[Bug 1462740] [NEW] Wifi intermittently stops working since 15.04 upgrade

2015-06-07 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Since upgrading to 15.04 a couple of weeks ago I have been finding that sometimes my wifi completely stops working. Restarting network manager doesn't help, nor does removing and reinserting the wireless driver. I can get network access through an ethernet cable. Another,

[Bug 1372688] [NEW] Cecilia can't find module csnd.

2014-09-22 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: When I try to launch Cecilia I get the error: ImportError: No module named csnd and the application fails to launch. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: cecilia 5.0.9-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-lowlatency 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux

[Bug 1330141] Re: Aptana Studio 3 causes xserver to crash

2014-08-12 Thread halfbeing
To be honest I can't remember what I did. It was a couple of months back that I was working on my web site. I have a feeling I may have somehow finished the job in Aptana, because I can't remember sticking with any alternative software. I have both version 3.4.1 and 3.4.2 on my machine, so perhaps

[Bug 1203704] Re: gedit, Eye of GNOME etc. can't open files from MTP-Devices

2014-06-22 Thread halfbeing
Are you sure this bug is fixed? I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and I still can't open images on my Android phone with Eye of Gnome. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1203704 Title: gedit, Eye

[Bug 1330141] Re: Aptana Studio 3 causes xserver to crash

2014-06-15 Thread halfbeing
I now suspect that the issue may be something to do with Open Java. I switched to Oracle Java this morning and so far I have not had a crash, although it is still early days. I will let you know if I do get another xserver crash. However I am leaving this as an xorg bug because a misbehaving Java

[Bug 1330141] Re: Aptana Studio 3 causes xserver to crash

2014-06-15 Thread halfbeing
With reference to my previous post, I have just had another xserver crash while using Aptana with Oracle Java, so it doesn't seem to be a problem with Open Java after all. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1330141] [NEW] Aptana Studio 3 causes xserver to crash

2014-06-14 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: I have been using Aptana Studio 3 3.4.1 today and it has caused my xsession to crash several times. I find myself looking at an ASCII console. This only happens when I am actively working with Aptana Studio 3. It happens while doing various actions in Aptana such as browsing

[Bug 1323132] [NEW] pepper flash plugin doesn't do proper fullscreen video

2014-05-25 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: The Pepper Flash plugin doesn't do proper full screen video. Steps to reproduce: Go to http://www.aljazeera.com/video/ Start the video. Click on the fullscreen button in the video rectangle. The video opens in a large window which still has borders etc and which doesn't

[Bug 1319554] [NEW] tumblerd prevents removable media from being unmounted

2014-05-14 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: I believe this is the same issue as bug 582501, but as that bug report appears to be dead, I am restating it here. Reading around the interwebs, it appears to be a very well known and long-standing bug. tumblerd prevents removable media from being removed. This happened to

[Bug 1316663] [NEW] Upgrade to 14.04 breaks apache2

2014-05-06 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Since upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 Apache2 no longer works properly. First of all it moved the document home from /var/www to /var/www/html without warning. Obviously this was relatively easily fixed by moving the documents. However what has broken that I can't put right is

[Bug 1316663] Re: Upgrade to 14.04 breaks apache2

2014-05-06 Thread halfbeing
I have now fixed the problem as far as it affects my own laptop. Somehow PHP got uninstalled during the upgrade process. Reinstalling libapache2 -mod-php5 got things working again. Perhaps it got automatically uninstalled because I had removed the Ubuntu version of dokuwiki after it broke during

[Bug 1316663] [NEW] Upgrade to 14.04 breaks apache2

2014-05-06 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Since upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 Apache2 no longer works properly. First of all it moved the document home from /var/www to /var/www/html without warning. Obviously this was relatively easily fixed by moving the documents. However what has broken that I can't put right is

[Bug 1316663] Re: Upgrade to 14.04 breaks apache2

2014-05-06 Thread halfbeing
I have now fixed the problem as far as it affects my own laptop. Somehow PHP got uninstalled during the upgrade process. Reinstalling libapache2 -mod-php5 got things working again. Perhaps it got automatically uninstalled because I had removed the Ubuntu version of dokuwiki after it broke during

