[Bug 427100] Re: JPEG2000 thumbnail causes browser to crash

2014-09-10 Thread Paul Whipp
This is still an issue in 14.04 where Nautilus consistently crashes if I open any folders containing JP2000 scanned book pages (jp2 file extension). The eog viewer succeeds in viewing them and in creating thumbnails. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 1026414] Re: Rhythmbox consistently fails on new installs trying to scan large home directory

2014-01-01 Thread Paul Whipp
I have a similar problem with a similar sized home folder in Ubuntu 13.10 x64. I can't find any reference to rhythmbox if I launch dconf-editor or I would try the workaround. rhythmbox is unusable on my system. I've tried re-installing it to no avail. -- You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 311057] Re: the difference between the add to panel menus entries is not obvious

2009-05-14 Thread Paul Whipp
It is bad wording but is unlikely to be fixed anytime soon. I've just added a workaround tip (http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=100) but while it awaits moderation. Here it is in short - Edit the application menu and add the custom menu you want at the bottom. Once the menu is working t

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-26 Thread Paul Whipp
Solved by Sebastian. Problem caused by incorrect packages installed. ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) => (unassigned) -- Unable to start the settings manage

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-26 Thread Paul Whipp
~ $ sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-base=0.10.21-3 [sudo] password for paul: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be DOWNGRADED: gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgrade

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-25 Thread Paul Whipp
aarnet.edu.au was the result of my selecting 'select best server'. I've never had any intention of using 'non official' packages. ~ $ sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-base=0.10.21-3ubuntu0.1 [sudo] password for paul: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-24 Thread Paul Whipp
The right click option in synaptic has the reinstall option sure but its grayed out which is why I tried the command line option. ~ $ apt-cache policy gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-base: Installed: 0.10.21-3ubuntu0.1 Candidate: 0.10.21-3ubuntu0.1 Version table: *** 0.10.2

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-23 Thread Paul Whipp
Sorry for my naivety here - When I go to synaptic there is no option to reinstall the gstreamer0.10 -plugins-base package. If I mark it for removal it looks set to out a large chunk of my system including the desktop. so... $ sudo apt-get clean $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get --reinstall ins

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-22 Thread Paul Whipp
GST_REGISTRY_FORK=no valgrind gnome-settings-daemon --no-daemon Actually ran "GST_REGISTRY_FORK=no valgrind gnome-settings-daemon --no- daemon 2>&1 | tee gdb-gsd-debug2.txt" I hope this proves useful. I'll hold off trying the gstreamer reinstall David suggested for another day so I can provide y

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-22 Thread Paul Whipp
GST_REGISTRY_FORK=no gdb --args gnome-settings-daemon --no-daemon I did my best (actually ran "GST_REGISTRY_FORK=no gdb gnome-settings- daemon 2>&1 | tee gdb-gsd-debug1.txt") I see a gradual draw towards searching out a gdb tutorial :) ** Attachment added: "gdb-gsd-debug1.txt" http://launchpa

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-22 Thread Paul Whipp
I'll have a go. First, this is the trace requested by David based upon his notes below: 4) Create a backtrace. Explained in more detail here [2] or just the steps you need to follow, bellow. 4a) Get the GNU Debugger (backtrace program) $ sudo apt-get install gdb 4b) Start the program under contr

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-19 Thread Paul Whipp
>From my notes, the upgrade appeared on 27th March - there were a batch and I didn't write down exactly what they were. something involving gstreamer was definitely on the list. Things didn't go seriously wrong until I restarted the machine following the update. I'm going to try David's suggestio

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-16 Thread Paul Whipp
I uninstalled it - ~ $ dpkg -l | grep ffmpeg ii libavcodec51 3:0.svn20080206-12ubuntu3.1 ffmpeg codec library ii libavformat52 3:0.svn20080206-12ubuntu3.1 ffmpeg file format library ii libavutil49

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-16 Thread Paul Whipp
Thanks Sebastian, AFAIK this is a problem with the update because I haven't done anything specific regarding sound. Why would I want the jaunty version when I'm using Intrepid? On synaptic I only have intrepid repositories present and it shows libavcodec51 as returned above both for the 'install

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-15 Thread Paul Whipp
I've attached the result of gdb gnome-settings-daemon 2>&1 | tee gdb- gsd-debug.txt Looks like my original suspicion about the gstreamer update being the root of this evil may be close to the truth :) Let me know what you want me to do next to pin this down. I do need to get my machine fit again

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-13 Thread Paul Whipp
~ $ dpkg -l | grep libavcodec ii libavcodec51 3:0.svn20080206-12ubuntu3.1 ffmpeg codec library -- Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/358426 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-12 Thread Paul Whipp
I think the key is required because I cannot update with those repositories checked in synaptic: W: GPG error: http://ddebs.ubuntu.com intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY ECDCAD72428D7C01 W: GPG error: http://ddebs.ub

