[Bug 1575053] Re: Please move the "$HOME/snap" directory to a less obtrusive location

2020-03-06 Thread David Megginson
I need to uninstall Gnome Calculator, because it keeps spamming my home folder with a "snap/" subdirectory. Fortunately, no other apps I use regularly have this bug. I'll look for a different calculator app. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 883008] Re: No file association for .mm files

2012-04-23 Thread David Megginson
I can confirm that the bug still exists in Precise. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883008 Title: No file association for .mm files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https

[Bug 778502] Re: Pidgin have no main menu at 11.04

2012-02-05 Thread David Megginson
This bug also affects me (Ubuntu 11-10, 64-bit). It's sporadic -- sometimes Unity will show the menu bar for the main pidgin window when it has focus, and sometimes it will not. Sometimes killing the pidgin process and restarting will make the menu appear, and sometimes it won't. I cannot find a

[Bug 814777] Re: Occassional mouse cursor corruption on primary display

2012-01-10 Thread David Megginson
This bug affects me as well. Sometimes moving the pointer gently to the right side of my primary display restores the pointer completely, and sometimes it restores it to a slight scrambled version. I also have a second, probably-related problem, where the system gets confused and compresses the m

[Bug 907349] Re: Mouse movement horizontally compressed on second display after suspend/resume

2011-12-21 Thread David Megginson
Taking my best guess at a package assignment. ** Package changed: ubuntu => libxinerama (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/907349 Title: Mouse movement horizontally compressed o

[Bug 907349] [NEW] Mouse movement horizontally compressed on second display after suspend/resume

2011-12-21 Thread David Megginson
Public bug reported: I'm using the proprietary fglrx display driver with Ubuntu 11-10 on a 64-bit system. I'm using two displays: 1. the laptop screen 2. an external monitor connected via HDMI After suspend/resume, both displays still render correctly, and the mouse works properly on the first

[Bug 714862] Re: Atheros AR3002 cannot be turned up/is not recognized.

2011-11-16 Thread David Megginson
I'm having trouble with an AR3012 under Oneric (amd64): Linux (and the GUI notification-area tool) recognize the chipset, but scans for devices always fail. I have a Pavilion g4 with a Bluetooth chip that Win7 reports as "Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 + HS". I tried installing the ar3011-dkms_1.1r

[Bug 782225] [NEW] Pidgen freezes system in Natty

2011-05-13 Thread David Megginson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pidgin Sometimes (typically when minimizing a chat window), Pidgen freezes my entire system - won't respond to anything, even power button. Leaving it for a few minutes doesn't make a difference. The only way to restart is to remove the laptop battery.

[Bug 670721] Re: Windows rendered (?) wrong

2011-04-06 Thread David Megginson
I see the same problem with Maverick amd64 and the ATI fglrx driver: text and graphical elements inside windows are badly distorted, to the point that they're unusable. Sometimes moving a window will cause it to be re-rendered correctly (temporarily), but it's not consistent. I have read that dis

[Bug 653977] Re: Key missing for Extras repo - Maverick

2010-10-28 Thread David Megginson
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 650525 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/650525 I already had ubuntu-extras-keyring installed, but was still getting this error. Manually reinstalling fixed it: sudo apt-get --reinstall install ubuntu-extras-keyring -- Key missing for Extras repo - Mave

[Bug 659872] Re: Aliases in /etc/hosts overwritten

2010-10-14 Thread David Megginson
Followup: while Networkmanager overwrote any 127.0.0.* address, I discovered that it will leave 127.1.1.* (etc.) alone, so I was able to add 127.1.1.1 myhost1.localdomain 127.1.1.2 myhost2.localdomain etc. and not have it overwritten by NM. Thanks to Mathieu for the suggestion -- there *is*

[Bug 659872] Re: Aliases in /etc/hosts overwritten

2010-10-14 Thread David Megginson
Logged upstream as well: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=632157 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #632157 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=632157 -- Aliases in /etc/hosts overwritten https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659872 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 659872] Re: Aliases in /etc/hosts overwritten

