[Bug 968974] Re: Some free applications looks like paid applications with price 0.00 and with buy button

2013-11-20 Thread michael perigard
still present while downloading free game 'wakfu' through software center in 13.10 - asked to 'buy' and log into ubuntu one all my comments are repeats of and agreements to the above; 'purchase' or 'buy' as a button never ever makes sense gramatically in English for obtaining a free product-

[Bug 877150] Re: postfix debconf instructions typo

2011-10-22 Thread michael perigard
oh, hm. wishlist you say. because the bug is lower-priority than low, and launchpad doesn't offer an importance less than low? I guess I can put creating and uploading a patch on my todo list. 'do it yourself,' after all... I just thought it would be quite a fast task for a maintainer, though

[Bug 877150] Re: postfix debconf instructions typo

2011-10-22 Thread michael perigard
oh, hm. wishlist you say. because the bug is lower-priority than low, and launchpad doesn't offer an importance less than low? I guess I can put creating and uploading a patch on my todo list. 'do it yourself,' after all... I just thought it would be quite a fast task for a maintainer, though

[Bug 877150] [NEW] postfix debconf instructions typo

2011-10-18 Thread michael perigard
Public bug reported: ubuntu natty, while installing postfix 2.8.5-2~build0.11.04, debconf says: Mail for the 'postmaster', 'root', and other system accounts needs to be redirected to the user account of the actual system administrator. If this value is left empty, such mail will be saved in

[Bug 877150] [NEW] postfix debconf instructions typo

2011-10-18 Thread michael perigard
Public bug reported: ubuntu natty, while installing postfix 2.8.5-2~build0.11.04, debconf says: Mail for the 'postmaster', 'root', and other system accounts needs to be redirected to the user account of the actual system administrator. If this value is left empty, such mail will be saved in

[Bug 677090] Re: Please consider adding a pam profile for pam_mkhomedir

2011-10-11 Thread michael perigard
integration with pam-auth-update would be great, but privilege separation in sshd turned on by default in ubuntu would cause this to fail. I'm open to suggestions - I'm about to turn privilege separation off because I can't find a better, simple home directory creation solution, and I'd rather try

[Bug 214269] Re: Nick changing in jabber chatrooms behaves weirdly

2011-10-10 Thread michael perigard
can the other reporters of this bug verify if they are either using a google talk account (whoe...@gmail.com or a google apps account) when this bug appears, or are you using an account on any other jabber server? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 871212] [NEW] keys are not automatically installed as documentation implies

2011-10-09 Thread michael perigard
Public bug reported: this is ubuntu 11.04 debian-archive-keyring version 2010.08.28 /usr/share/doc/debian-archive-keyring/README.gz states: Normally (i.e. if the apt-key binary is found), the keys contained in the debian-archive-keyring package will be automatically installed into apt's

[Bug 868749] [NEW] chromium doesn't recognize that it's the default browser

2011-10-05 Thread michael perigard
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 11.04 chromium-browser 13.0.782.215~r97094-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 from natty-proposed set chromium to your default browser using 'preferred applications' chromium still reports not being the default browser when started. ** Affects: chromium-browser Importance:

[Bug 868749] Re: chromium doesn't recognize that it's the default browser

2011-10-05 Thread michael perigard
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/513133 sorry, it appears this may have something to do with this bug (which is a slightly different behavior but appears to be caused by the same underlying issue), but someone who understands more than I will have to look into it,

[Bug 776393] Re: Can't make Chromium my default web browser

2011-05-20 Thread michael perigard
Setting it in Preferred Applications does *not* work for me. Upon opening Preferred Applications again, Firefox is again the default browser. this error appears when running gnome-default-applications-properties, upon setting the default browser to chromium:

[Bug 558784] Re: changing the volume is impossible while muted

2010-10-25 Thread michael perigard
If this was a design choice, it's a poor design choice, if you ask me. Consider this use case: audio is being played, and mute is toggled because the audio is painfully loud. the audio source must then be stopped to turn the volume down, otherwise the user is forced to deal with the too-loud

