[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 602809] Re: add Mouse Click Debounce Feature?

2019-12-13 Thread JohnWashington
This isn't just of value to people who happen to have a mouse that's a
bit iffy, who get a bad impression of Ubuntu because the same mouse
works fine on Windows (see bug #1).

It's possibly also of benefit to those who have difficulty with muscle
control, especially the elderly.  Maybe this bug can get a raised
profile if we play the accessibility card?

But most likely what it takes is some capable volunteer to write the
code to fix it and get a patch accepted.  Few of the bugs I've marked as
"me too" ever get fixed by Canonical.

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 602809] Re: add Mouse Click Debounce Feature?

2018-10-22 Thread JohnWashington
Affects me with one mouse on Mint 18.3 (also verified on another pc with
Ubuntu 16.04).

See extensive discussion, including how to investigate with xev, detailed code 
fix for xserver-xorg-input-evdev, detailed hardware workarounds for mice with 
contact bounce: 
https://askubuntu.com/questions/321816/mouse-sometimes-doubleclicks-when-i-click-once

I'm amazed the software debouncing still hasn't been incorporated.  And
debounce time etc ideally should be exposed to the user in the control
panel, to allow adjustment?

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1316035] Re: matrox g200eR2 is unclaimed in 14.04

2015-01-30 Thread JohnWashington
Presumably Ubuntu devs will not be interested in this.  It needs
reporting by everyone to the Xorg developers to get their attention.
How does one do that?

Does anyone know WHY they decided to rip out XAA (whatever that is)?

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 842424] Re: Don't remember keyboard layout settings

2012-04-22 Thread JohnWashington
** Summary changed:

- Don't remeber layout settings
+ Don't remember keyboard layout settings

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2011-02-21 Thread JohnWashington
Hi Tormod,
Thanks for your follow-up, I appreciate it very much.  I'd be happy to blow the 
dust off
my HP Brio and try either or both 10.10 or Natty, if you feel it's likely to 
help others.
I've abandoned this PC (indeed I would have dismantled and scrapped it, except
that I felt I should hang onto it in case it helped).

I've become aware that focussing on this problem may be taking resources away
from other bug fixing.  As you say, support for these very old cards can't be 
top
of the list.  The question in my mind is whether there are still people out 
there
for whom support for this card is important.  Realistically, I suspect their 
best
option is to add a cheap PCI video card and disable the onboard Matrox.

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2010-12-30 Thread JohnWashington
Why is this still marked 'incomplete' despite my report in May (#11)?
What, if anything, is still needed, to move this forward?

No offence intended, but is 'Bryce Harrington' actually a 'bot?  All
responses from him seem to me as though they may be automatically
generated.  Am I being suckered into having a conversation with thin
air?  I want to help the community, so please tell me if I'm wasting my
time.

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 373281] Re: Xorg Cannot Determine Monitor Resolution on Bootup in Jaunty

2010-12-30 Thread JohnWashington
I still have an HP Brio with Matrox G200 card, and am willing to do
further tests on it (see also bug #393129).

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-mga (Ubuntu)
   Status: Expired = Incomplete

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2010-07-02 Thread JohnWashington
Why is this still marked 'incomplete' despite my report in May?

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2010-06-09 Thread JohnWashington
No response from Bryce, so today I attempted installation of this week's
build of Debian 'testing'.  Had to abandon that, due to a partitioning
problem (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583592), may
retry when this is fixed.  Instead installed Debian 'stable' (Lenny).
No video corruption, but resolution is only 832x624, and this is the
highest resolution offered in screen prefs dialog.  File
/etc/X11/xorg.conf exists but has little in it, i.e. device, monitor,
and screen are all of the form Configured [whatever] (attached).

I'm disappointed nobody has got back to me with advice on how to provide
more info.

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #583592
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583592

** Attachment added: xorg.conf from install of Debian Lenny
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50001202/xorg.conf

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2010-05-21 Thread JohnWashington
Hi Bryce, thanks for reviewing this.  Not sure why you've added 'hardy'
tag at this time.  Is that a request for further info on 8.04?  I still
have install media back to 6.06, so if you want additional info on 8.04
on this computer I can supply.

