[Bug 2109389] [NEW] Loud beep in BT headset when connecting and often when sound restarts

2025-04-25 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: A very loud beep occurs on Bluetooth headsets (at least my Bose Quietcomfort 35) when initially connecting, and often when sound starts playing, for example when resuming audio media after stopping or pausing, or when starting a Youtube video It is so loud as to be painful and

[Bug 2093817] [NEW] firefox snap broken bu update - gnome-platform/command-chain/desktop-launch not found:

2025-01-11 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS. After a normal automatic update, firefox stopped working. The terminal says $ firefox Content snap command-chain for /snap/firefox/5561/gnome-platform/command-chain/desktop-launch not found: ensure slot is connected *Rebooting did not help. `sudo sna

[Bug 2085858] Re: INTERPRETER PANIC - Unable to find game directory '/usr/share/zoom/games' (PC = #0)

2024-10-29 Thread jimav
$ sudo apt install zoom-player Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libxcb-cursor0 libxcb-xtest0 xul-ext-ubufox Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The

[Bug 2085858] [NEW] INTERPRETER PANIC - Unable to find game directory '/usr/share/zoom/games' (PC = #0)

2024-10-29 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: I just followed the instructions. $ sudo apt install zoom-player $ type zoom zoom is hashed (/usr/games/zoom) $ zoom INTERPRETER PANIC - Unable to find game directory '/usr/share/zoom/games' (PC = #0) Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS zoom 6.1.10.1400amd64 zoom-player

[Bug 2085581] Re: wsdd:467: DeprecationWarning: Testing an element's truth value will raise an exception in future versions

2024-10-25 Thread jimav
** Description changed: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, wsdd package 2:0.7.1-5 sudo systemctl status wsdd prints the following warning: - Oct 24 16:18:15 lxjima wsdd[85648]: /usr/bin/wsdd:467: DeprecationWarning: Testing an element's truth value will raise an exception in future versions> + Oct

[Bug 2085581] [NEW] wsdd:467: DeprecationWarning: Testing an element's truth value will raise an exception in future versions

2024-10-24 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, wsdd package 2:0.7.1-5 sudo systemctl status wsdd prints the following warning: Oct 24 16:18:15 lxjima wsdd[85648]: /usr/bin/wsdd:467: DeprecationWarning: Testing an element's truth value will raise an exception in future versions> Oct 24 16:18:15 lxj

[Bug 2071378] Re: files-autorun.html.en needs to be updated

2024-06-27 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "ubuntu-help/files-autorun.html.en as of when this bug was filed" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/2071378/+attachment/5792885/+files/Existing_files-autorun.html.en.png ** Description changed: The instructions for automatically playing a CD or

[Bug 2071378] Re: files-autorun.html.en needs to be updated

2024-06-27 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "screenshot of the current dialog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/2071378/+attachment/5792884/+files/RemovableDrivesAndMedia_Dialog_24.04.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 2071378] [NEW] files-autorun.html.en needs to be updated

2024-06-27 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The instructions for automatically playing a CD or DVD upon insertion need to be updated to reflect actual current menu items, etc. in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The current instructions reference non-existent GUI features; when I tried to guess what to do, it did not actually work (mo

[Bug 1917926] Re: Window focus/clicking/moving failures for Xorg sessions in 3.38.3-3ubuntu1

2024-04-06 Thread jimav
The problem is still (or maybe regressed again?) there in Ubuntu 23.10, xorg session, with libmutter-13-0:amd64 Major non-gnome desktop apps, such as LibreOffice and Firefox to not raise when clicking in their titlebar, however gnome-terminal, gnome- settings and maybe other gnome-* raise as ex

[Bug 1976119] [NEW] Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-*

2022-05-27 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Every time 'evince' runs it prints this on the terminal: dbind-WARNING **: ... Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/user//at-spi/bus_0: Permission denied AFAICT this is the same as a very-old bug 1193236, but that bug was closed with a comm

[Bug 1193236] Re: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-*

2022-05-27 Thread jimav
Still happening in May 2022 on xubuntu 22.04 with xfce -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193236 Title: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-*

[Bug 1946792] [NEW] Can not install build-essential (missing repo or packaging problem?)