[Bug 103929] Re: Bash prompt string looks for xterm-color, gnome terminal identifies as xterm

2010-03-31 Thread michael perigard
So, here's the $64,000 question; is a colored prompt default in Ubuntu when using a color-capable terminal or not? I'm just advocating for some consistency here. It seems odd to see # set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we want color) case $TERM in xterm-color) color_prompt=yes;;

[Bug 446669] Re: E_STRICT: Declaration of AJAXTree::draw_dn() should be compatible with that of PLMTree::draw_dn()

2010-03-29 Thread michael perigard
As far as I can tell, the fix for this bug was committed after the 1.1.0.7 branch was released. Upstream has already fixed this in the 1.2 branch. I see that 1.1.0 is still being used in Lucid, so... this bug will persist for the next six months unless someone creates a patch at the debian/ubuntu

[Bug 541970] [NEW] keymap.get_entries_for_keyval returns None when run inside an freenx nxserver

2010-03-19 Thread michael perigard
Public bug reported: Description:Ubuntu 9.10 Release:9.10 python-gtk2 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 freenx-server: 0.7.3+teambzr104-0ubuntu1~karmic1 mich...@frigg:~$ python Python 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Dec 7 2009, 18:45:15) [GCC 4.4.1] on linux2 Type help, copyright, credits or license for more

[Bug 541970] Re: keymap.get_entries_for_keyval returns None when run inside an freenx nxserver

2010-03-19 Thread michael perigard
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #613331 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=613331 ** Also affects: pygtk via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=613331 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- keymap.get_entries_for_keyval returns None when run inside an

[Bug 541970] Re: keymap.get_entries_for_keyval returns None when run inside an freenx nxserver

2010-03-19 Thread michael perigard
** Also affects: freenx-server Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Description: Ubuntu 9.10 Release: 9.10 python-gtk2 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 freenx-server: 0.7.3+teambzr104-0ubuntu1~karmic1 mich...@frigg:~$ python - Python 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Dec 7

[Bug 541970] Re: keymap.get_entries_for_keyval returns None when run inside an freenx nxserver

2010-03-19 Thread michael perigard
** Also affects: libgtk via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=613331 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- keymap.get_entries_for_keyval returns None when run inside an freenx nxserver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541970 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 501930] Re: Toshiba Install Failure

2010-01-13 Thread michael perigard
34Dell17, try the suggestions you can find @ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelBoot They may help you provide more information about when and/or why the reboot is happening. -- Toshiba Install Failure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/501930 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 446669] Re: E_STRICT: Declaration of AJAXTree::draw_dn() should be compatible with that of PLMTree::draw_dn()

2009-11-14 Thread michael perigard
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #542461 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=542461 ** Changed in: phpldapadmin (Debian) Importance: Undecided = Unknown ** Changed in: phpldapadmin (Debian) Status: New = Unknown ** Changed in: phpldapadmin (Debian) Remote watch:

[Bug 446669] Re: E_STRICT: Declaration of AJAXTree::draw_dn() should be compatible with that of PLMTree::draw_dn()

2009-11-14 Thread michael perigard
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/karmic/phpldapadmin -- E_STRICT: Declaration of AJAXTree::draw_dn() should be compatible with that of PLMTree::draw_dn() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446669 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 446669] Re: E_STRICT: Declaration of AJAXTree::draw_dn() should be compatible with that of PLMTree::draw_dn()

2009-11-14 Thread michael perigard
confirmed still happening in karmic final. this is a show stopper for me, possibly severe or critical importance? this bug renders phpldapadmin nonfunctional with the latest php and phpldapadmin packages in karmic. I'm not sure what the proper procedure is from here; suggest another 1.1.x release

[Bug 282383] Re: alerts and sound effects can be previewed but pc speaker beep plays on event instead

2009-11-05 Thread michael perigard
unfortunately I'm no longer using the machine I was having this problem with, and I haven't noticed this issue with my other ubuntu installs. sorry I can't continue to help debug the issue! -- alerts and sound effects can be previewed but pc speaker beep plays on event instead