[Bug 1315752] [NEW] Streams in pulseaudio often play a bit slow or a bit fast

2014-05-03 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: I frequently find that audio streams in pulseaudio are playing at the wrong speed. They are either a bit slow or a bit fast. To my ears I would say that the difference in pitch is probably around one tone, or somewhere around the ratio of 44100Hz to 48000Hz. Killing

[Bug 1315752] Re: Streams in pulseaudio often play a bit slow or a bit fast

2014-05-03 Thread halfbeing
I've no idea. Although I should point out that the files uploaded with this bug report were created at a moment when the audio was running properly. What process name should I look out for for peak detect next time my audio goes funny? -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1312607] [NEW] Cannot launch jackd while pulseaudio running since upgrade to Trusty

2014-04-25 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: While I was using Saucy I could launch jackd and pulseaudio would configure itself nicely as a jackd client. Since upgrading to Trusty I can no longer launch jackd because the audio interface concerned is already in use (by pulseuaudio). I am pasting the output of qjackctl,

[Bug 1312607] Re: Cannot launch jackd while pulseaudio running since upgrade to Trusty

2014-04-25 Thread halfbeing
The problem seems to have corrected itself with a reboot. I shall mark this as invalid. Just for information, even when I ran pasuspender I couldn't start jack, but the error messages in that case said the sound device was being used by freedesktop.org rather than pulseaudio. It may just have

[Bug 1312377] [NEW] libmtp chokes on photos altered by Twitter Android app

2014-04-24 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Whenever I upload a photo to Twitter from my phone and then try to copy the same photo to my Ubuntu machine via MTP, the transfer freezes, along with my file manager (Thunar in my case). Unplugging and reconnecting the phone is the only way to get the file manager working

[Bug 1311606] [NEW] xfce4 indicator plugin keeps crashing

2014-04-23 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Since upgrading to Trusty yesterday, the XFCE4 indicator applet no longer works. I can install it in the panel and see all my indicators appear, but within a few seconds it crashes, the indicators disappear and I get a message offering to remove the applet from the panel. I

[Bug 271272] Re: updatedb should be weekly, not daily

2014-04-20 Thread halfbeing
I agree with Mikkel. I use 13.10 and I find every day that my machine becomes completely unusable for around 15 minutes or so because of updatedb. This is not behaviour I used to get when I was using Windows, and I have never heard a Mac user complain about anything like this. -- You received

[Bug 1301648] [NEW] deja dup backup appears (misleadingly) to hang on a particular file

2014-04-02 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: I have just done a back up using deja dup. I tried twice. Each time, the backup appeared to hang on a particular jpeg file (attached). The first time, after waiting perhaps half an hour, I aborted the backup, assuming it had failed. However the second time I let it run and

[Bug 1278391] [NEW] Very heavy CPU usage for Facebook in Firefox

2014-02-10 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: When a tab with the Facebook home page is active in Firefox, Firefox's CPU usage shoots through the roof. It had been very bad for a while, but recently it has got worse, now sticking at almost a constant 100% on one core (of a 1.5GHz Core2Duo), as opposed to around 5-20%

[Bug 1272958] [NEW] Black video from webcam in Cheese and Skype

2014-01-26 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: The following bug affects both Cheese and Skype, but not guvcview. I had an intermittent problem of the video feed from the webcam failing, apparently after waking from sleep. When I opened Cheese or the video in Skype I would see just black. When this happened the light on

[Bug 1222730] Re: adjacent short rows of pixels get swapped round

2014-01-07 Thread halfbeing
It is still an issue on the latest production version of Ubuntu. I am not prepared to install the development version and risk messing up my system again. Sorry. That will have to wait until after the official release of the next version. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1260196] [NEW] Background tasks even with idle priority hog disk access

2013-12-11 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: I frequently (several times a day) find that my computer becomes almost, and often entirely, unusable for day-to-day tasks because of bouts of disk thrashing. Usually this is not due to swapping but to some background task. This happens even when iotop says that the task in

[Bug 1257930] [NEW] can't restart playback after pause in clementine

2013-12-04 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Pause playback in Clementine. Then try to restart playback, either using your user-defined keyboard pause/play shortcut (space bar in my case) or using the play icon. You can't. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: clementine 1.1.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1

