[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1966580] Re: Erroneously huge mouse pointer with snap-packaged firefox in jammy

2022-06-05 Thread Max Bowsher
Laptop: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 14-ea0xxx Graphics: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] Resolution: 3000x2000 Mostly uncustomized out-of-the-box Ubuntu, the one notable choice being to use the gnome-xorg session type (declining to use the Ubuntu customisations to gnome-session, declining

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1966580] Re: Erroneously huge mouse pointer with snap-packaged firefox in jammy

2022-05-28 Thread Max Bowsher
Sorry, I am opposed to Canonical forcing snap on Ubuntu users and do not wish to spend my personal time on supporting that. I'll just use a non-snap distribution mechanism instead. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1966580] [NEW] Erroneously huge mouse pointer with snap-packaged firefox in jammy

2022-03-27 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: I just upgraded to jammy, and the mouse cursor now becomes comically huge whilst it's over a Firefox window. I suspect this might be something to do with this being a HiDPI laptop. I'm also fairly upset about the overcomplicated - and apparently broken - snaps being enforc

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765911] Re: Major performance regression from Ubuntu 17.10 with i915

2018-05-06 Thread Max Bowsher
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1765911 Title: Major performance regression from Ubuntu 17.10 w

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1765911] Re: Major performance regression from Ubuntu 17.10 with i915

2018-05-05 Thread Max Bowsher
Similar/same issue observed on HP Spectre 13 (2017 model) which has exactly the same Intel HD 520 graphics. Bad enough that I had to reinstall 17.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1438510] Re: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no longer supports a2dp

2016-07-18 Thread Max Bowsher
Acting on Cyril's suggestion above, I downloaded the Debian 8.0-2 source package, rebuilt it locally, and installed it. It seems to have fixed the problem for me. So perhaps the problem really is in the Ubuntu delta? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packag

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1438510] Re: [REGRESSION] bluetooth headset no longer supports a2dp

2016-04-25 Thread Max Bowsher
I'm not sure if this helps, but I see pulseaudio logging an "Operation Not Authorized" message when things do not work: Apr 26 01:46:52 zenbook pulseaudio[3346]: [pulseaudio] module-bluez5-device.c: Acquiring transport /org/bluez/hci0/dev_20_74_CF_02_DB_F2/fd0 Apr 26 01:46:52 zenbook pulseaudio[3

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1289180] [NEW] Zoom dropdown is broken

2014-03-06 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Recently, within trusty, evince has broken so that the zoom selector in the top right of the window is inoperable. Clicking its dropdown arrow does not cause any UI to open. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: evince 3.10.3-0ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ub

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1282203] Re: gnome-terminal not respecting "Enable menu access keys" setting, inside the Unity desktop environment.

2014-03-05 Thread Max Bowsher
I observe that the menu access keys are correctly disabled if UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 is set in the environment, disabling the global menu to revert to menu bar drawn within the gnome-terminal window. Therefore, I've marked the bug as also affecting unity, as it seems highly likely that at least some o

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1167934] [NEW] gnome-disks crashed with SIGSEGV in udisks_drive_ata_get_smart_updated()

2013-04-11 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: I am seeing a repeatable crash in gnome-disks when unplugging a SATA HD whilst the "SMART Data" window for the HD in question is open. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.6.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 689593] Re: 2x100% CPU and memory usage growth when performing partition modifications via udisks

2013-04-07 Thread Max Bowsher
** Summary changed: - 2x100% CPU and memory usage growth when setting bootable flag in palimpsest + 2x100% CPU and memory usage growth when performing partition modifications via udisks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gn

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1165789] [NEW] Wifi indicator shows "disconnected" in between "connecting" and "connected" (raring regression)

2013-04-07 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: In quantal, the network-manager indicator progressed straight from "connecting" (pulsing/rippling wifi symbol) to "connected" (static wifi signal level indicator) when successfully connected. In raring, it shows the "disconnected" (outlined empty lack of wifi symbol) symbol f

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 cards in Quantal

2013-04-01 Thread Max Bowsher
The other option for people on Quantal is to upgrade to Raring. There's still no fglrx, but the open source radeon driver has improved a *lot*. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1162389] Re: Preferences inaccessible

