[Bug 1085169] Re: LibreOffice Menus Stop Working even with libreoffice>=1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4 and indicator-appmenu>=12.10.3-0ubuntu2.1

2012-12-05 Thread SRoesgen
Same here, happens when more than one office document is opened. I also have a 2 monitors (laptop internal, DVI external) with TwinView setup. (so quite similar to Ed Hill's setup). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 1064962] Re: [SRU] Global menubar items do not work when opening a document directly from nautilus with no LibreOffice instance running

2012-12-01 Thread SRoesgen
@Scott Severance Saying that the initial bug report has been fixed is ok for me. But: there are still issues with the menu (and I mean really big issues). Today I had to close and open LibreOffice nine times to get the menu back to work (and this really was only today). So please do me a favou

[Bug 1064962] Re: [SRU] Global menubar items do not work when opening a document directly from nautilus with no LibreOffice instance running

2012-12-01 Thread SRoesgen
@Björn Michaels Sorry, to say it this way, but in my eyes this bug is not fixed at all because what led all these people here to vote "affects me" is definitively not off the table. So it is rather a way of closing the eyes and ignoring what is happening instead of just acting to close this bug

[Bug 987212] Re: Wireless printer "Processing - Unable to locate printer."

2012-11-23 Thread SRoesgen
Providing the IP address works for me, too. But this is only a workaround. What about those who want to add a printer without researching the IP addess (for instance on a large scale network.) Furthermore, if someone configures the printers of a network to search for an address via DHCP this will

[Bug 987212] Re: Wireless printer "Processing - Unable to locate printer."

2012-06-30 Thread SRoesgen
And the last one. ** Attachment added: "avahi-browse-a-v-t-r-output-wlan.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/987212/+attachment/3208926/+files/avahi-browse-a-v-t-r-output-wlan.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 987212] Re: Wireless printer "Processing - Unable to locate printer."

2012-06-30 Thread SRoesgen
Third file?field.comment=Third file ** Attachment added: "avahi-browse-a-v-t-r-output-LAN.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/987212/+attachment/3208925/+files/avahi-browse-a-v-t-r-output-LAN.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 987212] Re: Wireless printer "Processing - Unable to locate printer."

2012-06-30 Thread SRoesgen
Sorry, could not find out, how to add more than one text file, so here the second textfile. ** Attachment added: "avahi-browse-a-v-c-r-output-wlan.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/987212/+attachment/3208924/+files/avahi-browse-a-v-c-r-output-wlan.txt -- You received

[Bug 987212] Re: Wireless printer "Processing - Unable to locate printer."

2012-06-30 Thread SRoesgen
The device with the network address 192.168.1.11 is one of two network printers (a Brother MFC 9840 CDW). I am adding the output of the avahi-browser commands here as txt file. ** Attachment added: "Output of avahi-browse -a -v -c- r via LAN" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+

[Bug 987212] Re: Wireless printer "Processing - Unable to locate printer."

2012-06-27 Thread SRoesgen
Ok, I did some checks and research myself: 1) as it seems dnssd does not work over WLAN 2) seemingly it is a problem with my router (at least I see no other cause for the problem). So what now? The problems with dnssd over WLAN appeared only AFTER the upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04LTS. So

[Bug 848065] Re: system-config-printer: Windows/Samba printer authentication too complicated

2012-06-25 Thread SRoesgen
@steve taylor have a look at bug 987212 it could be that you are affected by the same issue. Something in cup's dnssd module is seemingly broken (at least if you try to discover printers over WLAN). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 987212] Re: Wireless printer "Processing - Unable to locate printer."

2012-06-23 Thread SRoesgen
@Till Kamppeter btw: a few minues ago I found your PPA, in which you put some changed/updated cups packages. I added it and installed you (cups) packages. But, I am afraid they do not help here either. So this seems to be a problem which is different from the one you already fixed. Greetings

[Bug 987212] Re: Wireless printer "Processing - Unable to locate printer."

2012-06-23 Thread SRoesgen
Ok, I tried what you told me at home (got the same problem here in my home LAN) 1) Yes, I can access the configuration interface of the printer via WLAN 2) Yes, I can ping the printer (over WLAN and LAN) --- At first all the commands, tested while connected to network via WLAN 3

[Bug 987212] Re: Wireless printer "Processing - Unable to locate printer."

