[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1917926] Re: Window focus/clicking/moving failures for Xorg sessions in 3.38.3-3ubuntu1

2024-04-06 Thread jimav
The problem is still (or maybe regressed again?) there in Ubuntu 23.10, xorg session, with libmutter-13-0:amd64 Major non-gnome desktop apps, such as LibreOffice and Firefox to not raise when clicking in their titlebar, however gnome-terminal, gnome- settings and maybe other gnome-* raise as

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1976119] [NEW] Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-*

2022-05-27 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Every time 'evince' runs it prints this on the terminal: dbind-WARNING **: ... Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/user//at-spi/bus_0: Permission denied AFAICT this is the same as a very-old bug 1193236, but that bug was closed with a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1193236] Re: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-*

2022-05-27 Thread jimav
Still happening in May 2022 on xubuntu 22.04 with xfce -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193236 Title: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-09-04 Thread jimav
Upstream bug is https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/4597 ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues #4597 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/4597 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-27 Thread jimav
@vanvugt - No recent crash file was created in /var/crash, and neither at https://errors.ubuntu.com/user/ I re-ran the test using ssh and this time many "St-CRITICAL" warnings were written to the terminal, including this one surely indicates something bad: Object Gio.DBusProxy

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "typescript-processed_v2" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1937958/+attachment/5513620/+files/typescript-processed_v2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Extrqact from /var/log/syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1937958/+attachment/5513619/+files/ex_syslog.txt ** Attachment removed: "typescript-processed"

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
** Description changed: I wanted to report a gnome-shell bug with a backtrace, so tried to use the instructions in    https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Debugging - which say to do the following in a separate VT: + which say to do the following in an ssh login or separate VT:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
Correction in the last paragraph: The segfault was in gnome-shell, not gnome-session, IIRC ** Description changed: I wanted to report a gnome-shell bug with a backtrace, so tried to use the instructions in -https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Debugging +    

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1937958] [NEW] gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: I wanted to report a gnome-shell bug with a backtrace, so tried to use the instructions in    https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Debugging which say to do the following in a separate VT:   gnome_session=$(pgrep -u $USER gnome-session)   eval export $(sed

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1937119] [NEW] apt-add-repository --remove -S ... also deletes other components

2021-07-21 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: apt-add-repository --remove -S deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute xyzzx wrongly disables *every* component, not just xyzzx. This happens because the entire existing line is commented out in /etc/apt/sources.list rather than just editing out the deleted

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1881423] Re: error channel closing too late to send/recv

2020-11-23 Thread jimav
This is a problem because the errors also spew to the terminal -- corrupting whatever the user is doing now in the terminal. Firefox is started with a terminal if the user runs (possibly indirectly through a script) something which uses xdg-open, for example, on a file when firefox is the handler

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1837974] Re: Toggle-maximize-vertically/horiz fully maximzes (REGRESSION)

2020-08-12 Thread jimav
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1698083 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1698083 Something is strange here: That upstream bug is 5+ years old, yet this problem appeared in Ubuntu at most 3 years ago (vertical resize worked in Ubuntu 18.10) -- You received this bug notification because

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1886354] Re: Software app (gnome-software) Explore always hangs

2020-07-05 Thread jimav
I tried "sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-software" in case something was lost when upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04. Afterwards when I ran gnome-software, it said '"GNOME Software" needs to be restarted to use new plugins' but when I clicked "Restart Now", it hung. This time syslog had these

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1886354] Re: Software app (gnome-software) Explore always hangs

2020-07-05 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "syslog.txt -- logged during gnome-software" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1886354/+attachment/5390007/+files/syslog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1886354] [NEW] Software app (gnome-software) Explore always hangs

2020-07-05 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The Explore tab of the "Software" app seems to be completely non- functional. It shows an initial screen with "Editors Picks", etc. but if you do any search or click one of the Categories, a blank screen appears with a forever-spinning indicator. The following error is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1851551] [NEW] man page does not mention that -e is deprecated

2019-11-06 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: gnome-terminal -e 'command...' emits a warning: # Option “-e” is deprecated and might be removed in a later version of gnome-terminal. # Use “-- ” to terminate the options and put the command line to execute after it. However this is contrary to the man page, which says

