[Bug 1693360] Re: Users with no password cannot change login session in gdm

2017-05-24 Thread David Given
...did I really type 'bug'? Er, sorry! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1693360 Title: Users with no password cannot change login session in gdm To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 1693360] [NEW] Users with no bug cannot change login session in gdm

2017-05-24 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: The UI to change the login session only appears on the gdm password screen (via the cogwheel icon that appears next to the login button). If you have a user with no password, this screen is bypassed, thus meaning that they can't change their login session type. To reproduce:

[Bug 1401855] [NEW] not possible to import libtiff

2014-12-12 Thread Non Given
Public bug reported: $ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release:14.04

[Bug 1366322] [NEW] private/cord_pos.h missing from package

2014-09-06 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: /usr/include/gc/cord.h refers to an additional header file, private/cord_pos.h. This is missing from the distribution, which makes that feature of the library unusable. Test program: ---snip--- #include gc/cord.h int main() { return 0; } ---snip--- Compile with: gcc

[Bug 1241589] Re: ubuntu 13.10 unable to boot on live usb (busy box - initramfs)

2013-12-17 Thread David Given
I've just seen this problem --- but in possibly a more useful context... I am building a machine. It's got one DVD drive and one disk. I am repeatedly installing a disk, booting a livecd, and examining the disk to see what's on it, deciding I don't want to wipe this one, and moving on to the next

[Bug 1037588] Re: Provide pkg-config pc files

2012-11-06 Thread Not given
I'd need this to be able to compile recent versions of Harfbuzz-ng who look for icu pc files. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1037588 Title: Provide pkg-config pc files To manage

[Bug 837196] Re: Cannot change bluetooth name

2011-12-29 Thread David Given
Any news on this? Right now my my bluetooth name is localhost.localdomain-0, which is not useful. Also, given the rather unhelpful response by the Gnome people on wanting bluetooth names that are different from the machine names, I do wonder how machines with multiple bluetooth adapters are going

[Bug 657925] Re: No option to disable raise on click

2011-09-07 Thread David Given
Waking bug as this is still extant. ** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu) Status: Expired = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657925 Title: No option to disable raise on click

[Bug 657925] Re: No option to disable raise on click

2011-07-08 Thread David Given
Yes, this is still extant in Narwhal. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657925 Title: No option to disable raise on click To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 749036] [NEW] Missing dependency on liblua5.1-coxpcall0

2011-04-03 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: copas won't work without coxpcall installed; the package should have a dependency on liblua5.1-coxpcall0 (and doesn't). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: liblua5.1-copas0 1.1.5-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux

[Bug 749036] Re: Missing dependency on liblua5.1-coxpcall0

2011-04-03 Thread David Given
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[Bug 714233] [NEW] pinentry crashes on focus change

2011-02-06 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: If pinentry if invoked with the -g option (which it always is), it will seg fault when the focus changes. Since I use focus-follows-mouse this means that just getting the mouse pointer to the pinentry window is kinda hard. This looks very similar to this Red Hat bug from

[Bug 714233] Re: pinentry crashes on focus change

2011-02-06 Thread David Given
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[Bug 710575] [NEW] No documentation available

2011-01-31 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: eresi When installing the etrace package, the man pages are all symlinks to /usr/share/man/man1/eresi.1 (which is not installed). As etrace does not honour -h or --help, there is nothing in /usr/share/doc/etrace, and it doesn't produce anything helpful

[Bug 710575] Re: No documentation available

2011-01-31 Thread David Given
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[Bug 689108] [NEW] arduino fails to start with UnsatisfiedLinkError

2010-12-11 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: arduino After installing arduino with 'aptitude install arduino', it fails to start: d...@hilfy:~/shared/workspace/MyMidpssh$ arduino java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no rxtxSerial in java.library.path thrown while loading gnu.io.RXTXCommDriver

[Bug 689108] Re: arduino fails to start with UnsatisfiedLinkError

2010-12-11 Thread David Given
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[Bug 480959] Re: Bluetooth almost impossible to pair - too short timeout, pin sel fails