2012-06-07 Thread SRoesgen
Just to add something: 1) I certainly use Ubuntu 12.04 and not 120.4 ;) 2) the problems occur on three different laptops, of different age and totally different hardware configuration. I therefore expect that this problem might bother quite a lot of people and without wanting to hurry anybody:

[Bug 987212] Re: Wireless printer "Processing - Unable to locate printer."

2012-06-07 Thread SRoesgen
Same here, updated three laptops to Ubuntu 120.4 LTS. Printing works fine as long as I am connected to the network via (LAN) cable. The moment it pull the cable and switch to WLAN I get the message "unable to locate printer". (All other functions work when connected via WLAN: so I have mail in Thu

[Bug 973270] Re: Printer does not provide REQUIRED job history.

2012-05-18 Thread SRoesgen
@James Tunnicliffe Damn! Then I have a different problem... ok I'll file a bug report for this one then. But thx for the fast reply. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973270 Title: Prin

[Bug 973270] Re: Printer does not provide REQUIRED job history.

2012-05-18 Thread SRoesgen
Hi, I got the same problem and made some tests on several machines. I made the discovery that the problem occurs always, when you try to print via W-LAN (Wifi). The moment I plug a cable into the PCs I have no printing problems at all. Can anybody confirm that the he/she can make the same observa

[Bug 991250] Re: [MASTER] Slow Ubuntu One synchronization after 12.04 release

2012-04-30 Thread SRoesgen
By the way: just referring to bandwidth reduction as the root of the problem sounds not entirely correct. I have be monitoring the syncing process for about forty minutes now, using the "u1sdtool --current-transfers" command. It seems that the syncing process is not only painfully and achingly

[Bug 991250] Re: [MASTER] Slow Ubuntu One synchronization after 12.04 release

2012-04-30 Thread SRoesgen
Can we get an estimate when this will be fixed? It is not only an annoying problem, it is worse than that, for I am syncing my Ubuntu One files now since yesterday and still only have 25% of them downloaded. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 635023] Re: firefox plugin-container using 99% CPU - overheating and lock-up

2012-03-21 Thread SRoesgen
I would assume that everybody has this bug or is "having this problem". I asked of couple of friends who use Ubuntu and tried to figure out why some of them have the CPU overload problem and some other have no problem at all. It turned out that those who do not suffer from the problem have the Fla

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2012-01-09 Thread SRoesgen
@Danillo (and @all who want a summary of the whole discussion) Concerning "sheer, childish stubborness" 1) comment 2# told us already the bug "won't fix" -> there was no explanation besides saying it is a design decision 2) comment #13 stated they will explore an RTL decision (after it was poin

[Bug 882274] Re: Community engagement is broken

2012-01-08 Thread SRoesgen
@Danillo (and @all) What I liked very much about your comment are two things: Firstly: >If there still is activity in a bug and there's even people forking Unity to >fix it, then the bug's not just someone's pet peeve, it's a real problem for a >lot of users. Otherwise, the "affects me too" i

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2012-01-08 Thread SRoesgen
@Tal Liron >It's just sheer, childish stubborness at this point. All of the reasons >provided for the "won't fix" on this bug (and let's remember: those kept >changing) turned out to be excuses. They decided not to make the Launcher >movable, and they're going to stick to that decision whatever

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2012-01-07 Thread SRoesgen
@Tal Liron >he remaining option is that I break the walls in my office and staple my desk >to the ceiling so that I can make sure that the leftmost monitor is my primary >monitor, because that's the only configuration Unity supports. :/ Funny as your comment is, I am afraid that it is not true a

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2012-01-02 Thread SRoesgen
>If you want to prove your point, the best way to do this is to do usability >tests, and not with the Gnome-2 power users, but with >the simple people that >Ubuntu is aiming for. Get two Ubuntu computers, one with the default >left-launcher and another with >the bottom-launcher from Unity plugin

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-12-24 Thread SRoesgen
@Tal Liron I already mentioned that strange new Multi Monitor concept before. But up to now, there has not been any comment/answer to that. @Fernando As I said before I was happy that all of the last comments were not about leaving Unity behind but instead focused on bringing forward valid argu