I also tried Puppy 5 on this machine this week.  Bad news: in contrast
with previous versions of Puppy, which performed rather well, 5 has a
corrupt screen.  Puppy 5 is based on Lucid, so this is not surprising.
:(

I've not yet tested with Debian.  Would you be interested in this?  If
so, which version(s)?

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2010-05-14 Thread JohnWashington
Thank you for your continuing interest.  Yesterday I installed
from ubuntu-10.04-alternate-i386.iso and the symptoms are
still the same.

Please let me know if there is any further info I can provide, or
if you have recommendations on how fixing this can be
progressed.

Please review my comments in #3 and #6 and note that, over
the years, Ubuntu has regressed from having a less than optimal
display on this machine to being totally unusable by a new user,
a Very Bad First Impression of Ubuntu...  whereas other distros
handle this machine quite well and Windows 2000 is excellent
(which is something I really loathe saying).  I hate whining and I
would like to be part of the solution.

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2010-03-01 Thread JohnWashington
Thanks for updating this. Just confirming that I still have the PC that
exhibited this problem and can provide further reports on more recent
versions if that's helpful.

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2009-09-06 Thread JohnWashington
Response to yr #7: Post #4 already gives lspci -vvnn.  Attaching
xorg.0.log here.

If you would like me to retest on karmic alpha4 instead (or later if
available) I'd be happy to do so.

** Attachment added: xorg.0.log from 9.04
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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2009-07-02 Thread JohnWashington
** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-mga
  
  Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)
  
  HP Brio, Celeron 300MHz with 256Mb ram
- On board Matrox G100 8Mb
+ On board Matrox G100 2Mb
  NEC LCD1860NX flat screen (native resolution 1280x1024)
+ 
+ [update] When I filed this originally I reported 8Mb video (possibly as a 
result of
+ reading HP Brio reviews), but I now believe it to be 2Mb.
  
  I have also tried a CRT display and had identical symptoms,
  so I doubt this problem is specific for this screen.
  
  The attached photo shows the display on first booting after
  installing Ubuntu 9.04.  It looks similar to a TV that's
  lost the horizontal hold, and is also displaced a little to
  the right and down.  Although some features can be made out,
  the content is shown as if 3 copies are overlaid in vertical
  stripes.
  
  The next attached photo shows this more clearly, taken after
  logging in blind.  Note how, in the top panel, the time is
  visible in 3 places.
  
  I found that Puppy and Mepix do not exhibit this problem.
  The next experiment was to take the xorg.conf generated by
  the Puppy wizard and reduce it to the following, replacing
  the empty /etc/X11/xorg.conf with:
  
   start 
  Section ServerFlags
  Option RandR on
  EndSection
  
  
  Section ServerLayout
Identifier X.org Configured
Screen  0  Screen0 0 0
InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer
InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard
  EndSection
  
  Section InputDevice
Identifier  Keyboard0
Driver  kbd
Option  XkbRules xorg
Option  XkbModel pc102
Option  XkbLayout us #xkeymap0
  EndSection
  
  Section InputDevice
Identifier  Mouse0
Driver  mouse
Option  Protocol auto #mouse0protocol
Option  Device /dev/mouse
#Option  Emulate3Buttons
#Option  Emulate3Timeout 50
Option  ZAxisMapping 4 5 #scrollwheel
  EndSection
  
  Section Monitor
Identifier   Monitor0
VendorName   Monitor Vendor
ModelNameMonitor Model
HorizSync30-72
VertRefresh  50-85
#UseModes Modes0 #monitor0usemodes
Option  PreferredMode 1024x768
EndSection

