[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1970148] Re: Brave & Chrome browsers freezes on download and print to pdf

2022-10-15 Thread John Bester
I tried apt install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome and since it was installed I tried reinstall and also rebooted and logged out and back in - none of these options solved the problem. But I found a different solution. Brave was installed before upgrade to 22.04, so I did an apt purge brave-browser and

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1820866] [NEW] File dialog extremely slow

2019-03-19 Thread John Bester
Public bug reported: >From any application where you have a "save as" or "open" option, the dialog displays, but it takes forever. I have a i5 with 16GB RAM and 2 SSD's, so the machine is not slow. However, if I use gedit and click open / Other documents it takes 6 to 7 seconds before the file dia

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 794415] Re: Seg fault on launch

2016-06-24 Thread John Bester
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 753520 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/753520 I have seen Remmina causing a segmentation fault on startup many times. I always had to fix it by changing the default locale to en_US. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Deskt

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1577341] [NEW] 180, 000 _XSERVTrans error log lines on single boot

2016-05-02 Thread John Bester
Public bug reported: lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Release:16.04 uname -a Linux popeye 4.4.0-21-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 18 18:33:37 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux My PC booted in 18 seconds before upgrading to Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 - now it takes 2 minu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1404779] Re: Hp Designjet 130 prints part of page then freezes

2016-02-02 Thread John Bester
We have a HP-DesignJet 130 connected to Ubuntu 14.04 (upgraded from 12.04 in order to get plotter to work). The HP-DesignJet_130-cdnj500.ppd seems to be very close to a working solution. It seems as if all that is needed is for the buffer to be flushed and the paper ejected (manual load). All print

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1010349] Re: Evolution address book inaccessible without killing one time "e-addressbook-factory"

2013-01-29 Thread John Bester
I have had this problem for some time using Thunderbird. I have a "Google" addressbook that I cannot remember creating. After reading these posts (especially killing e-addressbook-factory) I seemed to have solved it for me (a Thunderbird user). The "Google" address book dates back to the time I use