[Bug 1096401] Re: redshift do not affect the mouse cursor

2013-07-04 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Ah — looks like this may be a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/redshift/+bug/724078 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1096401 Title: redshift do not affect the mouse cursor To ma

[Bug 1096401] Re: redshift do not affect the mouse cursor

2013-07-04 Thread Greg K Nicholson
I'm seeing this on an x86_64 install of Fedora 19 in an ASRock Ion 330HT box, whose graphics Gnome Settings's Details pane describes as “Gallium 0.4 on NVAC”. I don't appear to have an xorg.conf. /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ doesn't mention “HWCursor”. Is there any other information I could provide

[Bug 310217]

2012-06-07 Thread Greg K Nicholson
…There is actually a preference browser.search.selectedEngine — is it possible that the context menu and Ctrl+K are referring to browser.search.defaultenginename when they should be referring to this instead? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 310217]

2012-06-07 Thread Greg K Nicholson
There's a workaround for this: in about:config, set browser.search.defaultenginename to the name of the selected search engine. This changes the search engine used by the context menu, and the destination of Ctrl+K. You'll have to do this each time you change your selected search engine. A fix fo

[Bug 863508] Re: Dash window controls need anti-aliasing (or better icons)

2011-10-12 Thread Greg K Nicholson
The default fallback controls (used by Adwaita) look very similar but don't appear pixelated—perhaps they could be used by the dash? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863508 Title: Dash

[Bug 805087] Re: Dash and launcher appear underneath windows

2011-10-01 Thread Greg K Nicholson
This is not fixed with Unity 4.20.0-0ubuntu2 and Compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu1. I've just restarted and opened a few windows (Nautilus, Firefox, Totem, Gnome-Terminal). All of them appear above the launcher. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 854318] [NEW] ubuntu-wallpapers-extra should include all past winners of the wallpaper contest

2011-09-19 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: We have a wealth of beautiful Free wallpapers created by the Ubuntu community, but no easy way to get them into Ubuntu. The ubuntu-wallpapers-extra package should comprise all of the past winners of the wallpaper contest, and a slideshow cycling among them (and the latest win

[Bug 850270] Re: Radiotray asks whether to use the notification area or an app indicator, on first run and when passed a command line parameter

2011-09-14 Thread Greg K Nicholson
** Summary changed: - Radiotray asks whether to use the notification area or an app indicatorm on first run and when passed a command line parameter + Radiotray asks whether to use the notification area or an app indicator, on first run and when passed a command line parameter -- You received

[Bug 850270] Re: Radiotray asks whether to use the notification area or an app indicatorm on first run and when passed a command line parameter

2011-09-14 Thread Greg K Nicholson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850270 Title: Radiotray asks whether to use the notification area or an app indicatorm on first run and when passed a command line parameter To manage

[Bug 850270] [NEW] Radiotray asks whether to use the notification area or an app indicatorm on first run and when passed a command line parameter

2011-09-14 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Radiotray 0.6.4 asks on first run whether to put its UI in an app indicator or a Gnome 2 notification area applet. In Unity, it shouldn't, because there is no notification area. If the user chooses the default (notification area), there will be no visible UI. Radiotray should

[Bug 765749] Re: Launcher - When useing Alt F1 launcher keyboard navigation, Launcher should not scroll until top or bottom of Launcher is reached

2011-06-08 Thread Greg K Nicholson
I suggest using “Mario scrolling”, where the selected item is always in the middle of the screen (unless you're within half a screen of the end of the list). A demonstration: http://vimeo.com/7804527 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 759469] Re: Ubuntu hangs when restoring a session in Firefox

2011-04-12 Thread Greg K Nicholson
** Attachment added: "apport.unity.HQ0Ews.apport" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/759469/+attachment/2028366/+files/apport.unity.HQ0Ews.apport -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Bug 759469] [NEW] Ubuntu hangs when restoring a session in Firefox

