title bar). On the other hand, other apps (native Gnome apps seemingly) do still seem to work. Note I'm

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1797734] Re: slow calculator startup

2020-03-16 Thread Paul Smith
Hey, if my assertion incentivizes someone to figure out how to do that, I'm more than willing to admit I was wrong :). The thing is, IMO "fast enough" for a desktop calculator is pretty darn fast. In my opinion the current integrated DEB version is already slow enough to be frustrating, so

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1797734] Re: slow calculator startup

2020-03-15 Thread Paul Smith
It is not physically possible to ever get a snap to start as fast as a native application. The entire purpose of a snap is that it uses its own set of dependencies, which means that by definition it cannot share those dependencies with other applications on the system, which means that they must

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1797734] Re: slow calculator startup

2020-03-14 Thread Paul Smith
I'm not sure why the "is 2s too slow to start" is the question being asked. Who starts and stops their calculator multiple times in a row? That's not a realistic use-case for the vast majority. Most people need a calculator once a day or every few days, and a desktop calculator is not an

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1754671] Re: Full-tunnel VPN DNS leakage regression

2019-05-31 Thread Paul Smith
Is this going to be fixed in disco? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1754671 Title: Full-tunnel VPN DNS leakage regression Status in NetworkManager: Fix

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1778946] Re: No dns resolution after closing a vpn/pptp connection

2019-01-30 Thread Paul Smith
Although this problem is easy to fix once you know what to do, I don't know if it should be only "Medium" importance because the impact is massive: no DNS is available. If you're not technically inclined enough to know to go poking around /etc/resolv.conf if DNS breaks, you would never be able to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1793427] Re: network-manager-fortisslvpn breaks mode of /run/systemd/resolv/stub-resolv.conf

2019-01-30 Thread Paul Smith
I've had this happen to me with Ubuntu 18.10 as well. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-pptp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1793427 Title: network-manager-fortisslvpn breaks mode of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1729028] Re: gnome-shell crashes when monitor sleeps or is turned off

2019-01-27 Thread Paul Smith
I wasn't having any problems with Ubuntu 18.04 but ever since I upgraded to Ubuntu 18.10 gnome-shell seems to crash two out of every three times the screensaver starts. I used ubuntu-bug on a /var/crash file but I have no idea what happened to it: it showed me the info in a window and I said go

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1812593] Re: gnome-shell[3159]: JS ERROR: Exception in callback for signal: activate: Error: Error invoking IBus.set_global_engine_async: Expected function for callback argumen

2019-01-27 Thread Paul Smith
I was seeing this same warning. The only overlap of extensions with the list above and my list (I only use 3 extensions) is 'system- moni...@paradoxxx.zero.gmail.com'. I realized I had installed that extension from source rather than through the extensions website since it needed to be built

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1730241] Re: Evolution segfaults when NVidia driver is installed but not used

2018-10-09 Thread Paul Smith
Aha, looking at issue #109 then checking journalctl I see: Oct 09 09:34:34 homebase kernel: NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 340.107, but NVRM: this kernel module has the version 340.106. Please NVRM: make sure

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1730241] Re: Evolution segfaults when NVidia driver is installed but not used

2018-10-09 Thread Paul Smith
Seems like it might be related to this: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/cogl/issues/1 which similarly was reported here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control- center/issues/109 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1730241] Re: Evolution segfaults when NVidia driver is installed but not used

2018-10-09 Thread Paul Smith
** Attachment added: "GDB backtrace for crash in libcogl" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cogl/+bug/1730241/+attachment/5199322/+files/libcogl-crash.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to clutter-gtk in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1730241] Re: Evolution segfaults when NVidia driver is installed but not used

2018-10-09 Thread Paul Smith
I just restarted Evolution (but did not reboot my system or make any other changes) and now Evolution is crashing for me in the identical way described here. I literally just quit Evolution, it was running fine, and restarted it and now it just crashes with the same stacktrace shown above, a null

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1726124] Re: DNS domain search paths not updated when VPN started