2013-03-30 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1131754 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1131754 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1131754 [raring] Totem is missing the GNOME AppMenu functions: Open, Preferences, etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of D

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1158594] Re: Video is too yellow/bright, as if a grossly exaggerated gamma transform is applied (raring regression)

2013-03-30 Thread Max Bowsher
I think I've discovered mostly what had gone wrong - somehow in the process of going quantal->raring, either the various colour balance settings in totem got changed, or it changed how it interpreted the numerical values in dconf. When I dug around in dconf-editor, I found various colour-related se

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1162389] Re: Preferences inaccessible

2013-03-30 Thread Max Bowsher
Actually, on digging around in the glade file totem.ui, it would appear that the whole menu with id 'appmenu' is missing from the UI. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to totem in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1162389

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1162389] [NEW] Preferences inaccessible

2013-03-30 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: The menu option to open the Totem Preferences UI appears to have gone missing. There's evidence in the source code that there's supposed to be a preferences UI, and the online help states there should be an "Edit > Preferences" menu item, but it does not appear. ProblemType:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1158594] Re: Video is too yellow/bright, as if a grossly exaggerated gamma transform is applied (raring regression)

2013-03-21 Thread Max Bowsher
It looks like this may be a totem bug specifically, as if I launch the same file playing simultaneously through totem, gst-launch-0.10 and gst- launch-1.0 by executing the following in a terminal: totem rUgAgfO-16s.mp4 & gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=file:///home/maxb /rUgAgfO-16s.mp4 & gst-launch-0.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1158594] [NEW] Video is too yellow/bright, as if a grossly exaggerated gamma transform is applied (raring regression)

2013-03-21 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Some video files play in totem in raring appearing far too bright and yellowish - the appearance is similar to an excessively strong application of a gamma transform. To reproduce: 1) Download this video from youtube (~15MB): youtube-dl -f 18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1067876] Re: Missing "Safely Remove Drive" option from Quicklists. Only have "Eject".

2013-03-04 Thread Max Bowsher
> I have Quantal on USB-flash for testing. There are 70+ users of Quantal, > which are affected by this bug. > As far I know Quantal is supported until 2014 April. I hope you can fix > this bug in Quantal using another method in near future. It doesn't sound like a very effective use of developers

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 cards in Quantal

2012-11-07 Thread Max Bowsher
lspci has this to say about it: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV730 [FirePro V5700] The balance of evidence regarding the FirePro V5700 seems to be support was dropped in 8.982, and the AMD website is just getting it wrong when it offers 8.982.x for the F

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 cards in Quantal

2012-11-07 Thread Max Bowsher
My FirePro V5700 ceased to work with the fglrx driver with the exact same update, in the exact same way, as described here, and has the same underlying chip as Radeon HDs known to be affected. The AMD website is hardly a shining example of consistency - there's an 8.982 Linux driver offered for th

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards in Quantal

2012-11-06 Thread Max Bowsher
@ Christopher Penalver: Why are you so very determined to make this bug's description LESS useful for users? I have a FirePro V5700 [RV730] which is affected by this. The nomenclature "HD2000-4000" doesn't identify this card at all. The chip information is vastly more useful in identifying whethe

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards in Quantal

2012-11-06 Thread Max Bowsher
** Description changed: Following the AMD decision to change to a new driver support model for Radeon™ HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series cards as per http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy- radeon_linux.aspx , fglrx-installer installs non-working drivers. NO

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards in Quantal

2012-11-06 Thread Max Bowsher
** Description changed: Following the AMD decision to change to a new driver support model for Radeon™ HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series cards as per http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy- radeon_linux.aspx , fglrx-installer installs non-working drivers. + + NO

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards in Quantal

2012-11-06 Thread Max Bowsher
@Christopher Penalver: Your comment-less removal of a useful part of the bug description after the confrontations already occurred in this bug is frankly rude. I shall add it back with additional notes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1005642] Re: Garbage written to state file, causing slow UI

2012-11-01 Thread Max Bowsher
This bug does not appear to related to light-themes, marking bugtask Invalid. ** Tags removed: patch ** Changed in: light-themes Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: gtk Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packag