2011-04-12 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: unity I opened Firefox and clicked the Restore button on the Session Restore page. Ubuntu hung. Sound continued to play and I could still move the mouse, but Ubuntu wouldn't respond to any clicks, key-presses, or touching the top-left corner. I managed

[Bug 751082] Re: Difficult to switch to minimized window of active program

2011-04-05 Thread Greg K Nicholson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/751082 Title: Difficult to switch to minimized window of active program -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

[Bug 751082] [NEW] Difficult to switch to minimized window of active program

2011-04-05 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: unity It's very difficult an unintuitive to switch to a minimised window of the active program without using the keyboard. Clicking the launcher icon only scales the non-minimised window(s). The unintuitive workaround is to minimise the non-minimised win

[Bug 534799] Re: Insufficient visual differentiation between focused and non-focused windows

2011-03-30 Thread Greg K Nicholson
In 10.10 I used Compiz's ADD Helper plugin (called “Dim Inactive” in natty) to dim inactive windows to 85% brightness. (I'm on natty now, where the plugin doesn't work, so no screenshot.) Might this approach be useful by default? (…once the plugin works in natty.) -- You received this bug notifi

[Bug 733233] Re: Increase shadow area to 45 pixels (but not grip area)

2011-03-16 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Ah. The GIMP compressed away the shadows' subtlety. They look much nicer in real life. Anyway, try it for yourself :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/733233 Title: Increase shadow are

[Bug 733233] Re: Increase shadow area to 45 pixels (but not grip area)

2011-03-16 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Paul, That could work. But if we're recalculating every time the window's content changes that would likely (1) cost many cycles and (2) be very distracting. Hopefully these screenshots demonstrate that a simple mid-grey shadow works well: it provides good visual contrast if the window and backgr

[Bug 731472] Re: Empty trash quicklist item is missing an ellipsis

2011-03-15 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Since the command doesn't require further information to complete, there should be no ellipsis. Whether there's a dialogue is irrelevant. See the third guideline: http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable /menus-design.html.en#menu-item-type-command If we're deliberately disregarding the HIG

[Bug 733233] Re: Increase shadow area to 45 pixels (but not grip area)

2011-03-13 Thread Greg K Nicholson
A suggestion to make dark window edges on dark backgrounds more distinct: I use a borderless theme with a shadow colour of #808080ff (mid grey). #404040ff (darker grey) works well too. This makes dark edges on dark backgrounds appear to have a light glow, while light edges on light backgrounds ap

[Bug 719739] [NEW] gnome-settings-daemon: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-3.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

2011-02-15 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon Using the Classic Desktop session (Gnome Panel) in latest natty. I did a clean install from the latest daily image, but rsync'd my old settings files back into ~ . gnome-settings-daemon won't run. The fallback theme is used througho

[Bug 719739] Re: gnome-settings-daemon: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-3.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

2011-02-15 Thread Greg K Nicholson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/719739 Title: gnome-settings-daemon: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-3.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directo

[Bug 603482] Re: Desktop freezes if new window takes focus while menu is open

2011-01-21 Thread Greg K Nicholson
This works for me on a recent natty daily in Unity. I can reproduce the bug on maverick in a gnome-panel session, but I didn't try reproducing this on natty in a gnome-panel session. (Will gnome-panel sessions in natty come with the appmenu indicator by default?) -- You received this bug notific

[Bug 579134] Re: The date and time indicator should respect the locale setting for time format

2010-11-28 Thread Greg K Nicholson
How would we go about getting this bug reopened? Either the en-GB locale incorrectly specifies the 12-hour format—in which case please point us to that bug report—or the time indicator still doesn't respect my locale settings. -- The date and time indicator should respect the locale setting for

[Bug 609716] Re: Ubuntu stops responding

2010-10-12 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Ubuntu 10.10 still freezes up after a few hours left alone. Other than installing an unsupported kernel, what can I do to gather log info to find the culprit? -- Ubuntu stops responding https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/609716 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 609716] Re: Ubuntu stops responding

