[Bug 1020756] Re: GtkTreeView keyboard binding are not intituive

2016-10-02 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I second the effort of fixing GtkTreeView key bindings, 13 years after it has been originally reported, and 10 years after this issue urged me to comment on GNOME Bugzilla. Please, please, fix it at least on Ubuntu/Debian. Then it will flow to virtually all Linux distro variants I personally use.

[Bug 774071] Re: Indicator-datetime-service renders 100% CPU usage

2013-11-11 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Since I upgraded to 12.04 recently I've started to notice this problem. Namely, indicator-datetime-service was still running at 100% CPU, and was quickly restarted (with just highter PID) after killing its process. However, I was puzzled why at the same time some geoclue- related service also

[Bug 401446] Re: Gnome lost icons position on the desktop

2009-11-08 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Correct, this nailed it - only symlinks that point to inodes on another filesystem are affected (desktop position is lost). I've just confirmed it by creating a symbolic link on the desktop to one of directories from my $(HOME). The position is correctly kept after logging out and logging back

[Bug 401446] Re: Gnome lost icons position on the desktop

2009-09-16 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I'm afraid on Ubuntu Karmic gnome-vfs still affects positions of my desktop icons, but in a little different way. I try to keep my desktop clean and only put the most necessary things there. Specifically, I have several symbolic links to some interesting directories, where I keep my work files.

[Bug 412732] Re: gnome-keybinding-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_tree_model_get_valist()

2009-08-17 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Freshly updated karmic, normal keyboard shortcuts do not work (no Alt+F1, Alt+F2, etc.), only multimedia keys work and other compiz shortcuts (Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right for rotate to left/right workspace, Ctrl+Alt+LeftMouseButton for cube, etc). Additionally, gnome-keybinding-properties crash - please

[Bug 64147] Re: ubuntu splash logo stretched on non-4:3/16:9 displays

2008-10-11 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
@Jessie Lawrence: I undestand your pain but the problem is not in the number of images, the problem is in determining and using the native resolution of the monitor. Think about this: let's suppose the usplash uses only one image of 300x200 pixels. Centering it is no problem, but the end result

[Bug 269656] Re: AN IRRELEVANT LICENSE IS PRESENTED TO YOU FREE-OF-CHARGE ON STARTUP

2008-09-15 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
@Mike Chambers: Thanks for sharing the idea. This seems to be the most balanced solution. Elegant, clean, yet effective. My compliments for Fedora to achieve this. Please include something like this in Ubuntu as well? -- AN IRRELEVANT LICENSE IS PRESENTED TO YOU FREE-OF-CHARGE ON STARTUP

[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-05-01 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Brian Visel: Is there a way I could get it published, if I did make such a script? Add an attachment to this bug report so the devs could decide? -- High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 You received this bug

Re: [Bug 64147] Re: ubuntu splash logo stretched on non-4:3/16:9 displays

2008-04-15 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
On iMac G5 rev C, ubuntu logo is stretched vertically. That's really strange on a widescreen, where i expected the usplash to be stretched horizontally. The usplash is correctly centered. That's correct, I've experienced the same problem in two variations: * on my Gutsy installation usplash is

[Bug 200272] Re: Calculator not working.

2008-04-10 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
This problem haunted me as well for a good month or so. Thanks for explaining it and tracking it down to the source. The patch attached at: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=107901action=view seems to fix the issue. It's a simple fix that modifies a .glade file and a translation file

[Bug 200272] Re: Calculator not working.

2008-04-10 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Alas, after going from the GNOME 2.22.1 announcement: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2008-April/msg00039.html following to the sources: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.22/2.22.1/sources/

[Bug 190515] Re: [Hardy] Backport rt2400/rt2500 drivers

2008-03-12 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
@Nicolas Deschildre You've got 54 Mbs directly because you are using a different driver. rt2500-source = legacy driver (driver name: rt2500). Since the Debianers used rt2500, I have tried the same - but without luck. The version from Ubuntu repository didn't want to compile with

[Bug 190515] Re: [Hardy alpha 4] Wrong bandwidth with rt2400/rt2500

2008-02-24 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I have the same problem on Hardy Alpha 3 and Alpha 4 (can't remember earlier). This doesn't happen in Feisty and Gutsy. However, I installed 64-bit Debian Sid and there is no slowdown at all. I even get 54Mbps instead of typical 11Mbps (!) over WPA-protected access point. I have built