2018-02-02 Thread Paul Smith
I'm not sure why it's being asserted that these two uses are mutually incompatible, especially since I've been using them in a coordinated way forever and can still do so (at the expense of junking systemd-resolve and going back to using dnsmasq and a custom configuration, which is obviously a big

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1726124] Re: DNS domain search paths not updated when VPN started

2017-11-22 Thread Paul Smith
Andreas: unfortunately disallowing short name lookups is not acceptable: many environments use short names in embedded URLs all over the place, and without domain search paths the entire environment is rendered completely unusable (e.g., URLs are simply https://tools/foo or https://wiki/foo or

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1726124] Re: DNS domain search paths not updated when VPN started

2017-11-13 Thread Paul Smith
Hi Sebastien, thanks for your interest. This issue is causing me extreme pain. I believe I'm going to have to reconfigure N-M to use the old-style dnsmasq setup and throw out systemd-resolve pretty soon. It's not clear to me whether this is an N-M bug vs. a systemd bug, but I'm happy to file

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1728450] [NEW] Details are not visible by default and hide important configuration

2017-10-29 Thread Paul Smith
Public bug reported: When I open the gnome-control-center, I see the following menu items down the left side: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Background, Notifications, Search, Region & Language, Universal Access, Online Accounts, Privacy, Sharing, Sound, Power, Network, Devices (with a sub-menu). Screenshot

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1726124] Re: DNS domain search paths not updated when VPN started

2017-10-22 Thread Paul Smith
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. In a typical configuration you never send "foo" to the nameservice, there's always a search domain and those lookups are always tried first (because the default value for the ndots is 1). This is handled by the libc resolver linked into every program,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1726143] [NEW] Automatic installation of samba fails with "could not find package libpam-smbpass"

2017-10-22 Thread Paul Smith
Public bug reported: I actually have no idea if this is really a Nautilus issue but didn't know where else to file it. I have a fresh install of ubuntu 17.10. I start nautilus (using File). I right-click on a folder and select "Local Network Share". When I select "Share this folder" it says

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1726124] Re: DNS domain search paths not updated when VPN started

2017-10-22 Thread Paul Smith
To be clear, they are NOT updated in /etc/resolv.conf. They ARE updated in /run/NetworkManager/resolv.conf, but that has no effect since we're not using that for resolution: instead we're using systemd-resolve. And as I noted above, it does appear that systemd-resolve is notified about the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1639776] Re: name resolution (dnsmasq) fails to send queries out after suspend/resume reconnects the interface

2017-04-24 Thread Paul Smith
Yes, that version is OK (I'm on 16.10 so mine is a bit newer). If you check /usr/share/doc/dnsmasq-base/changelog.Debian.gz on your system you should see info related to this bug in that changelog. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1639776] Re: name resolution (dnsmasq) fails to send queries out after suspend/resume reconnects the interface

2017-04-24 Thread Paul Smith
Shawn B it sounds like your issue might be related to this one, since it's fixed by restarting dnsmasq. Do you have the newer dnsmasq version (you need dnsmasq-base 2.76-4ubuntu0.1 or better)? Just to note: it's definitely true that this bug will impact VPN users; that's how I ran into it.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1639776] Re: name resolution (dnsmasq) fails to send queries out after suspend/resume reconnects the interface

2017-04-24 Thread Paul Smith
It sounds like a different bug to me, if changing networkmanager fixes it without changing dnsmasq. I would file a new Launchpad bug with all the details you can provide. You can add a comment to this issue with a link. In particular, please specify: * If you're using IPv4 vs. IPv6 * If you

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1639776] Re: name resolution (dnsmasq) fails to send queries out after suspend/resume reconnects the interface

2017-04-24 Thread Paul Smith
I think the problems being reported by NJ and Lukas at least, are different issues and you should file a new report about them. I can't say about GammaPoint because the description there ("DNS leaks") is not understandable to me. This issue has the following characteristics: DNS lookups fail,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1639776] Re: name resolution (dnsmasq) fails to send queries out after suspend/resume reconnects the interface

