[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2060354] Re: Segfaults and assertion failures in Xorg's render/glyph.c

2024-04-08 Thread Tim Richardson
@sbeattie I tested the package you built for 22.04 and it fixes the problem for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2060354 Title: Segfaults and assertion failures

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2060354] Re: Segfaults and assertion failures in Xorg's render/glyph.c

2024-04-08 Thread Tim Richardson
@sbeattie It's broken in mantic too. In xwayland, the window dies. in xorg, the session crashes, badly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2060354 Title: Segfaults

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2060354] Re: Segfaults and assertion failures in Xorg's render/glyph.c

2024-04-08 Thread Tim Richardson
Yeah, for me it crashed 100% of the time with no changes, and removing a configuration file (which among other things removed my non-default preference for grayscale antialias) completely stopped the crashing. This is in a kvm/qemu VM. So from my perspective, and from a few others users, it looks

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2060354] Re: Segfaults and assertion failures in Xorg's render/glyph.c

2024-04-08 Thread Tim Richardson
for what it's worth, JetBrains bug reports find that the problem is triggered by requesting grayscale anti-aliasing. https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-350864/Idea.sh-abort-X-window -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1971434] Re: Display powersave only blanks, but does not turn off

2024-03-16 Thread Tim Richardson
I use the wayland session. I sort of have this bug. The screens do power off, but then the backlights resume. It is still a blank screen -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu.

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 2045820] Re: firefox snap .desktop missing StartupWMClass

2023-12-07 Thread Tim Richardson
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2045820] Re: firefox snap .desktop missing StartupWMClass

2023-12-06 Thread Tim Richardson
screenshot 2, chatgpt suggestion which contained the fix ** Attachment added: "firefox_bug_2.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/2045820/+attachment/5726921/+files/firefox_bug_2.png ** Description changed: - I have the mozilla stable version installed using the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2045820] Re: firefox snap .desktop missing StartupWMClass

2023-12-06 Thread Tim Richardson
screen shot of icon problem ** Attachment added: "firefox_bug_0.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/2045820/+attachment/5726922/+files/firefox_bug_0.png ** Description changed: this is repost from https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snap-icons-is-the-

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2045820] [NEW] firefox snap .desktop missing StartupWMClass

2023-12-06 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: this is repost from https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snap-icons-is-the- firefox-desktop-file-missing-startupwmclass/37400 I have the mozilla stable version installed using the mozilla binary method, and snap for the beta channel. The snap icon is broken, both in the menu entry

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 995406] Re: User not added to group sambashare: "You do not have permission to create a usershare."

2023-04-13 Thread Tim Richardson
This is happening in lunar beta 23.04,. I install nautilus-share. Turned on sharing in Gnome preference (both options) When attempting to share a folder: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error Permission denied You do

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1958267] Re: "Connection failed" for WPA Enterprise network (e.g. eduroam)

2022-05-01 Thread Tim Richardson
see also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2072070 for lengthy discussion. ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #2072070 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2072070 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1966571] Re: libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so init failed

2022-04-01 Thread Tim Richardson
Ubuntu 22.04. I still have this problem intel-media-va-driver 22.3.0 tigerlake laptop $ apt-cache show intel-media-va-driver Package: intel-media-va-driver Architecture: amd64 Version: 22.3.0+dfsg1-1 tim@ochre:~$ vainfo libva info: VA-API version 1.14.0 libva info: Trying to open

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1952107] Re: Google Contacts API Deprecated

2022-01-19 Thread Tim Richardson
** Tags removed: verification-needed-impish ** Tags added: verification-done-impish -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution-data-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1952107 Title: Google Contacts API

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1952107] Re: Google Contacts API Deprecated

2022-01-19 Thread Tim Richardson
(... Ubuntu 21.10) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution-data-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1952107 Title: Google Contacts API Deprecated Status in evolution-data-server: Unknown Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1952107] Re: Google Contacts API Deprecated

2022-01-19 Thread Tim Richardson
I used proposed-updates today to get the latest evolution, and contact sync works again. So 3.40.4-1ubuntu2 works. (amd64 arch) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution-data-server in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1927767] Re: All apps crashed in my X11 session, then terminal console crashed, reboot failed