2010-09-26 Thread Greg K Nicholson
This still applies to latest Maverick. I haven't tested any third-party kernels. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => New -- Ubuntu stops responding https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/609716 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 609716] Re: Ubuntu stops responding

2010-07-25 Thread Greg K Nicholson
** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52482847/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52482848/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Card0.Amixer.values.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52482849/Card0.Amixer.valu

[Bug 609716] [NEW] Ubuntu stops responding

2010-07-25 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Every so often Ubuntu stops responding completely. Music continues to play, but the screen doesn't update. It's impossible to move the mouse, and Ubuntu doesn't respond to any keypresses, except sometimes SysRq+E. After a hard reset, everything works as normal for a while unt

[Bug 16492] Re: Mouse pointer should disappear when keyboard is in use and mouse isn't

2010-06-20 Thread Greg K Nicholson
mpt, sound like you're running unclutter without the -keystroke switch. -- Mouse pointer should disappear when keyboard is in use and mouse isn't https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/16492 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ub

Re: [Bug 67476] Re: Dialogs of background applications pop up in the foreground

2010-05-10 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Octavio: > In this point you are assuming that the user will only launch > applications from an application related to the window manager. Nope. gnome-panel is neither compiz nor metacity. It doesn't matter which app does the launching. > Otherwise, there is a need for a function call for a third

[Bug 67476] Re: Dialogs of background applications pop up in the foreground

2010-05-08 Thread Greg K Nicholson
In my opinion the behaviour should be this: 1. No window should ever take focus. It should only be possible to throw focus *to* another (possibly newly-opened) window. 2. When a new window appears, it should appear immediately behind the focused window (even if the focused window isn't frontmost)

[Bug 116797] Re: en-GB Firefox in Feisty has no search engine for Amazon.co.uk

2010-04-18 Thread Greg K Nicholson
This isn't a support request. I know how to add search engines. The bug is that Ubuntu doesn't pick up on Mozilla's own localisation of Firefox into non-en-US locales. ** Summary changed: - en-GB Firefox in Feisty has no search engine for Amazon.co.uk + British English Firefox in Ubuntu doesn't

[Bug 337375] Re: thewidgetfactory does not run using the standard command

2010-03-28 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Yes, this bug still exists. ** Changed in: thewidgetfactory (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- thewidgetfactory does not run using the standard command https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337375 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 542753] Re: Testdrive says kvm isn't installed

2010-03-20 Thread Greg K Nicholson
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41422439/Dependencies.txt -- Testdrive says kvm isn't installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542753 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-b

[Bug 542753] [NEW] Testdrive says kvm isn't installed

2010-03-20 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: testdrive When running testdrive 1.31-0ubuntu1 and choosing any “ISO” (why are we using jargon like this?), I get this error: ERROR: You must have either /usr/bin/kvm or /usr/bin/VBoxManage installed. HINT: Consider installing kvm if your CPU supports VT

[Bug 519535] [NEW] Shift + Alt Gr no longer works as the Compose key

2010-02-09 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Using the en-GB layout with all the Options set to default, Shift + Alt Gr (but note *not* Alt Gr + Shift) used to work as the Compose key. In latest lucid it does nothing. This has been happening sporadically over the last few release cycles. It was working properly for me

[Bug 518811] Re: Enter Key crashes Ubuntu 10.04 latest update

2010-02-08 Thread Greg K Nicholson
I'm seeing the same thing on an Asus Eee PC 900a. Mega b0rkage. -- Enter Key crashes Ubuntu 10.04 latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518811 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bu

[Bug 502730] Re: netbook-launcher uses far too much memory

2010-01-03 Thread Greg K Nicholson
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37391252/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37391253/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37391254/Dependencies.txt ** A

[Bug 502730] [NEW] netbook-launcher uses far too much memory

2010-01-03 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: netbook-launcher netbook-launcher has been running for 19 hours and is now using 362.9 MiB of memory and 521.6 MiB of virtual memory. My laptop has 994.2 MiB of memory and netbook-launcher alone is using over a third of it. This is far too much memory fo

