[Bug 984574] Re: [network]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in refresh_ui()

2012-05-02 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Booted AMD x64 Desktop CD as "Try Ubuntu" on my desktop machine to see how it would handle my FireMV video card. No install done - I'm running the live CD. 8GB memory. Went to the Dash Home, typed "n", selected Network. Selected All Settings. Selected Network. Died. Repeatable. Every time. I

[Bug 984574] Re: [network]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in refresh_ui()

2012-05-02 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 672930 Feature request for movie export menu: display zoom scale -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984574 Tit

[Bug 855967] Re: vinagre crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()

2011-10-27 Thread Ian! D. Allen
So vinaigre crashed (Ubuntu 11.04) and sent me through the bug reporting process, collecting 50MB of reporting information and uploading it all. Here in Launchpad, I was offered two similar crashes and asked if either matched mine. Of course one did, so I chose it. As far as I can tell, Launchpa

[Bug 801449] Re: gconftool-2 crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2011-06-24 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gconf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/801449 Title: gconftool-2 crashed with SIGABRT in raise() To manage notifications about this bug go t

[Bug 467169] Re: keyboard shortcuts UI issues; fails to set shortcut

2010-10-19 Thread Ian! D. Allen
These bugs still exist in Maverick. 10.10 Maverick: Open: System | Preferences | Keyboard Shortcuts. Verfify that "Toggle maximization state | ALT+F10" works on a window. Disable the keyboard shortcut with "Backspace". BUG: The UI shows "Disabled", but ALT+F10 still toggles maximization. At this

[Bug 515806] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGFPE in g_object_unref()

2010-10-19 Thread Ian! D. Allen
I'm using 10.10 now and haven't seen the problem yet, but I don't auto- umount my home dir any more because I need my cron jobs to keep working. -- nautilus crashed with SIGFPE in g_object_unref() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515806 You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 515935] Re: causes Xorg to consume CPU unless Gnome is running

2010-10-19 Thread Ian! D. Allen
This problem does not happen in Ubuntu 10.10 x86_64. -- causes Xorg to consume CPU unless Gnome is running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-monitor in ubuntu. -- desktop

[Bug 401823] Re: Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead

2010-06-02 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Same problem in Firefox 3.6.3 in Ubuntu 10.4. What's the best way to report the same bug in newer software? Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100423 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.3 Linux linux 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:28:05 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU

[Bug 515806] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGFPE in g_object_unref()

2010-02-08 Thread Ian! D. Allen
What's a "retracer" and why and what would it remove? Should I change all my login passwords? I think this bug might be related to the bug where cron jobs cause the ecrypted $HOME to unmount. I bet I logged in just as some cron job caused $HOME to unmount, causing Nautilus to fault. -- nauti

[Bug 515935] Re: causes Xorg to consume CPU unless Gnome is running

2010-02-02 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38658319/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38658320/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38658321/ProcStatus.txt ** Attachm

[Bug 515935] [NEW] causes Xorg to consume CPU unless Gnome is running

2010-02-02 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-system-monitor If I run gnome-system-monitor under Gnome, my Xorg process uses one or two percent of one CPU core and this seems normal. If I shut down Gnome and run gnome-system-monitor with *no* window manager (only Xorg), or with "vtwm" as my wi

[Bug 515806] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGFPE in g_object_unref()

2010-02-02 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Visibility changed to: Public -- nautilus crashed with SIGFPE in g_object_unref() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515806 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@li

[Bug 466948] Re: keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login

2009-11-01 Thread Ian! D. Allen
> Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it > would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people > writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME) Please fix the spelling of "writing". This having to report bugs twice is not frien

[Bug 466948] Re: keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login

2009-11-01 Thread Ian! D. Allen
I already gave one example: "e.g. "Minimize window / ALT-F9". The UI says "disabled" but the shortcut still works, until logout/login." Here are others that, after I disable them and the UI shows "Disabled", are not actually disabled but continue to work: Show the panel's "Run Applic

[Bug 467169] Re: keyboard shortcuts UI issues; fails to set shortcut

2009-11-01 Thread Ian! D. Allen
I find this Gnome bug reporting process via Ubuntu to be discouraging, unfriendly, and in need of reworking. I've just spent a bunch of my time researching and documenting a bug, registering it with Launchpad, searching for duplicates, and reporting it. Now Ubuntu tells me: "we don't write this so

[Bug 467047] Re: Keyboard Shortcuts window ignores maximize

2009-11-01 Thread Ian! D. Allen
* Is this reproducible? * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug? Yes. To recreate it, do what I said to do, above: Try to use a keyboard shortcut to "maximze" the window. Does nothing. Set your "Titlebar Action" to be "Maximize Vertically" and then double-click on th

[Bug 467169] Re: keyboard shortcuts UI issues; fails to set shortcut

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34799140/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34799142/XsessionErrors.txt -- keyboard shortcuts UI issues; fails to set shortcut https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467169

[Bug 467169] [NEW] keyboard shortcuts UI issues; fails to set shortcut

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center Fresh install of 9.10 karmic into VMWare running on 8.10. Keyboard Shortcuts are mangled under 9.10 karmic. (They may be mangled under previous releases, but I didn't ever try to use them. This is my first try to use Gnome instead

[Bug 467047] Re: Keyboard Shortcuts window ignores maximize

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34794124/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34794125/XsessionErrors.txt -- Keyboard Shortcuts window ignores maximize https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467047 You rece

[Bug 467047] [NEW] Keyboard Shortcuts window ignores maximize

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center Fresh install of 9.10 karmic into VMware running on host O/S 8.10. The "Keyboard Shortcuts" window lets me use my mouse to resize it by dragging on the borders, but it ignores keyboard shortcuts to "maximize", and if I set double-cli

[Bug 291150] Re: When you clear a keyboard shortcut with backspace, it isn't really cleared.