2010-10-10 Thread David Given
This is still extant on Maverick --- the PIN options are ignored completely and it always prompts you with a very long autogenerated PIN. Is anyone actually reading these? I notice this bug is still unassigned despite being two releases old... -- Bluetooth almost impossible to pair - too short

[Bug 657925] [NEW] No option to disable raise on click

2010-10-10 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: metacity The metacity configuration GUI has an option to enable focus-follows- mouse mode, but there is no option to disable raise-on-click. As the whole point of focus-follows-mouse is to avoid having to raise windows when interacting with them, this is

[Bug 657925] Re: No option to disable raise on click

2010-10-10 Thread David Given
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657925/+attachment/1682749/+files/Dependencies.txt -- No option to disable raise on click https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657925 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 534582] Re: Background gradient improperly oriented on vertical panels

2010-10-10 Thread David Given
This is still extant in Maverick. -- Background gradient improperly oriented on vertical panels https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534582 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 657952] [NEW] avahi causes all .local names to fail to resolve

2010-10-10 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Avahi apparently overrides the .local domain to present discovered services to the user. Unfortunately, my intranet uses the .local suffix; the result is that 'chur' will resolve, but 'chur.local' will not, and doesn't even attempt to contact the DNS server. While I am aware

[Bug 657952] Re: avahi causes all .local names to fail to resolve

2010-10-10 Thread David Given
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657952/+attachment/1682880/+files/Dependencies.txt -- avahi causes all .local names to fail to resolve https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657952 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 600979] [NEW] plasmoids don't honour focus policy

2010-07-02 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace I have a KDE desktop with the focus set to 'Focus follows mouse'. If I place plasmoids on the desktop, then they only get the focus if I click on them. Moving the mouse over the plasmoid doesn't change the focus at all. This renders

[Bug 600979] Re: plasmoids don't honour focus policy

2010-07-02 Thread David Given
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51282597/Dependencies.txt -- plasmoids don't honour focus policy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600979 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase-workspace in

[Bug 589620] [NEW] JFS module not included in initramfs

2010-06-04 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Since about 2.6.32-22 the initramfs image no longer contains the JFS module by default, thus rendering all my systems unbootable! I managed to recover by booting to a previous kernel (I *think* 2.6.32-21, but I was more concerned about making my machine start than noting

[Bug 589620] Re: JFS module not included in initramfs

2010-06-04 Thread David Given
** Attachment added: AlsaDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49655601/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: AplayDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49655602/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49655603/BootDmesg.txt **

[Bug 589620] Re: JFS module not included in initramfs

2010-06-04 Thread David Given
I won't be able to do that until Monday, but I do have further information: my work machine, which was upgraded from Koala, suffered from this; but my home machine, which was a fresh Lynx install, did not. Both machines use JFS (it's the file system I use for most things). I do see #404451, which

[Bug 574681] [NEW] Indicator applet only shows first item when in vertical panels

2010-05-03 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel If you set vertical orientation for a panel containing indicator applets (as in the default configuration), then only the first item is shown. See attached 1.png. What's actually happening is that the applets aren't changing orientation, and

[Bug 574681] Re: Indicator applet only shows first item when in vertical panels

2010-05-03 Thread David Given
** Attachment added: 1.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47623669/1.png ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47613328/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: GConfNonDefault.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47613329/GConfNonDefault.txt -- Indicator

[Bug 574681] Re: Indicator applet only shows first item when in vertical panels

2010-05-03 Thread David Given
** Attachment added: 2.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47623694/2.png -- Indicator applet only shows first item when in vertical panels https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574681 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 476013] Re: USB floppy drives aren't formatted correctly

2010-02-10 Thread David Given
I'm pretty sure it's a bug: if you insert an unformatted disk and ask Nautilus to format it, it'll fail. If you insert a formatted disk with some non-standard format --- my USB floppy drive supports a format with 1kB sectors, for example --- Nautilus will claim to succeed but the disk won't

[Bug 508596] Re: Icon is present and says not connected when preferences are set to never