2021-10-12 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Immediately after a clean install, sudo apt-get install build-essential fails as follows: Err:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish/main amd64 libc-dev-bin amd64 2.34-0ubuntu2 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.38 80] Err:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish/mai

[Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-09-04 Thread jimav
Upstream bug is https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/4597 ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues #4597 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/4597 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-27 Thread jimav
@vanvugt - No recent crash file was created in /var/crash, and neither at https://errors.ubuntu.com/user/ I re-ran the test using ssh and this time many "St-CRITICAL" warnings were written to the terminal, including this one surely indicates something bad: Object Gio.DBusProxy (0x57d0fa70)

[Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "typescript-processed_v2" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1937958/+attachment/5513620/+files/typescript-processed_v2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launc

[Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Extrqact from /var/log/syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1937958/+attachment/5513619/+files/ex_syslog.txt ** Attachment removed: "typescript-processed" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1937958/+attachment/5513

[Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
** Description changed: I wanted to report a gnome-shell bug with a backtrace, so tried to use the instructions in    https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Debugging - which say to do the following in a separate VT: + which say to do the following in an ssh login or separate VT:

[Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
Correction in the last paragraph: The segfault was in gnome-shell, not gnome-session, IIRC ** Description changed: I wanted to report a gnome-shell bug with a backtrace, so tried to use the instructions in -https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Debugging +    https://wiki.gnome.or

[Bug 1937958] [NEW] gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: I wanted to report a gnome-shell bug with a backtrace, so tried to use the instructions in    https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Debugging which say to do the following in a separate VT:   gnome_session=$(pgrep -u $USER gnome-session)   eval export $(sed 's/\o000/\n

[Bug 1937119] [NEW] apt-add-repository --remove -S ... also deletes other components

2021-07-21 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: apt-add-repository --remove -S deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute xyzzx wrongly disables *every* component, not just xyzzx. This happens because the entire existing line is commented out in /etc/apt/sources.list rather than just editing out the deleted compone

[Bug 1915362] Re: unoconv aborts if output file is in /tmp and named "out.xlsx"

2021-02-10 Thread jimav
** Description changed: This is hard to believe, so I'm reluctant to submit this. But here it is: - If the effective output file path is "/tmp/out.xlsx" then unoconv aborts - with an exception, but no abort occurs if a different file name or - different directory is used (and yes, I checke

[Bug 1915362] [NEW] unoconv aborts if output file is in /tmp and named "out.xlsx"

2021-02-10 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: This is hard to believe, so I'm reluctant to submit this. But here it is: If the effective output file path is "/tmp/out.xlsx" then unoconv aborts with an exception, but no abort occurs if a different file name or different directory is used (and yes, I checked that the file

[Bug 1908333] Re: Ubuntu's groff ignores TZ (but upstream works)

2020-12-16 Thread jimav
Debian's choice to permanently make groff ignore TZ is obviously wrong (and unnecessary bc builds could set TZ=UTC if desired). What is the best way to get Debian to look at this? I guess I mean file a bug with Debian. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 1908333] Re: Ubuntu's groff ignores TZ (but upstream works)

2020-12-16 Thread jimav
> Subject: Always use UTC times for display @Jouni - do you have a link to the bug or discussion which made this change? It preposterous to break applications so they ignore TZ as a solution for a problematic build system. A build system could simply run everything with TZ=UTC, which would make

[Bug 1908333] Re: Ubuntu's groff ignores TZ (but upstream works)

2020-12-15 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Demo script as a separate attachment" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/groff/+bug/1908333/+attachment/5444013/+files/groff_date_test.sh ** Attachment removed: "Demo script as a separate attachment" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/groff/+bug/1908333/

[Bug 1908333] [NEW] Ubuntu's groff ignores TZ (but upstream works)

2020-12-15 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS groff's date & time (visible in variable \n[hours] for example) are always in UTC, not the local time. The TZ environment variable is ignored. The upstream version doesn't have this bug; it honors TZ as it should. I downloaded and built from upstream sour

[Bug 1908333] Re: Ubuntu's groff ignores TZ (but upstream works)

2020-12-15 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Demo script as a separate attachment" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/groff/+bug/1908333/+attachment/5444012/+files/groff_date_test.sh -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.lau

[Bug 1881423] Re: error channel closing too late to send/recv

2020-11-23 Thread jimav
This is a problem because the errors also spew to the terminal -- corrupting whatever the user is doing now in the terminal. Firefox is started with a terminal if the user runs (possibly indirectly through a script) something which uses xdg-open, for example, on a file when firefox is the handler