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
I have this same problem on 9.10 karmic: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control- center/+bug/466948 -- When you clear a keyboard shortcut with backspace, it isn't really cleared. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291150 You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 466948] Re: keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
I just found this related item: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control- center/+bug/291150 -- keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/466948 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subs

[Bug 466948] Re: keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34789785/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34789787/XsessionErrors.txt -- keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/466948 Yo

[Bug 466948] [NEW] keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center Fresh install of 9.10 karmic into a VMware virtual machine (host O/S is 8.10). All updates applied (October 31, 2009). Nowhere do I read that you have to logout/login for keyboard shortcut disables to take effect. If disables are s

[Bug 335942] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread()

2009-04-01 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Yes, the multiple-nautilus-failure loop is now fixed for VMware now. Jaunty Beta with: brasero 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 Thank you for the fix. -- nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335942 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 335942] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread()

2009-03-30 Thread Ian! D. Allen
This is still a problem in 9.04 Jaunty Beta. This failure of Nautilus to start makes it difficult to configure 9.04 to run well in a VMware virtual machine, since the VMware Tools CDROM ISO image can't be attached without causing a Nautilus crash loop that fills the task bar. You have to SIGSTOP

[Bug 344371] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread()

2009-03-17 Thread Ian! D. Allen
See also: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/337910 -- nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344371 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. -- de

[Bug 344371] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread()

2009-03-17 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: "CoreDump.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24010811/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24010812/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Disassembly.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24010813/Disassembly.txt ** Attachm

[Bug 338180] Re: clock applet help contains broken Gnome bug report link

2009-03-06 Thread Ian! D. Allen
This is a documentation content error, not a program execution error. Do you really want a program strace? The ghelp:gnome-feedback link is also broken in 8.10. -- clock applet help contains broken Gnome bug report link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/338180 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 338193] Re: clock manual preferences do not match clock applet

2009-03-06 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Sure would be nice if the "Report a problem" function on the yelp Help menu made the distinction between "report a problem with yelp" and "report a problem with the documentation yelp is showing". Of course, for the Clock Manual there is a link to "About this Document" that has a Feedback button t

[Bug 337910] Re: nautilus repeated SIGABRT in VMware on live CD and DVD

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
> this looks like bug 325973 It resembles it, but in my case nautilus is actually dying over and over with a SIGABRT, where the above bug doesn't show that symptom. Backtrace attached, such as it is. It's tricky to get a backtrace of a system program that faults every two seconds and dies. I h

[Bug 338193] Re: clock manual preferences do not match clock applet

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23510769/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23510770/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23510771/ProcStatus.txt -- clock

[Bug 338193] [NEW] clock manual preferences do not match clock applet

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: yelp In the Clock Manual, the Preferences page lists preferences that are not available in the actual clock applet, e.g. the clock applet doesn't offer Unix Time or Internet Time or Use UTC, etc. Clock 2.25.92 The manual needs to be edited to match the

[Bug 338192] [NEW] yelp run from command line cannot report a problem

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: yelp Ubuntu 9.04 jaunty Alpha 5 with several hundred package updates applied. I had asked for help from the Clock applet, and I noticed the help didn't match the applet, so I chose "Report a Problem", which started up a browser report for something calle

[Bug 338192] Re: yelp run from command line cannot report a problem

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23510677/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23510678/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23510679/ProcStatus.txt -- yelp r

[Bug 338180] Re: clock applet help contains broken Gnome bug report link

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23509789/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23509790/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23509791/ProcStatus.txt -- clock

[Bug 338180] [NEW] clock applet help contains broken Gnome bug report link

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: yelp In the "Clock Manual", under "About this document", is this broken link for bug reporting: ghelp:gnome-feedback Selecting the text gives "document not found". Revision History February 2004: Clock Applet Manual V2.5 (Sun Microsyste

[Bug 337910] Re: nautilus repeated SIGABRT in VMware on live CD and DVD

2009-03-04 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Goodness, it's a pain to do all the configuration and download all the software needed to get a backtrace, isn't it? I'll try to find time to do all that later. Couldn't you build a little script that would do all the work, e.g. "ubuntu-backtrace nautilus" would do all those config steps, downloa

[Bug 337910] Re: nautilus repeated SIGABRT in VMware on live CD and DVD

2009-03-04 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23439800/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23439801/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23439803/ProcStatus.txt -- nautil

[Bug 337910] [NEW] nautilus repeated SIGABRT in VMware on live CD and DVD

2009-03-04 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus I used VMware Workstation to create a 1GB/8GB virtual machine, attached the latest (Feb 28) Jaunty DVD to the CDROM port, and booted it as "try without installing". Both the CD and DVD versions came up with a desktop background and a task bar sh