[Bug 837196] Re: Cannot change bluetooth name

2014-01-11 Thread Steve White
Hi Mathieu, In my latest distro, Ubuntu 13.10, there is a field for setting the Bluetooth "Friendly Name" in the blueman-adapters panel. I think it works, at least on the system I'm using now. (However, this isn't a fresh installation, and I may have performed some work-around last year.) But t

[Bug 837196] Re: Cannot change bluetooth name

2013-05-14 Thread Steve White
As I understand it, although many people agree it's serious * invalid according to GNOME Bluetooth ["complain to your distribution", they say] * triaged according to blues (Ubuntu) * triaged according to gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu). Does this mean, nobody will fix this, because nobody feels responsi

[Bug 421254] Re: gnome-panel will not return from auto-hide with compiz

2013-04-28 Thread Steve White
This is still a problem in Ubuntu 12.10. Work-around of turning of desktop cube still functions. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421254 Title: gnome-panel will

[Bug 899858] Re: regression in gvfs to connect/browse using obex

2013-04-17 Thread Steve White
I too am having similar experiences with 12.10. It looks like https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1076835 Also, I'm using the Ubuntu crash reporter thing report a crash that just happened. The report that the reporter says it will send, says there is an existing report http

[Bug 839157] Re: Bluetooth applet (OBEX send/browse) does not work since Natty (after bluetoothd 4.84 exactly)

2013-04-16 Thread Steve White
Hi I looked at it again, this time in Ubuntu 12.10. It's still broken. HOWEVER If "auto-authorize" is set on the phone, IT WORKS!! The phones file directories open (in not-unreasonable time) Otherwise, you go through the process of typing in a confirmation number in the phone, then typing the

[Bug 1169755] [NEW] WLAN won't stay connected in 13.04 Beta

2013-04-16 Thread Steve White
Public bug reported: This is 13.04 Beta, on a Lenovo S206, running Ubuntu "Try" off a stick. After configuring, the WLAN does *not* show in the gnome menu list of access points. No connection is made. Some 5 minutes later, it magically connected. Then it died again. I re-connected, it died a

[Bug 880079] Re: bluetooth-applet crashes when trying to browse device

2013-04-15 Thread Steve White
Still crashing in 12.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-bluetooth in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880079 Title: bluetooth-applet crashes when trying to browse device To manage notifications about t

[Bug 1032355] Re: Bluetooth in system settings shows bluetooth off, indicator says on

2013-04-15 Thread Steve White
1) I have never seeen this working, through several releases of Ubuntu. Other bugs (e.g. 407962) were posted years ago, and the bug was never fixed.) 2) The applet seems to make no distinction between bluetooth being turned off in software or in hardware. Use the utility rfkill

[Bug 407962] Re: gnome-bluetooth confused about on/off state of bluetooth

2013-04-15 Thread Steve White
Hi, this is Ubuntu 12.10. I have NEVER seen the bluetooth applet properly indicate that the radio was turned off in hardware, through several versions of Ubuntu, on any of several machines on which I use Bluetooth. PLEASE FIX THIS: it would be so cool to have a nice clear visual indication that

[Bug 1041349] [NEW] menu from skype applet flashes twice when opening

2012-08-24 Thread Steve White
Public bug reported: Skype 4.0.0.8 running the Gnome desktop (Unity disabled), Ubuntu 12.04. Single-click on the running Skype icon in the Gnome desktop panel, (which resides in Indicator Applet 0.5.0.) The menu appears, but flashes twice in doing so, unlike the menus of the other applets runnin

[Bug 1004601] Re: OBEX file browsing extremely slow

2012-07-20 Thread Steve White
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1004601 Title: OBEX file browsing extremely slow To manage

[Bug 1004601] Re: OBEX file browsing extremely slow

2012-06-06 Thread Steve White
Hi Mathieu, What is "incomplete" about this report? Let me know what other info is needed, and I'll be glad to complete it. One further observation isn't particularly surprising: I finally managed to navigate some 5 directories deep to copy some photos from the camera. Just a copy-paste from th

[Bug 1004601] Re: OBEX file browsing extremely slow

2012-05-29 Thread Steve White
Hi Mathieu, It may well be an unfortunate interaction with Nautilus. But the image thumbnails are not the issue: I tried it on a single folder, that contained a single folder. No thumbnail. Even if there were, it wouldn't explain this effect. For comparison, I used Nautilus to navigate my ha

[Bug 1004601] Re: OBEX file browsing extremely slow

2012-05-27 Thread Steve White
** Package changed: bluez (Ubuntu) => gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-bluetooth in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1004601 Title: OBEX file browsing extremely slow To manage no

[Bug 837196] Re: Cannot change bluetooth name

2012-04-26 Thread Steve White
This bug is also present in 12.04 Beta. Please get onto this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-bluetooth in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/837196 Title: Cannot change bluetooth name To manage notificat