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1851546] [NEW] Debug spew to stderr at startup

2019-11-06 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: gnome-terminal writes debug messages to stderr every time it starts up: # _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation gvfs (GDaemonVfs) for ‘gio-vfs’ # _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation dconf (DConfSettingsBackend) for ‘gsettings-backend’ #

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1838180] Re: apps use speakers when bluetooth headset is active (REGRESSION)

2019-07-28 Thread jimav
Ok, the mis-directed output seems to be fixed with a kernel 5.2. With the stock 5.0.0-21-generic, disconnecting BT in the Ubuntu gui does not actually disconnect immediately. Instead, the disconnect happens when BT is turned ON again in the gui! (based on my BT headset's synthesized

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1838177] Re: bluetooth->settings causes gnome-shell assertion failure, then many video-releated msgs

2019-07-28 Thread jimav
@Daniel Ach! Sorry, I posted to the wrong bug report. Please disregard comments #2 through #5 (when processing this bug report). ** Description changed: Whenever the "bluetooth settings" screen is opened, an assertion failure is logged from gnome-shell, followed by many video-related

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1838177] Re: bluetooth->settings causes gnome-shell assertion failure, then many video-releated msgs

2019-07-28 Thread jimav
Still a problem: When BT is turned "Off" in Ubuntu (using the speaker- icon thingie), the BT does not immediately report disconnection; but when BT it turned ON again in Ubuntu, *then* the headset says it lost the connection. (and at that point the original problem is present, where Ubuntu says

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1838177] Re: bluetooth->settings causes gnome-shell assertion failure, then many video-releated msgs

2019-07-28 Thread jimav
I found that removing the following "fixed" the problem: $HOME/.cache $HOME/.config/pulse $HOME/.config/sound-juicer $HOME/.gconf Don't know what exactly is(was) the problem. However I backed up my homedir first, so I can attach any of the deleted files here if that would be helpful. @devs

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1838177] [NEW] bluetooth->settings causes gnome-shell assertion failure, then many video-releated msgs

2019-07-27 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Whenever the "bluetooth settings" screen is opened, an assertion failure is logged from gnome-shell, followed by many video-related lines from gdm-x-session (syslog extract attached). The first part looks like this: gnome-shell[2872]: g_environ_setenv: assertion 'value !=

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1837974] [NEW] Toggle-maximize-vertically/horiz fully maximzes (REGRESSION)

2019-07-26 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Double-clicking a window title-bar now fully-maximizes the window, even though the action is set to "Toggle Maximize Vertically" or "Toggle Maximize Horizontally". In other words, those options now behave just like "Toggle Maximize". This problem started after I upgraded

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1814839] Re: "Sloppy" or "Focus on Hover" window focus is slow to respond, some keystrokes go to the wrong (old) window

2019-02-19 Thread jimav
Okay. Upstream bug is https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues/469 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814839 Title: "Sloppy" or "Focus on Hover" window focus is

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1814839] Re: keystrokes go to wrong window immediately after moving mouse to change window focus

2019-02-18 Thread jimav
Daniel van Vugt wrote: > Are you able to try Ubuntu 19.04 and tell us if the same problem happens > there? Yes I can download and install Ubuntu 19.04 in a virtual machine.  But before you ask me to go to all that work, have you tried the test yourself given in the bug ("STEPS TO REPRODUCE")?

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1459359] Re: Gtk & Glib CRITICAL messages at startup (regression)

2019-02-08 Thread jimav
The GTK warning no longer happes for me on Ubuntu 18.04.01. However a different message is written to the terminal at startup: Initializing nautilus-image-converter extension (unrelated) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1814839] Re: keystrokes go to wrong window immediately after moving mouse to change window focus

2019-02-05 Thread jimav
** Description changed: Ubuntu 18.04. Gnome X11 session. When window focus policy is set to follow the mouse, then if the mouse is moved into a new window and keystrokes typed immediately afterwards, the keystrokes go to the old window (invariably causing application errors).

