[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2085552] Re: Remmina loses connection to rdp server on another Ubuntu box

2024-10-31 Thread John Rose
BTW I'm using Remmina to connect. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to remmina in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2085552 Title: Remmina loses connection to rdp server on another Ubuntu box Status in remmina package

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2085552] [NEW] Remmina loses connection to rdp server on another Ubuntu box

2024-10-24 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: I'm running Ubuntu 24.04 on both computers with both on same network. RDP Server on the host is configured using standard Ubuntu Settings app: both Remote Desktop Sharing & Remote Control set. Hostname is Laptop with Port 3389. Port 3389 has Port Forwarding for 3389 on Router

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2085552] Re: Remmina loses connection to rdp server on another Ubuntu box

2024-10-24 Thread John Rose
BTW ping to the RDP Server box fails. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to remmina in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2085552 Title: Remmina loses connection to rdp server on another Ubuntu box Status in remmina pac

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1968847] [NEW] Frequent popup asking for Gmail Calendar password

2022-04-13 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: I'm frequently being prompted by a popup (initiated by Thunderbird?) to input my password for Google Calendar, even though I've removed my Gmail account (with its data) from ThunderBird though I haven't deleted the Gmail a/c as I use that a/c for my Android phone's Gmail a/

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1898181] [NEW] No duplex printing

2020-10-02 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: On Ubuntu Focal desktop 64 bit, neither Samsung SCX-472FD monochrome laser printer nor HP M254dw colour laser printer prints duplex. Was OK on Ubuntu Bionic until upgrade to Focal. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: cups 2.3.1-9ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignatur

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1585635] Re: usb networked hard drive not recognised

2019-01-30 Thread John Rose
Ok niow. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1585635 Title: usb networked hard drive not recognised Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1251182] Re: Thunderbird: Deleted emails get lost instead of going to the Trash folder

2018-11-24 Thread John Rose
Still happening with T'bird 60.2.1 and Ubuntu Bionic: see Bug 1215524. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1251182 Title: Thunderbird: Deleted emails get lost instead o

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1798357] [NEW] After upgrade of Thunderbird to 60.2.1, Lightning extension is not compatible

2018-10-17 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: After upgrade of Thunderbird to 60.2.1, Lightning 5.4 extension is disabled as not compatible. No option to upgrade to Lightning version which is compatible. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: thunderbird 1:60.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 ProcVersionSignatur

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1787827] Re: Screen locks even though Screen Lock turned off

2018-10-13 Thread John Rose
** Package changed: compiz (Ubuntu) => gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1787827 Title: Screen locks even though Screen Lock

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1797678] Re: Printing stops with Status as "Idle - Filter failed"

2018-10-13 Thread John Rose
Solution found in Ask Ubuntu site at: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1081885/printer-stopped-working-after-upgrade-16-04-to-18-04 Solution is: sudo rmdir /usr/share/ghostscript/9.25/iccprofiles sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgs9-common -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1797678] Re: Printing stops with Status as "Idle - Filter failed"

2018-10-13 Thread John Rose
I forgot to say that the printer is a networked Samsung SCX-4729FD. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797678 Title: Printing stops with Status as "Idle - Filter failed" St

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1797678] [NEW] Printing stops with Status as "Idle - Filter failed"

2018-10-13 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: This happened after an upgrade from Xenial to Bionic on this Barebones PC. Interestingly after an upgrade from Xenial to Bionic on a Laptop this problem did not occur. It also occurred with a clean install on another Barebones PC, but was fixed by installing package hplip.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1215524] Re: Thunderbird deletes messages rather than move them to Deleted

2018-10-03 Thread John Rose
G, I've already attached screen prints of my Gmail list of folders in my Comments #9 & #22. Please clarify what you want. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1215524 Tit

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1789095] Re: Computer locks even when Screen Lock off

2018-08-27 Thread John Rose
It's not a crash or a hang. It locks in terms of the screen being blank and the login password being required to unlock the screen. Also, I put this glitch down to the xorg package but I could be wrong. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is s

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1789095] [NEW] Computer locks even when Screen Lock off

2018-08-26 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: Computer locks after a few minutes even when Automatic Screen Lock turned off. I've also tried Screen Lock after e.g. 30 minutes. This happens on both a new install of 18.04 (on this computer) or after an upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 on another computer. ProblemType: Bug Distr

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1215524] Re: Thunderbird deletes messages rather than move them to Deleted

