[Bug 1528422] Re: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use

2021-03-24 Thread Si Dedman
Edit: related to the above, I'm no longer able to use the 'Additional Drivers' GUI since it's locked onto the wrong thing and greyed out. Any help much appreciated. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 1528422] Re: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use

2021-03-23 Thread Si Dedman
Another related issue: I manually installed the latest nvidia graphics driver (460.67) for my GPU (1080ti), tried it out, still choppy, reverted to nouveau, restarted, all good. However the 'additional drivers' pane is wrong again, saying I'm continuing to use a manually installed driver, when I'm

[Bug 1528422] Re: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use

2020-08-30 Thread Si Dedman
Similar issue here: I was using kernel 5.4.0.42.46 with nvidia-drivers-440, installed 5.8.3, booted into the new kernel and the graphics were way worse. Software & Updates still has the radio button selected for nvidia, see attached, this looked terrible stretched across a 3440*1440 screen. but:

[Bug 1883153] Re: *buntu 20.04 freezes at/after login screen, Lenovo ThinkCentre M920x

2020-06-11 Thread Si Dedman
I don't know enough about the scope of the release-upgrader in terms of what it covers, but just to say, this bug also affects me on this machine when I clean-install from liveUSB, for either ubuntu or xubuntu, and also when I'm running the liveUSB without installing. -- You received this bug not

[Bug 1868085] Re: Bug related to the new kernel version 5.3.0-42-generic

2020-06-11 Thread Si Dedman
Thanks Loic, this worked for me on xubuntu 19.10 running kernel 5.3.0.59.53 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1868085 Title: Bug related to the new kernel version 5.3.0-42-generic To ma

[Bug 1883153] [NEW] *buntu 20.04 freezes at/after login screen, Lenovo ThinkCentre M920x

2020-06-11 Thread Si Dedman
Public bug reported: Thread of me diagnosing this here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1249081/xubuntu-20-04-freezes-at-after- login-screen-multiple-reinstalls-other-weird-is In short: upgraded from working xubuntu 19.10 to 20.04, after which the system freezes at or just after the login screen

[Bug 1768521] Re: ghost files remain after moving files

2020-05-31 Thread Si Dedman
Still getting this on v1.8.14 fresh install. Didn't have it on previous build - could have sworn there was a fix, something to do with cache amount or time or something... Currently if I drag items out of a folder they remain there until I manually refresh. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1868009] Re: Xorg high CPU usage and stuttering with the Nvidia driver

2020-04-02 Thread Si Dedman
Hi folks, Similar story here, as detailed in comments in this thread: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1184366/lagging-after-update-to-19-10-from-19-04/1184571?noredirect=1#comment2050464_1184571 Then my own post: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1219696/video-lag-after-updating-to-19-10-from-19-04 B

[Bug 1626731] Re: uvcvideo 1-1.4:1.0: Entity type for entity Extension 4 was not initialized!

2018-11-27 Thread Si Dedman
@Florian: did you do anything other than "sudo apt install uvcdynctrl"? I've just tried this, rebooted, and no change. Thanks for any additional intel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162

[Bug 1675141] Re: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in munmap()

2018-08-06 Thread Si Dedman
Five identical bugs have been autoduplicated to here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1700391 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1720474 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1744450 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1

[Bug 1589008] Re: Bluetooth freezing video playback In Ubuntu/Kubuntu 16.04

2018-08-01 Thread Si Dedman
Edit: be advised, the above install process means I have no cards available & can't play any sound. Probably fixable, probably a pain. Unless the bluetooth bug is a big issue for you, maybe don't bother upgrading. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 1589008] Re: Bluetooth freezing video playback In Ubuntu/Kubuntu 16.04

2018-07-31 Thread Si Dedman
In case it helps anyone else on *buntu systems: sudo apt-get install libcap-dev sudo apt-get install libsndfile-dev Warning: UDEV & SPEEX not enabled: ./configure --enable-udev --enable-speex didn't work for me. See https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/issues/28 and comment 4 here

[Bug 1589008] Re: Bluetooth freezing video playback In Ubuntu/Kubuntu 16.04

2018-07-31 Thread Si Dedman
"pulseaudio --version" to check v12.2 link https://www.freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/releases/pulseaudio-12.2.tar.xz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1589008 Title: Bluetooth fre

[Bug 1707451] Re: udisksd crashed with SIGSEGV in g_mutex_lock()