[Bug 1245224] Re: Recordings in recordmydesktop disappear without trace

2013-11-04 Thread halfbeing
I've reopened this because today I have been trying to record and my recordings really have disappeared without trace. ** Changed in: recordmydesktop (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1246495] [NEW] nautilus-script-audio-convert doesn't do anything

2013-10-30 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: I have installed and taken the proper steps to activate the audio- convert script but it doesn't appear in the Nautilus contextual menu. Steps to reproduce: Install the script package; run nautilus-script-manager and activate the script; restart Nautilus (nautilus -q); right

[Bug 1184262] Re: [logind] stuck in PrepareForSleep, causing network and other services to not resume

2013-10-28 Thread halfbeing
I am experiencing some of the same problems as reported by Hife above. The disabled network problem doesn't happen every time I wake my machine up, but on some of the occasions when it does I also find that sleep is disabled from the menu and from the function key, although I can still sudo

[Bug 1245224] [NEW] Recordings in recordmydesktop disappear without trace

2013-10-27 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: I have been trying to use recordmydesktop. While I have made some successful recordings, I have also made other recordings that have simply disappeared. By this I mean that I click on save as after the rendering is done and choose a file name and location, but no file is

[Bug 1245224] Re: Recordings in recordmydesktop disappear without trace

2013-10-27 Thread halfbeing
I've marked this as invalid. The files did show up in the end, just a long time after I clicked save and with no feedback to tell me that anything was going on. In other words there is a design issue, but the software is functional. ** Changed in: recordmydesktop (Ubuntu) Status: New =

[Bug 1242574] [NEW] Upgrade to Saucy has broken Dokuwiki

2013-10-21 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Yesterday I upgraded to Ubuntu 13.10. During the upgrade I opted to keep my existing Dokuwiki configuration files. Now when I try to access my wiki I get a 404 message from Apache2. A distribution upgrade should not break an app like this. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease:

[Bug 1242574] Re: Upgrade to Saucy has broken Dokuwiki

2013-10-21 Thread halfbeing
** Description changed: Yesterday I upgraded to Ubuntu 13.10. During the upgrade I opted to keep my existing Dokuwiki configuration files. Now when I try to access my wiki I get a 404 message from Apache2. A distribution upgrade should not break an app like this. + + ADDENDUM: I have

[Bug 1232727] [NEW] Extracting zip archives in mc is horribly slow

2013-09-29 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: I have just extracted a zip archive using mc and it was horribly slow. The archive was 108MB with a lot of source code and documentation, i.e. a mainly small files, and it took many minutes. At one point the ETA was over 30 minutes, at which point I cancelled the operation

[Bug 1232606] [NEW] Nautilus freezes accessing Android via MTP when USB debugging enabled

2013-09-28 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Nautilus started freezing on me when I tried to access certain folders on my Android phone (Sony Xperia P) via MTP, such as the DCIM folder. I would have to kill Nautilus and then unplug and reconnect the phone. Sometimes after this the phone would be in the list of devices,

[Bug 1231720] [NEW] Cecilia always crashes during rendering

2013-09-26 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Cecilia always crashes within a few seconds of starting any rendering job. The messages at the terminal vary greatly, but more than half are along the lines of: Gdk:ERROR:/build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.24.17/gdk/gdkregion- generic.c:1110:miUnionNonO: assertion failed: (y1 y2)

[Bug 1231720] Re: Cecilia always crashes during rendering

2013-09-26 Thread halfbeing
Workaround: Install the Windows version using Wine. It's still very buggy but it's usable. I've installed Cecilia5, but it might be worth trying Cecilia4 instead. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1222730] Re: adjacent short rows of pixels get swapped round

2013-09-25 Thread halfbeing
Thanks for letting me know. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730 Title: adjacent short rows of pixels get swapped round To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1222730] Lsusb.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: Lsusb.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816260/+files/Lsusb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730 Title:

[Bug 1222730] xserver.devices.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: xserver.devices.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816278/+files/xserver.devices.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1222730] Re: adjacent short rows of pixels get swapped round

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected compiz-0.9 ubuntu ** Description changed: On my Thinkpad R61i with i915 graphics I often find that many adjacent short horizontal rows of pixels get swapped with each other suddenly and for no apparent reason (see screenshot). This can