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1814839] [NEW] keystrokes go to wrong window immediately after moving mouse to change window focus

2019-02-05 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 18.04. Gnome X11 session. When window focus policy is set to follow the mouse, then if the mouse is moved into a new window and keystrokes typed immediately afterwards, the keystrokes go to the old window (invariably causing application errors). This is extremely

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1248328] Re: Printing emails shows no body text; works only printing to .ps file

2018-09-08 Thread jimav
This is no longer a problem using TB 57.0b2 (64-bit) and Ubuntu 18.04 ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1098358] Re: Close-Other-Tabs warns even if "warning if closing multiple tabs" is disabled

2018-08-22 Thread jimav
The problem no longer exists (checked with Firefox 61.0.1) -- 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/1098358 Title: Close-Other-Tabs warns even if "warning if closing multiple

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1102282] Re: Image OMITTED from pdf printed with lpr (works with acroread)

2018-08-11 Thread jimav
I no longer have a postscript printer, so don't know if this is still a problem. Since nobody else reported this, I guess it's best to close as invalid. ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1306288] Re: Ubuntu Firefox does not allow using system default email program

2018-07-10 Thread jimav
Problem is gone now (Firefox 61.0). ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- 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/1306288 Title: Ubuntu Firefox

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1771466] Re: Super+D wrongly leaves windows minimized if a new window appears while in "hiding" state

2018-05-16 Thread jimav
Upstream bug is https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/282 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771466 Title: Super+D wrongly leaves windows minimized if

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1771466] [NEW] Super+D wrongly leaves windows minimized if a new window appears while in "hiding" state

2018-05-15 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Toggling Super+D hides or un-hides all windows so you can access icons on the desktop. But this breaks if a new window appears while the windows are hidden: They become PERMANENTLY hidden, i.e. Super+D does not restore them. They seem to be "minimized" -- you have to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1771434] [NEW] Log Out/login does not recognize new supplementary group; Hangs after repeated Log Out/login cycles

2018-05-15 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: If a supplementary group is added to a user who is currently logged in to a graphical session, then strange breakage occurs: Problem #1: If the changed user logs out and then logs in again,   their processes still do not have the new group membership.   It seems necessary

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1756147] Re: Error/warning on terminal when clicking "Privacy" tab

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected artful third-party-packages ** Description changed: Many error/warning messages are written to the terminal (stdout and/or stderr) when operating gnome-control-center. For example, clicking the "Privacy" category tab produces this:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1756147] ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756147/+attachment/5080890/+files/ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1756147] JournalErrors.txt

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
apport information ** Attachment added: "JournalErrors.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756147/+attachment/5080889/+files/JournalErrors.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1756147] ProcEnviron.txt

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcEnviron.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756147/+attachment/5080891/+files/ProcEnviron.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1756147] [NEW] Error/warning on terminal when clicking "Privacy" tab

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Many error/warning messages are written to the terminal (stdout and/or stderr) when operating gnome-control-center. For example, clicking the "Privacy" category tab produces this: (gnome-control-center:11277): privacy-cc-panel-WARNING **: 10:27:13.217: Failed fetch

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1739468] [NEW] Repeated [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Item :1.51/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload is already registered

2017-12-20 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The following message is continuously logged to /var/log/syslog (every few seconds): Dec 20 10:29:26 lxjima gnome-shell[13730]: [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Attempting to re-register :1.51/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload; resetting instead Dec 20 10:29:26 lxjima

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1720019] [NEW] org.PulseAudio1 was not provided by any .service files

2017-09-27 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Whenever a program starts which uses audio many errors appear in syslog like these: indicator-sound[1922]: message repeated 15 times: [ volume-control- pulse.vala:735: unable to get pulse unix socket: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1710751] Re: bamfdaemon polling every 3 ms

2017-08-15 Thread jimav
Oh never mind. Some process is sending it a continuous stream of messages, so of course it is waking up all the time... ** Changed in: bamf (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to bamf in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1710751] [NEW] bamfdaemon polling every 3 ms