2010-02-10 Thread David Given
This only started happening for me on a recent update. It all worked fine when I installed koala. -- Icon is present and says not connected when preferences are set to never https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508596 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 480959] Re: Bluetooth almost impossible to pair - too short timeout, pin sel fails

2009-11-13 Thread David Given
Me too, both parts. It appears to completely ignore the custom PIN, and then times out while I'm still halfway through typing in the long autogenerated PIN into my phone. -- Bluetooth almost impossible to pair - too short timeout, pin sel fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480959 You received

[Bug 476013] Re: USB floppy drives aren't formatted correctly

2009-11-05 Thread David Given
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35202661/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35202662/XsessionErrors.txt ** Attachment added: usr_lib_nautilus.txt

[Bug 476013] [NEW] USB floppy drives aren't formatted correctly

2009-11-05 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus If you connect a USB floppy drive, insert a disk, and pick the Format... option off the menu, the the disk is not formatted. What it does instead is just do a mkfs on the disk. This is correct for devices like USB keys or hard drives, but

[Bug 468372] Re: empathy makes accounts invisible on keyring failure

2009-11-01 Thread David Given
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34856493/Dependencies.txt -- empathy makes accounts invisible on keyring failure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/468372 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 468372] [NEW] empathy makes accounts invisible on keyring failure

2009-11-01 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: empathy If empathy cannot access the keyring to fetch a password, then the account vanishes from the accounts list until the authorization is granted. 1. Set your keyring password to be non-empty. 2. Add a number of accounts to empathy. 3. Log out. Log

[Bug 465712] [NEW] No option to disable 'raise on click' in Window Preferences

2009-10-30 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center The Window Preferences control panel does not have any option to disable raise-on-click behaviour in Metacity. Instead I have to use gconf-editor to disable it manually. Raise-on-click makes focus-follows-mouse mode largely useless;

[Bug 465712] Re: No option to disable 'raise on click' in Window Preferences

2009-10-30 Thread David Given
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34727609/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34727610/XsessionErrors.txt -- No option to disable 'raise on click' in Window Preferences

[Bug 414301] Re: installer reverts to partition selection instead of manual partitioning screen

2009-10-30 Thread David Given
I've been seeing this too. In my last Ubuntu installation I've had to edit my partitions four separate times due to having the manual partitioner revert all my changes every time I go back to it. The last time through, I was sufficiently frustrated to make a mistake --- luckily a harmless one.

[Bug 465730] Re: 'Revert' context menu on partition reverts all changes, not just the selected one

2009-10-30 Thread David Given
** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34728163/XsessionErrors.txt -- 'Revert' context menu on partition reverts all changes, not just the selected one https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465730 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 465730] [NEW] 'Revert' context menu on partition reverts all changes, not just the selected one

2009-10-30 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity In Ubiquity's manual partition editor, if you change several partitions, then decide to undo a change to a single partition, the obvious thing to do is to select the partition and pick 'revert' from its context menu. However, this undoes all

[Bug 465785] [NEW] Custom launcher icon browser is horrible to use

2009-10-30 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel When you add a custom launcher, and want to set an icon, the icon browser is extremely unpleasant to use. For example: I work with Eclipse installed in a custom directory. I want to add a launcher for it. I open the 'create launcher'

[Bug 465785] Re: Custom launcher icon browser is horrible to use

2009-10-30 Thread David Given
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34730985/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: GConfNonDefault.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34730986/GConfNonDefault.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt

[Bug 410254] Re: Indicator applet doesn’t handle vertical panel

2009-10-30 Thread David Given
If the indicator is only designed to work in a horizontal panel, how do you intend applications like empathy which *only* work via the indicator to operate on systems which only have vertical panels? -- Indicator applet doesn’t handle vertical panel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410254 You

[Bug 410254] Re: Indicator applet doesn’t handle vertical panel

2009-10-30 Thread David Given
...have just figured out how to make Empathy work via a notification area icon (there's an Empathy bug that makes it non-obvious; see #435329). However, I still think that only supporting horizontal panels isn't a good choice. Vertical panels are a completely mainstream Gnome feature and are