[Bug 1837974] Re: Toggle-maximize-vertically/horiz fully maximzes (REGRESSION)

2020-08-12 Thread jimav
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1698083 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1698083 Something is strange here: That upstream bug is 5+ years old, yet this problem appeared in Ubuntu at most 3 years ago (vertical resize worked in Ubuntu 18.10) -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1886354] Re: Software app (gnome-software) Explore always hangs

2020-07-05 Thread jimav
I tried "sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-software" in case something was lost when upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04. Afterwards when I ran gnome-software, it said '"GNOME Software" needs to be restarted to use new plugins' but when I clicked "Restart Now", it hung. This time syslog had these lin

[Bug 1886354] Re: Software app (gnome-software) Explore always hangs

2020-07-05 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "syslog.txt -- logged during gnome-software" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1886354/+attachment/5390007/+files/syslog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 1886354] [NEW] Software app (gnome-software) Explore always hangs

2020-07-05 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The Explore tab of the "Software" app seems to be completely non- functional. It shows an initial screen with "Editors Picks", etc. but if you do any search or click one of the Categories, a blank screen appears with a forever-spinning indicator. The following error is writt

[Bug 1871260] [NEW] update-initramfs Error 24 (EMFILE? == Too many open files?)

2020-04-06 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Fails with: Setting up linux-image-5.3.0-46-generic (5.3.0-46.38) ... Processing triggers for linux-image-5.3.0-46-generic (5.3.0-46.38) ... /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms: * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.3.0-46-generic ...

[Bug 1851551] [NEW] man page does not mention that -e is deprecated

2019-11-06 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: gnome-terminal -e 'command...' emits a warning: # Option “-e” is deprecated and might be removed in a later version of gnome-terminal. # Use “-- ” to terminate the options and put the command line to execute after it. However this is contrary to the man page, which says n

[Bug 1851546] [NEW] Debug spew to stderr at startup

2019-11-06 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: gnome-terminal writes debug messages to stderr every time it starts up: # _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation gvfs (GDaemonVfs) for ‘gio-vfs’ # _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation dconf (DConfSettingsBackend) for ‘gsettings-backend’ # w

[Bug 1838227] Re: Bluetooth "Connection switch" snaps back by itself until after many tries

2019-07-29 Thread jimav
Well, I see the problem also on real hardware, but it's harder to reproduce. In any case, I don't want to install a non-standard kernel there, so it is mixed up with the other problems with the 5.0 kernel. However, the VM *does* indeed have bluetooth. Virtualbox allows VMs to access any USB devi

[Bug 1838227] Re: Bluetooth "Connection switch" snaps back by itself until after many tries

2019-07-29 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "newlog_kernel5.0.0-21-generic_repeateduntilitworks.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1838227/+attachment/5279955/+files/newlog_kernel5.0.0-21-generic_repeateduntilitworks.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1838227] Re: Bluetooth "Connection switch" snaps back by itself until after many tries

2019-07-29 Thread jimav
...and here is a smaller log covering only a single attempt to slide the connection switch to the right (the switch snapped back immediately by itself) ** Attachment added: "newlog_SingleTry_2019_07_29.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1838227/+attachment/5279857/+files

[Bug 1838227] Re: Bluetooth "Connection switch" snaps back by itself until after many tries

2019-07-29 Thread jimav
@Daniel Here you go (newlog_2019_07_29.txt). The log covers only the time while I tried to connect to the headset (took several tries before the switch switched; there are maybe a dozen mouse actions during that time). There are many message like this: org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1585]: Window mana

[Bug 1838227] Re: Bluetooth "Connection switch" snaps back by itself until after many tries

2019-07-28 Thread jimav
I rebooted before submitting this bug report using ubuntu-bug, so syslog is probably the wrong one. I'll attach the previous one (syslog.1) which I think covers the test demonstrated in the video (and several earlier attempts). ** Attachment added: "syslog.1" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/

[Bug 1838227] [NEW] Bluetooth "Connection switch" snaps back by itself until after many tries

2019-07-28 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Attempting to slide the "Connection" switch in the gui to connect a bluetooth device fails initially -- the switch moves but "snaps back" by itself immediately. Clicking on the switch flashes the "busy" indicator momentarily, but the switch does not move. After a while, co

