[Touch-packages] [Bug 1522675] Re: Warning messages about unsandboxed downloads

2018-01-12 Thread JohnWashington
@Adrien I was happy until "You can easily fix that yourself". For every Launchpad reader that can, there's 100s who can't. And many thousands who don't even know Launchpad exists. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1522675] Re: Warning messages about unsandboxed downloads

2017-06-28 Thread JohnWashington
"It's not like you get hundreds of them each day." True. But even one such message puzzles and worries users. 360 users have marked this bug, but imagine how many thousands don't even know to look on Launchpad? This report was filed 18 months ago. I don't doubt it's hard to fix it for systems

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1522675] Re: Warning messages about unsandboxed downloads

2017-06-26 Thread JohnWashington
Fresh install of 16.04.2, with latest updates. # apt-get install wine ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe [198 kB] Fetched 198 kB in

[Touch-packages] [Bug 764414] Re: private master bugs are confusing and lead to more duplicate filings

2017-02-15 Thread JohnWashington
@kfogel: really? Is that what tafthorne's suggestion was? Well, in that case, I agree, that's brilliant. @tafthorne: why did I not realise how brilliant your suggestion was? Simple. Because its length made me mutter 'tl;dr' and skip on to the next. Please, if you're going to make further

[Touch-packages] [Bug 764414] Re: private master bugs are confusing and lead to more duplicate filings

2016-06-04 Thread JohnWashington
Would 'Confirmed' be a more appropriate status than 'In progress'? Indeed, given that this bug was reported over 5 years ago, even mentioning the word 'progress' carries a touch of irony. :( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which

[Touch-packages] [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2015-09-23 Thread JohnWashington
Madbiologist: thanks for clarifying. So I agree filing it as a new bug would be good. I'm not an appropriate person to do that, since I'm using Unity less and less, and even in the past I've only used LTS releases. I hope someone will pick this up. -- You received this bug notification

[Touch-packages] [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2015-09-22 Thread JohnWashington
Madbiologist: you write "This bug is about the default resize grab handle at window borders being too small". Can I gently suggest you read the title of this problem report? "Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult" Window borders. Nothing about a resize grab handle (which I

[Touch-packages] [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2015-09-22 Thread JohnWashington
Seth, when you say 'Fix Released', does this mean that in System Settings there is now a means (using GUI tools only) for the user to modify the border width? Anything less than that is, to my mind, not a 'fix'. And I suspect many others with hand/eye coordination problems would agree it's not a

[Touch-packages] [Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2015-08-03 Thread JohnWashington
I don't even accept that it's adequately fixed in Unity (unless there's been significant progress since 14.04, for I only use LTS releases). I teach elderly users with little or no experience of computers. Naturally many don't have good hand/eye coordination, so they need to be able to adjust

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1267059] Re: Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies does not work

2015-03-24 Thread JohnWashington
@Nathaniel: does http://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/fixing-a-bug.html help? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1267059 Title:

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1267059] Re: Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies does not work

2015-03-23 Thread JohnWashington
Apreche: you say it's a serious issue, and I agree with you. Allegedly, if I look at the stats at the top of the page, this affects me and 34 other users. Though I'm betting that's just the tip of the iceberg. Informal discussions reveal that bugs need to have thousands indicating it affects

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1372448] Re: HP Deskjet D1660 prints but no ink on paper!

2014-11-25 Thread JohnWashington
I've changed the status back to incomplete because I still hope to move this forward. I'm unable to borrow the printer before January. ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: Expired = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1241972] Re: Drag and drop from Dash to Desktop doesn't work

2014-10-06 Thread JohnWashington
If you don't have additional info, please just click on the This bug affects you and 93 other people exclamation mark (at the top of the bug report), so you add to the count. Adding comments like Me too just clutter reports and make it harder for developers. -- You received this bug

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1346868] Re: Canon MX310 printer hangs when printing LibreOffice Writer doc

2014-09-30 Thread JohnWashington
Isn't this really a workaround, rather than a proper fix? Presumably when bi-directional comms are used there is useful info being returned by the printer, so now that it's prevented that will cause the printer to run slower or other problems will be ignored? Will this be taken up with Canon's

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1372448] Re: HP Deskjet D1660 prints but no ink on paper!

2014-09-25 Thread JohnWashington
Driver is whatever is installed by Ubuntu out of the box, a fresh install. I can't provide further info, but I hope to investigate fully when the owner lends me the printer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to

[Touch-packages] [Bug 521429] Re: HP Deskjet F370 produces nothing but blank outputs

2014-09-22 Thread JohnWashington
Identical problem for the HP Deskjet D1660 printer reported in bug #1372448. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521429 Title: HP Deskjet F370 produces nothing

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1346868] Re: Canon MX310 printer hangs when printing LibreOffice Writer doc

2014-09-13 Thread JohnWashington
lpadmin -p MX310-series -o usb-unidir-default=true seems to fix the problem. Removing that (-R) and using instead lpadmin -p MX310-series -o usb-no-reattach-default=true the symptoms are as before. Does this help? Are there further tests I can run? -- You received this bug notification

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1346868] Re: Canon MX310 printer hangs when printing LibreOffice Writer doc

2014-09-12 Thread JohnWashington
I have the MX310 printer on loan again for a short time. I suspected that the behaviour, with the printer hanging up and requiring the power plug to be pulled to recover, while Ubuntu was fine, is perhaps due to a firmware error. After all, no matter what one throws at the printer, it shouldn't

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1346868] [NEW] Canon MX310 printer hangs when printing LibreOffice Writer doc

2014-07-22 Thread JohnWashington
Public bug reported: New Linux user reports problem printing letters from Lenovo T60 with Linux Mint 17 (Qiana) on Canon MX310 printer using LibreOffice 4.2.4.2. I've borrowed the printer and done a fresh install of Mint 17 and Ubuntu 14.04 and reproduced the problem on both systems. A short

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1346868] Re: Canon MX310 printer hangs when printing LibreOffice Writer doc

2014-07-22 Thread JohnWashington
Example LO document used in above test. ** Attachment added: prints-but-hangs-printer.odt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1346868/+attachment/4159903/+files/prints-but-hangs-printer.odt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1346868] Re: Canon MX310 printer hangs when printing LibreOffice Writer doc

2014-07-22 Thread JohnWashington
lsusb: Bus 001 Device 007: ID 04a9:1728 Canon, Inc. MX310 ser $ ls -l /dev/usb/lp* /dev/bus/usb/*/* crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 0 Jul 21 19:49 /dev/bus/usb/001/001 crw-rw-r--+ 1 root lp 189, 6 Jul 21 19:49 /dev/bus/usb/001/007 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 128 Jul 21 19:49

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1346868] Re: Canon MX310 printer hangs when printing LibreOffice Writer doc

2014-07-22 Thread JohnWashington
Thanks for quick response. I did follow as much of that as seemed relevant to me. Can you be more specific? By the way, I had difficulty following the instructions to turn on the error log. The gear icon in 14.04 has no 'Printer' in its menu (and 12.04 has 'Printers', not 'Printer'). Though