2017-04-10 Thread Paul Smith
Just curious if there's more work needed here before this fix moves out of proposed and into standard updates for xenial / yakkety, or if not then is there a timeline when that transition is normally expected? I'm currently recommending to users that they reset NetworkManager by hand when they

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1658921] Re: NetworkManager does not manage wired connection

2017-03-26 Thread Paul Smith
Just want to point out that "chroot installs" or netboot installs are NOT the only places this breaks. I did a a straightforward upgrade (via do-release-upgrade) from Ubuntu GNOME 16.04.n (latest packages installed) to Ubuntu GNOME 16.10, on a standard desktop system where the wired network was

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1528313] [NEW] Pidgin crashing somewhat regularly in 15.10

2015-12-21 Thread Paul Smith
Public bug reported: I've been using Pidgin since forever and it's been very stable, but ever since I've updated to 15.10 I'm getting semi-regular (once or twice a week) crashes. Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 Pidgin 1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4 Here's a stack trace from my latest crash a few minutes ago, after I

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1528313] Re: Pidgin crashing somewhat regularly in 15.10

2015-12-21 Thread Paul Smith
** Description changed: I've been using Pidgin since forever and it's been very stable, but ever since I've updated to 15.10 I'm getting semi-regular (once or twice a week) crashes. Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 Pidgin 1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4 Here's a stack trace from my latest crash a few

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1518988] Re: Switching from "Plain Text" to "HTML" mode in Evolution composer keeps fixed width font

2015-12-02 Thread Paul Smith
I tested evolution 3.16.5-1ubuntu3.1 and the problem has been resolved. Thanks! ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1476702] Re: Xorg crash when using Spotify client

2015-12-02 Thread Paul Smith
Updating the BIOS seems to have fixed it: no crashes since then. Thanks for the support! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1476702 Title: Xorg crash when using Spotify

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1518988] [NEW] Switching from "Plain Text" to "HTML" mode in Evolution composer keeps fixed width font

2015-11-23 Thread Paul Smith
Public bug reported: I'm using Evolution 3.16.5-1ubuntu3 in Ubuntu GNOME 15.10, latest packages. My email starts by default in Plain Text mode. However sometimes I want to switch to "HTML" mode. When I do this, I get HTML-formatted email HOWEVER no matter what I do my font is still always

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1476702] Re: Xorg crash when using Spotify client

2015-09-21 Thread Paul Smith
OK I've updated my bios: $ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date 0708 12/25/2012 I used to get crashes just by semi-vigorous scrolling in the Spotify window but a session of clicking and scrolling so far hasn't reproduced the crash. I'll keep trying for a while.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1476702] [NEW] Xorg crash when using Spotify client

2015-07-21 Thread Paul Smith
Public bug reported: Ever since I upgraded from Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 to Ubuntu GNOME 15.04, I've had my entire desktop crash relatively quickly when using Spotify, if I mess around with the client much. Just starting the client is no problem, and it plays songs OK, but for a while whenever I

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1247366] Re: Evolution is missing bogofilter integration

2015-03-20 Thread Paul Smith
Thank you Iain! Is there any possibility this can get backported to 14.04? As an LTS release, it would be REALLY nice to have this fix there too... I think this patch applies cleanly to 3.11 as well as 3.12. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1247366] Re: Evolution is missing bogofilter integration

2015-03-01 Thread Paul Smith
If you know of another way, than filing a bug like this one, I urge you to pursue it... ** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247366 Title:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1247366] Re: Evolution is missing bogofilter integration

2015-03-01 Thread Paul Smith
Just for completeness I'm adding the patch used to fix this issue upstream. ** Patch added: Patch for Gnome bug 1247366 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/1247366/+attachment/4331521/+files/bug-1247366.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1247366] Re: Evolution is missing bogofilter integration

2015-03-01 Thread Paul Smith
Well, first it has to get fixed in Ubuntu, in any version: currently there's no fix even in the upcoming 15.04. Once that happens we can talk about whether it's possible to backport it. ** Tags removed: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1247366] Re: Evolution is missing bogofilter integration