[Bug 1838180] Re: apps use speakers when bluetooth headset is active (REGRESSION)

2019-07-28 Thread jimav
Ok, the mis-directed output seems to be fixed with a kernel 5.2. With the stock 5.0.0-21-generic, disconnecting BT in the Ubuntu gui does not actually disconnect immediately. Instead, the disconnect happens when BT is turned ON again in the gui! (based on my BT headset's synthesized status-chang

[Bug 1838177] Re: bluetooth->settings causes gnome-shell assertion failure, then many video-releated msgs

2019-07-28 Thread jimav
@Daniel Ach! Sorry, I posted to the wrong bug report. Please disregard comments #2 through #5 (when processing this bug report). ** Description changed: Whenever the "bluetooth settings" screen is opened, an assertion failure is logged from gnome-shell, followed by many video-related lines

[Bug 1838177] Re: bluetooth->settings causes gnome-shell assertion failure, then many video-releated msgs

2019-07-28 Thread jimav
Still a problem: When BT is turned "Off" in Ubuntu (using the speaker- icon thingie), the BT does not immediately report disconnection; but when BT it turned ON again in Ubuntu, *then* the headset says it lost the connection. (and at that point the original problem is present, where Ubuntu says i

[Bug 1838177] Re: bluetooth->settings causes gnome-shell assertion failure, then many video-releated msgs

2019-07-28 Thread jimav
I found that removing the following "fixed" the problem: $HOME/.cache $HOME/.config/pulse $HOME/.config/sound-juicer $HOME/.gconf Don't know what exactly is(was) the problem. However I backed up my homedir first, so I can attach any of the deleted files here if that would be helpful. @devs Plea

[Bug 1838180] [NEW] apps use speakers when bluetooth headset is active (REGRESSION)

2019-07-27 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Bluetooth headset stopped working after upgrading to 19.04. Worked perfectly with 18.10. Now, when a BT headset is connected the volume-control widget (seen via the speaker icon in the upper-right corner) displays a headset icon and a volume slider, but the slider has NO EFR

[Bug 1838177] [NEW] bluetooth->settings causes gnome-shell assertion failure, then many video-releated msgs

2019-07-27 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Whenever the "bluetooth settings" screen is opened, an assertion failure is logged from gnome-shell, followed by many video-related lines from gdm-x-session (syslog extract attached). The first part looks like this: gnome-shell[2872]: g_environ_setenv: assertion 'value != NUL

[Bug 1814611] Re: ubuntu-bug never (any longer) opens browser window

2019-07-26 Thread jimav
Clarification: By "settings" I meant the single setting (as seen by users) controlled by the "Send error reports to Canonical" switch in Settings->Privacy->problem -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 1814611] Re: ubuntu-bug never (any longer) opens browser window

2019-07-26 Thread jimav
Well if "automatic" sending is enabled in Settings->Privacy->Problem Reporting, then is-enabled is "enabled" and is-active is "active". But if "automatic" sending is disabled in Settings, then is-enabled is "disabled" and is-active is "inactive" Again, I don't think running ubuntu-bug explic

[Bug 1837974] [NEW] Toggle-maximize-vertically/horiz fully maximzes (REGRESSION)

2019-07-25 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Double-clicking a window title-bar now fully-maximizes the window, even though the action is set to "Toggle Maximize Vertically" or "Toggle Maximize Horizontally". In other words, those options now behave just like "Toggle Maximize". This problem started after I upgraded fro

[Bug 1814611] Re: ubuntu-bug never (any longer) opens browser window

2019-07-25 Thread jimav
In privacy settings, it says I am enabling "Send error reports to Canonical... Send report *automatically*". This does not have anything to do with NON-automatic error reporting. This worked before, what changed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 1834981] [NEW] scan area does not match preview selection

2019-07-01 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Using Brother MFC-9340CDW to scan. After selecting a region in the Preview window, "Scan" scans the wrong area. The scanned area is "kind of" related to the selcted area, but off significantly. The scan includes extra area to the upper left, and truncates ares from the low

[Bug 1834981] Re: scan area does not match preview selection

2019-07-01 Thread jimav
STEPS TO REPRODUCE: 1. Install brother MFC-9340CDW :-) 2. Put newsprint or similar on flat bed. 3. Start xsane. In preview window, select +zoom and click somewhere to zoom in. Then right-click to stop zoom function, and left-click-drag to select a small scan area (about 1x1 inches) 4. Click