2021-05-16 Thread Tim Richardson
No data available from (1) or (2) and the problem has not reoccurred. I have commented line 23 of crashdb.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927767 Title: All

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1816497] Re: [snap] vaapi chromium no video hardware decoding

2021-03-05 Thread Tim Richardson
//bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1816497 > > Title: > [snap] vaapi chromium no video hardware decoding > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1816497/+subscriptions > -- Tim Richardson -- You received this b

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1736222] Re: speech-dispatcher distorts all sound

2020-11-22 Thread Tim Richardson
I just installed Ubuntu 20.10 on a machine that was running Pop!os 20.04 and 20.10 (a fairly new AMD Ryzen desktop system, different to the machine I had the problem on earlier, which was a laptop). Not 24 hours later, this problem again. I thought there was something wrong with Team app ('bloody

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1736222] Re: speech-dispatcher distorts all sound

2020-08-28 Thread Tim Richardson
My sound control panel reports three speech-dispatcher entries in Volume Levels. I don't know why. My session is about two days old and I haven't had any instance of distortion, so the workaround referred to in my previous comment, a config change, may be a good idea for package maintainers to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1816497] Re: [snap] vaapi chromium no video hardware decoding

2020-08-25 Thread Tim Richardson
If you want to test this, force YouTube to serve H264, which your card supports judging by the vainfo results. A 4k 60fps YouTube video won't be in a codec your hardware can handle, I guess. There are 'h264ify' extensions for Chromium. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1736222] Re: speech-dispatcher distorts all sound

2020-08-23 Thread Tim Richardson
I will try this workaround/config change: https://github.com/brailcom/speechd/issues/198#issuecomment-619605269 ** Bug watch added: github.com/brailcom/speechd/issues #198 https://github.com/brailcom/speechd/issues/198 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1736222] Re: speech-dispatcher distorts all sound

2020-08-23 Thread Tim Richardson
This bug started affecting me in the past week although I've been on 20.04 since launch. I have removed the packages including orca. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to speech-dispatcher in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765363] Re: prime-select intel is not powering off the nvidia card

2020-05-03 Thread Tim Richardson
@vasyl: thanks, good comment. It pays to RTFM, apparently. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1765363 Title: prime-select intel is not powering off the nvidia card

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1749779] Re: System freeze when going back and forth fullscreen mode with Firefox

2020-05-03 Thread Tim Richardson
For me in 20.04, bug is definitely still present. I have earlyoom active, and 32 gb a few seconds of "freeze" (which is not really a freeze) earlyoom activates and nukes a few things, including Firefox, which brings back interactive response. It also killed Chrome and Remmina, which was

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1872159] Re: booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected (pure intel 8th gen laptop)

2020-04-13 Thread Tim Richardson
I have been investigating other bug reports. I can't find anything that helps my very much, but I did note references to timing. It is very puzzling why I don't have problems when booting from the installation to an external drive. That drive is actually a USB stick (ext4 formatted). My internal

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1872159] Re: booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected (pure intel 8th gen laptop)

2020-04-13 Thread Tim Richardson
I have been trying to work out how to log a failed session with plymouth debug messages. I finally succeeded, it is attached. Note that at the end of log file, it goes into suspend. That was me trying to power off the machine, and not holding the button long enough. It actually suspends and

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1872159] Re: booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected (pure intel 8th gen laptop)

2020-04-12 Thread Tim Richardson
I installed 20.04 beta on a usb drive on the same machine, and reinstalled packages to resemble my main install as closely as possible. The bug does not occur when booting from the usb drive. The most significant difference I can think of is that the main install is on an lvm partition

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1872159] Re: booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected (pure intel 8th gen laptop)

2020-04-11 Thread Tim Richardson
** Attachment added: "boot messages with plymouth debugging messages" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1872159/+attachment/5352286/+files/journal.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1872159] Re: booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected (pure intel 8th gen laptop)