Re: [Bug 129910] Re: Blank ttys when using vesafb (vga=xxx)

2008-02-18 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
@ Fabio Marzocca [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -- Blank ttys when using vesafb (vga=xxx) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129910 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. I have already written an Ubuntu-specific tutorial concerning this issue and K/Ubuntu

[Bug 190404] Re: 'Reading state information' string not translated to polish

2008-02-11 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
** Attachment added: Refreshed pl.po file for apt-0.7.9 and 0.7.10 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11879618/apt-0.7.9-0.7.10_pl.po -- 'Reading state information' string not translated to polish https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190404 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 190404] Re: 'Reading state information' string not translated to polish

2008-02-11 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
This problem comes from the apt package, that is used by update-manager. Strings displayed by apt-get and the rest of apt programs are copied and displayed in graphical managers, like synaptic and update-manager. I've filed an upstream bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=465347

Re: [Bug 189681] [NEW] The window X is not responding is not translated into polish

2008-02-11 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I filed an upstream bug: http://bugs.opencompositing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775 Now what we need is time and a right developer assistance. -- The window X is not responding is not translated into polish https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189681 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 152911] Re: [Gutsy] The window X is not responding message dialog can't be translated

2008-02-11 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I filed an upstream bug: http://bugs.opencompositing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775 Now what we need is time and a right developer assistance. -- [Gutsy] The window X is not responding message dialog can't be translated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152911 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 177576] Re: rt2x00 badly broken in hardy

2008-01-26 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
osteenbergen wrote on 2008-01-07: In hardy i had speed trouble 1/4 of my download speed was availible with rt2500pci driver. I now use ndiswrapper (had troubles but latest version works) but i will revert to rt2500 to report information about rt2500 in Hardy Exact;y the same hit me too with

[Bug 179336] Re: Hardy alpha 2 CD won't boot

2008-01-10 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I've seen similar behaviour on a PC at university, so I removed the splash quiet options to see the boot messages. Shortly after booting an Alpha-2 hardy-desktop-i386 CD the floppy drive LED turned on, the drive started making noises and lots of floppy I/O errors were displayed. After a while hard

[Bug 129910] Re: Blank ttys when using vesafb (vga=xxx)

2008-01-02 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
@Loye Young I have already written an Ubuntu-specific tutorial concerning this issue and K/Ubuntu usplash as well, using only hwinfo program and traditional vga= instead of video= parameter. I haven't posted here earlier, because this bug already has had lots of comments. But since you've

[Bug 64147] Re: ubuntu splash logo stretched on non-4:3/16:9 displays

2007-11-24 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Maybe you can use some info from my post in the Ubuntu Forums? See: GeForce 1440x900 resolution, virtual terminals and wide usplash-theme-ubuntu [gutsy] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=622018 I've compiled there the information from this bug report, a bug #129910 and my experiments. I

[Bug 66637] Re: After running mkswap, swap space is discarded, system fails to hibernate (invalid swap signature)

2007-11-20 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
There is another alternative to solve the UUID problem, that is use the mkswap-uuid program. Look at these two locations: * http://www.nabble.com/DRBL-1.8.0-15-(stable)-released-t4492611.html * http://free.nchc.org.tw/drbl-core/old/src/ You need to compile it manually, but the whole process

[Bug 66637] Re: After running mkswap, swap space is discarded, system fails to hibernate (invalid swap signature)

2007-11-20 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
A goblin ate some of my words. It should be: 10. sudo mkswap-uuid -U ${swap_uuid} ${swap_device} Cheers! -- After running mkswap, swap space is discarded, system fails to hibernate (invalid swap signature) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/66637 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

2007-10-25 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
ASUS F3SC-AS218E here, with GeForce 8400M. I was testing all Tribes and RC of Ubuntu Gutsy and recently I installed it from official ISO. I have nvidia-glx-new driver installed by Restricted Drivers Manager and I have obviously noticed problems with black virtual terminals. Since this notebook

[Bug 135370] Re: [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs

2007-10-14 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I can happily report that at least in Ubuntu 7.10 RC this problem no longer exists. I was able to test the installation today and even though the installer still complained somewhat (the migration-assistant not being able to unmount partitions), it was no longer hanging nor indefinitely waiting

