[Bug 744927] [NEW] evince takes many seconds to open a LOCAL pdf when network connection is broken
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince Opening a local pdf that normally needs 2-3secs takes about 10-15 when my network connection suffers from excessive dropped packets (I noticed it by accident but was able to reproduce easily with many different pdfs) Steps to reproduce: make it so that you have 60% packet loss in your network connection e.g. by issuing: tc qdisc add dev eth1 root netem loss 60% and then try to open a pdf file from your disk Ubuntu 10.04 fully patched ** Affects: evince (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Binary package hint: evince Opening a local pdf that normally needs 2-3secs takes about 10-15 when my network connection suffers from excessive dropped packets (I noticed it by accident but was able to reproduce easily with many different pdfs) Steps to reproduce: make it so that you have 60% packet loss in your network connection e.g. by issuing: -tc qdisc add dev eth1 root netem loss 60% + tc qdisc add dev eth1 root netem loss 60% and then try to open a pdf file from your disk + + + Ubuntu 10.04 fully patched -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/744927 Title: evince takes many seconds to open a LOCAL pdf when network connection is broken -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 487468] Re: main window empty
Same symptoms for me today with Empathy ver 2.30.1. It seems to happen randomly. I restarted empathy several times and at one point (a few hours later) it opened with all contacts listed. Some details: 1) When somebody was IMing me I was getting the message. 2) Trying to send an IM by hitting ctrl-N also didn't work. 3) A funny thing for which I'm not 100% sure: I was executing empathy from the terminal (to check for possible messages) and if I remember correctly those times that it was opening with a clean list I was getting a prompt immediately after issuing the command (the empathy window was left open). Now that it opens with my contacts shown I execute it and it doesn't return (as is normal for most programs when run from the terminal). 4) if it happens again I will check the debug log (didn't know about it) -- main window empty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487468 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 349576] Re: hangs for several seconds when exiting a folder with many files
I asked a friend with 9.04beta installed and he had no problem where in 8.10 I get this numbers: 30sec to return to /usr from /usr/bin (for reference the same PC needs 17sec to open /usr/bin with ~1400 files) So it seems this is fixed in 9.04 -- do you still need my input in regards to 8.10? -- hangs for several seconds when exiting a folder with many files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349576 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 349576] Re: hangs for several seconds when exiting a folder with many files
I will try to absorb all this info and test it. It's a lot of new things but after a quick scan they look clear enough. Meanwhile if anybody else allready knows how to get a backtrace I should note that I've reproduced the problem on another 8.10 installation and I can give a two step summary on reproducing it: 1) execute these commands to create a folder with 3000 files mkdir ~/foo3000 ; cd ~/foo3000 for i in $(seq 1 3000); do touch file$i ; done 2) use nautilus to enter the folder foo3000 in your home directory, select all files and hit alt-[up arrow] to return to the parent folder -- hangs for several seconds when exiting a folder with many files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349576 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 349576] [NEW] hangs for several seconds when exiting a folder with many files
Public bug reported:
I enter a folder with 3421 jpg files, select all of them and wait a little
without doing nothing.
Then I click on the parent folder to go up one level and this takes about a
minute (note that it took a few seconds to display the contents of the folder
with the thousand jpgs and that the parent folder has only a dozen sub folders
and 2-3 files).
I reproduced this behavior 3 times. Selecting all of the files was
essential for the behavior to occur.
Ubuntu 8.10 fully patched
CPU usage is at 100% and strace shows these while I wait:
gettimeofday({1238157971, 340986}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1238157971, 341064}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1238157971, 341133}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1238157971, 341201}, NULL) = 0
[...]
gettimeofday({1238157971, 368112}, NULL) = 0
stat64(/etc/localtime, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2245, ...}) = 0
gettimeofday({1238157971, 369230}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1238157971, 369319}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1238157971, 369387}, NULL) = 0
[...]
gettimeofday({1238157971, 370343}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1238157971, 396810}, NULL) = 0
stat64(/etc/localtime, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2245, ...}) = 0
[...]
[...many many many times again and again...]