[Bug 1222730] XorgLog.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: XorgLog.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816268/+files/XorgLog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730 Title:

[Bug 1222730] Lspci.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: Lspci.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816259/+files/Lspci.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730 Title:

[Bug 1222730] ProcInterrupts.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: ProcInterrupts.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816263/+files/ProcInterrupts.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1222730] ProcEnviron.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: ProcEnviron.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816262/+files/ProcEnviron.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730

[Bug 1222730] BootLog.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: BootLog.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816252/+files/BootLog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730 Title:

[Bug 1222730] DpkgLog.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: DpkgLog.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816255/+files/DpkgLog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730 Title:

[Bug 1222730] GconfCompiz.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: GconfCompiz.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816256/+files/GconfCompiz.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730

[Bug 1222730] xdpyinfo.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: xdpyinfo.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816277/+files/xdpyinfo.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730 Title:

[Bug 1222730] UnitySupportTest.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: UnitySupportTest.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816267/+files/UnitySupportTest.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1222730] UdevDb.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: UdevDb.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816265/+files/UdevDb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730 Title:

[Bug 1222730] Xrandr.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: Xrandr.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816270/+files/Xrandr.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730 Title:

[Bug 1222730] LightdmDisplayLog.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: LightdmDisplayLog.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816257/+files/LightdmDisplayLog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1222730] XorgLogOld.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: XorgLogOld.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816269/+files/XorgLogOld.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730

[Bug 1222730] UdevLog.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: UdevLog.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816266/+files/UdevLog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730 Title:

[Bug 1222730] xserver.outputs.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: xserver.outputs.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816279/+files/xserver.outputs.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1222730] LightdmLog.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: LightdmLog.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816258/+files/LightdmLog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730

[Bug 1222730] Dependencies.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816254/+files/Dependencies.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730

[Bug 1222730] ProcCpuinfo.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: ProcCpuinfo.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816261/+files/ProcCpuinfo.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730

[Bug 1222730] ProcModules.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: ProcModules.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816264/+files/ProcModules.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730

[Bug 1222730] CurrentDmesg.txt

2013-09-11 Thread halfbeing
apport information ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730/+attachment/3816253/+files/CurrentDmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222730

[Bug 1222730] [NEW] adjacent short rows of pixels get swapped round

2013-09-09 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: On my Thinkpad R61i with i915 graphics I often find that many adjacent short horizontal rows of pixels get swapped with each other suddenly and for no apparent reason (see screenshot). This can apparently happen in any window. In a possibly related incident, yesterday all

[Bug 1222730] Re: adjacent short rows of pixels get swapped round

2013-09-09 Thread halfbeing
The screenshot for Bug #1005717 isn't the same thing as my problem with the horizontal lines but it does look a bit like the incident with the text from last night in that each character is corrupted in a particular way. I shall submit the apport-collect asap. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1222903] [NEW] hydrogen is missing jack transport buttons

2013-09-09 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: The Jack transport buttons have disappeared from Hydrogen and it is no longer possible to sync it with other Jack clients. This may be connected to the fact that you can no longer change the driver from auto to jack (it reverts as soon as you close the preferences panel even

[Bug 1219786] [NEW] Frantic disk activity by check-new-release makes system temporarily almost unusable

2013-09-02 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: A little while ago my system suddenly became extremely slow, to the point of being unusable for normal work. This went on for several minutes. The disk light was on constantly. On running iotop I discovered that the main culprit was a .../check-new-release -q process. This is

[Bug 182578] Re: Message moving/copying should have a real progress bar

2013-08-28 Thread halfbeing
I think this design error is more serious than the report above suggests. I am currently trying to sync 1GB of Gmail data and you would really be forgiven for thinking Evolution has completely stalled because there is no information and all the little spinning wheel animations have all stopped

[Bug 951929] Re: Unity launcher and Alt-Tab switcher missing entry for gnome-terminal

2013-08-24 Thread halfbeing
I can confirm that this bug is still present in 13.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951929 Title: Unity launcher and Alt-Tab switcher missing entry for gnome-terminal To manage

[Bug 846551] Re: Gnome terminal is not included in alt-tab in Unity task switcher