2018-08-20 Thread John Rose
Rest of gmail Server Settings attached. No Trash folder. Local Language (in Ubuntu & T'bird Spell Checker) is English Great Britain (GB)/ United Kingdom (UK). ** Attachment added: "gmailServerSettings 2.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1215524/+attachment/5178163

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1215524] Re: Thunderbird deletes messages rather than move them to Deleted

2018-08-20 Thread John Rose
Hi G, It was stupid of me to forget about the delay option. Screenshot attached. ** Attachment added: "gmailServerSettings.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1215524/+attachment/5178148/+files/gmailServerSettings.png -- You received this bug notification because

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1336366] Re: In Firefox, pdf files do not open

2018-08-20 Thread John Rose
I no longer use Firefox due to this and other problems. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1336366 Title: In Firefox, pdf files do not open Status in firefox package in U

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1215524] Re: Thunderbird deletes messages rather than move them to Deleted

2018-08-20 Thread John Rose
Hi G, Not able to take screenshot showing drop down list as I as soon as I try to take a Screenshot (run by either clicking its icon in Favourites or by clicking the Show Apps icon and searching for Screenshot and pressing Enter) it removes the drop down list from the display and the .png file

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1215524] Re: Thunderbird deletes messages rather than move them to Deleted

2018-08-18 Thread John Rose
Hi G, I have Ubuntu 16.04 with T'bird 52.9.1 on 2 PCs and Ubuntu 18.04 (clean installed) with T'bird 52.9.1 on the other. All have same problem. None of them have a Trash folder. All have a Deleted folder created by T'bird (i.e. not by me). Your statement about the settings is correct except that

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1215524] Re: Thunderbird deletes messages rather than move them to Deleted

2018-08-17 Thread John Rose
I don't know about the "leave message on server" option. However, In Edit -> Account Settings -> -> Server Seetings, the option is set for "When I delete a message", "Move it to this folder" "Deleted on gmail". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1215524] Re: Thunderbird deletes messages rather than move them to Deleted

2018-08-16 Thread John Rose
Hi G BTW I use IMAP not POP. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1215524 Title: Thunderbird deletes messages rather than move them to Deleted Status in Mozilla Thunder

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1187710] Re: Sometimes garbage sent to printer

2018-08-12 Thread John Rose
No longer a problem. Please close ticket. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1187710 Title: Sometimes garbage sent to printer Status in cups package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1168450] Re: Printing to USB Printer Hangs

2018-08-12 Thread John Rose
No longer a problem. Please close ticket. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1168450 Title: Printing to USB Printer Hangs Status in cups package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1096397] Re: Cannot add printer attached to another PC in network

2018-08-11 Thread John Rose
No longer a problem. Please close ticket. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1096397 Title: Cannot add printer attached to another PC in network Status in cups package in Ub

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1766558] Re: Multiple Flashing Mouse Pointers

2018-07-30 Thread John Rose
Now happening on clean install of Bionic. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766558 Title: Multiple Flashing Mouse Pointers Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: New Bug des

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1215524] Re: Thunderbird deletes messages rather than move them to Deleted

2018-07-07 Thread John Rose
Hi g, In my server settings, I do you have the "leave messages on server" box checked I'm reluctant to change that as sometimes: I delete a message by accident, or later I realise that I shouldn't have deleted it. When I do either of those deleted actions, that results in the message being prope

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1215524] Re: Thunderbird deletes messages rather than move them to Deleted

2018-07-06 Thread John Rose
This is still a problem on Thunderbird 52.8.0 64 bit.. I interrupted runningg "sudo apport-collect 1215524" after a minute because it didn't do anything in my browser (Chrome as I no longer use Firefox; it didn't launch Firefox either). Terminal output was: The authorization page: (https://laun

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1766558] Re: Multiple Flashing Mouse Pointers

2018-05-14 Thread John Rose
This is now Ok without my having done anything except run Software Update. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766558 Title: Multiple Flashing Mouse Pointers Status in xorg

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1766558] [NEW] Multiple Flashing Mouse Pointers

2018-04-24 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: When I move the mouse, multiple flashing mouse pointers appear on the display. Sometimes they disappear in a few seconds and sometimes they stay for minutes or until I've moved the proper pointer to another app. This only happens when I'm using a USB SSD to boot and start Ubun

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1758070] Re: Switching users takes excessive time