[Bug 358426] Re: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon after updating Intrepid

2009-04-09 Thread Paul Whipp
I'd like to help by following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash but when I get to ~ $ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key 428D7C01 5E0577F2 gpg: requesting key 428D7C01 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: requesting key 5E0577F2 from hkp server keys

[Bug 272093] Re: Intrepid: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon

2009-03-29 Thread Paul Whipp
I don't have gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 installed but got the problem through routine updates. I do have gstreamer0.10.ffmpeg, gstreamer0.10.schroedinger, gstreamer0.10-tools, gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio, gstreamer0.10-alsa... installed If a full list would be handy, let me know how to produce it - s

[Bug 272093] Re: Intrepid: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon

2009-03-20 Thread Paul Whipp
Its only a suspicion from an old developer but gstreamer looks guilty here. My sound system is also failing to work which is preventing a lot of applications from running. I have a feeling that too has the same underlying problem in that the gstreamer update has introduced a bug with wide ranging e

[Bug 272093] Re: Intrepid: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon

2009-03-19 Thread Paul Whipp
No - there is no manual documentation for gnome-settings-daemon so, until you told me, there was no way to know how to create the log. This should help (I'm pretty sure I remember there being an update for gstreamer in the latest updates so that is likely to have caused the current issue): [code

[Bug 272093] Re: Intrepid: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon

2009-03-18 Thread Paul Whipp
I've just updated 8.10 today and I now have this problem for the first time. When I restarted the machine it came up in a different theme and reports the error if I go to the appearances option. Running gnome-settings-daemon from the command line does not return anything (it just returns) but it d

[Bug 311057] Re: Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu

2009-03-05 Thread Paul Whipp
The wording should be fixed, particularly as the more obvious meaning is that it does something that I think a lot of people would like (they probably try the menu, fail and forget about it rather than whinge like us). I'd seriously love to implement a proper "Custom menu" option in gnome (or what

[Bug 311057] Re: Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu

2009-03-04 Thread Paul Whipp
That is clearly not the intention of the items as described on the menu panel. "Menu bar" explicitly states it is a custom menu bar which would be very useful. It does not state that its the "Main menu" . "Main menu" is also clearly not doing what it says it will on the menu panel. "Main menu" exp

[Bug 311057] Re: Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu

2009-03-04 Thread Paul Whipp
BTW it will be really cool to be able to finally add my own custom menu. There are a lot of docs and things I use regularly and having my own menu will help reduce the clutter on my top panel and desktop a lot. I'm looking forward to having that capability in Jaunty. -- Add to Panel - Menu bar j

[Bug 311057] Re: Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu

2009-03-04 Thread Paul Whipp
Sebastian, You are talking about Jaunty and this is a bug raised on 8.10 which is Intrepid. You are saying that the "Main menu" option in Jaunty opens the main menu with the "Applictions, places and system" options and that "Menu bar" opens just a logo, allowing the user to customize it and add t

[Bug 311057] Re: Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu

2009-03-03 Thread Paul Whipp
** Attachment added: "and_you_get_this.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23396764/and_you_get_this.png -- Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311057 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bu

[Bug 311057] Re: Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu

2009-03-03 Thread Paul Whipp
** Attachment added: "do_this.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23396749/do_this.png -- Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311057 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- d

[Bug 311057] Re: Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu

2009-03-02 Thread Paul Whipp
Is it OK for me to mark this confirmed when responding? ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311057 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Deskto

[Bug 311057] Re: Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu

2009-03-02 Thread Paul Whipp
Using VMWare, create a basic PC suitable for ubuntu. Install 8.10 on it. Repeat the steps as indicated in the original report. I'm thinking there must be some 'common' development package that you guys install that makes this error go away. Failing that its hardware specific which would be very st

[Bug 311057] Re: Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu

2009-01-22 Thread Paul Whipp
Lupine: I installed a fresh 8.10 and fully updated it. The behaviour described in this bug is exactly as described. Perhaps it relies on something else you have installed. I particularly wanted to use the custom menu ("Menu Bar") - the main menu that is there as a standard feature is fine. ** Ch

[Bug 311057] Re: Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu

2008-12-24 Thread Paul Whipp
OK, I need to find out why that is broken on my system but the Menu Bar option behaviour is the main issue. Is that working as intended/expected on your system? -- Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311057 You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 311057] [NEW] Add to Panel - Menu bar just reproduces Main menu

2008-12-23 Thread Paul Whipp
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel Using Ubuntu 8.10 fully updated. gnome-panel: Installed: 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2.1 Candidate: 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2.1 Version table: *** 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2.1 0 500 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au intrepid-updates/main Packages 100 /va