[Bug 274778] Re: ume-launcher with dual-screen

2009-12-30 Thread Greg K Nicholson
In Ubuntu 9.10, netbook-launcher only shows on the top-left-most screen, regardless of which is the primary screen. Putting the external monitor above the laptop screen puts netbook-launcher on the external monitor, but the panel on the laptop screen. It also exposes another bug where the desktop

[Bug 289868] Re: Login screen clock has AM/PM suffix despite 24-hour format

2009-11-21 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Yes, it's fixed for me in Ubuntu 9.10 / Gnome 2.28, en-GB. -- Login screen clock has AM/PM suffix despite 24-hour format https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289868 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 481727] [NEW] Display tears and flickers when there is a lot of movement on screen (probably Nvidia-related)

2009-11-12 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg Often when a large video is playing, or when there is otherwise a lot of movement on screen (e.g. gnome-shell's overview zooming), the entire display flickers and tears, as if it were a 3D texture being repeatedly drawn incorrectly. Irregular portio

[Bug 481727] Re: Display tears and flickers when there is a lot of movement on screen (probably Nvidia-related)

2009-11-12 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Adding Xorg.0.log, since ubuntu-bug didn't do it automatically. I also note that although I'm running a gnome-shell/mutter from a PPA, this also occurs with the gnome-shell/mutter in karmic, and with karmic's default metacity and totem. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrari

[Bug 481727] Re: Display tears and flickers when there is a lot of movement on screen (probably Nvidia-related)

2009-11-12 Thread Greg K Nicholson
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35601513/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35601514/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Lspci.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35601515/Lspci.txt ** Attachment adde

[Bug 481723] Re: System Testing xrandr cycle crashes X

2009-11-12 Thread Greg K Nicholson
** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35601004/XsessionErrors.txt -- System Testing xrandr cycle crashes X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/481723 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- u

[Bug 481723] [NEW] System Testing xrandr cycle crashes X

2009-11-12 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: crash Part-way through the xrandr video mode cycle in System Testing's video suite, X crashes. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Nov 13 04:19:43 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: crash (not installed) ProcE

[Bug 438536] Re: Notifications should show up closer to top right

2009-10-20 Thread Greg K Nicholson
We could put asynchronous notifications in the top-right corner if synchronous notifications were centred horizontally (top, middle or bottom). Gnome 3's approach is to make asynchronous notifications fixed in height, so they can show at the bottom of the screen: http://blogs.gnome.org/mccann/2009

[Bug 429111] Re: [karmic] Modifying (or saving files containing) certain graphs crashes OpenOffice.org 3.1 Spreadsheet

2009-09-27 Thread Greg K Nicholson
I've found another spreadsheet that also crashes, but contains less- sensitive data—see the attachment. It seems that the problem isn't the now() function, but that the data ranges go to an arbitrarily-high row number. Another spreadsheet I have, where the data ranges go to a slightly lower row n

[Bug 379929] Re: PackageKit opens many “Up dates are being installed” dialogues, which stea l focus. “Do not show this again” button doesn't work.

2009-09-16 Thread Greg K Nicholson
When I filed the bug, notify-osd used dialogues for notifications that included mandatory action buttons, instead of non-interactive bubbles. This was by design; the design and/or the implementation may have changed. If I recall correctly, gnome-globalmenu showed the dialogues as “notify- osd”. -

[Bug 429111] Re: [karmic] Modifying (or saving files containing) certain graphs crashes OpenOffice.org 3.1 Spreadsheet

2009-09-13 Thread Greg K Nicholson
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31761306/Dependencies.txt -- [karmic] Modifying (or saving files containing) certain graphs crashes OpenOffice.org 3.1 Spreadsheet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/429111 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 429111] [NEW] [karmic] Modifying (or saving files containing) certain graphs crashes OpenOffice.org 3.1 Spreadsheet

2009-09-13 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org I have a spreadsheet that contains a graph; unfortunately, the file contains personal data and because of this bug I can't modify it to make the data more generic, so I can't provide an example file. Each time I try to save this spreadshee

[Bug 342411] Re: Clock Calendar shows Sunday at the start of the week

2009-08-13 Thread Greg K Nicholson
This bug isn't in Gnome Do—it's in Ubuntu's British English (en-GB) locale, which is part of the default installation for users in Britain. -- Clock Calendar shows Sunday at the start of the week https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/342411 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 379929] [NEW] PackageKit opens many “Updates are being installed” dialogues, which steal focus. “Do not show this again ” button doesn't work.