2018-04-17 Thread John Rose
It's been almost a month since I posted this bug. It would be nice if someone looked at it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-greeter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758070 Title: Switching users takes e

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1758070] Re: Switching users takes excessive time

2018-04-16 Thread John Rose
Over 3 weeks and nobody has posted a reply/comment/solution. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-greeter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758070 Title: Switching users takes excessive time Status in unity-

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-23 Thread John Rose
The solution is too obvious! I looked at https://askubuntu.com/questions/638446/why-do-the-video-players-make-no- sound. There is a comment saying "Sound Settings -> Applications -> See If 'Videos' Is Muted". Volume was at zero for VLC Media Player when it was playing the mp3 file. As soon as I inc

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-23 Thread John Rose
I should have said that there was no sound even with Clementine or All Settings -> Sound -> Test Sound until I did "pulseaudio -k" command. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-23 Thread John Rose
I've just tried reinstalling pulseaudio and currently installed related packages. These packages were: libpulse0, libpulsedsp, pulseaudio, pulseaudio-module-x11, pulseaudio-utils, pulseaudio-module-bluetooth, gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio, libcanberra-pulse, libpulse-dev, libpulse-mainloop-glib0, pavu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1758070] [NEW] Switching users takes excessive time

2018-03-22 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: I'm not sure if this is the correct package on which to report this problem. Everything fine (took a few seconds) on switching users until a couple of days ago. Now it takes approx 30 econds to do so with lots of flashing on screen. Also, when user goes away from PC for a whil

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-22 Thread John Rose
There was no ~./asoundrc or ~/.config/pulse/daemon.conf. I moved ~/.config/totem & ~/.config/vlc to another directory. I tried vlc & totem again: still no sound. I've compared the files in ~/.config/totem & ~/.config/vlc with those on other PC and much the same. I then tried to move the ~./confi

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-22 Thread John Rose
I just checked vlc & totem audio for another user (i.e. login) on this PC and everything Ok. So what could be different about my user specifics as compared to another user? gstreamer1.0-libav is installed on all 3 PCs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Pa

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-22 Thread John Rose
Another interesting point is that totem has no dependencies on packages with "ffmpeg" or "libav" as part of the package name. So what is common to totem & vlc that prevents audio working whereas it works on banshee & clementine? Comment #33 implies that the problem is not with ffmpeg as ffplay ha

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-21 Thread John Rose
Apologies. I forgot to attach the log. I'm so used to Thunderbird where it reminds you if you forget to make an attachment identified as needing one from the email. ** Attachment added: "vlc-ffplay Verbose Terminal.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/+bug/1755144/+attachment/

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-21 Thread John Rose
I ran the vlc & ffplay commands suggested above to give a log which is attached. Is "mpgatofixed32 audio converter error: libmad error: bad main_data_begin pointer" in the vlc significant as it's not in the ffplay log? ffmpeg version 3.2.6-1~backport1.1~xenial package is part of the get-iplayer

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-21 Thread John Rose
Another piece of information. Looking at the documentation for ffmpeg, it mentioned ffplay. So I tried that in Terminal (attached) and the sound was working. So what's so different between ffmpeg a& ffplay? BTW I reverted back to the get_iplayer ppa for ffmpeg as that ppa (using ffmpeg) works Ok on

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-21 Thread John Rose
Here is something really interesting. mplayer (from CLI) plays mp3 Ok. mplayer has libav/ffmpeg dependencies of libavcodec-ffmpeg56, libavutil-ffmpeg & libavformat-ffmpeg56. vlc only has the first 2 of those packages as libav/ffmpeg dependencies. So my deduction is that this problem has nothing

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-21 Thread John Rose
I've now checked all the ffmpeg & libav packages against those on the PC on which sound works. They all match and I've done all the reinstalls again but still sound doesn't play for vlc on mp3 files. I can't think of anything to do next. I don't want to reinstall Ubuntu as that's a big job in terms

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-20 Thread John Rose
How did you work out to do sudo apt install --reinstall libavutil-ffmpeg54/xenial libavresample-ffmpeg2/xenial libavformat-ffmpeg56/xenial libavfilter-ffmpeg5/xenial libavdevice-ffmpeg56/xenial libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56/xenial libavcodec-extra/xenial as per comment #19? i.e. how did you identif

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-20 Thread John Rose
Yes you're correct in that I meant totem (not vlc) when I was referring to playing a video file after "sudo apt remove gstreamer1.0-libav". When you say a complete reinstall, do you mean a complete reinstall of Ubuntu? Isn't there a way of removing ffmpeg packages and reinstalling them? -- You