2017-08-14 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: bamfdaemon has some odd behavior (possibly indicating a design bug) which causes it to wake up every 3 milliseconds and attempt four non- blocking reads on the same socket. This occurs in an otherwise idle system. Most likely the code uses a short-cut or work-around for a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 270479] Re: Debian/Ubuntu netpbm is many years out-of-date with upstream

2017-07-25 Thread jimav
Thanks to whoever did the fix. But can we please have a bit more (i.e. any at all) communication in the future? There is nary a word from any dev in this bug report about what the problem was or how it was resolved, or even what was done in the "fix". Questions: What _is_ the current status of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1401207] Re: No 'Select-by-word characters' property

2017-04-30 Thread jimav
Ok, I'll say it very explicitly: Please bring back explicit setting WITH GUI SUPPORT. Users should not have to hack around with dcomf for something like this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1658001] [NEW] (brasero:11454): CRITICAL **: gst_ffmpeg_cfg_set_property: assertion 'qdata->size == sizeof (gint64)' failed

2017-01-20 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: brasero /path/to/dvdimage.iso ...burns the disk okay but emits the following on the terminal: ** (brasero:11454): CRITICAL **: gst_ffmpeg_cfg_set_property: assertion 'qdata->size == sizeof (gint64)' failed Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1585726] [NEW] TB 38 is EOL, please update to TB 45

2016-05-25 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 16.04 comes with Thunderbird 38.x, which apparently is no longer supported by Mozilla. In reply to a bug report, they said "Can you please upgrade to TB 45. TB 38 has come to the end of its life-cycle." I don't know if that is authoritative, but if TB 38 is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1459359] Re: Gtk & Glib CRITICAL messages at startup (regression)

2016-01-04 Thread jimav
If that reflects the underlying problem (out of date pixmaps or something), then the installer for nautilus should perform this action automatically so users will not see the bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1501967] [NEW] text area does not respond to system theme changes until terminal gets focus

2015-10-01 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: If the system theme is changed, gnome-terminal does not immediately change. Changes take effect only when the window receives focus. This is unlike much of the rest of the system. For example, side-bar icons and window borders change immediately. Ideally gnome-terminal

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1501988] [NEW] minimize & maximize buttons invisible in high-visibility theme when window has focus

2015-10-01 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The "minimize" and "maximize" buttons in the current window border are invisible when using the "High Contrast" system theme. STEPS TO REPRODUCE: 1. Open Appearance manager (WindowsKey->Appearance). 2. In the "Look" tab, set Theme to "High Contrast" (window border

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1474182] Re: Mystery keyring password prompts pop up for no reason

2015-07-18 Thread jimav
So how can this be stoped? It is making my system almost unusable. Searching the Dash for one or cloud turns up no hits for apps or config options. Alternatively: How can I turn on/find log info which will pinpoint who is asking for the keyring to be unlocked? -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1474182] Re: Mystery keyring password prompts pop up for no reason

2015-07-13 Thread jimav
** Information type changed from Private Security to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1474182 Title: Mystery keyring password prompts pop up for no reason

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1459359] [NEW] Gtk Glib CRITICAL messages at startup (regression)

2015-05-27 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Every time nautilus starts it emits several CRITICAL assertion error messages. This is a regression (didn't happen in Ubuntu 14.10) $ nautilus (nautilus:4543): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_theme_get_for_screen: assertion 'GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed (nautilus:4543):

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 872483] Re: laser printer only prints first job correct

2015-03-20 Thread jimav
Is there a mechanism in place which will cause this fix to be removed when the underlying kernel issue is repaired? Resetting the usb port between jobs is an undesirable hack (e.g. slows down printing) so should go away as soon as possible. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1228567] Re: at-spi2 daemon error messages in .xsession-errors

2015-03-13 Thread jimav
Still present in 14.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to at-spi2-core in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1228567 Title: at-spi2 daemon error messages in .xsession-errors Status in at-spi2-core package in Ubuntu:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1428281] Re: Newly created GnuPG keys sometimes disappear and/or are not displayed in seahorse GnuPG keys display

2015-03-04 Thread jimav
A few minutes later the missing keys appear when re-running seahorse. So the problem may be that seahorse does not wait for the key-generation to complete. I'll mark this bug invalid, and may submit a new one about that. Sorry for the mis-direction! ** Changed in: seahorse (Ubuntu)

