[Bug 411358] Re: Thunderbird2 gconf gmt problem 'Bad key or directory name' because of plus symbol (+)

2012-09-27 Thread Eric Angell
I've regularly experienced this with Thunderbird 14.0 on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS, and it persists in Thunderbird 15.0. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411358 Title: Thunderbird2 gconf g

[Bug 363859] Re: empathy should allow custom group sorting

2010-08-31 Thread Eric Angell
Upstream bug is 2.5 years old and has no apparent progress. This bug combined with lack of OTR support make me think Empathy is an inappropriate default over Pidgin for Lucid. -- empathy should allow custom group sorting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363859 You received this bug notification b

[Bug 402188] Re: gvim complains about "gtk_form_set_static_gravity: assertion `static_gravity_supported' failed" in the shell it's started from

2010-08-30 Thread Eric Angell
Here we are, almost a full year after this was "fixed" and it's still broken in Karmic. That's pretty egregious. -- gvim complains about "gtk_form_set_static_gravity: assertion `static_gravity_supported' failed" in the shell it's started from https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402188 You received

[Bug 365570] Re: apt-get http_proxy overwrites Acquire::http::Proxy settings

2010-05-18 Thread Eric Angell
I've long had a setup with an Acquire::http::proxy directive in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/18proxy to provide the details of the apt-cacher proxy that my laptop accesses when at work. When I travel, it is extremely handy to be able to run 'http_proxy=DIRECT sudo apt-get whatever' and override the Acquire

[Bug 296223] Re: annoying dialog appears "Monitor setup has changed" kde4

2008-11-29 Thread Eric Angell
Sorry, I retract my offer to provide more info on request. Too much stuff is broken in KDE4 (unrelated to this) and I can't get any work done, so it's back to GNOME for me. However, given the info that I provided, specifically the weirdness in xrandr, I suspect this particular issue is one with e

[Bug 296223] Re: annoying dialog appears "Monitor setup has changed" kde4

2008-11-26 Thread Eric Angell
I also see this very frequently for no apparent reason. There always appear two windows in very quick succession. The first is (incorrectly) reporting a new monitor connection event, and the second is (also incorrectly) reporting a disconnection event. The dialog is either "A new monitor output