2013-08-24 Thread halfbeing
As a kind of workaround, do alt-F2 and then unity. All your windows will get dumped on the same workspace, but at least your alt-tab will be working properly again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 295014] Re: [Upstream] Cannot remove highlight from .doc in Word exported from Writer

2013-08-23 Thread halfbeing
Is there a realistic chance that this bug will ever be fixed? As one of the other comments above points out, it has a nine year history. It really does make collaboration with MS Word users very hard, and jobs such as proofreading and editing completely impossible. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1213371] Re: 3TB hard drive is mistaken for two smaller drives

2013-08-19 Thread halfbeing
You are right Kaj, but that was not the problem in this case. The drive is recognised correctly when I plug it directly into the motherboard. As far as I can tell from my afternoon shopping yesterday most of the enclosures on the market — certainly most of the cheaper ones — have defective

[Bug 1213371] Re: 3TB hard drive is mistaken for two smaller drives

2013-08-18 Thread halfbeing
I have discovered that the issue is defective firmware in the hard disk enclosure, a common problem apparently. You can mark this as invalid. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1213371

[Bug 1213371] Re: 3TB hard drive is mistaken for two smaller drives

2013-08-18 Thread halfbeing
** Changed in: linux-meta-lowlatency (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/1213371 Title: 3TB hard drive is mistaken for two smaller drives To manage

[Bug 1213371] [NEW] 3TB hard drive is mistaken for two smaller drives

2013-08-17 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: I have just bought a 3TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 hard drive which I attach to my machines as an external USB drive. When I open gparted it sees the drive as two drives, one of 2TB (/dev/sdb) and one of ~0.7TB (/dev/sdc). I have tried tricks such as creating a new GPT table

[Bug 1209357] Re: Sometimes 'q' doesn't work to quit less

2013-08-16 Thread halfbeing
The problem seems to have gone away! Now, as before, I was running 'bundle --help' in xfce-terminal. I have also tried at the console, but I cannot reproduce it any more in either environment. At the time I was also experiencing lots of strange freeze-ups in which applications and console

[Bug 737838] Re: No way to change Tasque Preferences without a systray icon

2013-08-15 Thread halfbeing
Bug still present in Raring. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737838 Title: No way to change Tasque Preferences without a systray icon To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1211283] [NEW] Application freeze escalates until whole system locks up

2013-08-12 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Twice today my machine has locked up in the same way and in the same circumstances. In both cases it started with Firefox freezing. At this point I could still switch between windows move windows around the desktop. However when I clicked the X in the corner to close the

[Bug 1211283] Re: Application freeze escalates until whole system locks up

2013-08-12 Thread halfbeing
The problem has occurred a third time and I have noticed another detail. When I move the mouse pointer around and hover it over the edge of a window, it changes to the resize pointer. However everything else about the screen is stuck. For instance the animation in my Fish the Fish applet remains

[Bug 1209348] [NEW] Thunar extremely slow to update available Samba shares

2013-08-07 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Thunar is extremely slow to spot new available Samba shares on the LAN. We are talking of a delays sometimes lasting hours. For instance I fired up a desktop machine well over an hour ago yet Thunar still hasn't spotted it. GnomeCommander on the other hand spots the changes

[Bug 1209357] [NEW] Sometimes 'q' doesn't work to quit less

2013-08-07 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Sometimes I am using less and I press 'q' to quit, but it just won't quit. Most recently this has happened after I ran the help for the Ruby bundler: $ bundle --help I tried numerous times to press 'q'. I tried other commands such as '/' and they worked OK. Then I tried 'q'

[Bug 769828] [NEW] firefox menu doesn't appear in unity

2011-04-24 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-globalmenu In my brand new clean installation of Natty the Firefox menus don't appear, neither in the application window nor in the top bar. Bug 637827 describes something that sounds similar. However 1. it isn't clear to me from the report

[Bug 769828] Re: firefox menu doesn't appear in unity

2011-04-24 Thread halfbeing
I have just uninstalled firefox-globalmenu and I can now see my menus in the application window. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/769828 Title: firefox menu doesn't appear in unity --

[Bug 769828] Re: firefox menu doesn't appear in unity

2011-04-24 Thread halfbeing
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[Bug 769828] Re: firefox menu doesn't appear in unity