2015-02-06 Thread Paul Smith
Milan Crha has posted a fix for the next release of Evolution, which may or may not be straightforward to cherry-pick back to the current release. See: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743109 and: https://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/commit/?id=0b91d60 -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1247366] Re: Evolution is missing bogofilter integration

2015-01-18 Thread Paul Smith
Hm. It seems that newer versions of Evolution have completely removed support for runtime detection of the underlying spam filtering facility in the plugin, so my simple patch in comment #18 is not sufficient and more work is needed. See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743109 for more

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1247366] Re: Evolution is missing bogofilter integration

2015-01-14 Thread Paul Smith
I believe this can be fixed with a simple patch to the rules file in the Evolution Ubuntu package: if we set the BOGOFILTER environment variable before we run configure then whatever value it has will be used during the build without checking, and at runtime if the program exists the plugin will

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1247366] Re: Evolution is missing bogofilter integration

2014-05-06 Thread Paul Smith
For more info from the Evo developer: https://mail.gnome.org/archives /evolution-list/2014-May/msg00010.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247366 Title: Evolution

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1247366] Re: Evolution is missing bogofilter integration

2014-05-06 Thread Paul Smith
Please add this support! I see no point in omitting it; it's just a configure flag (and having bogofilter installed at build time). Bogofilter is much nicer than SA IMO. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 861268] Re: text corruption in terminals (xterm, urxvt) and emacs

2013-07-09 Thread Paul Smith
I've given up and switched away. There's been no response from anyone about anything related to this bug in months and it's far too painful for me to deal with any longer. If/when someone posts a fix or workaround or something, I'll try it. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 861268] Re: text corruption in terminals (xterm, urxvt) and emacs

2013-07-06 Thread Paul Smith
According to comments on the gnome bugzilla this is supposed to be (at least partly?) addressed in Gnome 3.8. has anyone tested this? Ever since I upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04, this has been driving me nuts since I do 90% of my work in xterms and with Emacs. -- You received this bug notification

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1062693] Re: GDM Simple Greeter No Longer Responds to Gconf-editor or Gconftool-2

2012-10-07 Thread Paul Smith
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid ** Converted to question: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+question/210608 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1062693] [NEW] GDM Simple Greeter No Longer Responds to Gconf-editor or Gconftool-2

2012-10-06 Thread Paul Smith
Public bug reported: Using 12.04.1 I can no longer display a login warning banner or disable the user list in simple-greeter either by using gconf-editor or gconftool-2. Works in 10.04.4. Steps to Replicate: 1) Install GDM: sudo apt-get install gdm 2) Use the following script: --

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1062693] Re: GDM Simple Greeter No Longer Responds to Gconf-editor or Gconftool-2

2012-10-06 Thread Paul Smith
** Description changed: Using 12.04.1 I can no longer display a login warning banner or disable the user list in simple-greeter either by using gconf-editor or gconftool-2. Works in 10.04.4. Steps to Replicate: 1) Install GDM: sudo apt-get install gdm 2) Use the following

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1015115] [NEW] playback hangs every few songs

2012-06-19 Thread Paul Smith
Public bug reported: I'm using Banshee because I need Amazon download integration (plus all my ratings etc. are in Banshee). So I have a playlist based on my highest-rated songs. I double-click it to start playing and I have random sort enabled. Every 3rd or 4th song, after it's done playing

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 999691] [NEW] Tab to cancel selects OK instead

2012-05-15 Thread Paul Smith
Public bug reported: If I start a zenity window with a text box: zenity --entry --text=add text then I press TAB one time to highlight the Cancel box and press ENTER to select Cancel, it instead selects OK. In fact no matter what element is selected in the zenity window, when I press ENTER it

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 990594] [NEW] No way to exit part mode in Rhythmbox

2012-04-28 Thread Paul Smith
Public bug reported: I was messing around with Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 12.04 trying to get a display I liked. I saw Party Mode under the View menu and selected it to see what it was. I got a full-screen instance of Rhythmbox with NO WAY TO EXIT! No menus were available, no keys like ESC etc.