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1428281] [NEW] Newly created GnuPG keys sometimes disappear and/or are not displayed in seahorse GnuPG keys display

2015-03-04 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: If a new GnuPG key is created, the key sometimes does not actually get created, or sometimes seems to be created but does not appear in the GnuPG keys display until seahorse is restarted. I haven't been able to nail an exact sequence to force mis-behavior, but the following

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 474844] Re: ReDim to empty does not work

2015-01-20 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: Screenshot as requested in comment #8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/474844/+attachment/4302708/+files/screenshot.png ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 474844] Re: ReDim to empty does not work

2015-01-20 Thread jimav
Yes, problem is present in LibreOffice 4.3.3.2 in Ubuntu 14.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/474844 Title: ReDim to empty does not work Status in The

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1364630] Re: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe

2015-01-02 Thread jimav
Same message here but somewhat different dmesg output. I'm running 14.10 upgraded from 14.04, and nvidia binary driver 331.113 dmesg (excerpted): ... init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process (294) killed by TERM signal (the *only* mention of plymouth) ... then much later... Disabling lock

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 465309]

2014-11-06 Thread jimav
Maybe Component should be changed to Spreadsheet, because the problem is more simply visible when editing Basic macro code. It is common to want to insert spaces at the start of every line in a range (e.g. to indent the code one level), and replacing ^ with spaces does not work. -- You received

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1059872] Re: Error formatting disk using disk utility

2014-10-29 Thread jimav
Furthermore: If gparted is used to create an msdos partition table, but NO partitions, then 'Erase Disk' in usb-creator-gtk fails with the timeout error. If gparted is used to create an (empty) FAT32 partition, then 'Erase Disk' in usb-creator-gtk seems to succeed, but the Make Startup Disk

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1059872] Re: Error formatting disk using disk utility

2014-10-29 Thread jimav
Same story using the version in Ubuntu 14.10 (the package says it is version 0.2.62 but usb-creator-gtk --version says it is 0.2.23): Attempting to erase a USB which has no valid partition table gets Timed out waiting for object. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1374500] [NEW] F1 displays help for Gnome Terminal, not alsamixer

2014-09-26 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: alsamixer's display says F1 provided help. However, putting the cursor in the window and pressingt F1 pops up the Gnome Terminal manual. It appears that the terminal is grabbing F1 for it's own purposes. Either it shouldn't do that, or else alsamixer should somehow disable

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow on HP LaserJet 3030 MFP

2014-08-06 Thread jimav
On 08/06/2014 01:46 PM, caspar_wrede wrote: This bug still exists. I have a LaserJer P2015dn and am printing over the network. Please reopen. I gave up waiting (or trying to track) a fix for this, and eventually installed the PCL driver instead of the Postscript one. It seems to work okay.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 465309]

2014-07-02 Thread jimav
Not sure where the regex code is. It manifests in writer and and ing Basic macro editor in Calc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to openoffice.org in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465309 Title: [Upstream]

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 465309]

2014-06-25 Thread jimav
Isn't your case just covered by using in search and \nFOO in replace? Maybe that was a typo. The above does not work (does nothing--not matched). Can you suggest a work-around which inserts some text at the start of every line in Calc's Basic macro editor (including empty lines)? That's

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 465309]

2014-05-16 Thread jimav
Any thoughts about fixing this? It's still a problem in 4.3-alpha1 Note that searching for ^. is not a work-around because it will not match the start of empty paragraphs (the . does not match). So if you want to prepend something to every paragraph in a selection which includes empty

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1310370] [NEW] Edit menu missing, at least when running in Ubuntu Unity 13.10

2014-04-20 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The Evince help text refers to an Edit menu (e.g. to set default settings Edit-Save Current Settings as Default) but there is no such menu, at least when running in Ubuntu 13.10. While viewing a PDF, the top menu-bar where app menus are displayed shows only  Document

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1306288] [NEW] Ubuntu Firefox does not allow using system default email program