2020-04-11 Thread Tim Richardson
** Summary changed: - booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected (pure intel laptop) + booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected (pure intel 8th gen laptop) ** Description changed: + I think this is a problem with the splash boot loader. This problem

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1872159] Re: booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected (pure intel laptop)

2020-04-11 Thread Tim Richardson
** Summary changed: - booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected + booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected (pure intel laptop) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1872159] Re: booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected

2020-04-11 Thread Tim Richardson
** Attachment added: "journalctl -b-1 > journal.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1872159/+attachment/5351782/+files/journal.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1872159] Re: booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected

2020-04-11 Thread Tim Richardson
** Attachment added: "journalctl -b0 > journal.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1872159/+attachment/5351769/+files/journal.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1872159] Re: booting with splash hangs when external monitors are connected

2020-04-11 Thread Tim Richardson
** Also affects: plymouth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1872159 Title: booting with splash hangs when external

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: nvidia-drm.modeset=1, gdm3 and optimus laptop results in no external monitors detected by Xorg, Pop!OS fix works.

2020-03-05 Thread Tim Richardson
@Alberto, couldn't prime-select do this when going into hybrid or Optimus mode? Only users with nvidia hybrid graphics would go down this logic path, and they are only ones who need the fix (but only if they are using gdm3, sddm and lightdm continue to be unaffected by this) The set of users who

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: nvidia-drm.modeset=1, gdm3 and optimus laptop results in no external monitors detected by Xorg

2020-02-27 Thread Tim Richardson
This bug persists in 20.04 daily. The one-line Pop!OS solution (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1716857/comments/26) works, just logout and login. Pop!OS has used this for several releases now, just saying. ** Summary changed: - nvidia-drm.modeset=1, gdm3 and optimus

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765888] Re: Please revert to debian-alternatives based prime-select

2020-01-02 Thread Tim Richardson
** Changed in: nvidia-prime (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1765888 Title: Please revert to debian-alternatives

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1847144] Re: network-manager-openvpn config import ignores tls-crypt section

2019-11-28 Thread Tim Richardson
You are correct. Thanks. I was so puzzled by this. I am using KDE. Possibly the network manager interface is different. This is what I did. Imported the openvpn config file into networkmanger. It makes a connection, it times out, and no amount of debugging gives any more hint. I edit the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1600622] Re: Screen doesn't lock or go to sleep when certain Chrome tabs are open

2019-09-29 Thread Tim Richardson
I haven't had this problem for several releases, so it is only triggered under some circumstances. I suspected the hangouts extension (which I no longer use) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1826597] Re: Synaptic touchpad not responding in ubuntu 19.04 when using nvidia drivers

2019-09-24 Thread Tim Richardson
A very similar thing just happened to me, with the 435 drivers via ppa. Reverting to 430 solved it. Ubuntu 19.04, P50. USB mouse works. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-libinput in Ubuntu.

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: nvidia-drm.modeset=1 results in no monitors detected by Xorg

2019-06-20 Thread Tim Richardson
> nvidia-drm.modeset=1 results in no monitors detected by Xorg > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1716857/+subscriptions > -- Tim Richardson -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of D

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: nvidia-drm.modeset=1 results in no monitors detected by Xorg

2019-06-20 Thread Tim Richardson
"gdm3 compile without wayland", I meant -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716857 Title: nvidia-drm.modeset=1 results in no monitors detected by Xorg Status in gdm3

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: nvidia-drm.modeset=1 results in no monitors detected by Xorg

2019-06-20 Thread Tim Richardson
What we know about this bug is that gdm3, nvidia and modeset=1 is broken under configurations which are not broken when sddm and lightdm are used. we know that gdm3 sessions with external monitors work with root permissions. we know that gdm3 compiled with wayland also works (according to the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: nvidia-drm.modeset=1 results in no monitors detected by Xorg

2019-06-13 Thread Tim Richardson
I posted here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1055528/linux/nvidia-driver-in- modeset-1-requires-root-permissions-daniel-van-vugt-canonical-concludes- it-is-an-nvidia-bug/?offset=3#5351122 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: nvidia-drm.modeset=1 results in no monitors detected by Xorg