2018-05-10 Thread Si Dedman
Thanks for fixing this guys & apologies for being dumb, but how does one install the latest stable on a *buntu system? 1. Download & unpack udisks2_2.7.6.orig.tar.bz2 2. Readme says Udisks has several dependencies listed in `packaging/udisks2.spec`. If you run rpm based distro, install the depend

[Bug 1589008] Re: Bluetooth freezing video playback In Ubuntu/Kubuntu 16.04

2017-08-22 Thread Si Dedman
Also affects Xubuntu 16.06, 16.10 & 17.04. Potentially could/should change bug name to reflect wider generality of problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1589008 Title: Bluetooth fre

[Bug 1512120] Re: thunar crashes on file renaming

2016-11-28 Thread Si Dedman
My bad, I hadn't but have now. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1512120 Title: thunar crashes on file renaming To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launch

[Bug 1512120] Re: thunar crashes on file renaming

2016-11-09 Thread Si Dedman
still present in 16.10 with thunar 1.6.10 also. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1512120 Title: thunar crashes on file renaming To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bu

[Bug 1245074] Re: suspend fails with "GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Operation not permitted"

2015-10-26 Thread Si Dedman
@dsiroky did you get any of those to work? in my case the problem is SLIGHTLY different, i.e. I have: "Power manager GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Permission denied" whereas he has "Failed to hibernate session GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Operation n

[Bug 1307002] Re: Can't remove some categories from a launcher

2015-10-01 Thread Si Dedman
I think I have the same issue: e.g. xfburn is in multimedia & accessories. If I hide it in accessories it hides it in multimedia. If I remove the archiving>accessories and utilities>accessories categories from the accessories entry, the utilities one reappears upon save. If I delete it, it reappear

[Bug 396268] Re: Banshee uses too much CPU

2015-03-11 Thread Si Dedman
Dusting this old thread off, is anyone aware whether the podcast problem has been fixed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396268 Title: Banshee uses too much CPU To manage notification

[Bug 474514] Re: Banshee very slow when interacting with track lists

2015-03-11 Thread Si Dedman
Eesh, sorry Chow, I wasn't subscribed to notifications for this! Done now - run debug script, found a file with an errant tag, edited tag, saved, waited for CPU to drop, quit banshee, pasted all terminal to text file, attached. ** Attachment added: "terminal debug output" https://bugs.launchpa

Re: [Bug 1383902] Re: "Add files" greyed out, can't add anything

2014-11-04 Thread Si Dedman
Morning Seb, will do when I get some time this week. Cheers. On 4 Nov 2014 10:11, "Sebastien Bacher" wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it > would be nice if somebody having it could sen

[Bug 474514] Re: Banshee very slow when interacting with track lists

2014-10-26 Thread Si Dedman
Hi Chow, all, I'm getting what I think is a similar thing: 100% use of one CPU core after saving any tags edits (2.4ghz dual core E6600); generally sluggish performance. I've turned BPM detection off & podcast support off. I just ran the debug command as per your advice to Myk, made one tag edit

[Bug 880233] Re: Missing library file handling is broken (another reason for "bpm detection never stops")

2014-10-26 Thread Si Dedman
FWIW: before migrating to banshee from rhythmbox (recently) I BPM tagged all my files with BPM Analyser (window program) so all but the 8 .ape tracks in my ~35000 track library are tagged, yet it still goes on forever. Dunno if that's useful intel but thought I'd mention it just in case. -- You r

[Bug 1383902] Re: "Add files" greyed out, can't add anything

2014-10-21 Thread Si Dedman
Worked fine in xarchiver & I don't anticipate the files are the problem. Unless it's supposed to run as root or something, and not getting called properly, but I'm running from the system menu... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1383902] [NEW] "Add files" greyed out, can't add anything

2014-10-21 Thread Si Dedman
Public bug reported: First time using file roller to compress, IIRC. Steps: Open file roller. New archive. Name = DebugDat. Format = 7z OR Zip OR tar.gz OR (others) Go to add files, click anything on desktop, add files icon greyed out. Tried with other archive formats, same. Tried with various f

[Bug 1315966] Re: banshee crashes on startup

2014-09-23 Thread Si Dedman
I've had banshee for ages but never used it; recently fired it up and turned 'watch folders' on in the background, did nothing else, and exited. The folder in question is /home/music and only has (3) downloaded podcast folders in it. Now banshee crashes at startup as per other users here. Jose, wh

[Bug 1307127] Re: Too slow to use, and feature missing!

2014-09-18 Thread Si Dedman
I don't know if this made any difference since I did the low quality zoom hack, but I also turned off a ton of extensions which I never use. Not a proper solution but if you're not using them...? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1348223] Re: Mp3check corrupting IDEv2 tags? FixHeaders kills files?

