[Bug 672760] Re: Clock applet not showing on the correct location when in bottom panel

2010-12-22 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
This looks like a duplicate of #631664 and has nothing to do with gnome- bugs #531850. This is a problem with Compiz. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/672760 Title: Clock applet not sh

[Bug 328155] Re: "xclip -selection clipboard" does not paste to terminal

2010-02-01 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
I'd like to point out that when I use xsel instead of xclip it seems to work just fine (xsel --clipboard). -- "xclip -selection clipboard" does not paste to terminal https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 505371] Re: Usability: .RUN files, terminal, and privileges

2010-01-24 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
@James: Sure, no problem, I hope I haven't been too hard on you ;-) Let me start by explaining the terminology, upstream refers to the project that actually develops the relevant application. The term comes from the idea that water and the goods it carries float downstream and benefit those who ar

[Bug 237386] Re: [needs-packaging] NautilusSvn

2010-01-21 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
I'd like to point out that in the meantime NautilusSvn has been renamed to RabbitVCS, the official homepage is at http://rabbitvcs.org/. @zedtux: To answer your question, I have no plans as of yet to contact MOTU to get this package included in Ubuntu directly. For now, I'm satisfied with people i

[Bug 505371] Re: Usability: .RUN files, terminal, and privileges

2010-01-20 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
@James: "Why not make the OS transition process a little bit easier for more users?" Because I do not agree with the assumption that the changes you proposed (adding options to the dialog) will improve usability, on the contrary, I strongly believe that this will only lead to more problems, becaus

[Bug 460941] Re: Hard to find out which file used as icon

2010-01-19 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
Sebastien, your motivations for having this sent upstream intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. ;-) I'd like to point out that it is possible to figure out the filename using the icon name (see below for some Python code), so it would be possible to have the file chooser start wi

[Bug 492240] Re: Add an option in Nautilus' preferences to not show mounted partitions on desktop

2010-01-19 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
This bug is filed upstream as https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606848 Ignoring for a moment whether it is even useful to expose this configuration setting somewhere in the user interface, I have to say that I do not think this belongs in the Nautilus preferences dialog just because it is

[Bug 505371] Re: Usability: .RUN files, terminal, and privileges

2010-01-19 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
I'm sorry but if the goal is to improve usability then adding more options to a dialog (especially the ones mentioned) is in my view not the right way to go about this. Instead you should ask the distributor of VirtualBox to package their stuff. -- Usability: .RUN files, terminal, and privileges

[Bug 493716] Re: Input/output error when saving files on a GVFS mounted FTP directory

2009-12-07 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36543996/Dependencies.txt -- Input/output error when saving files on a GVFS mounted FTP directory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/493716 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 493716] [NEW] Input/output error when saving files on a GVFS mounted FTP directory

2009-12-07 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gvfs I used ubuntu-bug gvfs-fuse (1.2.2) to report and I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty). Starting since a few days ago whenever I edit a file on a mounted FTP directory I get a "Input/output error" and the result is essentially that the file is deleted (

[Bug 237386] Re: [needs-packaging] NautilusSvn

2008-12-26 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
We're working on a new version of NautilusSvn right now (v0.12 branch) and we'll be building our own Debian packages using a Python distutils setup script according to all the relevant Debian/Ubuntu packaging guidelines. We're planning to setup a PPA as a Launchpad team for distributing these packa

[Bug 298799] Re: No tab completion when using quote (")

2008-11-16 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19700126/Dependencies.txt -- No tab completion when using quote (") https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298799 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubun

[Bug 298799] [NEW] No tab completion when using quote (")

2008-11-16 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bash-completion >From what I remember there used to be working tab completion for files when starting the argument with a quote ("). This is especially useful when one works with files with spaces. Currently completion only works with a single quote (').

Re: [Bug 272089] Re: Show/hide shows the program on the workspace that was active when docked

2008-09-19 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
Thanks for another fine explanation. Michael B. Trausch wrote: > If you click the window on the window list, it'll take you to that > workspace and window. > It doesn't actually do that for me (switch workspace), at least not when using Metacity. Can you reproduce? Package: metacity 1:2.22.0-0u

[Bug 272089] Re: Show/hide shows the program on the workspace that was active when docked

2008-09-19 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
Thanks, that makes sense. Combined with a Devil's Pie script which automatically pins the window ("Always on Visible Workspace") this will do fine. Just wondering, could the fact that it still appears on the Window List applet be seen as a bug though? -- Show/hide shows the program on the worksp

[Bug 272089] [NEW] Show/hide shows the program on the workspace that was active when docked

2008-09-19 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: alltray This seems similar to Bug #226297, if it is please mark it as a duplicate. When you dock a program and then switch to a different workspace the program is shown in the Window List applet but does not actually appear. Turns out the program is show

[Bug 272089] Re: Show/hide shows the program on the workspace that was active when docked

2008-09-19 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17760397/Dependencies.txt -- Show/hide shows the program on the workspace that was active when docked https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272089 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 118484] Re: alltray hides applications from gnome-panel desktop switcher

2008-09-19 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
I can reproduce this bug though I too had some trouble at first understanding what this is about. This is using Metacity. * Add the workspace switcher to your GNOME panel. * Start gedit and bring it to the front, you'll notice the gedit icon is being shown in the workplace switcher * Start alltra

[Bug 60882] Re: Rendering problems on edgy with Intel Integrated Graphics Device

2008-09-16 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04 and apparently ran into this bug. I never encountered these problems before in previous releases, I was previously running 7.10 (Gutsy). Toggling SAVE_VBE_STATE to false in /etc/default/acpi-support as Paul Sladen explained in Comment #8 solved the rendering probl