2014-04-10 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: According to FF documentation (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-program-used-open-email-links), it should be possible to configure Firefox to use the Operating System's default email program rather than specifying (hard coding, so to speak) what program that is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1302184] [NEW] GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised

2014-04-03 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: EVERY time at startup, the following warning appears 4 times on the terminal: (thunderbird-trunk:24131): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised Running on Ubuntu 13.10, amd64, unity desktop ProblemType: Bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1025839] Re: Printing multiple copies submits multiple separate jobs (should submit one job)

2014-03-29 Thread jimav
Yes, thanks very much.Confirmed fixed in 4.3.0.0.alpha0+ build 2014-03-25 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1025839 Title: Printing multiple copies submits

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1025839] Re: Printing multiple copies submits multiple separate jobs (should submit one job)

2014-02-14 Thread jimav
if the PPD for the printer contains Collate=True and if it doesn't then Collate is handled as fall-back by LO itself so you get multiple jobs. Just to clarify: The reason this is not a good idea is that CUPS already handles this case wotj a better smarter solution. The whole thing appears

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1025839] Re: Printing multiple copies submits multiple separate jobs (should submit one job)

2014-02-13 Thread jimav
In LO 4.1.2.3 on Linux: 1. There *is no* Collate option in the print dialog. 2. There is a Create single print jobs for collated output on the Options tab, but it has no effect. Multiple jobs are queued (when copies 1) regardless of whether it is checked or not. 3. Either the label on the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1025839] Re: Printing multiple copies submits multiple separate jobs (should submit one job)

2014-02-13 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: The PPD file mention in comment #23 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1025839/+attachment/3980046/+files/HP_LaserJet_3030.ppd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1269591] [NEW] Disable global menu when focus policy is not click (or provide config option)

2014-01-15 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The Unity Global Menu, mimics Mac OS by placing menus for the currently-focused app in a bar at the top of the screen, rather than attached to the app's own window. This is a fine and Good Thing when using the default click to focus focus policy. However Global Menu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-08 Thread jimav
Now printing the googlemap.pdf test file causes an out of memory error on the printer after 20-30 seconds. That's an improvement over just silently doing nothing at all, I guess. This is after doing: lpadmin -p HP3030_Postscript -o pdftops-renderer-default=pdftops # the real printer queue

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-08 Thread jimav
The %!PS-Adobe-3.0 is probably correct. It refers to the *Document Structuring Convention* version, not the Postscript languageLevel assumed by the script within. DSC 3.0 was introduced in Sept. 1992, whereas Postscript language level 3 appeared in 1997. -- You received this bug notification

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1025839] Re: Printing multiple copies submits multiple separate jobs (should submit one job)

2013-11-08 Thread jimav
Why does LibreOffice need to know if the printer hardware supports Collate? Isn't it the job of the print server (i.e. CUPS) to know this and decide how to do multiple copies when requested? ( For example, single-page jobs can always be multi-copied in Postscript printers by simply repeating the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-07 Thread jimav
The CUPS error_log file was empty. I captured data sent to the printer (file attached). If I submit this postscript file as an original print job, the same symptoms occur -- the printer light flashes for a while and then the printer returns to idle without printing anything. The captured

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-07 Thread jimav
Yes, setting LanguageLevel: 2 fixed the problem! And the image printed very quickly. Thank you so much for fixing the original speed problem. I'm guessing the PS level 3 mis-config was there all along, but can't easily confirm that. Shall I file a separate bugrep on the Postscript level

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-07 Thread jimav
I'm really sorry, my previous post comment #13) was a mistake. The problem is not fixed after all, and with the .ppd file changed to have LanguageLevel: 2 the driver still generates a PS Level 3 data for the printer (I think I used the wrong queue name before and unintentionally used a pcl driver

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-06 Thread jimav
I'm attaching a pdf which displays the symptoms described in comment #7 when using the lpr command. lpr -P queue using foomatic/postscript googlemap.pdf # printer light flashes busy, then nothing happens lpr -P queue using gutenprint googlemap.pdf # works. fast. lpr -P queue

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1248328] Re: Printing emails shows no body text; works only printing to .ps file