  Section Modes
Identifier Modes0
#modes0modeline0
  EndSection
  
  Section Device
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: i: integer, f: float, bool: True/False,
### string: String, freq: f Hz/kHz/MHz
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option ShadowFB  # [bool]
#Option DefaultRefresh# [bool]
#Option ModeSetClearScreen# [bool]
Identifier  Card0
Driver  vesa #card0driver
VendorName  Matrox Graphics, Inc.
BoardName   MGA G100 [Productiva] AGP
BusID   PCI:1:0:0
  EndSection
  
  Section Screen
Identifier Screen0
Device Card0
MonitorMonitor0
  DefaultDepth 16
  Subsection Display
  Depth   16
  Modes   1024x768
  EndSubsection
  EndSection
   end of xorg.conf 
  
  This still did not fix the display.  Neither did changing
  /etc/gdm/gdm.conf GdmXserverTimeout=10 to 25 (following
  advice in bug #319363).  But making both changes gave a
  good 1024x768 display.
  
  I downloaded an iso of Karmic alpha2 and installed this.
  The symptoms were identical.  However, now the change of
  GdmXserverTimeout=10 isn't needed, though the change of
  xorg.conf still is.
  
- The G100 8Mb should be able to produce 1280x1024 resolution 
- with at least 8-bit colour.  Since this is the native resolution 
- of the NEC display, this is what I would prefer.
+ The G100 2Mb should be able to produce 1280x1024 resolution 
+ with 8-bit colour.  Since this is the native resolution of the NEC
+ display, this is what I would prefer.
  
  I'm happy to run any tests, and do complete reinstalls of any
  distro.  I also have various other displays available that I
  could try.
  
  Though due to other commitments it may take several days for
  me to respond.  
  
  I have dumps of the /etc and /var/log trees from most of these
  experiments; they're rather large, so you may prefer to ask for
  specific files.
  
  In case you're wondering, no, the Brio isn't my regular desktop.
  But it's a nice compact little box to take along to LUG meets.
  Such machines are often discarded these days, yet are adequate
  for disadvantaged people wanting very basic facilities.  This
  is likely to be their first exposure to Linux, so it's important
  that Ubuntu works for them without intervention.

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2009-07-01 Thread JohnWashington
Today I've temporarily loaded Windows 2000 on this HP Brio.

Initially it came up in 1280x768, which looked rather naff, though
readable.  No updates needed, just Control Panel, Display, Settings and
one of the choices was 1280x1024 8-bit colour.  This worked.  It worked
very well indeed, it's beautiful and exceedingly enviable.  Nobody who
has seen this on Windows would settle for less on Ubuntu.  :(

How do I gather info from this Windows installation so as to create good
settings to try in Ubuntu?

Or, now that I know for certain that there is no hardware problem,
what's the best way forward?  The workaround I've given above gets it to
1024x768, but it could be so much better at the native resolution.

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2009-06-29 Thread JohnWashington
Output from lspci -vvnn attached.  I assume this is the same output for
all distros?

** Attachment added: lspci.txt
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28528561/lspci.txt

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2009-06-29 Thread JohnWashington
I stated previously:
I downloaded an iso of Karmic alpha2 and installed this.
The symptoms were identical. However, now the change of
GdmXserverTimeout=10 isn't needed, though the change of
xorg.conf still is.

However, without the timeout change it sometimes fails.  So it still
seems both changes are needed, as with 9.04.

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] [NEW] Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2009-06-28 Thread JohnWashington
Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-mga

Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

HP Brio, Celeron 300MHz with 256Mb ram
On board Matrox G100 8Mb
NEC LCD1860NX flat screen (native resolution 1280x1024)

I have also tried a CRT display and had identical symptoms,
so I doubt this problem is specific for this screen.

The attached photo shows the display on first booting after
installing Ubuntu 9.04.  It looks similar to a TV that's
lost the horizontal hold, and is also displaced a little to
the right and down.  Although some features can be made out,
the content is shown as if 3 copies are overlaid in vertical
stripes.

The next attached photo shows this more clearly, taken after
logging in blind.  Note how, in the top panel, the time is
visible in 3 places.