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-20 Thread John Rose
I've tried mp3, ogg, wav and aac: all fail to make audio work. Screen shot of vlc->Tools->Preferences->Audio attached. This command does NOT make audio work in Totem for an mp4 video file? sudo apt remove gstreamer1.0-libav It actually caused vlc to say that it needed the gstreamer1.0-libav pl

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-19 Thread John Rose
BTW I've also checked the versions (in Synaptic) for ffmpeg, gstreamer, libav packages. The installed & latest versions all match. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17551

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-19 Thread John Rose
Just tried above forced reinstalls. Still vlc won't audibly play mp3 files. all.txt (output of all packages) attached. ** Attachment added: "all.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1755144/+attachment/5083909/+files/all.txt -- You received this bug notification be

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-19 Thread John Rose
I thought that I'd just mention another bug 1753385 (for Sound Converter) now as I didn't think that it was relevant to this bug until now. Sound Converter (which I use occasionally, mostly for converting wav files to mp3 files) stopped working on this barebones PC approx a week ago. In fact I wrot

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-16 Thread John Rose
Done the downgrade (all.txt attached showing downgrade 3.7 successful. Tried vlc with mp3 files again and still doesn't work. ** Attachment added: "all.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1755144/+attachment/5081080/+files/all.txt -- You received this bug notificat

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-16 Thread John Rose
The purge & reboot made no difference. For the last instruction, did you mean to install ALL the approx 30 deb files? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1755144 Title:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-16 Thread John Rose
I've done all the above previously and have done all the above just now. Still no audio on this PC for mp3 files using vlc, but audio Ok on other very similar (both barebones Intel with same memory) PC with same software (i.e. Ubuntu 16.04, vlc). Other (new) PC had recent install from 16.04.3 and u

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-15 Thread John Rose
all.txt attached as requested. ** Attachment added: "all.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1755144/+attachment/5080156/+files/all.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-15 Thread John Rose
The above packages are in (and only in) https://launchpad.net/~jon- hedgerows/+archive/ubuntu/get-iplayer. That ppa also uses other libav type packages. I use that ppa in order to use get_iplayer app as the BBC keep changing iPlayer re their servers for it. I used y-ppa-manager (from https://launc

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-14 Thread John Rose
I did the "sudo dpkg -i *,deb" after cd to the directory containing the downloaded 3.7 pulseaudio deb files. All installed with warnings about downgrading from 3.8 to 3.7. However, there was now a No Entry sign on the 'systray'. So I ran Synaptic and there were 3 'missing' packages, namely: libp

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-13 Thread John Rose
I just wanted to check the best method of uninstalling the existing corresponding packages & installing these downloaded packages without having dependency problems. I'm not a Sysadmin so I don't know the best method. The reason I ask is that when I try using Synaptic to do the uninstall I get remo

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] Re: No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-13 Thread John Rose
I checked out your suggestion of "System Settings > Sound > Applications and verify (while running) that the problematic applications aren't muted or have different volume": check was Ok. I'll try the reverting to previous pulseaudio suggestion later. I have a question. This PC doesn't play an mp

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1755144] [NEW] No audio on vlc or videos sound or video files

2018-03-12 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: Up until a few weeks ago there was no problem with playing sound from mp3 files. I have a pair of usb speakers. Audio plays Ok on them for video clips using Chrome (e.g. from BBC website). Using vlc 2.2.2 (from Ubuntu repos), neither a CD nor DVD (video is Ok) nor mp3 file

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1723593] Re: HP2540 Printer installs Ok but does not print

2017-10-17 Thread John Rose
Can you make a cups-filters-core-drivers version 1.13.0-2 package for 16.04? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to hplip in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1723593 Title: HP2540 Printer installs Ok but does not print

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1723593] Re: HP2540 Printer installs Ok but does not print

2017-10-17 Thread John Rose
I forgot to mention that I tried to use the driverless ppd generator utility program (as detailed in http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/zesty/man1/driverless.1.html) in order to generate an appropriate ppd file. However, the program is not available in Ubuntu 16.04 as it's part of the cups-filters

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1723593] Re: HP2540 Printer installs Ok but does not print