[Bug 1818573] [NEW] sound-juicer can not read 2nd CD: device_changed_cb: code should not be reached

2019-03-04 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: After successfully Extracting tracks from a music CD with auto-eject, this appears: ** (sound-juicer:19604): WARNING **: 14:15:59.588: (src/sj- prefs.c:299):device_changed_cb: code should not be reached Thereafter, sound-juicer can not read another CD. It is necessary to q

[Bug 1814839] Re: "Sloppy" or "Focus on Hover" window focus is slow to respond, some keystrokes go to the wrong (old) window

2019-02-19 Thread jimav
Okay. Upstream bug is https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues/469 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814839 Title: "Sloppy" or "Focus on Hover" window focus is slow to respond, som

Re: [Bug 1814839] Re: keystrokes go to wrong window immediately after moving mouse to change window focus

2019-02-18 Thread jimav
Daniel van Vugt wrote: > Are you able to try Ubuntu 19.04 and tell us if the same problem happens > there? Yes I can download and install Ubuntu 19.04 in a virtual machine.  But before you ask me to go to all that work, have you tried the test yourself given in the bug ("STEPS TO REPRODUCE")? D

[Bug 1816255] [NEW] Default sidebar icon screws up size of all icons

2019-02-16 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 18.04.1, gnome/X11 session. All the icons in the activities panel (the left side-bar) are shrunk if an app is run which does not specify an icon. Perhaps the default icon is too large, or otherwise lacking in a way which causes the entire side-bar to be re-scaled, shri

[Bug 1816255] Re: Default sidebar icon screws up size of all icons

2019-02-16 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "before.png (showing icons as they were before)" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/1816255/+attachment/5239166/+files/before.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 1816255] Re: Default sidebar icon screws up size of all icons

2019-02-16 Thread jimav
Oh, nevermind. The problem is too many icons to fit vertically; I was expecting the task bar to scroll/overlap like it used to do in Unity. Now it just shrinks everything ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 1814613] Re: qmlscene -style material file.qml says "QApplication: invalid style override passed"

2019-02-13 Thread jimav
Upstream bug: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-73818 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814613 Title: qmlscene -style material file.qml says "QApplication: invalid style override

[Bug 1814611] Re: ubuntu-bug never (any longer) opens browser window

2019-02-08 Thread jimav
x not z -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814611 Title: ubuntu-bug never (any longer) opens browser window To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubun

[Bug 1814611] Re: ubuntu-bug never (any longer) opens browser window

2019-02-08 Thread jimav
xdg-open http://bugs.launchpad.net opens the page in Firefox. I use zdg-open routinely. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814611 Title: ubuntu-bug never (any longer) opens browser wind

[Bug 1459359] Re: Gtk & Glib CRITICAL messages at startup (regression)

2019-02-08 Thread jimav
The GTK warning no longer happes for me on Ubuntu 18.04.01. However a different message is written to the terminal at startup: Initializing nautilus-image-converter extension (unrelated) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 1814839] Re: keystrokes go to wrong window immediately after moving mouse to change window focus

2019-02-05 Thread jimav
** Description changed: Ubuntu 18.04. Gnome X11 session. When window focus policy is set to follow the mouse, then if the mouse is moved into a new window and keystrokes typed immediately afterwards, the keystrokes go to the old window (invariably causing application errors). Th

[Bug 1814839] [NEW] keystrokes go to wrong window immediately after moving mouse to change window focus

2019-02-05 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 18.04. Gnome X11 session. When window focus policy is set to follow the mouse, then if the mouse is moved into a new window and keystrokes typed immediately afterwards, the keystrokes go to the old window (invariably causing application errors). This is extremely ann

[Bug 1814613] Re: qmlscene -style material file.qml says "QApplication: invalid style override passed"

2019-02-05 Thread jimav
Ok, thanks. FYI the underlying qmlscene executable (/usr/lib/qt5/bin/qmlscene) is provided by the "qmlscene" package in Ubuntu 18.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814613 Title: qm

[Bug 1814613] [NEW] qmlscene -style material file.qml says "QApplication: invalid style override passed"

2019-02-04 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: qmlscene -qt=5 -style material file.qml prints QApplication: invalid style override passed, ignoring it. on the terminal. This does not happen when using the environment variable method, e.g. QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE=material qmlscene -qt=5 file.qml The documentation for