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-12-22 Thread SRoesgen
@Maarten Kossen Swiping into any direction would be a nice and handy metaphor for turning the pages of a book. But instead of this the swiping will reveal the launcher which people might not even know exists because it is auto-hidden on a touch screen? Well, nicely done. For me this sound not v

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-12-21 Thread SRoesgen
@Maarten KossenThere is at least one major argument >There is at least one major argument >for not moving it: cross-device functionality. It should be able to > works well on a tablet or smartphone exactly as on the desktop Good. Then make it configurable only on the desktop and not on TVs, smart

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-12-20 Thread SRoesgen
John Lea wrote: >the cost is because adding configurability exponentially increases the number >of permutations that need to be designed, user >tested, implemented, bug >fixed, etc.. If I buy a car, I expect that one can open all of its doors. Certainly the manufacturer would have saved money a

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-12-20 Thread SRoesgen
@Magnes >left hand side is quite good default, but everyone is different, there are >lefthanded people and poeple who have different >preferences than you, your >test group or anyone. And you left (no pun intended) them with no choice. Thanks to point this out. Indeed this is the one really impo

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-12-20 Thread SRoesgen
@John Lea I usually accept reasonable arguments given for decisions. And in this case I can accept that once cannot expect the launcher to be movable in the near future. But: Mark Shuttleworth himself stated that the decision is "won't fix" and will stay "won't fix". And I had the feeling that

[Bug 882274] Re: Community engagement is broken

2011-12-10 Thread SRoesgen
First of all it would be nice to see here some answer to Tal's comment #112, which includes some very good and valid points. ANd I do not see any sane and logical way to ignore the arguments he gives. But where is the answer to the arguments he wrote? Secondly, concerning kikl's comment (#113): Yo

[Bug 882274] Re: Community engagement is broken

2011-12-03 Thread SRoesgen
Referring to this answer: >If you agree that there should of necessity be some bugs we will not >fix, who do you think should decide which of those suggestions or >wishlist items should be in, and which should be out? Don't you think >the underwriters, designers and developers of the project should

[Bug 882274] Re: Community engagement is broken

2011-12-02 Thread SRoesgen
Just have a look. Here one can see how dealing with a community can be done easily. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/gnome-shell-extensions-site-enters- alpha-makes-adding-extra-features-easy/ Especially that part hits the mark: This is despite the fact that many of the extensions presently av

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-12-02 Thread SRoesgen
Have a look at: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/gnome-shell-extensions-site-enters- alpha-makes-adding-extra-features-easy/ Having this for Unity would solve all the problems. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:

[Bug 646724] Re: not all files show up in files-place

2011-11-26 Thread SRoesgen
What if have been asking myself now for a time is the reason why there is no nautilus data source/nautilus data provider? I suppose I do not get the problem entirely, because otherwise it would have been implemented already. After you installed a fresh system you could simply copy back all files

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-11-02 Thread SRoesgen
Now, to be a little bit more productive, I stumbled upon this several times now during the last three days: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/how-to-move-unity-launcher-to-bottom-of.html So, there is currently a rough patch to make the launcher moveable (or rather to move the launcher to the bottom)

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-11-02 Thread SRoesgen
Now, I am the one, who does not understand the fuss. I actually thought we went one step further down the right direction. At least in the direction that most of the people here wanted this discussion heading. > * we could have an option to reveal the launcher after a top left > corner hit (so t

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-10-29 Thread SRoesgen
If you all do not mind, I want to answer to the request of Mr Shuttleworth to define the term "power user" and will then elaborate on my perspective on the term Power User. Wikipedia: A power user is a user of a personal computer who has the ability to use advanced features of programs which are

[Bug 882274] Re: Community engagement is broken

2011-10-28 Thread SRoesgen
Btw. This was originally posted on bug 668415 I am reposting the link here because I think it is worth the read (despite the first lines of the article being somewhat awkward) http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/why-ubuntu-1110-fills-me-with-rage/19103 It is not about Unity bashing, it is about

[Bug 882274] Re: Community engagement is broken

2011-10-28 Thread SRoesgen
@Paul Sladen Would you mind explaining to me where, in any way, Mark Shuttleworth's answer made it clear that there is a "we" as in Canonical plus Ubuntu community? Tal wrote about the patches that were rejected and about the total lack of transparency and communication. And he did this more wel

