Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1767618] Re: system Brightness & Lock app ignores file permissions

2018-05-03 Thread steve gooberman-hill
Gooberman-Hill Skype: steve.gooberman.hill On 3 May 2018 at 00:22, Seth Arnold <1767...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 07:07:51AM -0000, steve gooberman-hill wrote: > > I'm agreed that this is the way the system permissions work. But, did you > > se

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1767618] Re: system Brightness & Lock app ignores file permissions

2018-05-02 Thread steve gooberman-hill
the file permissions and ownership, and uses it's elevated privilege status to overwrite them. All the best, Steve PS. FWIW Eve is thankfully not interested in Unix system hacking. Social engineering on her parents seems a better way to get increased access to funny cat videos :-) Steve

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1249634] Re: control center screen is non-functional and re-opens as it is closed

2013-11-11 Thread steve gooberman-hill
I have now completed an upgrade to 13:10, which has solved the issue, so I'm afraid I don't have any more data to share. The error was still happening if I ran the control-centre from the command line. Kind regards Steve Steve Gooberman-Hill Skype: steve.gooberman.hill On 11 November 2013 11

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1249634] [NEW] control center screen is non-functional and re-opens as it is closed

2013-11-09 Thread steve gooberman-hill
Public bug reported: ran apt-get update today control center is now non functional - some screens (eg sound) don't work at all others behave badly (eg display) when I try and close the control centre it immediately reopens and takes the screen focus. reboot won't cure ProblemType: Bug