2014-07-24 Thread Si Dedman
Relatedly, I was contemplating running through my entire library with: "mp3check --cut-junk-start --cut-junk-end --recursive --only-mp3" But i'm now concerned that it might be stripping IDEv2 frames etc. Would "mp3check --recursive --only-mp3 --ign-junk-end --ign-junk-start --ign-bitrate-sw --lo

[Bug 1348223] [NEW] Mp3check corrupting IDEv2 tags? FixHeaders kills files?

2014-07-24 Thread Si Dedman
Public bug reported: This is a bug in progress as I'm not sure what's causing the problem. 1. I originally found these bugs by trying to copy loads of mp3s to an external drive and getting an input/output splicing error, and wrote down all those that didn't copy. 2. I found they weren't in my R

[Bug 1347081] [NEW] Bus error (core dumped)

2014-07-22 Thread Si Dedman
Public bug reported: Hi. Executing the following: mp3check -e "Bush - Reasons.mp3" results in: "Bus error (core dumped)" It did tell me about junk frames, then crashed, then I fixed them and it crashed afterwards, so I guess the crashing is happening after the error check & fix, if that helps. D

[Bug 1104435] Re: xfce4-session crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_alloc()

2013-08-03 Thread Si Dedman
Still broken. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1104435 Title: xfce4-session crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_alloc() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 1104435] Re: xfce4-session crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_alloc()

2013-08-03 Thread Si Dedman
Tried #19, got this: Setting up ppa-purge (0.2.8+bzr57) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for menu ... sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory Don't know what directory is being referred to. Don't know if this will

[Bug 245924] Re: Rhythmbox tracks stats on paths, not songs

2013-08-01 Thread Si Dedman
Solution could also be as per https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538549 similar to this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/394095 which would additionally solve this one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/502474 as well as any (I didn't sear

[Bug 394095] Re: doesn't deal correctly with renames outside of rhythmbox

2013-08-01 Thread Si Dedman
(IMO) The way to solve this is as per this ancient bug here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538549 Even if there's no agreement with other FOSS music players about a shared standard (which would be a shame, for the record), it's so disappointing that this has lain dormant for >5 year

[Bug 461000] Re: General populace ignorance of the many flavors of Ubuntu

2013-06-02 Thread Si Dedman
thought: per #11, if people are interested, they are almost certainly not ignorant of ubuntu. Hence their interest. Unless they're ACTUALLY magpies, and simply like shiny discs. (12) the route 1 approach: many of us are unofficial tech support for friends or especially the older generation. If the

[Bug 225615] Re: Heavy memory leak in gvfsd-http

2013-06-01 Thread Si Dedman
having this problem in xubuntu 13.04, rhythmbox with loads of plugins, also using google music which is uploading my library to the cloud. memory use grew to 1132mb before I killed it; rhythmbox had already been killed. Please let me know if any log required & how to do so if not mentioned above. T

[Bug 1103757] Re: Crashes while loading large library; 12.10 upgrade; ntfs drive

2013-04-06 Thread Si Dedman
Hi again. Changed to xubuntu 12.10, still on rhythmbox 2.97, reloaded library and it's working fine, manually added my 2 podcast subscriptions, moved my old playlists file over & it works fine, so everything's back up & working BUT: ratings & playcounts are still trapped on my old rhythmdb.xls. An

[Bug 1103757] Re: Crashes while loading large library; 12.10 upgrade; ntfs drive

2013-01-28 Thread Si Dedman
Moved the .local/source/rhythmbox/ folder to a safe place, uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled, opened, and it popped up with the same semi-full library and all existing playlists. I guess it's nice that my data are safe (!) but surprising that they must be stored someone as well as the above named

[Bug 1103757] Re: Crashes while loading large library; 12.10 upgrade; ntfs drive

2013-01-28 Thread Si Dedman
Ran rhythmbox -d, resulted in an error box: rhythmbox-metadata has stopped unexpectedly. The library was still churning away in the background, then it caused the PC to hang and I had to reboot. The most recent crash file is usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash, 15.2mb. 10 minutes before that was _usr_lib_rhyth

[Bug 1103757] Re: Crashes while loading large library; 12.10 upgrade; ntfs drive

2013-01-27 Thread Si Dedman
Having renamed rhythmdb.xls to rhythmdb_backup.xls, so rhythmbox would rebuild the library from the watchlist, it still crashed. I got the "ubuntu has experienced an internal error" box twice. I've just tried opening the "_usr_lib_rhythmbox_rhythmbox-metadata.1000.crash" file, but get the ubunt