2019-06-13 Thread Tim Richardson
User generix reports that when gdm3 is compiled without wayland support, this bug is not seen. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716857 Title: nvidia-drm.modeset=1

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: nvidia-drm.modeset=1 results in no monitors detected by Xorg

2019-06-13 Thread Tim Richardson
I will post your findings to the nvidia developers forum. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716857 Title: nvidia-drm.modeset=1 results in no monitors detected by Xorg

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: nvidia-drm.modeset=1 results in no monitors detected by Xorg

2019-06-13 Thread Tim Richardson
Hi Daniel, thanks for not forgetting about this, unlike everyone else :) Have you communicated this observation to Nvidia at all? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716857

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: gdm3, hybrid nvidia with modeset=1, no external monitors detected

2019-05-15 Thread Tim Richardson
This works. Thanks. What does gdm3 do that requires this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716857 Title: gdm3, hybrid nvidia with modeset=1, no external monitors

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: gdm3, hybrid nvidia with modeset=1, no external monitors detected

2019-04-21 Thread Tim Richardson
Still present in 19.04, although as a workaround, the nvidia drivers have reverted to installing without modeset=1, so external monitors work, and Optimus users get dreadful tearing on their laptop's internal screen. With modeset=1 (which in my case was a setting preserved during the update to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1820543] Re: [snap] libreoffice can not see mounted volume under /opt1

2019-03-19 Thread Tim Richardson
Thanks Olivier, I changed my mount point (under /media) and it's working fine now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1820543 Title: [snap] libreoffice can not see

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1820543] [NEW] libreoffice snap can not see mounted volume

2019-03-17 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: I have a encrypted luks volume which is under lvm management. I mount it manually from a script. It's mounted to /opt1 the libreoffice snap does not see this mounted directory; it is not part of the filesystem known to the snap. ** Affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu)

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: gdm3, hybrid nvidia with modeset=1, no external monitors detected

2019-02-20 Thread Tim Richardson
/bugs/1716857 > > Title: > gdm3, hybrid nvidia with modeset=1, no external monitors detected > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1716857/+subscriptions > -- Tim Richardson -- You received this bug not

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: gdm3, hybrid nvidia with modeset=1, no external monitors detected

2019-02-20 Thread Tim Richardson
gdm3, hybrid nvidia with modeset=1, no external monitors detected > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1716857/+subscriptions > -- Tim Richardson -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop P

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1600622] Re: Screen doesn't lock or go to sleep when certain Chrome tabs are open

2019-01-08 Thread Tim Richardson
I switched to KDE to have a look at it, by installing KDE Neon from the PPAs. Otherwise the same environment. The slow suspend doesn't happen in plasma, it suspends in five seconds, while still suspending properly (including open VMWare virtual machines). So it's not simply Chrome, the bug needs

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: gdm3, hybrid nvidia with modeset=1, no external monitors detected

2019-01-03 Thread Tim Richardson
sddm works too: I just put kde plasma on my ThinkPad P50 with ubuntu 18.10, it works well. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716857 Title: gdm3, hybrid nvidia with

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1600622] Re: Screen doesn't lock or go to sleep when certain Chrome tabs are open

2018-12-13 Thread Tim Richardson
.launchpad.net/bugs/1600622 > > Title: > Screen doesn't lock or go to sleep when certain Chrome tabs are open > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1600622/+subscriptions > -- Tim Richardson -- You re

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1600622] Re: Screen doesn't lock or go to sleep when certain Chrome tabs are open

2018-12-12 Thread Tim Richardson
sleep when certain Chrome tabs are open > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1600622/+subscriptions > -- Tim Richardson -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1791848] [NEW] in cosmic, prime-select nvidia does not work if display manager is lightdm

2018-09-10 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: nvidia-prime 0.8.9 with display manager lightdm, choose the nvidia driver on my Optimus Thinkpad P50 does not work. the nvidia driver does not load. It works with gdm3, and so does prime-select intel (only tested in x.org session so far) ** Affects: nvidia-prime