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-10-28 Thread SRoesgen
After reading the first lines of the article I nearly skipped it and thought it was only written from a much too narrow, geeky perspective. But I am glad I continued reading because all the things the author writes are really, really true. He definitively hits the mark. So thanks for mentioning the

[Bug 882274] Re: Community engagement is broken

2011-10-28 Thread SRoesgen
While messages (or texts in general) written in English, are sometimes prone to be misunderstood if it comes to understanding the terms and styles of address, due to the illusive nature of the pronoun "you" I would like to point one simple aspect of your message out to all the reader and perhaps yo

[Bug 882274] Re: Community engagement is broken

2011-10-28 Thread SRoesgen
@Tal Liron I am sorry, if I was misunderstood by you. To say they are "hiding" behind their design decision was my way to describe that they do not deal with complaints uttered by the community and that they do not see any need to explain their decisions. With "reasonable" I meant that most of th

[Bug 854556] Re: expo mode in unity oneiric does not work properly anymore with twinview

2011-10-19 Thread SRoesgen
Same problems here. This is definitively a problem as it makes the expo mode nearly unusable when using more than one monitor. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/854556 Title: expo mode

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-09-14 Thread SRoesgen
Addition: I am sorry, it should read "... that the bar is always visible..." -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668415 Title: Movement of Unity launcher To manage notifications about thi

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-09-14 Thread SRoesgen
@Tal Liron I currently imagine myself going to buy a new car and ask if they have got the model in black colour instead of white colour and if they have got different seats and perhaps even a more sophisticated navigation system. I wonder what exactly I would say if they told me that they only

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-08-09 Thread SRoesgen
@IKT Let me ask this questions in a very special way: "Hello? Is someone there?" Did you actually read the discussion on this launchpad page? This, here, is a filed bug which includes a request (or wish). Being part of a open source community means to contribute? Well, then everybody IS contri

[Bug 733349] Re: Minimize Application's Windows upon clicking its Launcher Icon

2011-07-13 Thread SRoesgen
@Roland I am afraid it IS handled the same way in other cases. For instance, bug 668415 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/668415) was treated the same. Users (= 105 "Affects me" voters) complained about the inability to move the launcher. They said they want the option to move the position o

[Bug 733349] Re: Minimize Application's Windows upon clicking its Launcher Icon

2011-07-06 Thread SRoesgen
Did you all know that somebody tried to raise a discsussion on the Ayatana Mailing List? Have a look at the archive https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/maillist.html Look for "Hide application windows via launcher" From: Ed Lin, 2011-06-21. There are no real, official comments by Canonical emplo

[Bug 438868] Re: Numerous applications have focus issues after emerging from a screensaver or suspend

2011-07-02 Thread SRoesgen
Yep, noticed the return of the problems, too. Firefox 5.0 very often loses keyboard focus if I have more than one Firefox window opened (no matter how many tabs I opened within the windows). Interestingly, the problems are now more grave than before. When I lose the keyboard focus, the old tricks

[Bug 779905] Re: when sessionmanager restors a session with more than one winow, only the first window gets a global menu

2011-06-29 Thread SRoesgen
I get the same problem here. I opened two different windows, each with several opened tabs. I close Firefox, so that sessionmanager saves the opened windows including their opened tabs. When I reopen Firefox, the windows are arestored, the tabs are restored, but only one of the Firefox windows has

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-06-26 Thread SRoesgen
Ok, hoping that some are still reading answers to this bug I will drop a few lines here: Two days ago I started a discussion on the Power User mailinglist (ubuntu-power-us...@lists.ubuntu.com). I hope that together we can come up with some solutions to the problem that Ubuntu Unity lacks anything

[Bug 733349] Re: Minimize Application's Windows upon clicking it's Launcher Icon

2011-06-26 Thread SRoesgen
Hoping that enough people read this, I will write a few more words here: I started a discussion on the Ubuntu Power Users mailing list (Ubuntu- power-us...@lists.ubuntu.com) and I want to invite you all to join the list and participate in the conversation/discussion. I hope there is a chance that

