[Bug 449910] Re: Certain notification area icons are invisible

[Stefan Berge]

Strange... I had problems with Gnome panel on two machines. Tried to re-install 
Ubuntu but still, suddenly the panel went completely or partially blank after 
reboot.
However, somewhere in mid of february the problem was gone. 
I have also tried two Ubuntu derivates: Mint. I didn´t like it, KDE seems 
unstable in some situations and programs are several clicks further away than 
in Gnome. 
Super OS: A standard Ubuntu 9.10 (Both KDE and Gnome, Gnome is default) with a 
few extra archives already in place, multimedia codecs installed along with 
VLC, RealPlayer, Thunderbird, Skype, aMSN, Google Earth, Moonlight, Wine... and 
some other software I normally install after an Ubuntu install anyways. A real 
time-saver for me. 
And, which is why I write about it: No problem with Gnome Panel whatsoever.

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[Bug 449910] Re: Certain notification area icons are invisible

[Stefan Berge]

About the same for me. First, no problem. 
I have used Ubuntu on my private computer since 2006, on my company computers 
since 2008, and when helping friends to install Linux.
I have always re-arranged items so that all of them are on the lower panel, and 
then erased the upper panel. This has never caused any problem, until now 
(using Karmic).

For a friend of greek origin, I added the keyboard indicator to the panel with 
Swedish (we live in Sweden) and Greek keyboard support, while already having 
the Notification area, Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice Writer and Calc, Gedit, 
Filezilla, Gimp, System monitor, Forced application shutdown, Wastebasket and 
clock on the same panel.
Everything seemed to work OK. But when I added the keyboard indicator, the 
problem started. 
Sometimes everything worked. After other reboots, one or two items disappeared, 
sometimes there was only a blank panel (no icons at all), and sometimes the 
notification area had two volume controls instead of volume control plus 
network manager...

It seemes that too many objects on one panel is what initiated the problem for 
me, so I tested this:
I kept the Indicator-Applet-Session (log out/shut down/lock screen et.c.), 
Program-Places-System, Keyboard indicator and clock on this panel, and moved 
everything else to a new panel, which I placed at the top of the screen. Then I 
unchecked the fold-out option and checked the hide automatically option. So, 
only the "always necessary" items are on the ever-visible panel at the bottom, 
the other items on the invisible panel on top.
After this, I have rebooted about 15-20 times, and the problem never seemes to 
appear anymore.
But THIS IS NO SOLUTION. A hole in the road doesn´t disappear just because you 
can drive around it.
I would really like to have all-in-one-panel again, as before. It is especially 
important when you try to convince someone to leave Windows for Ubuntu, that 
they feel at home. 
And on modern wide-screen monitors most of us can fit what we need on only one 
panel and still have free space left.
So, having all on one panel simply must work. This bug is serious.

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RE: [Bug 484976] Re: Flickering on sites with Flash video + Flash buttons

[Stefan Berge]

This is strange... I think it depends on how still the flash-ads outside the 
video are. This time they were still, and I get no flickering (well, maybe one 
at the beginning, but after that it was completely stable. Strange...