[Bug 301174] Re: Use proper sound event instead of system beep

2009-08-27 Thread michael perigard
I had sound on a laptop that worked flawlessly (as I experienced) in intrepid, and upon installing jaunty, this behavior appeared. All of the solutions I've seen proposed are not fixes for this bug; blacklisting the pc speaker module, controlling the volume of the pc speaker in a mixer. This bug

[Bug 77010] Re: Overuse of system beep without volume control

2009-08-27 Thread michael perigard
Please see comment 26 on bug 301174, Use proper sound event instead of system beep. I don't think the issue here is the fact that users can't or don't readily know how to address the loud system beep that plays, I think the issue is that audio works for the user in other applications, but that

[Bug 301174] Re: Use proper sound event instead of system beep

2009-08-26 Thread michael perigard
Wishlist? No, I think we've lost sight of what issue this bug refers to. I'm not terribly sure it's been assigned to the correct packages, either. In multiple applications, in both metacity and compiz, the computer acts as old computers did when you had no sound card; there are no nifty wav (mp3,

[Bug 280625] Re: Applications use the PC speaker beep for alerts altough a sound file is set up in sound settings

2009-08-26 Thread michael perigard
@Jouni Mettala can you explain (briefly is okay) how this was fixed in gnome-terminal, or are you a user and you noticed this bug no longer exists? I ask because of bug #301174 where it was concluded that the issue did not lie in any individual package but in something underlying like pulseaudio,

[Bug 351759] Re: save your tabs don't work during an update

2009-08-20 Thread michael perigard
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 309656 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309656 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 351253 Firefox (update) lost my open tabs ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 309656 Firefox does not restore session after update -- save your

[Bug 351253] Re: Firefox (update) lost my open tabs

2009-08-20 Thread michael perigard
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 309656 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309656 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 309656 Firefox does not restore session after update -- Firefox (update) lost my open tabs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351253 You received this bug

[Bug 309656] Re: Firefox does not restore session after update

2009-08-20 Thread michael perigard
fafhrd: If you're having trouble with firefox not restoring your session after installing an extension manually, you should file a bug with the mozilla bug tracker, or with the extension itself. This bug is about the ubuntu update manager updating firefox and not restoring the user's session.

[Bug 351253] Re: Firefox (update) lost my open tabs

2009-08-06 Thread michael perigard
sorry, davide. I only marked the bug you reported as the duplicate because it was filed after this one. I haven't been able to find this bug on the debian bug tracker, but I don't know anything about the differences between the update process for firefox in debian and ubuntu. if manually

[Bug 351759] Re: save your tabs don't work during an update

2009-08-05 Thread michael perigard
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 351253 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351253 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 351253 Firefox (update) lost my open tabs -- save your tabs don't work during an update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351759 You received this bug

[Bug 351253] Re: Firefox (update) lost my open tabs

2009-08-05 Thread michael perigard
** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Firefox (update) lost my open tabs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351253 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 351253] Re: Firefox (update) lost my open tabs

2009-08-05 Thread michael perigard
This bug is present in Ubuntu 9.04 with 3.0.13+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 on Linux 2.6.28-15-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 29 08:54:56 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux and has been confirmed in previous versions in the duplicate bug. I'm currently searching the mozilla bugzilla to see if this is an

[Bug 150877] Re: Can't extract to non-local directories

2009-03-28 Thread michael perigard
sorry, Sebastien, I read through the comments hastily and didn't notice where it had been marked as fixed. filing a new bug now. -- Can't extract to non-local directories https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150877 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 350396] [NEW] drag-drop extracting a file to nautilus sftp window fails mostly silently

2009-03-28 Thread michael perigard
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: file-roller In jaunty drag-dropping from file roller 2.26.0 to nautilus 2.26.0. Fails silently in the GUI. console yields: (file-roller:31737): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_file_new_for_uri: assertion `uri != NULL' failed file-roller: Installed:

[Bug 350396] Re: drag-drop extracting a file to nautilus sftp window fails mostly silently

2009-03-28 Thread michael perigard
I'm sorry, I was copy/pasting. that's drag-dropping from file-roller to a nautilus window with an sftp:// location open drag-dropping the file from the local filesystem to the sftp:// window works. drag-dropping from the same archive to the local file system works. -- drag-drop extracting a

[Bug 332945] Re: [Jaunty] Update Notifier icon would provide useful status information

2009-03-27 Thread michael perigard
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Brian J. Murrell br...@interlinx.bc.ca wrote: I just fail to see how unsolicited application pop-ups that cover a major portion of my screen real-estate is good UI design. It's not good design. I don't think the Canonical team is even suggesting it's good

[Bug 332945] Re: [Jaunty] Update Notifier icon would provide useful status information

2009-03-27 Thread michael perigard
Ted Gould wrote: Hopefully from the installer experience on you start to realize that we want it to just work for everyone on the planet, not just the elite who enjoy tweaking their computers. If you'd like to see what we think about market share, I'd recommend Bug 1. :) fair enough. and I was

[Bug 150877] Re: Can't extract to non-local directories

2009-03-27 Thread michael perigard
I can reproduce this bug in jaunty dropping from file roller 2.26.0 to nautilus 2.26.0. console yields: (file-roller:31737): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_file_new_for_uri: assertion `uri != NULL' failed file-roller 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 nautilus1:2.26.0-0ubuntu4 -- Can't extract to non-local

[Bug 282383] Re: alerts and sound effects can be previewed but pc speaker beep plays on event instead

2009-03-08 Thread michael perigard
as best I can tell, this is the responsible package. from the description of the package: This module enables PulseAudio to publish itself as the default sound server to the X11 root window automatically upon startup. The is also a module to playback a sound file in place of the X11 bell beep.

[Bug 282383] Re: system sounds don't play

2009-03-06 Thread michael perigard
I doubt this is a pulseaudio problem. I can play sounds and music through alsa via pulseaudio, and also through pulseaudio directly, and this bug affects me in jaunty. I'm assuming this has something to do with the way gnome is trying to play the alert and system sounds, none of which play when

[Bug 282383] Re: system sounds don't play

2009-03-06 Thread michael perigard
I think this may be a dup of 280625, which seems to be the same thing. In any application, terminal, firefox, gajim, the default alert sound is replaced by a pc speaker beep. If someone does figure out where this is coming from, one or the other possibly should be filed as a dup of the other one.

[Bug 282383] Re: alerts and sound effects can be previewed but pc speaker beep plays on event instead

2009-03-06 Thread michael perigard
** Summary changed: - system sounds don't play + alerts and sound effects can be previewed but pc speaker beep plays on event instead -- alerts and sound effects can be previewed but pc speaker beep plays on event instead https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/282383 You received this bug

[Bug 310551] Re: Timers don't work in Kubuntu Jaunty.

2009-03-04 Thread michael perigard
psst, check the bug on the workrave bugzilla. the bug isnt kde or gnome specific, it had to do with an X upgrade, and the bug has already been addressed and a fix coded. note that the bug status even here on launchpad says fix released, implying that one of, if not the next version of workrave to

[Bug 54294] Re: Failed to allocate mem resource #6 ...

2007-10-31 Thread michael perigard
I'm receiving the message too, while booting the gutsy alternate install cd, but from the kernel.org bugzilla for this bug: So I would suggest we close this as apparently confused BIOS, but Linux works. ... Greg, could you please consider removing that message, or rephrasing it in some manner so

[Bug 33721] Re: freeciv-client-xaw3d: sound and fonts missing

2007-10-21 Thread michael perigard
From stdsounds.soundspec in the stdsounds3.tar/gz file found today on ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/contrib/sounds/sets [info] artists = \ OpenQuartz - Ali Jackson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [ali]\ OpenQuartz - Frank Condello ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [pox]\ Warzone - Eidos Entertainment (GPL release)