[Bug 435329] Re: Empathy is unusable if indicator applet is not on the panel

2009-10-30 Thread David Given
I've just had a very confusing time trying to get an Empathy icon visible in the notification area: - I do *not* have an indicator applet running; I have a widescreen monitor and use vertical panels, and the indicator applet doesn't support these (and the authors do not appear to wish to support

[Bug 459922] [NEW] Dynamically loads wrong library

2009-10-24 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: liblua5.1-gtk-0 tries to link against the shared libraries /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so, /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so and /usr/lib/libgtkhtml-2.so. However, these don't exist on my system because the naming scheme appears to have changed: instead I have /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0,

[Bug 326030] [NEW] Cancelling a 'move files' operation leaves the file system inconsistent

2009-02-05 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus If you try to move a number of files to another volume it removes source files after each one is copied. This means that if you cancel the operation in the middle you end up with your files split arbitrarily between the source and the

[Bug 52801] Re: Should not use global proxy settings

2008-11-08 Thread David Given
This is still a problem in 8.10. Setting a global proxy makes Pidgin unable to connect to *anything*. Unsetting http_proxy and launching pidgin fails, too --- is it getting the proxy information via gconf instead? In order to get any use out of pidgin I have to use Network Proxy to disable the

[Bug 254199] Re: SMTP AUTH does not properly detect if the remote server closes the connection

2008-09-15 Thread David Given
This is now bug 552425 on the Gnome Bugzilla tracker. ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = New -- SMTP AUTH does not properly detect if the remote server closes the connection https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254199 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 262846] Re: F-Spot automatically starts on media insertion even though I've told it not to

2008-08-31 Thread David Given
Yes, that prevents F-Spot from starting --- ta; that fixes my immediate problem. However, System-Preferences-Removable Media should still work --- *because* that option was there, it never occurred to me to look at the Nautilus preferences for the same option; looking for this stuff inside

[Bug 262846] [NEW] F-Spot automatically starts on media insertion even though I've told it not to

2008-08-29 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Whenever I insert a flash device, F-Spot starts up and starts rummaging around on the card. I really don't want it to do this, and so have the relevant options in System-Preferences-Removable Drive and Media Preferences disabled. However, this appears to do nothing; F-Spot

[Bug 254199] [NEW] SMTP AUTH does not properly detect if the remote server closes the connection

2008-08-02 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution If Evolution tries to connect to a SMTP server to send mail, and the remote server closes the connection while Evolution is busy (for example, if Evolution prompts the user for a password and the server times out), then Evolution treats the

[Bug 250983] [NEW] Preferences dialogue gets sized twice on display

2008-07-22 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution When Evolution's preferences dialogue is opened, it initially starts out empty and quite small, and then about a second and a half later (by which time the user is already moving the mouse over to it and wondering where the icons are), it gets

[Bug 250982] [NEW] 'Mark messages read' dialogue has no cancel button

2008-07-22 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: When marking a folder as read (Right click - Mark messages as read), and that folder has subfolders, a dialogue is popped up asking whether you wish to mark messages read recursively or not. This dialogue has no cancel button, and it ought to. ** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu)

[Bug 250982] Re: 'Mark messages read' dialogue has no cancel button

2008-07-22 Thread David Given
This is Evolution 2.22.3.1 on Heron. -- 'Mark messages read' dialogue has no cancel button https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250982 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 250987] [NEW] Script-based signatures don't check the script exit status

2008-07-22 Thread David Given
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution When an external signature script is executed, if the script fails, no diagnostics appear --- the signature simply doesn't show up. The script's exit status should be checked and a message shown if the script fails; otherwise, there's no way of

[Bug 250993] [NEW] The 'check for support types' button doesn't report errors

2008-07-22 Thread David Given
their email). Also, given that the drop-down is erroneously marked as supporting all authentication types, there are potential security implications. This is with 2.22.3.1 on Heron. ** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- The 'check for support types' button