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765363] Re: prime-select intel is not powering off the nvidia card

2018-08-31 Thread Tim Richardson
Hi Ryan, my solution uses bbswitch to turn off the card, which is what Ubuntu used before 18.04. If it works for your hardware in 16.04 (up to and including 17.10) it will work in 18.04. Also if it was working and then stopped working, it must be something you did. If you'd like support

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1600622] Re: Screen doesn't lock or go to sleep when certain Chrome tabs are open

2018-07-08 Thread Tim Richardson
uBlock fixes it for me and others ... But there should be some user control -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1600622 Title: Screen doesn't lock or go to sleep

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765363] Re: prime-select intel is not powering off the nvidia card

2018-06-07 Thread Tim Richardson
I've made a few tweaks which you can see here https://github.com/timrichardson/Prime-Ubuntu-18.04 it now works between reboots. I should do a fresh install to make sure it works without action. For example, I've made a note that after install I did sudo systemctl enable prime-socket the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765363] Re: prime-select intel is not powering off the nvidia card

2018-06-01 Thread Tim Richardson
Matthieu's code is the best solution I've seen, as long as you are ok with lightdm. The multi-dispatch aspects of the new module are a good simplification, Matthieu's approach looks like it's now easy to switch between intel and hybrid modes; he just blacklists modules. Dear maintainers, it

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765556] Re: nvidia-prime needs a reboot to switch between dGPU/hGPU

2018-05-04 Thread Tim Richardson
You should read the changelog. nvidia-prime doesn't use bbswitch anymore, I don't know why. The changelog doesn't say. It now uses the built-in kernel mechanism for turning off the nvidia card. Unfortunately, this method requires the nouveau driver and unfortunately you can't load the nouveau

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765887] Re: prime-select leaves system in strange state with nvidia enabled but blacklisted

2018-05-04 Thread Tim Richardson
I can not reproduce this. Have marked invalid. ** Changed in: nvidia-prime (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1765887 Title:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1752053] Re: nvidia-390 fails to boot graphical display

2018-05-03 Thread Tim Richardson
This is not a new problem, and it affects every gdm3-based distro that I have used. Long story short; if you want to use modeset=1 with nvidia to get rid of tearing (which would be every linux Optimus user on the planet), gdm3 doesn't work. No one seems to know why. Change your display manager

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768003] Re: nvidia-prime is no longer able to turn off the discrete GPU

2018-04-30 Thread Tim Richardson
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1765363 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1765363 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1765363 prime-select intel is not powering off the nvidia card -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765888] [NEW] Please revert to debian-alternatives based prime-select

2018-04-20 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: The new prime-select has some problems. It is very slow to switch, since it does initramfs -u each time It leaves my two optimus laptops without graphics if you leave it in prime-select intel but boot with discrete nvidia. Previously this would load nvidia drivers. These

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765887] [NEW] prime-select leaves system in strange state with nvidia enabled but blacklisted

2018-04-20 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: I don't know how to replicate this bug yet, I will update if I learn more. Several times as I test prime-select on my Thinkpad P50, I have ended up in situations where the laptop will not start graphics. This always happens if you leave the laptop in prime-select intel and

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765363] Re: prime-select intel is not powering off the nvidia card

2018-04-19 Thread Tim Richardson
However, I do not have this problem on my Thinkpad P50. The nvidia card is definitely turned off when in hybrid graphics after prime-select intel -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765363] [NEW] prime-select intel is not powering off the nvidia card

2018-04-19 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: Right now, it seems that prime-select intel makes sure the nvidia driver is not loaded, as nvidia-settings reports. But my power consumption is > 20W. cat /proc/acpi/bbswitch reports the card is still on. If bbswitch and powertop are reliable, then the nvidia card is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765300] [NEW] nvidia-prime can't log in if boot in discrete mode on Thinkpad with hardware video mux

2018-04-19 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: 1) to save power, sudo prime-select intel and boot in hybrid graphics This is the only way I know to get the nvidia card off which is the only reason I boot like this This still works, although it is really slow. 2) to go back to multi-monitors, reboot, at bios turn on