/Stefan

> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 01:30:03 +
> From: travisejo...@yahoo.com
> To: olyckh...@hotmail.com
> Subject: [Bug 484976] Re: Flickering on sites with Flash video + Flash buttons
> 
> Although I too have observed flickering in Flash video in Ubuntu 9.10, I
> did not observe it on the site referenced above in the bug report.
> (Perhaps that's because I did not navigate away from the main page.)
> However, this embedded video flickers wildly in Firefox, Midori,
> Epiphany, and Arora:   selling-windows-except-in-nebraska/>.  It also flickers badly in Google
> Chrome 4.0.249.11; however, Opera 10.10 build 4742 plays it smoothly.
> 
> As the original reporter of the bug noted, the flicker stops when
> playback is made full screen.  Also, there is no flicker when watching
> the same video on YouTube itself.  (Click the lower right hand corner of
> the video to jump to the video's YouTube page.)
> 
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> Flickering on sites with Flash video + Flash buttons
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484976
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> of the bug.
> 
> Status in “firefox-3.5” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> 
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.5
> 
> With Ubuntu 9.10 installed, 64-bit or 32-bit doesn´t matter, the following 
> happens:
> When watching a page with a flash video + flash buttons beside it, both video 
> and the rest of the page experience random flickering and flashes (no joke). 
> This is one of our favourite news sites (swedish) and if you have Ubuntu 9.10 
> you probably get the same problem we do when watching it:
> http://playrapport.se/
> Double-clicking to get full screen video (no flash buttons visible, of 
> course) removes the flickering, but wathing in a window (to get access to the 
> buttons to change video is a real pain.
> 
> We have installed 9.10 on four different computers, all got the same problem.
> 
> It is not an overload, the computer I use right now has a processor load of 
> about 50 %, and only 10.2% of the 4 GB RAM is being used. This computer has 
> Nvidia 8200 graphics card, we have tested both Nvidia drivers recommended 
> with the same result. Turning off visual effects (Compiz) doesn´t help either.
> 
> We have used a separate harddisk to install and test other distros that also 
> use the Gnome desktop to see if that is the problem:
> Mandriva One 2010 (gnome) works fine, no flashing.
> OpenSuse 11.2 (gnome) works fine, no flashing.
> And Ubuntu 9.04 also works perfectly.
> The problem is ONLY on Ubuntu 9.10 and on all computers we have installed it 
> on, both 32-bit Ubuntu + 32 bit flash plugin and 64-bit with the 64 bit flash 
> plugin (from Adobe). And on all our graphics cards: Intel graphics on the 
> laptop computer, three different Nvidia cards, 6100, 7300 and 8200.
> Trying Opera there was no flickering/flashing but it couldn´t get the video 
> size right...
> 
> The same site ( http://svtplay.se/ ) also has other flash videos, but no 
> flash buttons beside them, and those videos work just fine, also in a window.
> 
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Nov 18 20:27:31 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: firefox 3.5.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic-pae
> SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic-pae i686
  
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RE: [Bug 484976] Re: Flickering on sites with Flash video + Flash buttons

[Stefan Berge]

Sorry for the delay, we don´t use this email account every day. 
No, it is purely a Firefox + Ubuntu combination that causes the problem.
The same Ubuntu installation, but with Opera webbrowser -- no problem. 
Firefox with Mandriva One or OpenSuse -- no problem.
Only Firefox (3.5) with Ubuntu 9.10. 
Previously (Firefox 3 and Ubuntu 9.04) we had no problem, this is a new one.

Best regards

Stefan Berge


> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:13:37 +
> From: launch...@micahscomputing.com
> To: olyckh...@hotmail.com
> Subject: [Bug 484976] Re: Flickering on sites with Flash video + Flash buttons
> 
> Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu.  Does this happen in any other
> browser besides Firefox like Chromium, Epiphany, Midori, or Arora?
> 
> ** Changed in: firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu)
>Status: New => Incomplete
> 
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> Flickering on sites with Flash video + Flash buttons
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484976
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
> 
> Status in “firefox-3.5” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> 
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.5
> 
> With Ubuntu 9.10 installed, 64-bit or 32-bit doesn´t matter, the following 
> happens:
> When watching a page with a flash video + flash buttons beside it, both video 
> and the rest of the page experience random flickering and flashes (no joke). 
> This is one of our favourite news sites (swedish) and if you have Ubuntu 9.10 
> you probably get the same problem we do when watching it:
> http://playrapport.se/
> Double-clicking to get full screen video (no flash buttons visible, of 
> course) removes the flickering, but wathing in a window (to get access to the 
> buttons to change video is a real pain.
> 
> We have installed 9.10 on four different computers, all got the same problem.
> 
> It is not an overload, the computer I use right now has a processor load of 
> about 50 %, and only 10.2% of the 4 GB RAM is being used. This computer has 
> Nvidia 8200 graphics card, we have tested both Nvidia drivers recommended 
> with the same result. Turning off visual effects (Compiz) doesn´t help either.
> 
> We have used a separate harddisk to install and test other distros that also 
> use the Gnome desktop to see if that is the problem:
> Mandriva One 2010 (gnome) works fine, no flashing.
> OpenSuse 11.2 (gnome) works fine, no flashing.
> And Ubuntu 9.04 also works perfectly.
> The problem is ONLY on Ubuntu 9.10 and on all computers we have installed it 
> on, both 32-bit Ubuntu + 32 bit flash plugin and 64-bit with the 64 bit flash 
> plugin (from Adobe). And on all our graphics cards: Intel graphics on the 
> laptop computer, three different Nvidia cards, 6100, 7300 and 8200.
> Trying Opera there was no flickering/flashing but it couldn´t get the video 
> size right...
> 
> The same site ( http://svtplay.se/ ) also has other flash videos, but no 
> flash buttons beside them, and those videos work just fine, also in a window.
> 
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Nov 18 20:27:31 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: firefox 3.5.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic-pae
> SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic-pae i686
  