2009-05-24 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: I have PackageKit installed, on Karmic, and updates set to install automatically. When an update begins, many notify-osd windows open saying “gpk-update- icon: Updates are being installed”. No windows should open. All of these windows appear in front of the active window and

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-05-24 Thread Greg K Nicholson
This has become *much* worse on Karmic. It was almost working on Jaunty. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 367172] Re: New windows steal focus

2009-04-26 Thread Greg K Nicholson
That's very weird—as soon as I filed this bug, it stopped happening. Enabling and disabling Click to focus may have done it. (Though there must be some sort of bug if changing an option and changing it back results in different behaviour.) -- New windows steal focus https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 367172] [NEW] New windows steal focus

2009-04-26 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Using compiz with Focus stealing prevention set to Very High, new windows appear in front of the active window. This could be a security vulnerability if I was typing sensitive data when focus was stolen. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New --

[Bug 257639] Re: E: The package cache file is corrupted E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

2009-04-25 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Using 0.3.14-0ubuntu5 on 9.04, I still see this error when using the graphical Add/Remove tool, but pkcon seems to work fine. -- E: The package cache file is corrupted E: _cache->open() failed, please report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257639 You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 129396] Re: new windows are put in the background

2009-04-02 Thread Greg K Nicholson
I have the *opposite* problem: new windows appear in front of the active window. I can prevent windows gaining *focus*, by changing Compiz's settings, but I haven't found a way to change where new windows appear in the stacking order. I'd like new windows never to appear in front of the active wi

[Bug 333127] Re: Firefox 3.1 and above crash on full screen flash video

2009-03-28 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Progress! With the latest jaunty, full-screening a Flash video now causes Firefox >3.0.* to *hang* instead of crashing. ** Summary changed: - Firefox 3.1 crashes on full screen flash video + Firefox 3.1 and above crash on full screen flash video -- Firefox 3.1 and above crash on full screen fla

[Bug 278514] Re: No driver for Canon i250 printer

2009-03-20 Thread Greg K Nicholson
I should point out that this script doesn't actually work reliably—I published it when it worked for me first time, but the printer's since stopped working again. -- No driver for Canon i250 printer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278514 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 342411] Re: Clock Calendar shows Sunday at the start of the week

2009-03-14 Thread Greg K Nicholson
In that case this bug is in Ubuntu's en-GB locale. (I haven't been able to find a plausible-looking package to report it against, so I've filed it against Ubuntu in general.) ** Also affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Clock Calendar shows Sunday at the start of the w

[Bug 342422] [NEW] Processes tab uses a silly time format (12 hour)

2009-03-13 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: The system monitor's processes tab shows times in a 12-hour format. It should either respect the local time format, or use a sensible neutral fallback, i.e. 24-hour. ** Affects: gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Processes tab

[Bug 337375] Re: thewidgetfactory does not run using the standard command

2009-03-03 Thread Greg K Nicholson
I disagree that it's invalid—design doctrine number 1: it's *never* the user's fault. After installing *any* other package, you can run it by invoking the package's name. Exceptions, such as ImageMagick, print usage instructions instead. The user (me) has no way of knowing that they should invoke

[Bug 337375] [NEW] thewidgetfactory does not run

2009-03-03 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: On Ubuntu 8.10, thewidgetfactory fails to run. Steps to reproduce: 1. Install package “thewidgetfactory” 2. Run `thewidgetfactory` Expected results: thewidgetfactory runs. Actual results: “bash: thewidgetfactory: command not found” ** Affects: thewidgetfactory (Ubuntu)

[Bug 333127] Re: Firefox 3.1 crashes on full screen flash video

2009-03-01 Thread Greg K Nicholson
This also affects Firefox 3.1 and 3.2 running on Ubuntu 8.10. http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/ef80473b-290b-492f- 869e-423982090301 is an example crash report using Mozilla's latest 3.1, but the same thing happens with Mozilla's latest 3.2 and with ~ubuntu- mozilla-daily's firefox-3.1

[Bug 291185] [NEW] Limit on number of cached items is ignored

2008-10-30 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: When "Preferences → Feeds → Feed Cache Handling → Default number of items per feed to save" is set to 10, and a feed's "Properties → Archive" is set to "Default cache settings", more than 10 new unread items are retained. ** Affects: liferea (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecide

[Bug 203413] [NEW] Liferea creates many corrupt copies of places.sqlite in its Mozilla profile folder

2008-03-17 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: liferea Liferea 1.4.12-0ubuntu2 on Hardy creates many corrupt copies of places.sqlite in its Mozilla profile folder. These appear as ~/.liferea_1.4/mozilla/liferea/places.sqlite.corrupt ; ~/.liferea_1.4/mozilla/liferea/places.sqlite-1.corrupt ; ~/.lifere

[Bug 182038] Re: Black rectangle instead of image in FF3 [Hardy]

2008-03-03 Thread Greg K Nicholson
I'm not sure: System → Administration → Hardware Drivers shows “NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (legacy cards)”, but that's “Not in use”. (Besides which, I've now upgraded to Hardy.) Also, in the System Monitor's Resources tab on Hardy, the graphs' backgrounds are black and the plots leave trac

[Bug 196493] Re: Launch web browser keyboard shortcut loads directory listing for home folder

2008-02-29 Thread Greg K Nicholson
I can reproduce this only with Mozilla's trunk Firefox (Minefield, I'm using the latest nightly)—and not with the Firefox packaged in Ubuntu. I do recall seeing this bug quite a while ago (circa Edgy or Feisty) but I may have been using a Firefox build from Mozilla then as well. My homepage is ab

[Bug 196493] [NEW] Launch web browser keyboard shortcut loads directory listing for home folder

2008-02-28 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: When pressing the keyboard shortcut set for “Launch web browser” (System → Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts), the directory listing for the user's home folder is loaded into the browser (instead of the home page or a blank tab or similar). ** Affects: ubuntu Importance:

[Bug 182038] Re: Black rectangle instead of image in FF3 [Hardy]

2008-02-27 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Samuel L. B.: I found that on Gutsy, some images were rendered too bright (washed-out, as if overlaid by a semi-opaque white) using Mozilla's Firefox 3—the tabs at https://help.ubuntu.com/ are an example. -- Black rectangle instead of image in FF3 [Hardy] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182038 Yo

[Bug 182038] Re: Black rectangle instead of image in FF3 [Hardy]

2008-02-25 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Yes, this affects Mozilla's trunk builds too (has done for several weeks). I can't discern any difference between the symptoms in Mozilla's builds versus Ubuntu's. (By the way, this bug's title mentions just one symptom of the larger problem: “Xulrunner displays some images incorrectly (as copies

[Bug 190532] Re: deskbar-applet crashed with MemoryError in call_async()

2008-02-09 Thread Greg K Nicholson
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 157412 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157412 ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11849327/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11849329/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment ad

[Bug 190532] [NEW] deskbar-applet crashed with MemoryError in call_async()

2008-02-09 Thread Greg K Nicholson
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 157412 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157412 Public bug reported: Binary package hint: deskbar-applet . ProblemType: Crash Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Feb 9 18:51:34 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/deskbar-applet/deskbar-app

[Bug 151996] Re: [hardy] alpha 2 install fails

2008-02-08 Thread Greg K Nicholson
hdb consists entirely of my /home partition (hdb1), which wasn't being formatted (or, I thought, touched at all), so it's odd that that should cause the installation to fail. The installation (the / partition) was going on hda2. -- [hardy] alpha 2 install fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151

[Bug 151996] Re: [hardy] alpha 2 install fails

2008-02-07 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Yeah, I downloaded the Feisty CD image too. I'm certain that the alpha 4 ISO was not corrupted because I checked it with md5sum. It's possible that it was burned incorrectly (I used the Brasero in Hardy) but there was no problem loading the live session. -- [hardy] alpha 2 install fails https://

[Bug 188554] Re: Feisty→Gutsy: package g conf-editor 2.20.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade :

2008-02-03 Thread Greg K Nicholson
I can't, unfortunately—I've since reinstalled (and successfully upgraded Feisty to Gutsy). -- Feisty→Gutsy: package gconf-editor 2.20.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188554 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 188554] Re: Feisty→Gutsy: package g conf-editor 2.20.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade :

2008-02-03 Thread Greg K Nicholson
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11740639/Dependencies.txt -- Feisty→Gutsy: package gconf-editor 2.20.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188554 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 188554] [NEW] Feisty→Gutsy: package gconf-editor 2.20.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrad e:

2008-02-03 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gconf-editor Error dialogue: “ Could not install gconf-editor; subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 245 ” Terminal window: “ Errors were encountered while processing: gconf-editor ubuntu-desktop Traceback (most recent call la

[Bug 151996] Re: [hardy] alpha 2 install fails

2008-02-02 Thread Greg K Nicholson
I see the same error using Hardy alpha 3 and alpha 4. I used the i386 desktop CD both times, burned at 2×. I used manual partitioning to overwrite the / partition (I have a separate /home partition on another disc). Feisty installs OK (I haven't tried Gutsy). ** Attachment added: "/var/log/syslo

[Bug 182038] Re: Black rectangle instead of image in FF3 [Hardy]

2008-02-01 Thread Greg K Nicholson
> this issue is incomplete for firefox-3.0 until we know that this is a firefox bug. Since this affects Liferea too, I think that (if anything) it'll be a bug in the Mozilla/Gecko/Xulrunner library. -- Black rectangle instead of image in FF3 [Hardy] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182038 You rec

[Bug 182038] Re: Black rectangle instead of image in FF3 [Hardy]

2008-01-31 Thread Greg K Nicholson
In Gutsy, images that fail to appear at all in Feisty and Hardy (for example: the tabs at https://help.ubuntu.com and the border around “Customise homepage” at http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/beta/ ) *are* drawn, but much too light—as if the opaque parts of the image had been overlaid with semi-transpare

[Bug 182038] Re: Black rectangle instead of image in FF3 [Hardy]

2008-01-31 Thread Greg K Nicholson
I can also reproduce this on Feisty using a Firefox trunk build from Mozilla. Presumably Gutsy is affected too. -- Black rectangle instead of image in FF3 [Hardy] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182038 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug co

[Bug 182038] Re: Black rectangle instead of image in FF3 [Hardy]

2008-01-31 Thread Greg K Nicholson
There are more details and screenshots at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411831 -- Black rectangle instead of image in FF3 [Hardy] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182038 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu.

[Bug 187680] Re: [Hardy] Minefield (Firefox) renders transparent or scaled images incorrectly or not at all

2008-01-31 Thread Greg K Nicholson
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 182038 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182038 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 182038 Black rectangle instead of image in FF3 [Hardy] -- [Hardy] Minefield (Firefox) renders transparent or scaled images incorrectly or not at all https:/

[Bug 187680] Re: [Hardy] Minefield (Firefox) renders transparent or scaled images incorrectly or not at all

2008-01-31 Thread Greg K Nicholson
This bug also affects Liferea (1.4.11), so there may in fact be a bug in Ubuntu's Mozilla/Gecko/Xulrunner 1.9 / Firefox 3 packages. -- [Hardy] Minefield (Firefox) renders transparent or scaled images incorrectly or not at all https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187680 You received this bug notificat