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1764089] Re: blank screen (no backlight) after login on both xubuntu and ubuntu desktops, Optimus laptop

2018-04-15 Thread Tim Richardson
attachment is generated by the nvidia-bug-reporting tool, which collects many logs ** Attachment added: "nvidia-gathered logs" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1764089/+attachment/5116362/+files/nvidia-bug-report.log.gz -- You received this bug notification because you

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1764089] [NEW] blank screen (no backlight) after login on both xubuntu and ubuntu desktops, Optimus laptop

2018-04-15 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: I have a Thinkpad W520. In Optimus mode, lightdm presents a blank screen after login. Virtual terminals work. On the same laptop, gdm3 allows me to log in to ubuntu desktop. In pure Nvidia mode, login works. The bug report tool told me that log files will be attached.

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

2017-12-30 Thread Tim Richardson
gdm3 and nvidia binary drivers don't work together yet. Maybe 18.04 although there's not much evidence that anyone who knows how to fix this problem is working on it. This problem has emerged since the default Ubuntu session now uses gdm3 (as of 17.10) but standard gnome users on all recent

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: gdm3, hybrid nvidia with modeset=1, no external monitors detected

2017-12-12 Thread Tim Richardson
Celebratory fireworks from me. It seems to work. For ubuntu the only difference is [Service] ExecStartPre=/usr/share/gdm/generate-config becomes [Service] ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/xinit /usr/share/gdm/generate-config I have a proper ubuntu gnome session running with gdm, an external monitor

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] Re: gdm3, hybrid nvidia with modeset=1, no external monitors detected

2017-12-12 Thread Tim Richardson
ubuntu user Hon Weng Chong has emailed me as he continues to investigate the problem. He believes he has proof that it is is GDM configuration issue and has provided the following fix Hey Tim, I figured out a hack solution to the GDM prime issue. If you replace

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1620806] Re: gedit edit window is transparent when using Ambiance and Radiance themes

2017-09-22 Thread Tim Richardson
#22 worked for me, after logout/login. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1620806 Title: gedit edit window is transparent when using Ambiance and Radiance themes Status

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1714881] Re: no gdm3 greeter with nvidia quadro and modeset=1, discrete nvidia (not optimus)

2017-09-13 Thread Tim Richardson
** Summary changed: - no gdm3 greeter with nvidia quadro and modeset=1 + no gdm3 greeter with nvidia quadro and modeset=1, discrete nvidia (not optimus) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1716857] [NEW] gdm3, hybrid nvidia with modeset=1, no external monitors detected

2017-09-13 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: Context: 17.10 development packages, nvidia binary driver 375, modeset=1 for the nvidia driver. ubuntu desktop (gnome shell), fresh install ThinkPad W520 in Nvidia Optimus bios mode. Nvidia profile. Result: no external monitors are detected. xrandr does not even list them

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

2017-09-12 Thread Tim Richardson
As of the latest updates to gdm3, I still can't boot with my laptop when it's in discrete mode (nvidia graphics only). Does not get to the greeter. syslog is full of countless repetitions of "Stopping NVIDIA persistence Daemon". CPU must be high because the fan comes on. I've reported this but

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1714881] Re: no gdm3 greeter with nvidia quadro and modeset=1

2017-09-04 Thread Tim Richardson
** Attachment added: "syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1714881/+attachment/4943940/+files/Error_syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1714881] [NEW] no gdm3 greeter with nvidia quadro and modeset=1

2017-09-04 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: This is to track https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787207 " gdm & nvidia with modeset=1 causes loop, does not launch greeter " I don't know if this is an nvidia bug or a gdm3 bug but it requires both to reproduce. [reply] [−] Description t...@tim-richardson.net

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1671799] Re: FFe: xserver 1.19.3

2017-04-03 Thread Tim Richardson
I've been testing 1.19.x in 17.04 pre-release for a few weeks, hoping to take advantage of the Nvidia PRIME synchronisation fix for laptops with Optimus hybrid graphics. As of 1.19.3, PRIME sync works (with a modprobe fix related to the nvidia driver). This is a huge improvement for nvidia Optimus