2010-10-14 Thread David Megginson
Great suggestion, Mathieu -- unfortunately, NM overwrote all the 127.0.0.n lines (not just 127.0.0.1), so back to the drawing board. I can't think of any way to do this without setting up a full DNS server just for my laptop. I'm betting there are a lot of other people doing web development who w

[Bug 659872] Re: Aliases in /etc/hosts overwritten

2010-10-13 Thread David Megginson
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659872/+attachment/1690874/+files/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "IpAddr.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659872/+attachment/1690875/+files/IpAddr.txt ** Attachment added: "IwConfig.txt" https://bugs.la

[Bug 659872] [NEW] Aliases in /etc/hosts overwritten

2010-10-13 Thread David Megginson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager I develop several web sites on my laptop, and each one is a different virtual host through Apache. Until Lucid, I was able to alias these hosts in /etc/hosts, like this 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain myhost1.localdomain myho

[Bug 570714] Re: Font display scrambled when scrolling

2010-04-27 Thread David Megginson
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45726470/Dependencies.txt -- Font display scrambled when scrolling https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570714 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubunt

[Bug 570714] [NEW] Font display scrambled when scrolling

2010-04-27 Thread David Megginson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: emacs23 When scrolling through a text document or typing in the echo area, fonts often appear scrambled initially, with characters printed on top of each-other. After several seconds of inactivity, the display corrects itself, but the problem will reappe

[Bug 544508] Re: fglrx-modaliases do not allow Jockey to find/offer fglrx driver

2010-03-22 Thread David Megginson
** Tags added: ati fglrx -- fglrx-modaliases do not allow Jockey to find/offer fglrx driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/544508 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 544508] Re: fglrx-modaliases do not allow Jockey to find/offer fglrx driver

2010-03-22 Thread David Megginson
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41646608/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41646609/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "DkmsStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41646610/DkmsStatus.txt ** Attac

[Bug 544508] [NEW] fglrx-modaliases do not allow Jockey to find/offer fglrx driver

2010-03-22 Thread David Megginson
Public bug reported: In AMD64, after installing the new fglrx-modaliases, Jockey still doesn't list fglrx as an option. If I manually install the fglrx package, it does list it, but fails when I attempt to select it, claiming that I'm holding broken packages (no broken or held packages). After m

Re: [Bug 67568] Re: error when opening Rosegarden program: "System timer resolution is too low"

2007-10-19 Thread David Megginson
On 19/10/2007, Calvin Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just installed Rosegarden 1.5.1 with Linux Kernel: > 2.6.22-14-generic...getting same error. As I mentioned earlier, this is a big usability problem because it often prevents a file from opening at startup, and switching to the low-laten

Re: [Bug 130325] Re: [nvidia-glx] 3D GL apps crash X when using compiz due to unmaked ABI change (gutsy)

2007-10-04 Thread David Megginson
On 04/10/2007, Re Alvarez wrote: > i Just upgraded my Googleearth version (downloaded the latest from > Google) and it is crashing X again. GLX gears and other 3d games are > working fine...its just google earth... Is it crashing only when you run compiz? I haven't used compiz at all since I rea

Re: [Bug 130325] Re: [nvidia-glx] Don't enable compiz by default for gutsy

2007-09-17 Thread David Megginson
On 17/09/2007, Bryan Haskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Again see my last reply there, but this again is straying off topic. My > understanding is that the system will actually be checked for proper > compatibility before all of this. Worst case, it tries to start up, X > dies, and restarts in C

Re: [Bug 130325] Re: [nvidia-glx] 3D GL apps crash X when using compiz due to unmaked ABI change (gutsy)

2007-09-17 Thread David Megginson
On 17/09/2007, Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe I am missing the point .. > > 1) Compiz is not on by default for NVidia > > But if you own an Nvidia card, then there is no compiz by default! > Why do people insist on claiming that there is? The first time you run X after a c