2017-10-17 Thread John Rose
I have looked at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/ReleaseNotes#Driverless_Printing For http://localhost:6/ and http://localhost:60001/, I get "Site can't be reached. So I tried http://localhost:631/ which allowed me to get into the Printer Modify for the HP 2540 printer. However,there is n

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1723593] Re: HP2540 Printer installs Ok but does not print

2017-10-16 Thread John Rose
Output of lpstat commands: john@Desktop:~$ lpstat -o HP-Deskjet-2540-series-1691 john 48128 Tue 17 Oct 2017 06:42:47 BST john@Desktop:~$ lpstat -p printer HP-Deskjet-2540-series now printing HP-Deskjet-2540-series-1691. enabled since Tue 17 Oct 2017 06:42:47 BST Processing

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1723593] Re: HP2540 Printer installs Ok but does not print

2017-10-16 Thread John Rose
CUPS Error Log attached. ** Attachment added: "error_log.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/1723593/+attachment/4972944/+files/error_log.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to hplip in Ubuntu. http

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1723593] Re: HP2540 Printer installs Ok but does not print

2017-10-16 Thread John Rose
USB Printer instructions output contained in USB.tar.gz attached: 2. lsmod.txt 3. tail.txt 6. lsusb.txt 7. ls.txt 8. sudo.txt & hp-info.txt 9. hp-makeuri.txt 10. lpinfo.txt ** Attachment added: "USB.tar.gz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/1723593/+attachment/4972941/+files

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1723593] [NEW] HP2540 Printer installs Ok but does not print

2017-10-14 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: HP2540 All In One printer printed under Ubuntu 14.04. But does not print under Ubuntu 16.04. Have tried removing and installing printer without success. Tried installing hplip 3.16.3 package. Printer found Ok but did nothing when I tried to print test page. Printer Properties

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1669427] Re: Cannot open audio files in toc.bin

2017-03-02 Thread John Rose
I forgot that I'd copied the .toc & .bin files to another directory. I then used the .toc file in that directory as the Image file to Brasero. Silly me! What confused me was the default creation of a .toc file where Brasero used to create a .cue file by default. -- You received this bug notificat

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1669427] [NEW] Cannot open audio files in toc.bin

2017-03-02 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: I created a .toc and toc.bin from a cd using Brasero. I noted that Brasero used to create a .cue and .bin: I last did this on 19 January 2017. When I try to copy the created .toc, Brasero finds it Ok but then says that it cannot open each of the audio files in the .toc.bin: pl

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1640020] [NEW] Firefox 49 under Xenial is unusable

2016-11-07 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: In the last week Firefox has become unusable. When I try to connect to a website, it usually fails.I am using fully up to dateXenial. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: firefox 49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66-generic

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1384303] Re: Cannot scan using Canon Lide 25 with simple-scan on 14.04. on USB 3.0, USB 2.0 works

2016-10-22 Thread John Rose
I should have said that it's the same version for libsane. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to simple-scan in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1384303 Title: Cannot scan using Canon Lide 25 with simple-scan on 14.04.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1384303] Re: Cannot scan using Canon Lide 25 with simple-scan on 14.04. on USB 3.0, USB 2.0 works

2016-10-22 Thread John Rose
Not fixed in sane-utils version 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2, assuming that that is the package for sane-backends. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to simple-scan in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1384303 Title: Can

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1384303] Re: Cannot scan using Canon Lide 25 with simple-scan on 14.04.

2016-10-06 Thread John Rose
Correction: 2 lines added to /etc/sane.d/plustek.conf were: [usb] 0x04a9 0x2220 device /dev/usbscanner BTW the sane project shows the scanner as supported: CanoScan LiDE25 USB 0x04a9/0x2220 Goodplustek (0.52) sane-plustek -- You received this bug notification because y

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1384303] Re: Cannot scan using Canon Lide 25 with simple-scan on 14.04.

2016-10-06 Thread John Rose
I'm not going to install another version of Ubuntu to test if the bug is fixed. Bug still not fixed on 16.04: on 2 computers, one upgraded and one fresh install. lsusb sees scanner: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04a9:2220 Canon, Inc. CanoScan LIDE 25 "sudo sane-find-scanner" sees scanner: found USB scan

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1585635] [NEW] usb networked hard drive not recognised

2016-05-25 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: I used to be able to access my usb hard disk (connected to router) in Nautilus but no longer can do so. This is strange as the router's admin sees it (screenshot attached). PS on a thread in AskUbuntu, it suggested using the command "sudo mount -o nosuid,uid=,gid= //192.168.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1582251] [NEW] CUPS does not find network Samsung SCX-4729FD printer