[Bug 270655] Re: Vertical scrolling for touchpad (Synaptics) does not work

2008-09-15 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
Sorry subscribers for flooding your inbox. I just wanted to say, wow, color me impressed. Turns out I don't have to do anything to make it all work, apart from changing my mindset and removing all the changes to my configs I bring along from previous releases I removed the "ButtonNumber", "Button

[Bug 270655] Re: Vertical scrolling for touchpad (Synaptics) does not work

2008-09-15 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
Oops. Turns out this "bug" was being caused by the command: xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5 8 9 10 11" I disabled this command from the session (System -> Preferences ->Session) and now the touchpad works but obviously the buttons on my MX500 do not (no scrolling, back/forward etc.). That's a

[Bug 270655] Re: Vertical scrolling for touchpad (Synaptics) does not work

2008-09-15 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17629082/xorg.conf ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17629083/Dependencies.txt -- Vertical scrolling for touchpad (Synaptics) does not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270655 You receive

[Bug 270655] [NEW] Vertical scrolling for touchpad (Synaptics) does not work

2008-09-15 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xfree86-driver-synaptics Ubuntu release: 8.04 Package and version: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics, 0.14.7~git20070706-1ubuntu4 Laptop brand and model: ThinkPad R51 2887 AVG A few days ago I did a clean install of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron), before that

[Bug 135324] Re: Gutsy: OpenOffice thumbnails transparent

2008-09-12 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
Here's a version of the tracker thumbnailer written in Python which uses the Python Imaging Library (PIL) to modify the background color to white (works for all ODF types). It's quite similar to the one presented in the Ubuntu Forums earlier (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=76566), but tha

[Bug 135324] Re: Gutsy: OpenOffice thumbnails transparent

2008-09-11 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
In reply to comment #7: "Anyone an idea how to change this behaviour? The out-of-the-box thumbnailing for odt-files with tracker is great. It's quite annoyingly though, e.g. when you have a non-solid-white background, then it's hard to see these thumbnails in nautilus." See below. They simply t

[Bug 135324] Re: Gutsy: OpenOffice thumbnails transparent

2008-07-24 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
** Also affects: tracker Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Gutsy: OpenOffice thumbnails transparent https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135324 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-b

[Bug 135324] Re: Gutsy: OpenOffice thumbnails transparent

2008-07-08 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
What package is supposed to provide thumbnailing for OpenDocument documents? I know there's a couple of scripts floating around, but those aren't in the repository. I'd be willing to provide a patch to default to a white background when transparent if people prefer this. -- Gutsy: OpenOffice thum

[Bug 118789] Re: trouble using ExportFormFields in uno API; PDF form controls are exported even when set to False

2008-07-08 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
That somebody was me by the way, I stumbled upon this issue while researching another property (PageRange) which is also a sub property of FilterData. Took me about 2 hours before I found B Marcelly's post mentioned above. I initially had some trouble finding out there was a PageRange property at a

[Bug 200801] Re: apro il calendario su thunderbird ma non viene visualizzato correttamente

2008-04-18 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 191787 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191787 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 191787 Lightning 0.7 doesn't work properly -- apro il calendario su thunderbird ma non viene visualizzato correttamente https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/20080

[Bug 175365] Re: Templates not working

2008-03-07 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
In my case the XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR variable in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs wasn't set properly. Might this also have been the case for you? -- Templates not working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175365 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 135324] Re: Gutsy: OpenOffice thumbnails transparent

2008-02-18 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
I didn't know Gutsy included a thumbnailer for OpenDocument files. Anwyays, it looks to me like this is actually intended behavior. OpenOffice.org by default uses "No fill" as the background color, meaning transparency. The actual thumbnail in the archive (that is Thumbnails/thumbnail.png) is also

[Bug 150379] Re: Nautilus built-in search doesn't work if tracker is disabled

2007-11-13 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
If you remove the package 'tracker' which includes trackerd (the daemon) when trying to search within Nautilus the following D-Bus error dialog is displayed: The folder contents could not be displayed. The name org.freedesktop.Tracker was not provided by any .service files. >From what I

[Bug 67968] Re: FN + F3 shited to FN + F2 after system update on IBM

2007-11-12 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
Wondering if I should refile. -- FN + F3 shited to FN + F2 after system update on IBM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67968 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com h

[Bug 67968] Re: FN + F3 shited to FN + F2 after system update on IBM

2007-11-07 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
Found a handy page at the Ubuntu Wiki called HotkeyResearch, I followed the instructions and here are the results (as requested). It turns out Fn + F3 does not seem to generate keycodes, at least showkey doesn't catch them. However, when looking in /var/log/acpid for ACPI events it shows the follow

[Bug 67968] Re: FN + F3 shited to FN + F2 after system update on IBM

2007-11-07 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
This is a rather old bug, but I believe I just updated my BIOS on an IBM ThinkPad R51 (2887AVG) and my Fn + F3 key stopped working as described in this report. However, for me Fn + F2 fades and locks the screen but it doesn't shut the screen off (as Fn + F3 used to do). Not sure how to resolve thi

[Bug 35347] Re: bookmarks need subfolders

2007-10-15 Thread Bruce van der Kooij
I use the Nautilus bookmarks functionality to quickly navigate to important folders (favorite locations), the possibility to use "subfolders" such as requested here would greatly improve the categorization of these bookmarks. Note, that this also affects the GNOME Panel Menubar (places). -- bookm