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1674304] Re: PRIME synchronization not working with xserver-1.19.x

2017-04-03 Thread Tim Richardson
I have a ThinkPad P50 and Prime sync is now working for me. I don't know what change happened, sorry; it was two weeks since I did an update, and it could be an updated kernel or updated xserver packages from Timo's PPA. I have the 375 driver. And it works really well, it's marvellous to behold

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1578962] Re: [SRU] nm-applet crash with assertion failed for some users

2016-05-26 Thread Tim Richardson
The bug is fixed. No more assertion, no more crash. A message informs me that the wired connection is now established. Then the next message says that the "ethernet" connection is disconnected. Despite that final message, the change from VPN to normal wired connection now works fine. -- You

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1578962] Re: nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

2016-05-18 Thread Tim Richardson
It is not fixed for me. I have proposed-updates and the network-manager version is 1.2.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1578962 Title:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1578962] Re: nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

2016-05-06 Thread Tim Richardson
I hvae reported this bug here, where I am adding information in response to questions: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765830 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #765830 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765830 -- You received this bug notification because you are a

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1576162] Re: network-manager crashes when exiting a vpn connection

2016-04-29 Thread Tim Richardson
buntu) >Status: New => Invalid > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1576162 > > Title: > network-manager crashes when exiting a vpn connection > > To manage notific

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1576162] [NEW] network-manager crashes when exiting a vpn connection

2016-04-28 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: i have an openvpn connection configured. i use network manager to connect successfully. later i use nm to swap back to the wired connection. network-manager crashes, the icon is gone. however, the connection does change. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1564890] Re: additional user is created as disabled and there is no fix

2016-04-05 Thread Tim Richardson
Didn't know it was a button. This works. ** Changed in: unity-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-control-center in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1564890] [NEW] additional user is created as disabled and there is no fix

2016-04-01 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: new install of 16.04 went to add a second admin user via the control center immediately after install the user can be created but password is not requested and the user is disabled. i could not progress via the control panel. i added a password from the shell. correct:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1385614] [NEW] network manager can not save imported openvpn configuration

2014-10-25 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: This is 14.04 32 bit intel. I have installed OpenVPN access server on another machine. It is configured with username and password security. By logging in to it, a configuration file can be downloaded. I want to set up a VPN network connection for this. So I go to the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1290787] Re: [TOSHIBA Satellite U400] suspend/resume failure

2014-03-29 Thread Tim Richardson
this is a kernel bug. git bisect completed and reported on the upstream report https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76520 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290787

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1290787] Re: [TOSHIBA Satellite U400] suspend/resume failure

2014-03-29 Thread Tim Richardson
this is a kernel bug ** Package changed: lightdm (Ubuntu) = linux-meta (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290787 Title: [TOSHIBA Satellite U400] suspend/resume

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1290787] Re: [TOSHIBA Satellite U400] suspend/resume failure

2014-03-24 Thread Tim Richardson
testing reveals that the bug is linked to lightdm It is not reproducible when lightdm is not running. When lightdm is running, a wide range of kernels show the resume fail. These kernels do not fail resume when lightdm is not running ** Description changed: does not resume (no backlight on

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1287352] [NEW] screen does not wake after suspend always, intel

2014-03-14 Thread Tim Richardson
My bug message is bad. The bug reporting indicates that it is actually a kernel panic. Please close this bug. automatic bug reporting was fixed when I changed the login user to belong to group sudo. see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1289721 and

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1287352] [NEW] screen does not wake after suspend always, intel

2014-03-03 Thread Tim Richardson
Public bug reported: Hardware is *-display:0 description: VGA compatible controller product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@:00:02.0

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 782855] Re: missing pixels (horizontal lines) in font rendering

2012-11-24 Thread Tim Richardson
I have a Dell D420. The problem still exists in 12.10 although the fix from comment #24 has fixed the problem after I logged out and back in. tim@bach:~$ lspci -nn|grep -i vga 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 817013]

2012-02-03 Thread Tim Richardson
*** Bug 45416 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/817013 Title: [Upstream] bullet points change to rectangle glyphs