[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2056434] Re: Thunderbird profile not migrated to snap

2024-09-01 Thread Anthony Kamau
UPDATE: I finally decided against re-downloading >15GB of enails. I've since deployed Thunderbird via tarball and all is well. Will try this again in a few months/years... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2056434] Re: Thunderbird profile not migrated to snap

2024-08-31 Thread Anthony Kamau
And here is the other screenshot of the missing emails. ** Attachment added: "Missing emails" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/2056434/+attachment/5811732/+files/thunderbird-issues.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Package

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2056434] Re: Thunderbird profile not migrated to snap

2024-08-31 Thread Anthony Kamau
I too am affected by this bug and I'm migrating later than all these other 4 months since the last post. Yet, I'm in this predicament. snap info thunderbird shows I'm running: installed: 128.1.0esr-1(507) 156MB - Starting thunderbird after first install it created a new prof

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1603430] Re: Firefox dropdowns in wrong location

2019-11-15 Thread Anthony Kamau
I too have been seeing this issue on my Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS installation and after living with it for a long long time, decided to hunt down reports of others with the issue. As I now see, it is a known issue. That sort of made me feel better - specifically that misery loves company - :(. Here is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1640970] Re: 16.10: VPN Connections -> Configure VPN grayed out

2017-03-17 Thread Anthony Kamau
** Attachment added: "syslog lines pertinent to vpn connection failure" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1640970/+attachment/4839770/+files/failure -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1640970] Re: 16.10: VPN Connections -> Configure VPN grayed out

2017-03-17 Thread Anthony Kamau
** Attachment added: "syslog lines pertinent to vpn connection success" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1640970/+attachment/4839771/+files/success -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1640970] Re: 16.10: VPN Connections -> Configure VPN grayed out

2017-03-17 Thread Anthony Kamau
I'm also going to add to this. I have just done a clean install of 16.04 LTS and OpenVPN connects intermittently. Despite installing openvpn, network-manager-openvpn, and network-manager-openvpn-gnome, the "Configure VPN..." option remains grayed out. In addition, after creating my VPN profile v

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1292113] Re: CTRL+ALT+T - shortcut to open Terminal is does not work

2015-07-14 Thread Anthony Kamau
I get this from time to time as well and it gets frustrating. I can resolve the issue by restarting lightdm (or rebooting), but it is frustrating as hell as I'm heavily dependent on that shortcut. For instance, I currently have 6 VM's running on my laptop and right now have to shut them down just

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1181106] Re: Failed to change profile to A2DP in 13.04 (Raring), 13.10 (saucy), and 14.04 (trusty)

2014-05-08 Thread Anthony Kamau
I have the same problem and the solution for me was to manually change the profile. This post on the Ubuntu forums was very helpful: http://askubuntu.com/questions/287254/ubuntu-13-04-bluetooth-a2dp-does-not-work In essence, you need to run the following command to switch profile to a2dp: sudo

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1273832] Re: [fglrx] Lockscreen/lid-close xserver freeze if UXA accel used.

2014-02-17 Thread Anthony Kamau
UPDATE: I got tired of the workaround and reverted to gnome-screensaver which has since fixed my blank screen w/ mouse issue: sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop gnome-screensaver sudo apt-get remove --purge xscreensaver* && sudo apt-get autoremove I'm now back to a bland blank scree

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1273832] Re: [fglrx] Lockscreen/lid-close xserver freeze if UXA accel used.

2014-02-15 Thread Anthony Kamau
Recently I underwent a botched nvidia-prime install that left a bitter taste in my mouth: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/+bug/1249067 I had to purge my system of all nvidia drivers (apt-get --purge remove nvidia\*), then reinstall them: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1249067] Re: nvidia prime causes freeze at start up

2014-02-14 Thread Anthony Kamau
Let me add that although nvidia-prime maybe working for some, the above statement should really have quantified it more to be specific to my use case: Dell Precision M6700 w/ Optimus Tech 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) 01:0

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1249067] Re: nvidia prime causes freeze at start up

2014-02-14 Thread Anthony Kamau
In the end, I just gave up on nvidia-prime and went back to bumblebee: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee Hopefully by the time I'm migrating to the next LTS version, nvidia- prime will be ready for prime time - ;)! Cheers, ak. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of D

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1249067] Re: nvidia prime causes freeze at start up

2014-02-07 Thread Anthony Kamau
I've just noticed that when I attempt to purge nvidia-331*, systems insists on installing nvidia-304. Why? # apt-get --purge remove nvidia-331 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: nvidia-3

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1249067] Re: nvidia prime causes freeze at start up

2014-02-07 Thread Anthony Kamau
I'm using bumblebee to enable optimus. Is this functionality now built into the Nvidia driver? Cheers, ak. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1249067 Title: nvidia

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1249067] Re: nvidia prime causes freeze at start up

2014-02-07 Thread Anthony Kamau
Below is a transcript of what happened (I ran the commands as root - sudo su -): # apt-get --purge remove nvidia-331-updates nvidia-331 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: nvidia-304 nvidi

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1249067] Re: nvidia prime causes freeze at start up

2014-02-05 Thread Anthony Kamau
According to my apt history log: Start-Date: 2014-02-05 08:00:40 Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.80' Upgrade: nvidia-prime:amd64 (0.4.2~hybrid0.0.1, 0.5~hybrid0.0.2), lightdm:amd64 (1.2.3-0ubuntu2.3, 1.2.3-0ubuntu2.4), python-apt:amd64 (0.8.3ubuntu7.1, 0.8.3ubuntu7

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1249067] Re: nvidia prime causes freeze at start up

2014-02-05 Thread Anthony Kamau
** Attachment added: "update-alternatives --display x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/+bug/1249067/+attachment/3970807/+files/1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prim

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1249067] Re: nvidia prime causes freeze at start up

2014-02-05 Thread Anthony Kamau
** Attachment added: "update-alternatives --display i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/+bug/1249067/+attachment/3970808/+files/2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1249067] Re: nvidia prime causes freeze at start up

2014-02-04 Thread Anthony Kamau
This morning (20140205 @ ~8am AEDST) accepted an update on my system (nvidia-prime amongst others). However, I was unable to login afterwards. After prowling my /var/log folder, I came across /var/log /nvidia-prime-upstart.log (attached) which suggested that nvidia-prime was the issue. I was th

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1249067] Re: nvidia prime causes freeze at start up

2014-02-04 Thread Anthony Kamau
Attaching /var/log/nvidia-prime-upstart.log ** Attachment added: "nvidia-prime-upstart.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/+bug/1249067/+attachment/3969442/+files/nvidia-prime-upstart.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packa