[Bug 303126] [NEW] Cannot use ctrl in Gimp when "locate pointer" option is set

2008-11-28 Thread Steve Alexander
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gimp I went into Mouse Preferences in the Ubuntu System->Preferences menu, and under "Locate Pointer", turned on the option for "Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed". When I press and release the ctrl key, the area around the mouse s

[Bug 192096] Re: Applications/Places/System menu is not flush to top of screen

2008-05-25 Thread Steve Alexander
I cannot reproduce this with Hardy as of today. So, I would consider this bug fixed. -- Applications/Places/System menu is not flush to top of screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192096 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 70637] BugBuddy should not run if the system is swapping

2006-11-06 Thread Steve Alexander
Public bug reported: My edgy machine was swapping, a lot, because I was running a memory- hungry python script. Working in a terminal, I accidentally hit F1 as I was trying to kill the script on a very slow-responding system. The system tried to run the gnome help application. It didn't run pro

[Bug 70637] Re: BugBuddy should not run if the system is swapping

2006-11-08 Thread Steve Alexander
I'm not really aware of how bug-buddy works. I don't know what signal was sent to the application process, all I know is that the application crashed while the system was swapping a lot. What signal does a program receive when it can't allocate memory? Or does that depend what language it is wri

[Bug 74682] Re: Mysterious segfault of many GNOME programs makes gnome-session unresponsive

2006-12-06 Thread Steve Alexander
I was able to reproduce this by launching lots of gnome-help instances, exhausting all of my machine's memory, observing various processes being killed, killall gnome-help, manually closing/cancelling various bugbuddy windows, and then observing that I can't run gnome programs. In pstree: +-upd

[Bug 406842] [NEW] I can use pm-suspend to suspend, but "suspend" and "hibernate" buttons don't show up

2009-07-30 Thread Steve Alexander
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager In bug 406837 I reported needing to blacklist the confusingly-named "options" module to get suspend working on my laptop on the latest karmic. Although I can now use "pm-suspend" to suspend the machine, the "suspend" and "hibernate" b

[Bug 406842] Re: I can use pm-suspend to suspend, but "suspend" and "hibernate" buttons don't show up

2009-07-30 Thread Steve Alexander
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29712439/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "DevkitPower.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29712440/DevkitPower.txt ** Attachment added: "GConfNonDefault.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29712441/GConfNonDefault

[Bug 92405] Re: [Feisty] gnome-terminal doesn't always redraw after switching desktops

2007-03-16 Thread Steve Alexander
I see this often too, many times a day. I use IRC via irssi->screen->ssh->gnome-terminal. So, I see the problem often when I switch from my irc desktop and back. I'll see if I can work out a reliable way to reproduce it. -- [Feisty] gnome-terminal doesn't always redraw after switching desktop

[Bug 92405] Re: [Feisty] gnome-terminal doesn't always redraw after switching desktops

2007-03-16 Thread Steve Alexander
I worked out how to reproduce this, and spoke with seb bacher about it today. He's talking with upstream to get it fixed. -- [Feisty] gnome-terminal doesn't always redraw after switching desktops https://launchpad.net/bugs/92405 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https: