[Bug 1569156] Re: Synaptic (0.83) is missing quick filter search box on the toolbar

2018-07-09 Thread John Wiersba via ubuntu-bugs
Quick Search is still missing in ubuntu 18.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1569156 Title: Synaptic (0.83) is missing quick filter search box on the toolbar To manage notifications

[Bug 906388] Re: updates should not remove software from computers without installing an equivalent replacement

2011-12-20 Thread John Wiersba
This was not handled well at all. I encountered exactly the problem described in this bug report. I took the latest updates and lost the java plugin that my one critical app depended on. Now I can no longer run my critical app (Netilla) and am effectively dead in the water until I can figure out

[Bug 347538] Re: indicator-applet is invisible (almost)

2009-07-14 Thread John Wiersba
How does one get rid of this thing (the indicator applet) when it is not displaying anything? It's invisible. ** Changed in: indicator-applet (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Converted to question: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-applet/+question/77020 -

[Bug 347538] Re: indicator-applet is invisible (almost)

2009-07-14 Thread John Wiersba
OK, I give up. What's the workaround that makes thing visible? I can't see it to remove it. (I'm running Jaunty) -- indicator-applet is invisible (almost) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/347538 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 360460] Re: Alternate install fails requesting same disc

2009-06-22 Thread John Wiersba
As for the others, I was able to circumvent this bug by installing a different CD drive. -- Alternate install fails requesting same disc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360460 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bu

[Bug 360460] Re: Alternate install fails requesting same disc

2009-06-22 Thread John Wiersba
Same problem for me on a Dell GX270 with DVD RW drive (NEC Optiarc ND- 3570A). The above work-around did not work for me. I'm trying to install 8.10 from the alternate disk. I cannot use the desktop installer because I want to configure LVM inside LUKS. I am attempting to test a reinstall of 9.

[Bug 182345] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in gconf_client_remove_dir()

2009-03-27 Thread John Wiersba
In my case (reported as https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/336737) this does not occur when Nautilus starts, but when I close a Nautilus which I have started from the command line. Pedro Villavicencio thought it was a duplicate of this bug (which it may very well be), so he closed my bug report. --

[Bug 336515] [NEW] Consistent nautilus segmentation fault on exit

2009-03-01 Thread John Wiersba
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus $ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 8.10 Release:8.10 $ apt-cache policy nautilus nautilus: Installed: 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu

[Bug 336515] Re: Consistent nautilus segmentation fault on exit

2009-03-01 Thread John Wiersba
** Attachment added: "Valgrind log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23279588/valgrind-logs-nautilus.tar.gz -- Consistent nautilus segmentation fault on exit https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/336515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 323011] [NEW] edubuntu-artwork-usplash hangs during boot in 8.10 ubuntu

2009-01-29 Thread John Wiersba
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: edubuntu-artwork-usplash (May or may not be related to bug 318522 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edubuntu-artwork/+bug/318522. In my case I believe the package install completed successfully). See also my posts at http://ubuntuforums.org/showt

[Bug 188245] Re: F3 in bash running under gnome-terminal causes loop

2008-11-29 Thread John Wiersba
No, it appears to have gone away. I just did some more experimenting and found an easy way to reproduce it in 7.10: 1) boot from CD (to get a fresh installation of 7.10) 2) add System Monitor to panel, in order to be able to see the 100% use of one CPU 3) open a Terminal (Accessories->Terminal)

Re: [Bug 194629] Re: Ubuntu OS crashes, apparently by just moving mouse

2008-08-14 Thread John Wiersba
Thanks, Chris. However, it looks like I can't manage the status of this bug, even though I created it. It says, "You are not the bug assignee nor the maintainer of Ubuntu, and therefore cannot edit this bug's status." I had previously tried to attach multiple files independently, but when I sele

[Bug 194629] Re: Ubuntu OS crashes, apparently by just moving mouse

2008-08-13 Thread John Wiersba
Thanks for following up. Thanks for the kernel bug policies link, too. No, I am not experiencing this anymore. I keep my system up-to-date, so it has changed several times since this first occurred. P.S. is there a way to attach multiple files independently? Or would I just create a tar file?

[Bug 188245] Re: F3 in bash running under gnome-terminal causes loop

2008-08-02 Thread John Wiersba
Thanks, Michael. Yes, this definitely affects bash. I didn't know you had to choose a package. It also affects gnome-terminal. ** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => bash -- F3 in bash running under gnome-terminal causes loop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188245 You receive

[Bug 188245] Re: F3 in bash running under gnome-terminal causes loop

2008-08-01 Thread John Wiersba
Sorry, I didn't get your previous comment from 2008/6/24. But I got this last email. I don't know how to reopen this bug report -- can you do that or let me know how? Yes, this still happens. It's hard for me to find a terminal window where this doesn't occur. I start my terminal windows by ca

[Bug 146946] Re: [gutsy] Gnome settings daemon randomly does not work

2008-03-23 Thread John Wiersba
I just started getting this one, too. Yesterday and the day before, for the first time ever, this occurred. After I'm automatically logged in, I see an error dialog with: There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon. Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may

[Bug 124517] Re: nm-applet hangs without creating any gui window

2008-03-20 Thread John Wiersba
It still has the behavior described in my original report, even under Hardy Heron. However, I think I now understand that this is its intended behavior. Running nm-applet only adds the nm icon to the notification area and does not terminate. If the nm icon is already there, it still does not ter

[Bug 194629] [NEW] Ubuntu OS crashes, apparently by just moving mouse

2008-03-07 Thread John Wiersba
Public bug reported: This is the second time I've gotten the "black screen of death". This has never previously occurred prior to a day or two ago. I'm running a standard, up-to-date Gutsy Ubuntu on a Dell Latitude D820. Apparently the kernel is crashing. The symptoms: I'm moving the mouse po

[Bug 194629] Re: Ubuntu OS crashes, apparently by just moving mouse

2008-03-07 Thread John Wiersba
I don't know how to attach multiple files, so I'm attaching a tgz of syslog and Xorg.0.log. When this occurred last night, I had just booted the laptop at Feb 22 23:00. It crashed within a few minutes and I rebooted and captured all of /var (that had timestamps after 23:00). I'm running the NVID

[Bug 137247] Re: libpam-keyring broken on autologins

2008-02-28 Thread John Wiersba
I just tried this and it worked. You could do the following: mv unlock.x unlock.shc (use any name you want, but I'd use something more meaningful than a .x extension) chmod 500 unlock.shc Now you should be able to call unlock.shc exactly the way you previously called your unlock script, with t

[Bug 188245] Re: F3 in bash running under gnome-terminal causes loop

2008-02-01 Thread John Wiersba
Running strace against the bash process yields: rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 repeated over and over again. -- F3 in bash running under gnome-terminal causes loop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188245 You received this bug notification

[Bug 188245] [NEW] F3 in bash running under gnome-terminal causes loop

2008-02-01 Thread John Wiersba
Public bug reported: I'm running bash in a gnome-terminal under an up-to-date Gutsy. If I press F3, bash goes into some sort of loop, taking up 100% of a CPU. I can no longer type in the bash terminal, but I can use Ctrl-C to kill the loop and return to normal text entry mode. By playing around

[Bug 137247] Re: libpam-keyring broken on autologins

2008-01-27 Thread John Wiersba
True, that it's not really a bug. It's a misfeature that does really need to be fixed for Ubuntu to be able to enter the mainstream and capture market share. -- libpam-keyring broken on autologins https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137247 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 181281] Re: Allow access to Keyring manager with no password

2008-01-23 Thread John Wiersba
Sebastien, So what is the work around when using automatic login? Browsing various forums, the best I've seen seems to require pam-keyring-tool which doesn't appear to be in any ubuntu packages for gutsy, only for feisty. Please advise what is the best workaround? Thanks! -- Allow access to Ke

[Bug 124517] nm-applet hangs without creating any gui window

2007-07-06 Thread John Wiersba
Public bug reported: I'm running the latest feisty. When I run nm-applet from the command line, it just hangs without any errors and without creating any gui windows -- I have no clue what it's doing or what it's waiting for. I am able to run Network Monitor 2.12.1 from the notification area ico

[Bug 68744] Re: USB Harddrive displayed multiple times

2007-07-01 Thread John Wiersba
I want to clarify my earlier comments. This only happens *sometimes* and only when the USB stick is inserted before booting or during the boot process. If inserted after my laptop has already booted, then the USB stick is detected and displayed properly as a single usbdisk icon. I've never seen t

[Bug 113070] Re: firefox download manager doesn't work when target is on vfat filesystem

2007-06-14 Thread John Wiersba
See also https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336113 for this same bug. -- firefox download manager doesn't work when target is on vfat filesystem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113070 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact fo

Re: [Bug 113070] Re: firefox download manager doesn't work when target is on vfat filesystem

2007-06-12 Thread John Wiersba
John, I updated the bug report with the information you requested. Please let me know how else I can help you debug this. I only have access to this machine at night (it's at home). Thanks! -- John Wiersba - Original Message From: John Vivirito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[Bug 113070] Re: firefox download manager doesn't work when target is on vfat filesystem

2007-06-12 Thread John Wiersba
I have firefox configured to download to a directory named /ftp. $ ls -l /ftp lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Jun 12 23:48 /ftp -> /d/ftp $ mount ... /dev/sda5 on /d type vfat (rw,utf8,umask=02,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8,quiet,shortname=winnt) $ ls -ld /d/ftp drwxrwxr-x 5 jrw jrw 4096 Jun 12 23:51

[Bug 68744] Re: USB Harddrive displayed multiple times

2007-06-11 Thread John Wiersba
I am also experiencing something similar. If I boot my laptop with my usb stick already inserted, then I sometimes end up with two "usbdisk" icons on my desktop. I can eject one of them but not the other one. If I wait until after it has booted, then things behave properly. I'm running feisty w

[Bug 83974] Re: webbrowser incorrectly handles quoted arguments for GNOME browser configuration

2007-05-08 Thread John Wiersba
I submitted bug #113063 and was told that it was a duplicate of this one (#83974) and that it was fixed in feisty. However, I am running feisty with all updates applied (upgraded from edgy) but this bug still occurs. Here's a copy of what I submitted in that other bug report: Choose "Help > Repo

[Bug 113063] Re: firefox "help > report a bug" tries to create bad filename

2007-05-08 Thread John Wiersba
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 83974 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/83974 I am running feisty with all updates applied (upgraded from edgy) but this bug still occurs. I will also add a comment to bug 83974. Thank you! -- firefox "help > report a bug" tries to create bad filename h

Re: [Bug 113063] Re: firefox "help > report a bug" tries to create bad filename

2007-05-07 Thread John Wiersba
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 83974 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/83974 Hi, Hilario. Thanks for replying. However, I'm running feisty with all updates applied and I still have this bug. I don't know if I'm supposed to add something back into the bug report to indicate this or if

[Bug 113070] firefox download manager doesn't work when target is on vfat filesystem

2007-05-07 Thread John Wiersba
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox My download location was set (via a symlink) to a directory on a vfat filesystem. The /etc/fstab entry for this filesystem is: /dev/sda5 /d vfat defaults,utf8,umask=02,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8,quiet,shortname=winnt 0 0 When selectin

[Bug 113063] firefox "help > report a bug" tries to create bad filename

2007-05-07 Thread John Wiersba
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox Choose Help > Report a bug from firefox. After a few seconds, this pops up: title: Problem loading page - Mozilla Firefox text: File not found Firefox can't find the file at /home/jrw/"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+filebug