[Bug 187680] [NEW] [Hardy] Minefield (Firefox) renders transparent or scaled images incorrectly or not at all

2008-01-31 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: On Hardy, the latest trunk builds of Firefox (*not* the packages provided by Ubuntu) render many transparent or scaled images incorrectly and some not at all. Mozilla bug 411831 ( https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411831 ) includes a detailed description. It's sus

[Bug 182336] Compose key stops working after reboot

2008-01-12 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: After restarting Ubuntu Hardy, the Compose key doesn't function until it is deactivated and reactivated in Keyboard Layout Options. Steps to reproduce: 1. System → Preferences → Keyboard → Layouts → Layout Options (My keyboard layout is United Kingdom) 2. Under “Compose key p

[Bug 149185] Re: Keyboard stops working; panel menus don't respond

2007-12-03 Thread Greg K Nicholson
This is almost certainly something to do with Amarok: it only occurs while Amarok is frozen. Force-quitting Amarok reverts all the symptoms, and activates the actions associated with any Gnome keyboard shortcuts that were pressed while Amarok was frozen. -- Keyboard stops working; panel menus don

[Bug 162061] Keyboard keys seem to be stuck even when the keyboard is unplugged

2007-11-11 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: While not doing anything unusual in particular, I used a keyboard shortcut (left Windows key + X) to start Amarok playing a stream (the main Amarok window was hidden; only the tray icon was showing). Thereafter the system acted as if those keys were stuck in: Amarok periodical

[Bug 125896] Re: [gutsy] liferea 1.4rc1 search folders broken

2007-10-21 Thread Greg K Nicholson
I can confirm comment 14: the rules appear to be ANDed. These rule-sets demonstrate: 1. Read status is unread 2. Read status is unread; Item does contain “Ubuntu”. Rule-set 2 returns fewer results than rule-set 1. (The following is probably a separate bug, but one that exacerbates this:) The UI

[Bug 125896] Re: [gutsy] liferea 1.4rc1 search folders broken

2007-10-06 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Will this be fixed before the Gutsy release? This is a major regression in functionality versus Feisty, that renders a basic feature of Liferea completely unusable, and has a fix available upstream. -- [gutsy] liferea 1.4rc1 search folders broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/125896 You recei

[Bug 149185] Keyboard stops working; panel menus don't respond

2007-10-04 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: There are several symptoms that all appear at the same time: The keyboard stops responding, including the Lock lights. Clicking one of the main menus (Applications, Places, System) doesn't open the menu. Clicking the Quit button on the panel doesn't open the dialogue. The mo

[Bug 125896] Re: [gutsy] liferea 1.4rc1 search folders broken

2007-09-25 Thread Greg K Nicholson
After closing and restarting liferea, the search folder's still empty. I used Subscriptions → Quit, so it wasn't just hidden in the notification area. Even a full system shutdown-and-restart doesn't make the search folder update itself. -- [gutsy] liferea 1.4rc1 search folders broken https://bu

[Bug 125896] Re: [gutsy] liferea 1.4rc1 search folders broken

2007-09-24 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Absolutely any rule produces zero matches for me. I have a search folder whose criteria are: Read status is unread Flag status is flagged Update status is updated Even though several feeds have unread items, there are no matches in the search folder. (Matching any single criterion should be enoug

[Bug 144344] Search folders are always empty

2007-09-23 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: liferea All search folders are always empty, even when some or all of the criteria are met. Using liferea 1.4.2 on gutsy, having upgraded from feisty. ** Affects: liferea (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Search folders are a

[Bug 116797] en-GB Firefox in Feisty has no search engine for Amazon.co.uk

2007-05-25 Thread Greg K Nicholson
Public bug reported: In Mozilla's British English (en-GB) version of Firefox for Windows, one of the default search engines is Amazon.co.uk. Ubuntu's version of Firefox has Amazon.com instead. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- en-GB Firefox in Feisty