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 945450] Re: Responsiveness: LightDM in ubuntu 12.04 very slow

2012-11-01 Thread Max Bowsher
** Tags removed: patch -- 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/945450 Title: Responsiveness: LightDM in ubuntu 12.04 very slow Status in GNOME Shell: Fix Released Stat

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1073369] [NEW] Ubuntu patch unconditionally breaks three-finger tap

2012-10-30 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: The Ubuntu gnome-settings-daemon package contains a patch disable_three_touch_tap.patch which unconditionally disables three- finger tap. This is annoying. I want to tap with three fingers to paste. There's a comment mentioning some kind of gestures, but whatever they are, n

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 877438] Re: [8xxx] Unity/compiz has sluggish performance on dual-head with nvidia driver

2012-10-18 Thread Max Bowsher
This bug is very much still present on Quantal. Environment: Quantal, at time of release. nvidia-current driver package. Quadro NVS 290/PCIe/SSE2 Guest session (no significant customizations) Simply maximizing a gnome-terminal takes more than 2 full seconds. -- You received this bug notificatio

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards

2012-10-16 Thread Max Bowsher
Additionally, I'd suggest that the release notes mention the "design names" i.e. R600 and R700 series as well as the marketing names, as my hardware, which is affected, doesn't include any "HD2000-4000" style indication in its lspci output: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards

2012-10-16 Thread Max Bowsher
I have added an ubuntu-release-notes bugtask to this bug, because I think it is appropriate to release-note a warning to users of older ATI hardware that due to AMD/ATI's failure to continue to support their hardware, they will not have the option of using fglrx after updating to Quantal. ** Also

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 977048] Re: Totem fails to play mp4 files originating from youtube

2012-04-21 Thread Max Bowsher
Another way to obtain a video file to reproduce this: $ sudo apt-get install youtube-dl $ youtube-dl -f 18 lk5_OSsawz4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gstreamer0.10 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977048 Title

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 982585] Re: Fails to play a video which VLC can play, and that totem/gstreamer in previous Ubuntu versions could play

2012-04-15 Thread Max Bowsher
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gstreamer0.10 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/982585 Title: Fails to play a video which VLC can play, and that totem/gstreamer in previous Ubuntu versions could play Status i

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 982585] [NEW] Fails to play a video which VLC can play, and that totem/gstreamer in previous Ubuntu versions could play

2012-04-15 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: totem/gstreamer in precise fails to play a video file which VLC in precise plays fine, and I believe I've played the same file in totem/gstreamer in older Ubuntu releases fine too. The symptoms of the failure are the totem properties declaring the video size to be 0x0 and nei

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 869311] Re: searchplugins installation damaged after natty->oneiric upgrade

2011-10-09 Thread Max Bowsher
Tested OK - successfully changes a distribution directory to a symlink. -- 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/869311 Title: searchplugins installation damaged after natty->on

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 869311] Re: searchplugins installation damaged after natty->oneiric upgrade

2011-10-09 Thread Max Bowsher
What would constitute adequate testing? Undoing manual fixing of the symlink back to being a directory, then upgrading, on an affected oneiric system? I can do that, though it might take a while, as I'm stuck on a ridiculously poor DSL line until Tuesday. -- You received this bug notification bec

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 869562] Re: totem CPU usage playing DVD is excessive - oneiric regression

2011-10-06 Thread Max Bowsher
Well, now I feel silly. Turns out CPU usage under natty was comparably high, I just never noticed until looking at things with a post-release critical eye for regressions. ** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 869562] [NEW] totem CPU usage playing DVD is excessive - oneiric regression

2011-10-06 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: After an upgrade to oneiric, I noticed totem is using an excessive amount of CPU to play a DVD - top shows between 20% - 26% on an "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 820 @ 1.73GHz" I don't have figures for natty trivially available, but I feel based on perceptions of fan spee

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 869311] [NEW] searchplugins installation damaged after natty->oneiric upgrade

2011-10-06 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: I did a natty->oneiric distribution upgrade today, and was left with "Ask.com" as the only option in the Firefox search box. The upgrade was from/to the following versions of the firefox package: 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 After