[...]
stat64(/etc/localtime, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2245, ...}) = 0
gettimeofday({1238157972, 884601}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1238157972, 884680}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1238157972, 884750}, NULL) = 0
[...]
gettimeofday({1238157972, 885644}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1238157972, 885714}, NULL) = 0
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[Bug 209637] Re: sound chirps and dropouts during playback MP3 shoutcast stream
Sorry everyone -- this is not my bug, my problem is with mp3's from the disk -- sound chirps and dropouts during playback MP3 shoutcast stream https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209637 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to totem in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 209637] Re: sound chirps and dropouts during playback MP3 shoutcast stream
in my case the fix doesn't help vlc (allthough all 3 files are present and contain icy-metadata wich is altered by sed to Xcy-metadata). I've never had any problem with mplayer or totem-audio-preview (mouse over) or with gst-launch I came here from bug #223650 which seems as a dupe -- sound chirps and dropouts during playback MP3 shoutcast stream https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209637 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to totem in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 172332] Re: Nautilus DVD creator hangs when trying to write files to disc
tested with ~3800 files and seen no problem at all in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) ** Changed in: nautilus-cd-burner (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Fix Released -- Nautilus DVD creator hangs when trying to write files to disc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172332 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 172332] Re: Nautilus DVD creator hangs when trying to write files to disc
Could you try if that's still an issue on hardy I'll do so as soon as I'll have the time for an upgrade you can use the answer tracker on https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu thanks for the tip Sebastian -- Nautilus DVD creator hangs when trying to write files to disc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172332 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 172332] Re: Nautilus DVD creator hangs when trying to write files to disc
I've seen the same behavior when I was witting a lot of files (last time
~2000 files)
following is an strace for nautilus-cd-burner and
nautilus-cd-burner/mapping-daemon during the bugy behavior. I've waited for at
least 3-4 minutes with no response (btw total CPU response was ~1% for all this
time). If you need backtrace please let me know what trick I should use in the
special case of nautilus. I've tried
killall nautilus gdb nautilus 21 | tee gdb-nautilus.txt
but it captured nothing at all
---
strace for nautilus-cd-burner:
---
Process 9410 attached - interrupt to quit
select(16, [15], NULL, NULL, {0, 38}) = 0 (Timeout)
read(15, 0x8339180, 1024) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
select(16, [15], NULL, NULL, {1, 0})= 0 (Timeout)
read(15, 0x8339180, 1024) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
select(16, [15], NULL, NULL, {1, 0})= 0 (Timeout)
read(15, 0x8339180, 1024) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
select(16, [15], NULL, NULL, {1, 0})= 0 (Timeout)
[...] the above seems to go on for ever [...]
---
strace for nautilus-cd-burner/mapping-daemon
---
Process 9363 attached - interrupt to quit
gettimeofday({1208258779, 604502}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1208258779, 604573}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 3,
2144) = 0
gettimeofday({1208258781, 748786}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1208258781, 748852}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 3,
5000) = 0
gettimeofday({1208258786, 748764}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1208258786, 748825}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 3,
0) = 0
gettimeofday({1208258786, 748953}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 3,
5000) = 0
[...] the above seems to go on for ever [...]
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[Bug 172332] Re: Nautilus DVD creator hangs when trying to write files to disc
I've seen the same behavior when I was witting a lot of files (last time
~2000 files)
following is an strace for nautilus-cd-burner and
nautilus-cd-burner/mapping-daemon during the bugy behavior. I've waited for at
least 3-4 minutes with no response (btw total CPU response was ~1% for all this
time). If you need backtrace please let me know what trick I should use in the
special case of nautilus. I've tried
killall nautilus gdb nautilus 21 | tee gdb-nautilus.txt
but it captured nothing at all
---
strace for nautilus-cd-burner:
---
Process 9410 attached - interrupt to quit
select(16, [15], NULL, NULL, {0, 38}) = 0 (Timeout)
read(15, 0x8339180, 1024) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
select(16, [15], NULL, NULL, {1, 0})= 0 (Timeout)
read(15, 0x8339180, 1024) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
select(16, [15], NULL, NULL, {1, 0})= 0 (Timeout)
read(15, 0x8339180, 1024) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
select(16, [15], NULL, NULL, {1, 0})= 0 (Timeout)
[...] the above seems to go on for ever [...]
---
strace for nautilus-cd-burner/mapping-daemon
---
Process 9363 attached - interrupt to quit
gettimeofday({1208258779, 604502}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1208258779, 604573}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 3,
2144) = 0
gettimeofday({1208258781, 748786}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1208258781, 748852}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 3,
5000) = 0
gettimeofday({1208258786, 748764}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1208258786, 748825}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 3,
0) = 0
gettimeofday({1208258786, 748953}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 3,
5000) = 0
[...] the above seems to go on for ever [...]
** Changed in: nautilus-cd-burner (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid = New
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: gnome-system-monitor
+ After adding too many files (say 2000) to a Blank DVD folder (burn://)
+ and clicking Write to Disc the write to disc dialog box appears but it
+ is completely unresponsive (BTW it reports calculating data size or
+ something close to that).
- After I added files to the Blank DVD folder and clicked Write to Disc
- the dialog box appears but it is completely unresponsive. I have tried
- taking out the disc, closing the Nautilus processes using System
- Monitor, but whenever I try to do it again, the same thing happens.
- Yesterday I managed to write two discs without any problems.
-
- ProblemType: Bug
- Architecture: i386
- Date: Tue Nov 27 14:22:06 2007
- DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
- ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor
- NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
- Package: gnome-system-monitor 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
- PackageArchitecture: i386
- ProcCmdline: gnome-system-monitor
- ProcCwd: /home/rich
- ProcEnviron:
- PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
- LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
- SHELL=/bin/bash
- SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor
- Uname: Linux rich-desktop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT
2007 i686 GNU/Linux
+ With few files (say 10) everything goes as expected
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[Bug 172332] Re: Nautilus DVD creator hangs when trying to write files to disc
** Description changed: After adding too many files (say 2000) to a Blank DVD folder (burn://) and clicking Write to Disc the write to disc dialog box appears but it is completely unresponsive (BTW it reports calculating data size or something close to that). With few files (say 10) everything goes as expected + + currently on: +Ubuntu 7.10 +2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux + but I have noticed the problem in the previous Ubuntu version also (I am using the cli when ever I run into this so it's not a show-stoper for me) -- Nautilus DVD creator hangs when trying to write files to disc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172332 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 172332] Re: Nautilus DVD creator hangs when trying to write files to disc
Two different users report the same problem and ask for very little help to investigate it further. If at this moment you can't help, just leave this one for someone else. Closing bugs without investigation doesn't help Ubuntu become better in any way. -- Nautilus DVD creator hangs when trying to write files to disc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172332 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 172332] Re: Nautilus DVD creator hangs when trying to write files to disc
I'm guessing I must backtrace nautilus just before hitting the record button and I'm guessing that the method described in Already running programs [1] is good so here is a backtrace. Feel free to re-close this report if you don't like it but I would prefer a tip as to what else I could do to make this bug report better if this is helpful here is what was happening in my PC during this backtrace: - nautilus was running and I had opened burn:// in a window and added a folder with thousands of files - then I begun tracing - then I hit the Record to disk button - after half a minute I clicked to close the non responsive Recording window and selected Terminate - after a few seconds I did the same for the burn:// nautilus windows [1] I found quite some info on backtracing a program in wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace ** Attachment added: nautilus-debug-log.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13464635/nautilus-debug-log.txt ** Changed in: nautilus-cd-burner (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = New -- Nautilus DVD creator hangs when trying to write files to disc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172332 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 148701] Re: Search function in File browser does not function
Most of the times whining doesn't help at bugs getting fixed. Sometimes it even delays fixing because developers get pissed off (also note that the bug is triaged that is work on fixing it is about to begin) regarding INDEXING MUST BE OPTIONAL, NOT MANDATORY: this choice is not the topic of this bug. -- Search function in File browser does not function https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148701 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 148701] Re: Search function in File browser does not function
confirmed in a fresh 7.10 i386 installation ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Confirmed -- Search function in File browser does not function https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148701 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 148701] Re: Search function in File browser does not function
Gabriel I faced the same problem and landed here. Can you please check bug #150379 [1]. I'm quoting from it: Nautilus integrated search (CTRL+F) does not return any result...[but] Searching through Places - Search file works as usual. This is the case for me. Can you tell us if it's the same for you. [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/150379 -- Search function in File browser does not function https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148701 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 81977] Re: beagle search limited to files indexed by beagle
quote from bug#150379: Nautilus integrated search (CTRL+F) does not return any result without tracker indexes. I don't need an indexing daemon running all the time so I disabled trackerd [...] and disabled indexing [...]. maybe the two bugs are related (and maybe bug#148701 Search function in File browser does not function also) -- beagle search limited to files indexed by beagle https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/81977 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 150379] Re: Nautilus built-in search doesn't work if tracker is disabled