[Bug 145012] Re: installer hangs retrieving langpacks when network is down

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I just tried to install Gutsy beta in Polish, without network and the installation hangs at 87%. Then I configured the network manually (so I am typing this using LiveCD), but in Polish the installation still hangs at 87%, trying to download the lang packs. But this time it at least displayed

[Bug 147023] Re: ubiquity hangs at 5% when formatting partitions

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Maybe it's the same problem as described in Bug 135370 ? -- ubiquity hangs at 5% when formatting partitions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147023 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 135370] Re: [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I tried to install Gutsy using defaults, i.e: * English language (to overcome Bug #145012) * all mountpoints at default locations names (/media/sda*) To my surprise I was able to finish the installation. I made a bunch of screenshots with all the steps I've taken. I will attach them in a

[Bug 135370] default settings that worked

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
** Attachment added: default settings that worked http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9609428/default-settings.tar.gz -- [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135370 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 135370] Re: [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
** Attachment added: /var/log/syslog after the installation succeeded http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9609438/syslog -- [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135370 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 135370] Re: [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I think I was able to isolate the problem. I've tried to reinstall Gutsy and now it hung. Basically what I did differently this time was to specify a different mountpoint for NTFS volumes: /dev/sda2 at /mnt/vista instead of /media/sda2 /dev/sda5 at /mnt/homek instead of /media/sda5 You

[Bug 135370] ntfs mountpoints at /mnt

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
** Attachment added: ntfs mountpoints at /mnt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9609608/ntfs-mountpoints-at-slash-mnt.tar.gz -- [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135370 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 135370] /var/log/syslog while installer hungs

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
** Attachment added: /var/log/syslog while installer hungs http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9609623/syslog -- [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135370 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 135370] /var/log/partman while installer hangs

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
** Attachment added: /var/log/partman while installer hangs http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9609632/partman -- [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135370 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 135370] Re: [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
# which mount.ntfs /sbin/mount.ntfs # ls -al /sbin/mount.ntfs lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2007-09-30 21:15 /sbin/mount.ntfs - /bin/ntfs-3g That says it all. -- [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135370 You received

[Bug 135370] Re: [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
And maybe this one too: # mount.ntfs ntfs-3g: No device is specified. ntfs-3g 1.710 - Third Generation NTFS Driver Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Yura Pakhuchiy Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Szabolcs Szakacsits Usage:ntfs-3g device|image_file mount_point [-o option[,...]] Options: ro, force, locale=,

[Bug 135370] Re: [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
No, I observed the same behavior with ext2 and ext3 (as you can see /dev/sda8 still has ext2 after the previous testings). As a side note, when I resized Vista partitions to free up space for Ubuntu (it's a new laptop right now), the partitioner offered ext2 as a default (!) for all Linux

[Bug 135370] Re: [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Gosh, it's late... When I wrote: I observed the same behavior with ext2 and ext3 I wanted to say that it didn't matter what other file systems I have used. In all my cases the installer was hanging, no matter if I used ext2, ext3 or jfs for Linux partitions. And yes, you've got a good eye. I

[Bug 135370] Re: [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs

2007-09-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
The laptop has 2GiB. It's an ASUS F3S-AS218E (T7250). But right now I don't want to create a custom installer. I have enough after fighting recently with debugging LTSP (Edubuntu) startup sequence. -- [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs

[Bug 122834] Re: FTDI USB Serial Device converter disconnects

2007-09-18 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Looks like the problem is well-known since February 2007. Additional info: * Bug #84139 - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brltty/+bug/84139 * brltty mailing list: ** http://mielke.cc/pipermail/brltty/2007-February/001812.html **

[Bug 84139] Re: Arduino detected as braille device

2007-09-18 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I've been hit by this problem too. Even though answers found through Google suggested a complete removal of brltty, I dig deeper. Finally I narrowed down the problem to one of the udev rule, specifically tailored for an otherwise generic 0403:6001 Vendor/Product combination. After commenting it

[Bug 122834] Re: FTDI USB Serial Device converter disconnects

2007-09-14 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Recently I've tried to connect an USB to RS232 adapter. In Ubuntu Edgy 6.10 and in Windows XP the cable worked flawlessly. However, in Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 and in Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 the system was automatically removing the device, rendering /dev/ttyUSB0 inaccessible. In the end I narrowed it down to