I found that Puppy and Mepix do not exhibit this problem.
The next experiment was to take the xorg.conf generated by
the Puppy wizard and reduce it to the following, replacing
the empty /etc/X11/xorg.conf with:

 start 
Section ServerFlags
Option RandR on
EndSection


Section ServerLayout
Identifier X.org Configured
Screen  0  Screen0 0 0
InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer
InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard
EndSection

Section InputDevice
Identifier  Keyboard0
Driver  kbd
Option  XkbRules xorg
Option  XkbModel pc102
Option  XkbLayout us #xkeymap0
EndSection

Section InputDevice
Identifier  Mouse0
Driver  mouse
Option  Protocol auto #mouse0protocol
Option  Device /dev/mouse
#Option  Emulate3Buttons
#Option  Emulate3Timeout 50
Option  ZAxisMapping 4 5 #scrollwheel
EndSection

Section Monitor
Identifier   Monitor0
VendorName   Monitor Vendor
ModelNameMonitor Model
HorizSync30-72
VertRefresh  50-85
#UseModes Modes0 #monitor0usemodes
Option  PreferredMode 1024x768
EndSection

Section Modes
Identifier Modes0
#modes0modeline0
EndSection

Section Device
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: i: integer, f: float, bool: True/False,
### string: String, freq: f Hz/kHz/MHz
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option ShadowFB  # [bool]
#Option DefaultRefresh# [bool]
#Option ModeSetClearScreen# [bool]
Identifier  Card0
Driver  vesa #card0driver
VendorName  Matrox Graphics, Inc.
BoardName   MGA G100 [Productiva] AGP
BusID   PCI:1:0:0
EndSection

Section Screen
Identifier Screen0
Device Card0
MonitorMonitor0
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection Display
Depth   16
Modes   1024x768
EndSubsection
EndSection
 end of xorg.conf 

This still did not fix the display.  Neither did changing
/etc/gdm/gdm.conf GdmXserverTimeout=10 to 25 (following
advice in bug #319363).  But making both changes gave a
good 1024x768 display.

I downloaded an iso of Karmic alpha2 and installed this.
The symptoms were identical.  However, now the change of
GdmXserverTimeout=10 isn't needed, though the change of
xorg.conf still is.

The G100 8Mb should be able to produce 1280x1024 resolution 
with at least 8-bit colour.  Since this is the native resolution 
of the NEC display, this is what I would prefer.

I'm happy to run any tests, and do complete reinstalls of any
distro.  I also have various other displays available that I
could try.

Though due to other commitments it may take several days for
me to respond.  

I have dumps of the /etc and /var/log trees from most of these
experiments; they're rather large, so you may prefer to ask for
specific files.

In case you're wondering, no, the Brio isn't my regular desktop.
But it's a nice compact little box to take along to LUG meets.
Such machines are often discarded these days, yet are adequate
for disadvantaged people wanting very basic facilities.  This
is likely to be their first exposure to Linux, so it's important
that Ubuntu works for them without intervention.

** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-mga (Ubuntu)
 Importance: Undecided
 Status: New

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2009-06-28 Thread JohnWashington

** Attachment added: Photo of screen waiting for login
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28481368/screen1.jpg

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2009-06-28 Thread JohnWashington
Screen after login, to show symptom more clearly

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393129] Re: Corrupt screen, HP Brio, Matrox G100 (display: NEC LCD1860NX and others)

2009-06-28 Thread JohnWashington
Other distros:

Crunchbang 8.10 fails the same way as 9.04.

Mepis 8.0.06 comes up with 1024x768 absolutely no problem.

Ubuntu 7.04 comes up in 832x624, though subsequently
using the gui prefs to change to 800x600 made the monitor
position the display better.  1024 was not offered.

Ubuntu 8.04.1 had an error starting the Gnome settings
daemon (sorry, didn't capture full details, could if of
interest).  Otherwise it was the same as 7.04.

Kubuntu 6.06 was same as 7.04 except that it was able
to power down (later versions of Ubuntu seem to have
lost that capability) (unrelated bug, but of minor
importance compared to the display problem, so I don't
plan to investigate it at this time).

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