2016-05-16 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: CUPS does not find network Samsung SCX-4729FD printer i.e. one connected to router's ethernet socket. This error is intermittent. It occurs because I have to keep deleting and adding networked Samsung SCX-4729FD printer, due to desktop being informed that printer is not connec

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1582156] [NEW] Firefox displays Restore tabs option after Login

2016-05-16 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: Firefox displays Restore tabs option after login i.e. rather than displaying previous tabs. This occurs even though I have the Preferences option set accordingly. However, if I close Firefox & restart it, the tabs are displayed correctly. I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit desktop

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1581915] [NEW] Simple Scan does not recognise HP 2540 printer scanner

2016-05-14 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: Simple Scan does not recognise HP 2540 printer scanner. However,Xsane recognises it (and scanning works with it). lsusb shows it: Bus 002 Device 008: ID 03f0:c211 Hewlett-Packard john@Desktop:~$ apt-cache policy xsane xsane: Installed: 0.998-5ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.998-5u

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1384303] Re: Cannot scan using Canon Lide 25 with simple-scan on 14.04.

2016-05-14 Thread John Rose
This is a regression bug as noth Simple Scan & Xsane used to work with my Canon Lide 25 scanner. Scanner not recognised by xsane even though using USB2. root@Desktop:/home/john# lsusb Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04a9:2220 Canon, Inc. CanoScan LIDE 25 root@Desktop:/home/john# lsb_release -rd Descripti

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1527711] [NEW] Held package libgm1 after upgrade from Trusty to Wily

2015-12-18 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: I've upgraded from Trusty to Wily (via Vivid, if I remember correctly). Afterwards 'apt-get upgrade' shows libgbm1 (& xorg) as kept back & not to upgrade. Synaptic shows libgbm1-lts-vivid as installed. Not really sure if this is a bug. PS Not sure if this is connected, but

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1344741] Re: get English(US) even though I have selected English(UK) for keyboard setting

2015-11-11 Thread John Rose
Happens to me intermitttently on this laptop but not on my desktop, both using Ubuntu 14.04. My guess is that it's only happening after change of Linux kernel. headers on Software Update. Even though keyboard is shown as English (UK) (using keyboard 'icon' on top right of screen), keyboard has bec

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1515329] [NEW] Xorg freeze

2015-11-11 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: When trying to switch users, desktop computer hangs with blank screen. It doesn't always happen when switching user. Freeze occurs immediately i.e. dose not display anything else before hanging. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 ProcV

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1384303] Re: Cannot scan using Canon Lide 25 with simple-scan on 14.04.

2015-09-03 Thread John Rose
Not sure if my issue is this bug. Trusty used to be able to find & scan using Canoscan LIDE 25 on usb 2.0 port. I used to be able to scan using this scanner: last used approx 2 months ago. This also happens with XSane. HP 2540 found & useable using XSane. scanimage -L does not display the Canoscan

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1450332] Re: Xorg freeze

2015-05-06 Thread John Rose
If I understand correctly the web page referred to above, I should: sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-lts-utopic xserver-xorg-lts-utopic libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-utopic libegl1-mesa-drivers-lts-utopic I'm reluctant to do this, as the web page does not state the reversion method

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1450332] Re: Xorg freeze

2015-05-05 Thread John Rose
Downloaded and tried Vivid as instructed. I added 2 users. Logging into both successively, I was able to start apps & switch back & forth OK between the users. Thus, no freeze problem with this version of Vivid. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, w

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1450332] Re: Xorg freeze

2015-05-04 Thread John Rose
I was not able to upgrade BIOS FA to FB because FB has the wrong Id. This is due to the motherboard being Rev 2.0 (checked by looking at motherboard). In other words, the PC seller forced in the wrong BIOS - FA which is for Rev 2.2 . So I upgraded the BIOS to FH - the latest non- beta for Rev 2.0 d

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1041573] Re: Prints single sided when duplex selected on Brother HL-5250DN printer

2015-05-03 Thread John Rose
Now using Trusty. No longer have Brother printer. But duplex works OK on my Samsung SCX printer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1041573 Title: Prints single sided when du

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1450332] [NEW] Xorg freeze

2015-04-30 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: Switching user (i.e. using hotspot at top right of screen) results in a blank screen. Not sure which package this applies to. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-51.84-generic 3.13.11-ckt18 Uname: Lin