Re: [Bug 135370] Re: [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs

2007-08-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Why did /sbin/mount.ntfs look suspicious? The output of 'mount -l' displayed the first partition with NTFS as the last one mounted (see the result above). So I suspected /something/ with mounting this type of filesystem (ext3 fs were mounted correctly). Other than that I guessed. And since

Re: [Bug 135370] Re: [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs

2007-08-30 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I just did what I've said earlier: I started the installation of Ubuntu Gutsy Tribe-5 on my laptop. The 5% stop with mount.ntfs happened again, with the same solution. So in my case the problem is repeatable. And now for something completely different... ;-) I noticed that the current installer

[Bug 135370] [gutsy tribe-5] installer stops at 'creating a filesystem' because of mount.ntfs

2007-08-28 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity After manual partitioning installer stopped/froze displaying 5% - creating a filesystem message. I've found a suspicious program (/sbin/mount.ntfs) using process list that looked like the reason of the trouble. After killing it the installation

[Bug 108528] Re: [regression] cannot connect to WEP-protected access point in Feisty

2007-04-21 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
** Attachment added: output of lsmod | sort http://librarian.launchpad.net/7380575/rt2500-feisty-lsmod-sort.txt -- [regression] cannot connect to WEP-protected access point in Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 108528] Re: [regression] cannot connect to WEP-protected access point in Feisty

2007-04-21 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
** Attachment added: output of lspci -v http://librarian.launchpad.net/7380583/rt2500-feisty-lspci-v.txt -- [regression] cannot connect to WEP-protected access point in Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 108528] Re: [regression] cannot connect to WEP-protected access point in Feisty

2007-04-21 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
** Attachment added: output of lspci -vv http://librarian.launchpad.net/7380585/rt2500-feisty-lspci-vv.txt -- [regression] cannot connect to WEP-protected access point in Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 108528] [regression] cannot connect to WEP-protected access point in Feisty

2007-04-21 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rt2500 Media used: Ubuntu 7.04 desktop i386 LiveCD My computer has ASUS A8V Deluxe motherboard, with ASUS WiFi-g WL-130g wireless PCI card (RaLink-based chipset, operated by rt2500 module). Symptoms: Network Manager doesn't work. It correctly displays

[Bug 64765] Re: [Edgy] installation-guide-i386 - several steps are misleading or cannot be finished

2006-10-22 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I've found one more quirk, namely in chapter: 6.3. Using Individual Components (installation-guide-i386/en/ch06s03.html) in subsection 6.3.1.3. Choosing a Keyboard the guide claims that it is possible to configure the keyboard by using kbdconfig program. However, after installation no such

[Bug 64765] Re: [Edgy] installation-guide-i386 - several steps are misleading or cannot be finished

2006-10-15 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
Additionally, I've found that using the debootstrap method shadow passwords are turned off by default. I think it would be beneficial to mention the following command: # shadowconfig on Probably near the base system installation, before adding a user account for normal operations. -- [Edgy]

[Bug 64765] Re: [Edgy] installation-guide-i386 - several steps are misleading or cannot be finished

2006-10-12 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
I evaluated more the alternative installation method, Installing Ubuntu from a Unix/Linux System and I have further suggestions. First of all, languages and locales. By following the guide to the letter one still will not have a full native language support. It turns out that additional steps are

[Bug 64765] Re: [Edgy] installation-guide-i386 - several steps are misleading or cannot be finished

2006-10-11 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
First of all, thank you for a quick action and accurate reply! I was able to repeat the steps on another machine, using the updated guide. Still, the devices in /dev were missing. But now this is quite understandable, simply because it contains only the files from

[Bug 64765] installation-guide-i386 for Edgy - several steps are misleading or cannot be finished

2006-10-08 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
is at least misleading. Please look into it, if you have time. I was abel to deal with this breakage, but not everyone have to be so lucky. With best regards, Wiktor Wandachowicz ** Affects: installation-guide (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- installation

[Bug 64765] Re: installation-guide-i386 for Edgy - several steps are misleading or cannot be finished

2006-10-08 Thread Wiktor Wandachowicz
today means that the current documentation is at least misleading. - Please look into it, if you have time. I was abel to deal with this + Please look into it if you have time. I was able to deal with this breakage, but not everyone have to be so lucky. With best regards, Wiktor Wandachowicz