[Bug 1103757] Re: Crashes while loading large library; 12.10 upgrade; ntfs drive

2013-01-23 Thread Si Dedman
Looks like i can workaround the 1 attachment rule by putting the crash file in a second post. Which is this. ** Attachment added: "rhythmbox crash file" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/1103757/+attachment/3497621/+files/_usr_bin_rhythmbox.1000.crash -- You received t

[Bug 1103757] [NEW] Crashes while loading large library; 12.10 upgrade; ntfs drive

2013-01-23 Thread Si Dedman
Public bug reported: HI all. I've been using rhythmbox for a few years and it's mostly been good to me. Backstory to this problem: Had problems with Ubuntu 11.10 (i think) & upgraded to 12.10 which fixed them, however it screwed up my dualboot setup (rant about how ubuntu upgrades don't maintai

[Bug 963125] Re: Alt-Tab window switcher lost

2012-05-31 Thread Si Dedman
Shahar's idea may work for unity users but removing metacity removes gnome-fallback i.e. the classic interface. Reinstalling it makes everything appear as it was (phew) but alt-tab goes back to not working. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 878352] Re: 3rd Party Plugins Ignored

2011-12-01 Thread Si Dedman
It's deceptive. Unless i'm very much mistaken (open invitation to anyone wiser to step in here!), v 2.90.1 which comes bundled with ubuntu 11.10 IS v3. And the version before 2.90.1 aka 3 is v 0.##.##. This [bizarre situation] is how i understand things based on researching today. So Matt, if you

[Bug 878352] Re: 3rd Party Plugins Ignored

2011-12-01 Thread Si Dedman
Have you tried only installing those for RB version 3? I find that they install and are present in the presets list, although not all of them work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/878352

[Bug 825280] Re: Repeated Ubuntu One address book errors

2011-11-21 Thread Si Dedman
nope, no change. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/825280 Title: Repeated Ubuntu One address book errors To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/

[Bug 825280] Re: Repeated Ubuntu One address book errors

2011-11-20 Thread Si Dedman
I have the same problem with address book "Contacts". I used to use evolution on this install (11.10) so will try removing it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/825280 Title: Repeated Ub

[Bug 841566] Re: Can not open Ubuntu One address book: "book backend is opening"

2011-11-18 Thread Si Dedman
same for me with opening address book "Contacts" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/841566 Title: Can not open Ubuntu One address book: "book backend is opening" To manage notifications

[Bug 854108] [NEW] Dvds and avi's skip back between 5 & 15 seconds at random intervals

2011-09-19 Thread Si Dedman
Public bug reported: DVDs and AVIs (i.e. all media I try) randomly skip back from 5 to 15 seconds (very roughly) at random intervals, usually no more than twice per thing. Defo not the fault of the media - sometimes playing new DVDs directly, other times playing old AVIs I've had for ages. Have

[Bug 841785] Re: Changes / edits to genre tags not saved on restart

2011-09-06 Thread Si Dedman
Found source of problem: files are m4a. Will convert. ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/841785 Title: Changes / edits to

[Bug 841785] [NEW] Changes / edits to genre tags not saved on restart

2011-09-05 Thread Si Dedman
Public bug reported: Have recently noticed this - editing genre tags in Rhythmbox seems to work, but the tags revert to their previous state after a full close & reopen. Example changes: rock > Rock Alternativ > Alternative Rock I tried the 'rock' switch through a fictional intermediary genre (

[Bug 176696] Re: Allow for file tagging, ala F-spot

2011-09-05 Thread Si Dedman
David - a workaround, and a coarse one at that, but: If you're anything like me in the way you use song ratings, you'll find you don't use 1 or 2 star because you either don't bother rating (or listening to) songs you don't like, or you don't have them or delete them. If this is the case (and it

[Bug 372647] Re: Clock and Weather applet don't show any weather info

2010-11-28 Thread Si Dedman
no forecast or radar for Newcastle, UK. Changed DNS (n00bs: system>prefs>network connections>) but no joy. Any thoughts/ideas? cheers -- Clock and Weather applet don't show any weather info https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372647 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 670747] Re: cannot import outlook pst file (addressbook, calendar, email)

2010-11-16 Thread Si Dedman
worked for me too (importing mail only). shame the proposed changes thing can't be done in package manager! cheers -- cannot import outlook pst file (addressbook, calendar, email) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670747 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w