[Bug 988740] [NEW] No GUI for setting Bluetooth device name

2012-04-26 Thread Steve White
Public bug reported: Please make sure this bug is fixed in the new release. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/837196 ** Affects: gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 839157] Re: Bluetooth applet (OBEX send/browse) does not work anymore

2012-02-15 Thread Steve White
Oliver, I tried your work-around, but it did not work for me. tau ~] sudo dpkg -i bluez_4.84-0ubuntu1_i386.deb dpkg: warning: downgrading bluez from 4.96-0ubuntu4 to 4.84-0ubuntu1. And it re-started bluetooth. So far so good. The GUI remains completedly buggared as described before. Something

[Bug 822275] Re: Bluetooth "Browse files on" functionality broken

2011-12-15 Thread Steve White
Hi Oliver! I don't doubt this is a cluster of bugs. I just reported what I see, trying to do a task that used to be easy. It is difficult to be precise about a pile of bugs. If you could, say, fix the basic functionality (not the device dialog issue), and push those fixes out, maybe clarity wou

[Bug 822275] Re: Bluetooth "Browse files on" functionality broken

2011-12-12 Thread Steve White
Hey guys! This is pretty bad for us Bluetooth users. Please take some action! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-bluetooth in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/822275 Title: Bluetooth "Browse files on" func

[Bug 822275] Re: Bluetooth "Browse files on" functionality broken

2011-11-07 Thread Steve White
Here's a backtrace. It will be better, when somebody tells us the secret of where the libgnome-bluetooth debug symbols are hidden. This is looking like user-interface code to me. #0 0x00140a4e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgnome-bluetooth.so.8 #1 0x003e19d4 in gtk_tree_model_filter_real_visible (f

[Bug 822275] Re: Bluetooth "Browse files on" functionality broken

2011-11-05 Thread Steve White
Tried re-installs sudo apt-get install --reinstall bluez bluez-alsa bluez-cups bluez-gstreamer bluez-utils sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgnome-bluetooth8 pulseaudio-module-bluetooth No luck. Tried backing up /var/lib/bluetooth/, deleting its contents, re-startin

[Bug 822275] Re: Bluetooth "Browse files on" functionality broken

2011-11-05 Thread Steve White
Same problem on an x86-64 desktop, for which Bluetooth file browsing was also working previous to an upgrade from 11.4 to 11.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-bluetooth in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 822275] Re: Bluetooth "Browse files on" functionality broken

2011-11-04 Thread Steve White
The dialog: ** Attachment added: "bluetooth applet 'Browse files on device' dialog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/822275/+attachment/2585286/+files/gnome-bluetooth-bug.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 822275] Re: Bluetooth "Browse files on" functionality broken

2011-11-04 Thread Steve White
Maybe related: When I pull down "Browse files on device..." from the bluetooth applet, the dialog is mangles: the list of devices is very very short, one can just barely see some letters. See attached. The scroll buttons kind of work, but barely. So I saw the device in the list and was abl

[Bug 822275] Re: Bluetooth "Browse files on" functionality broken

2011-11-03 Thread Steve White
Ditto freezeloud. This is on a Samsung NC-20. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-bluetooth in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/822275 Title: Bluetooth "Browse files on" functionality broken To manage noti

[Bug 49220] Re: [Edgy] Broken packages while trying to install libgtk2.0-dev

2007-02-20 Thread Steve White
Thanks Sebastian, I don't understand the relationship between the output of apt-cache policy and the repository settings. But I was configured to use edgy-security/main. I figured out what was missing: you had previously recommended edgy-updates/universe which I did, but for type 'de

[Bug 49220] Re: [Edgy] Broken packages while trying to install libgtk2.0-dev

2007-02-20 Thread Steve White
Sebastian, The problem plainly has nothing to do with Adept or Kubuntu, per se. It is a package problem. It might be that I have mis-configured my repositories somehow, but besides enabling the repositories that were provided by my distro, the only repository I have enabled was the one you sugges

[Bug 49220] Re: [Edgy] Broken packages while trying to install libgtk2.0-dev

2007-02-18 Thread Steve White
Sebastian: I figured out how to add a repository in Adept. I clicked on debian-updates main restricted then clicked "Clone" which made a copy of that repository then I double clicked the copy's line, which allowed me to edit the fields. I changed "main restricted" to "universe", then clicked

[Bug 49220] Re: [Edgy] Broken packages while trying to install libgtk2.0-dev

2007-02-18 Thread Steve White
Hi, Sebastian, This appears not to be a problem with that particular package, but here I'm looking at my Adept Manager under Manage Repositories, and I don't see anything about edgy-updates/universe. Could you tell me how to do that? Since I have only modified the repositories using Adept Manag

[Bug 49220] Re: [Edgy] Broken packages while trying to install libgtk2.0-dev

2007-02-18 Thread Steve White
I'm having the same problem. There is definately something wrong with the files on one of the repositories. libgtk2.0-dev: Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (= 2.10.6-0ubuntu3) but 2.10.6-0ubuntu3.1 is to be installed This is right. I see that libgtk2.0 with the 3.1 sub-version is in fact installed, and the