I've done a default install of 7.10 some hours before and have the exact same behavior (without configuring anything even vaguely related to indexing ) If I haven't done a thorough search in bugs I would have believed that search doesn't work (just like this user thinks in bug #148701 which is possibly a dupe) see also bug #81977 which is a possible dupe -- Nautilus built-in search doesn't work if tracker is disabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150379 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 154692] Re: Searching within Nautilus doesn't work at all
maybe dupe bug #148701 -- Searching within Nautilus doesn't work at all https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154692 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for nautilus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 150379] Re: Nautilus built-in search doesn't work if tracker is disabled
(continuing my previous post) I've verified that in my case the tracker is enabled but apparently it had no time to index all my /home files (copied thousands of them some hours ago). Note also that in my case searches complete almost instantly (1/2sec) [I should say that searching for Desktop and finding nothing gives a ... bad impression] -- Nautilus built-in search doesn't work if tracker is disabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150379 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 148701] Re: Search function in File browser does not function
maybe dupe bug #154692 -- Search function in File browser does not function https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148701 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 44196] Re: gnome-cups-icon uses 100% CPU
I've accidentaly clicked Also needs fix here button of this bug thinking that it would link to some more info instead of performing an action. I'm totaly lost with regards to malone and I can't find how to undo my action. -- gnome-cups-icon uses 100% CPU https://launchpad.net/bugs/44196 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 58093] Re: I lost the control of the desktop when screen saver run
** Bug 24305 has been marked a duplicate of this bug -- I lost the control of the desktop when screen saver run https://launchpad.net/bugs/58093 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 24305] Re: Mouse stops responding if the ubuntu screensaver activates while the focus is on an rdesktop windows
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 58093 *** ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 58093 I lost the control of the desktop when screen saver run -- Mouse stops responding if the ubuntu screensaver activates while the focus is on an rdesktop windows https://launchpad.net/bugs/24305 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 58093] Re: I lost the control of the desktop when screen saver run
from a duplicate of this bug (Bug #24305) here are some comments: DETAILED DESCRIPTION - if the screensaver activates while the focus is on an rdesktop window, then upon exiting the screensaver (either password protected one or not) the mouse and keyboard are not working (moving the mouse or clicking around or typing have almost absolutely no effect). The only keys that work are X windows and gnome shortcuts (like ctrl-alt-L, ctrl-alt-F1 etc). WORKAROUND -- Everything comes back to normal if you do either one of the following: a) if you once again activate and exit the screensaver (by pressing ctrl-Alt-L for example) b) if you kill gnome-screensaver EASY REPRODUCTION -- 1) Start a session to a windows pc with rdesktop (you don't even need to login) 2) Open a terminal and run the following command then quickly switch to rdesktop and wait for the screensaver to start sleep 5; gnome-screensaver-command --activate -- I lost the control of the desktop when screen saver run https://launchpad.net/bugs/58093 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 49222] Re: Screensaver password dialog does not indicate keyboard layout
Adam wrote: It has led to information loss for me. Well in my case it has led to hardware loss. I know you are laughing. It's OK. Now let's get serious, here is my situation: 1) English is not my primary language as is the case of so many people 2) At my office I always have a locking-screensaver set to 5mins for security reasons. Quite resonable I think. So every day I will need to unlock the screensaver at least 5 to 10 times. Many times I will type my password and it will fail because I am in the wrong keyb layout. At least every day or two something like this happens: I get a phone call so I return to my office because I need my PC to help the caller. I type my password anxious to restore my desktop. The computer waits a little then complains that it is wrong. I say I should have typed slowly - I probably misstyped. I type it again slowly. The computer waits a little then complains. Argh... I say damn it was the wrong layout. I hit ctlr-alt and think I changed it but I only wake up the screensaver again. I type it once more. It waits then it complains. Then I say damn I probably misstyped. I type it again slowly. It waits... then it complains. I finaly realise I didn't switch layout. I hit a key to wake the PC then I switch the layout then I type my password fast because I've lost my patience. It fails... now you know why I am writing this in my brand new keyboard... the 2nd in one week :-) as for possible resolutions of this bug: -- if it is very difficult to have a keyboard indicator and switcher in the password dialog then at least the keyborad should be set to the default layout. So the user only needs to select a password using the default keyb layout. -- Screensaver password dialog does not indicate keyboard layout https://launchpad.net/bugs/49222 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