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[Bug 484976] Re: Flickering on sites with Flash video + Flash buttons

[Stefan Berge]

** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35832137/Dependencies.txt

** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35832138/XsessionErrors.txt

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[Bug 484976] [NEW] Flickering on sites with Flash video + Flash buttons

[Stefan Berge]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

With Ubuntu 9.10 installed, 64-bit or 32-bit doesn´t matter, the following 
happens:
When watching a page with a flash video + flash buttons beside it, both video 
and the rest of the page experience random flickering and flashes (no joke). 
This is one of our favourite news sites (swedish) and if you have Ubuntu 9.10 
you probably get the same problem we do when watching it:
http://playrapport.se/
Double-clicking to get full screen video (no flash buttons visible, of course) 
removes the flickering, but wathing in a window (to get access to the buttons 
to change video is a real pain.

We have installed 9.10 on four different computers, all got the same
problem.

It is not an overload, the computer I use right now has a processor load
of about 50 %, and only 10.2% of the 4 GB RAM is being used. This
computer has Nvidia 8200 graphics card, we have tested both Nvidia
drivers recommended with the same result. Turning off visual effects
(Compiz) doesn´t help either.

We have used a separate harddisk to install and test other distros that also 
use the Gnome desktop to see if that is the problem:
Mandriva One 2010 (gnome) works fine, no flashing.
OpenSuse 11.2 (gnome) works fine, no flashing.
And Ubuntu 9.04 also works perfectly.
The problem is ONLY on Ubuntu 9.10 and on all computers we have installed it 
on, both 32-bit Ubuntu + 32 bit flash plugin and 64-bit with the 64 bit flash 
plugin (from Adobe). And on all our graphics cards: Intel graphics on the 
laptop computer, three different Nvidia cards, 6100, 7300 and 8200.
Trying Opera there was no flickering/flashing but it couldn´t get the video 
size right...

The same site ( http://svtplay.se/ ) also has other flash videos, but no
flash buttons beside them, and those videos work just fine, also in a
window.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 18 20:27:31 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox 3.5.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic-pae
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic-pae i686

** Affects: firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu)
 Importance: Undecided
 Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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[Bug 439784] Re: invalid: environment block

[Stefan Berge]

Overwriting should be OK, as I don´t plan to do any update until the
final 9.10 arrives. By then, this bug will surely have been taken care
of.

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[Bug 439784] Re: invalid: environment block

[Stefan Berge]

Eh... just one more thing. I am not a real newbie, but I don´t type in
Terminal more than necessary. So, I got some help with the linux
commands here: http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fileman.html

Deleting grubenv was no problem (rm grubenv after doing sudo su). Then I typed 
sudo gedit to open gedit but after erasing the two lines recordfail=1 and 
save_env recordfail, I couldn´t save it, I got the complaint that I was trying 
to write to a read-only media. 
I don´t know what I did wrong, but as the rm command had already worked, I got 
around this problem by doing this:
I tested "save as" and that worked, and saved my new config-file as grub2.cfg.
Then I erased grub.cfg (rm grub.cfg) and renamed grub2.cfg to grub.cfg (mv 
grub2.cfg grub.cfg). It worked.
Then restart and...
Perfect! Opened a few applications and with all of them running, pushed the 
restart-button on my computer (a really ugly shutdown).
The computer booted up, and everything works perfectly. I have done it over and 
over again, no problem. Thanks again.

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[Bug 439784] Re: invalid: environment block

[Stefan Berge]

I had the same problem with a 32-bit install, but after following mr
Bergman´s "recepy" I can "kill" the computer by pushing the restart
button, and it boots up perfectly again. So a clean shutdown is no
longer needed. Thank you, mr Bergman!

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