2011-04-24 Thread halfbeing
Sorry. I've found the menus now. It's a problem of user education. I had read that the menus appeared in the top bar as in Mac OS so I expected them to be immediately visible as in Mac OS. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 760967] [NEW] simple scan creates corrupt file and freezes when saving pdf

2011-04-14 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: simple-scan I scanned 12 pages of a document and then tried twice to save it as a pdf. Each time the save dialogue disappeared the main simple scan window turned into an empty grey box. In the process a 2.8MB file (attached here) had been created that

[Bug 760967] Re: simple scan creates corrupt file and freezes when saving pdf

2011-04-14 Thread halfbeing
** Attachment added: the file created during the failed save operation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/760967/+attachment/2036074/+files/disability%20medical%20form.pdf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 754776] Re: pulseaudio dies during sleep-wake cycle

2011-04-08 Thread halfbeing
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[Bug 754776] [NEW] pulseaudio dies during sleep-wake cycle

2011-04-08 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pulseaudio Pulseaudio often dies and re-spawns either while going to sleep or waking from sleep. I can tell that this has happened because Flash plugin loses sound, Amarok crackles on playback and Skype freezes. This problem occurs frequently, perhaps

[Bug 725604] [NEW] After waking from sleep, pulseaudio hogs CPU

2011-02-26 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pulseaudio When I put my machine to sleep and wake it up again pulseaudio uses 49-50% CPU, i.e. 100% on one core. This means obviously that it has to be terminated, along with any other applications that use it. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu

[Bug 725604] Re: After waking from sleep, pulseaudio hogs CPU

2011-02-26 Thread halfbeing
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[Bug 725790] [NEW] HDA sound changes default between digital and analog for no reason

2011-02-26 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Recently I have been finding that sometimes when I boot pulseaudio connects to my Intel sound's analog inputs and outputs, and sometimes it connects to the digital. When it is the latter I have to log out, kill pulseaudio, and then remove and reinsert the snd-hda-intel

[Bug 725790] Re: HDA sound changes default between digital and analog for no reason

2011-02-26 Thread halfbeing
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[Bug 723065] [NEW] only digital audio available on HDA device when analogue wanted

2011-02-22 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: All of a sudden and for no apparent reason I have found pulseaudio connecting to the digital rather than analogue audio I/O when it starts. When I open alsamixer it appears that digital is all that is available. This doesn't happen every time, so logging out, killing

[Bug 723065] Re: only digital audio available on HDA device when analogue wanted

2011-02-22 Thread halfbeing
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[Bug 720701] [NEW] most of media keys don't work as shortcuts in amarok

2011-02-17 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace Most of my media keys won't work either as global or ordinary shortcuts in Amarok. I can assign them correctly so that they appear in the list of shortcuts, but only media forward has an effect. Pause, stop and media backward do

[Bug 720701] Re: most of media keys don't work as shortcuts in amarok

2011-02-17 Thread halfbeing
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[Bug 445989] Re: Poor Rx on TL-WN422G wifi adapter (zd1211rw driver)

2011-01-05 Thread halfbeing
@Jose: Do you mean that the performance of the card is poor, or just that the reported signal strength is low? I ask this because I use this card and it performs well (i.e. better than my laptop's internal wifi adapter) even though the software tell me that the signal strength is low. As far as I

[Bug 694738] [NEW] New plasmoids don't appear in panel until plasma restarted

2010-12-27 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace When I drop a new plasmoid onto the bottom bar, it does not appear until I have restarted my KDE session. This is a regression from Lucid. Steps to reproduce: 1. Panel options - Add widget, drop a widget onto the panel (e.g. keyboard

[Bug 694738] Re: New plasmoids don't appear in panel until plasma restarted

2010-12-27 Thread halfbeing
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[Bug 694610] [NEW] cannot set input volume on conexant venice

2010-12-26 Thread halfbeing
Public bug reported: I cannot set the input sound level on the external input of my Conexant Venice audio device on my Thinkpad R61i via the codec. (The internal mic doesn't work at all.) Steps to reproduce: 1. Plug in an external mic. 2. Fire up an application that allows you to observe input

[Bug 694610] Re: cannot set input volume on conexant venice

2010-12-26 Thread halfbeing
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