2013-11-05 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: Result of Print to File with Postscript selected (looks normal) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1248328/+attachment/3900977/+files/mozilla.ps -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1248328] [NEW] Printing emails shows no body text; works only printing to .ps file

2013-11-05 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Other Actions-Print... prints a page with subject in the title, timestamp at the bottom, but the body is *missing* (blank page except for header footer).The body is replaced by a single lower-case m character. The same thing happens if print to file is selected with

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-05 Thread jimav
DIS-confirmed. Using the foomatic/Postscript driver, text files and the CUPS test page printed correctly, but when I tried to print a Google Maps map of San Francisco (per the original bug description), a job was sent to the printer which never printed. The activity light flashed for about 10

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-05 Thread jimav
Forgot to add: I upgraded from 13.04 to 13.10, and I think I have the fix mentioned in comment #6 + lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 13.10 Release:13.10 Codename: saucy + uname -a Linux lxjima 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-05-25 Thread jimav
Setting project to foomatic-filters, as the problem seems related to foomatic or something it calls. That might not be the right project; someone please change it if you know how to better target this bug to the people who can fix it. P.S. I'm suspicious of how foomatic calls ghostscript to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1180961] [NEW] Can't set focus policy from click-to-focus to follow-mouse

2013-05-16 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: After upgrading from an earlier release of Ubuntu, the window-behavior configuration is gone and it is not possible to set the window-focus policy to follow the mouse automatically (that is, not click-to-focus). Can the omitted configurator be put back? ProblemType: Bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1136933] [NEW] Documentation images (e.g. of icons) missing

2013-02-28 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Help docs contain some images, e.g., of buttons/icons, but they seem to be missing from the Ubuntu distribution. Instead of the missing images you see some kind of default icon with the text wnd.sun.st (see attached screen-shot). Some of these are quite crucial -- they

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 668800] Re: Printing speed problem

2013-02-25 Thread jimav
Problem is still here in Ubuntu 12.10 with cups-filters 1.0.24 In my case the printer is a postscript printer (hp3030). So I have to ask the question, WHY is the print system even calling ghostscript to interpret a postscript file when the printer is fully able to handle it for itself? Simple

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1117571] [NEW] Many warnings on terminal when localc starts (clean install)

2013-02-06 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: When localc is started many warnings are written to the terminal: javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment! Please ensure that a JVM and the package libreoffice-java-common is installed. If it is already installed then try removing

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1117571] Re: Many warnings on terminal when localc starts (clean install)

2013-02-06 Thread jimav
Despite all the warnings localc seems to work fine. So something is bogus -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1117571 Title: Many warnings on terminal when localc

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1102282] [NEW] Image OMITTED from pdf printed with lpr (works with acroread)

2013-01-20 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Images in certain PDF files are missing when printed using lpr test.pdf to a postscript level 2 printer (hp3030). The image is not missing when printed through acroread to the same printer. I'll attach a test pdf. The circle of hands image is missing when printed using

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1097105] Re: PDF's are offset when printed

2013-01-20 Thread jimav
Unlike moose, I see the same problem in 12.04 (actually 12.04.1 LTS). In my case the printer is an hp3030 postscript level 2 printer. I'll attach my test pdf -- the left margin should be about .35 but is printed with essentially zero margin when using lpr (but prints correctly using acroread).

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1098358] [NEW] Close-Other-Tabs warns even if warning if closing multiple tabs is disabled

2013-01-10 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Rightclick on tab - Close Other Tabs always pops up a dialog asking Your are about to close N tabs. Are you sure you want to continue?. There is no check-box to not see this the next time, and un-checking the Warn Me when Closing Multiple Tabs in Preferences-Tabs has no

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1095498] [NEW] Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-01-02 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Printing anything with graphics from Firefix (such as a Google Maps page), or a PDF file containing graphics, takes a ridiculously long time to print, often several minutes per page. This is with a directly- attached USB postscript printer (an HP 3030 mfp). The exact

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-01-02 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: equivalent mozilla.ps which prints much faster (still Nx slower than Windows) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1095498/+attachment/3472974/+files/mozilla.ps -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

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