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1318199] Re: Can't change password

2014-12-28 Thread John Rose
It's even worse now than when reported. Trying passwords containing upper case character(s), lower case character(s), numbers & special character such as ! does not enable the Change button. Also, using sudo passwd userid allows me to change the password from a non-passworded account but does not a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1349062] Re: CUPS cannot find a networked printer

2014-07-28 Thread John Rose
I noticed that there was a preconfigured rule for bonjour in GUFW. So I requested it (it then allowed 5353udp & 5298all, on In) & I was able to add a printer & use it. Interestingly, my desktop does not have these 'allowed' but printing is still OK. Anyway, I've added this preconfigured rule to my

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1349062] Re: CUPS cannot find a networked printer

2014-07-28 Thread John Rose
I use the same GUFW firewall on both computers. Both use the Home profile allowing any thing out & certain apps in (e.g. CUPS, Samba, SSH). Do Bonjour/DNS-SD broadcasts use a specific port? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1349062] Re: CUPS cannot find a networked printer

2014-07-28 Thread John Rose
Just done the same on my desktop (connected by ethernet whereas laptop is connected by wireless). That showed the printer under 'Web Site' sub- section & printer is able to print from it. Both computers run 64 bit Trusty. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop P

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1349062] Re: CUPS cannot find a networked printer

2014-07-28 Thread John Rose
Printer did not appear in window's list. Only 'device' in nested list was my laptop, which was only computer switched on. PS running avahi-discover required installation of it which also caused installation of python-avahi. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Deskto

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1349062] Re: CUPS cannot find a networked printer

2014-07-27 Thread John Rose
Presumablt avahi-daemon in installed du to: john@Laptop:~$ dpkg -l | grep avahi-daemon ii avahi-daemon0.6.31-4ubuntu1 amd64Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon john@Laptop:~$ ps auxwww | grep avahi-daemon avahi

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1349062] [NEW] CUPS cannot find a networked printer

2014-07-27 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: Using Trusty, printing to a printer (attached to my router) was OK. however since about a week ago, printing fails i.e. nothing happens. Deleting the printer & trying to Add it again results in the printer no longer being shown in the Add Printer dialog. Ping 192.168.101.20 i

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 465916] Re: CUPS DNS-SD (Bonjour/mDNS/Zeroconf/Avahi) not broadcasting

2014-07-27 Thread John Rose
PS The standard Add Printer dialog does not find the Samsung networked pnte. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465916 Title: CUPS DNS-SD (Bonjour/mDNS/Zeroconf/Avahi) not br

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 465916] Re: CUPS DNS-SD (Bonjour/mDNS/Zeroconf/Avahi) not broadcasting

2014-07-27 Thread John Rose
This bug appears to be back on Trusty, with a Samsung laser printer attached to my router. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465916 Title: CUPS DNS-SD (Bonjour/mDNS/Zeroconf

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1251182] Re: Thunderbird: Deleted emails get lost instead of going to the Trash folder

2014-07-02 Thread John Rose
This is still happening in Trusty, with Thunderbird 24.6.0. I do not understand the delay in fixing it as the bug's importance is High. Alos, I am not able to do the workaround (as specified in the previous post) as the Location (in Properties) of my Deleted local folder (I do not have a Trash loca

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1336366] Re: In Firefox, pdf files do not open

2014-07-01 Thread John Rose
An example is on the web page: http://www.drainagesuperstore.co.uk/product/waterproofing-solutions/ecoproof-liquid-rubber-membrane/ecoproof-liquid-rubber-strengthening-tape-300mm-x-100m.html with the Data Sheet & Product brochure links. -- You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1336366] [NEW] In Firefox, pdf files do not open

2014-07-01 Thread John Rose
Public bug reported: In Firefox, clicking a link to a pdf file does not cause evince to start up & display the file's contents. A new tab opens but the Firefox home page is displayed. This used to wotk in Precise. PS I've tried installing mozplugger but it made no difference. ProblemType: Bug D

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1320145] Re: Nautilus does not show type, user, password options on 'Connect to server'

2014-05-19 Thread John Rose
I found the solution in 'Ask Ubuntu'. sshfs package is not automatically installed on a clean Trusty install. It should be automatically installed. 'sudo apt-get install sshfs' & restart allows (e.g. ssh://192.168.1.4) entry into Server Address box of 'Connect to Server' dialog. -- You received t

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