Re: [Bug 130325] Re: [nvidia-glx] Don't enable compiz by default for gutsy

2007-09-17 Thread David Megginson
On 17/09/2007, Bryan Haskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These unrelated problems may happen to you, but things like freezing out > temporarily don't happen to everyone.. Your own logic can be turned > around.. Those who don't want it can easily turn it off =] This problem > will be fixed with th

[Bug 130325] Re: [nvidia-glx] Don't enable compiz by default for gutsy

2007-09-17 Thread David Megginson
I'm an experienced user (Linux since 1993, Minix before that), but I lost several hours before I realized that glxgears and FlightGear were crashing X due to compiz. I *strongly* recommend disabling compiz by default in gutsy, since it provides nothing but eye candy, and having it running means th

[Bug 67568] Re: error when opening Rosegarden program: "System timer resolution is too low"

2007-06-14 Thread David Megginson
A couple of releases ago, at least, the problem wasn't that the warning appears, but that the warning dialog would often trigger a bug and prevent a file from loading (race condition?) when RoseGarden was launched with a file argument. I'm not sure if that is fixed now or not, because I haven't us

[Bug 90121] Reads only first site in .sitecopyrc

2007-03-06 Thread David Megginson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sitecopy In Feisty, sitecopy 0.16.3-6 (uploaded March 5) reads only the first site definition in .sitecopyrc and ignores the rest. The previous version correctly read all of the site definitions. ** Affects: sitecopy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided

[Bug 89998] Re: FlightGear crashes on startup

2007-03-05 Thread David Megginson
Fixed by another update later in the day (not involving the FlightGear package itself). -- FlightGear crashes on startup https://launchpad.net/bugs/89998 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 89998] Re: FlightGear crashes on startup

2007-03-05 Thread David Megginson
By the way, this is in Feisty. -- FlightGear crashes on startup https://launchpad.net/bugs/89998 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 89998] FlightGear crashes on startup

2007-03-05 Thread David Megginson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: flightgear With today's update, FlightGear crashes on startup with an uncaught sg_throwable right after trying to load scenery tiles. I had run it an hour before the update with no problem (and no configuration changes in- between). I suspect that it ju

[Bug 76606] Re: Update Firefox to 2.0.0.1

2007-01-03 Thread David Megginson
This update may be a high priority -- it's possible that the XSS hole it patches has been actively exploited and resulted in data loss for Gmail users: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/28/gmail-disaster-reports-of-mass- email-deletions/ -- Update Firefox to 2.0.0.1 https://launchpad.net/bugs/76

[Bug 67568] Re: error when opening Rosegarden program

2006-10-27 Thread David Megginson
This happens because the system timer in the kernel is set to only 250HZ. I think it goes back and forth, because I wasn't seeing this error for a while, and now I'm seeing it again in Edgy. ** Changed in: rosegarden (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- error when opening Rosegar

[Bug 67568] Re: error when opening Rosegarden program

2006-10-27 Thread David Megginson
This is actually a kernel problem, not (primarily) a Rosegarden problem, so the bug should be assigned to linux-image-generic or something similar. -- error when opening Rosegarden program https://launchpad.net/bugs/67568 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

Re: [Bug 68591] Re: Edgy: subpixel smoothing does not work in OpenOffice

2006-10-27 Thread David Megginson
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 54776 *** On 27/10/06, Oskar Rubinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 54776 *** > > ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 54776 >[Edgy] font hinting does not work with libfreetype6 v. 2.2.1 Thanks, Oskar -- I didn'

[Bug 68591] Edgy: subpixel smoothing does not work in OpenOffice

2006-10-27 Thread David Megginson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org With subpixel smoothing, fonts are rendered very poorly in OpenOffice. 1. Start with a fresh user directory. 2. Enable subpixel smoothing in the System/Preferences/Font desktop dropdown menu. 3. Launch OpenOffice writer. Fonts are rende