[Bug 733349] Re: Minimize Application's Windows upon clicking it's Launcher Icon

2011-06-23 Thread SRoesgen
@The Fiddler Thank you. @All I personally would like to discuss the whole topic of design decisions. I know that to some I am becoming a nuisance because this is not the first bug where I start complaining about the term "design decision" but, to me, it seems to be the source of many disputes

[Bug 733349] Re: Minimize Application's Windows upon clicking it's Launcher Icon

2011-06-23 Thread SRoesgen
@All The problem I have with this whole decision is that a real question was raised in the whole discussion and then it was ignored: 1) When the window of a program/application is already focused and you click the corresponding launcher icon (of that program) you expect usually that something hap

[Bug 733349] Re: Minimize Application's Windows upon clicking it's Launcher Icon

2011-06-23 Thread SRoesgen
First of all: thanks to you Marco for fixing this! @John Lea and the Canonical team What I do not understand is the politics behind some of the decisions here: 1) there is a huge number of users who want a change to the current state of things and gladly somebody had the abilities to implement th

[Bug 796566] [NEW] libreoffice's file dialogue has gvfs problems

2011-06-13 Thread SRoesgen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libreoffice When trying to work on a samba share mounted via gvfs-mount the Open- File dialogue of libreoffice does not work. (System Ubuntu 11.04, natty) To reproduce: 1) mount a samba share with the gvfs-mount command (example: "gvfs-mount smb://myser

[Bug 659364] Re: Library contains duplicates of songs imported from CD

2011-05-02 Thread SRoesgen
@Chow Loong Jin Ok, seems this solves the issued. Is there any plan for a bug fix, concerning the problem with the Library Watcher? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659364 Title: Libr

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-05-02 Thread SRoesgen
I am glad to see that we see here an increase in voices that call for a change of the Launcher. Just to comment on one statement that I read here: Some here are not postulating the idea that one should be able to change the position of the Launcher for its own sake. This is different. Some time

[Bug 761821] Re: Installing Natty Beta 2 on Dell Precision M4500 (Nvidia Quadro FX 880M)

2011-04-15 Thread SRoesgen
** Attachment added: "hwinfo_output.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/761821/+attachment/2041342/+files/hwinfo_output.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/761821 Title: Installin

[Bug 761821] [NEW] Installing Natty Beta 2 on Dell Precision M4500 (Nvidia Quadro FX 880M)

2011-04-15 Thread SRoesgen
Public bug reported: I have been trying to install Natty on a Dell Precision M4500 notebook with a Nvidia Quadro FX 880M graphic card for quite some time now. I always get the same result: when I start a session from the live CD, the CD/USB-Stick boots and after a few seconds the screen goes bl

[Bug 659364] Re: Library contains duplicates of songs imported from CD

2011-04-08 Thread SRoesgen
Hi, I am sorry to say this but I still get duplicates when importing from CD. I am using the latest Banshee version (2.0) updated today from PPA but no change at all concerning the behaviour of the software. Sebastian -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 709707] Re: Middle click on application icon should open a new window

2011-03-14 Thread SRoesgen
Hi, ok sorry for starting the fuzz then. I just saw that the "open new window" option disappeared and, therefore, thought that the entry was dropped from the quicklists. Anyway, thanks for the fast reply. Sebastian -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 709707] Re: Middle click on application icon should open a new window

2011-03-14 Thread SRoesgen
Is it possible to restart the discussion about the "open new window" quicklists entry? While I like the idea to use the "middle click" to open a new window, I can imagine that some users will have a problem with this implementation. Is it thus possible to keep both solutions? A quicklists entry t

[Bug 438868]

2011-01-09 Thread SRoesgen
Hi, you should lock your screen and then wait for a couple of seconds. I tried this myself. I you unlock the screen immediately after locking it, nothing happens and the autocompletion works quite fine. But if your are running Compiz on your machine, lock the screen and then wait for a couple of

[Bug 440784] Re: after screensaver auto-complete entries NOT shown

2009-11-08 Thread SRoesgen
Same problem on a Dell Latitude E6500 with an Intel graphic card ("Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Integrated Controller"), and on a Dell XPS M1710 with Nvidia graphic card (GeForce Go 7950 GTX). Here, also, the problem appears after visual effects are turned on. -- after screensaver auto-comp