[Bug 1814611] [NEW] ubuntu-bug never (any longer) opens browser window

2019-02-04 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, X11 gnome session. For some reason ubuntu-bug no longer opens a browser window, so it is not possible to enter useful bug detauls, or even know the bug number. After prompting whether or not to Send the report, clicking "Send" just closes appport and not

[Bug 1814609] [NEW] ubuntu-bug / appport never opens browser window

2019-02-04 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, X11 gnome session. For some reason ubuntu-bug no longer opens a browser window. After prompting whether or not to Send the report, clicking "Send" just closes appport and nothing else ever happens. The exit status of "ubuntu-bug" is zero. I don't know

[Bug 1248328] Re: Printing emails shows no body text; works only printing to .ps file

2018-09-08 Thread jimav
This is no longer a problem using TB 57.0b2 (64-bit) and Ubuntu 18.04 ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1248328 Title

[Bug 1098358] Re: Close-Other-Tabs warns even if "warning if closing multiple tabs" is disabled

2018-08-22 Thread jimav
The problem no longer exists (checked with Firefox 61.0.1) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1098358 Title: Close-Other-Tabs warns even if "warning if closing multiple tabs" is disable

[Bug 1102282] Re: Image OMITTED from pdf printed with lpr (works with acroread)

2018-08-10 Thread jimav
I no longer have a postscript printer, so don't know if this is still a problem. Since nobody else reported this, I guess it's best to close as invalid. ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 1306288] Re: Ubuntu Firefox does not allow using system default email program

2018-07-10 Thread jimav
Problem is gone now (Firefox 61.0). ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1306288 Title: Ubuntu Firefox does not allow u

[Bug 1771466] Re: Super+D wrongly leaves windows minimized if a new window appears while in "hiding" state

2018-05-16 Thread jimav
Upstream bug is https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/282 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771466 Title: Super+D wrongly leaves windows minimized if a new window appears

[Bug 1771466] [NEW] Super+D wrongly leaves windows minimized if a new window appears while in "hiding" state

2018-05-15 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Toggling Super+D hides or un-hides all windows so you can access icons on the desktop. But this breaks if a new window appears while the windows are hidden: They become PERMANENTLY hidden, i.e. Super+D does not restore them. They seem to be "minimized" -- you have to individu

[Bug 1771434] [NEW] Log Out/login does not recognize new supplementary group; Hangs after repeated Log Out/login cycles

2018-05-15 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: If a supplementary group is added to a user who is currently logged in to a graphical session, then strange breakage occurs: Problem #1: If the changed user logs out and then logs in again,   their processes still do not have the new group membership.   It seems necessary to

[Bug 1756147] ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756147/+attachment/5080890/+files/ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 1756147] Re: Error/warning on terminal when clicking "Privacy" tab

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected artful third-party-packages ** Description changed: Many error/warning messages are written to the terminal (stdout and/or stderr) when operating gnome-control-center. For example, clicking the "Privacy" category tab produces this: -

[Bug 1756147] JournalErrors.txt

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
apport information ** Attachment added: "JournalErrors.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756147/+attachment/5080889/+files/JournalErrors.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17561

[Bug 1756147] ProcEnviron.txt

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcEnviron.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756147/+attachment/5080891/+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/1756147

[Bug 1756147] [NEW] Error/warning on terminal when clicking "Privacy" tab

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Many error/warning messages are written to the terminal (stdout and/or stderr) when operating gnome-control-center. For example, clicking the "Privacy" category tab produces this: (gnome-control-center:11277): privacy-cc-panel-WARNING **: 10:27:13.217: Failed fetch permissio

[Bug 1258597] Re: Warning: Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set is no longer supported.

2018-03-04 Thread jimav
I fixed the problem, but every time I do an update (and grub is updated), it asks me if it can install the "package maintainer's version". If I say yes, then this warning occurs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:/

[Bug 1743154] [NEW] sane-dll (5) man page missing

2018-01-13 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: In Ubuntu 17.10, with packages "sane" and "libsane1" installed, man sane-dll man 5 sane-dll say "No manual entry for sane-dll". This man page is the SEE ALSO list in the sane(7) man page and mentioned on the Internet. Note: When trying to install libsane, apt-get s

[Bug 1740214] [NEW] Ubuntu patch to perl causes problem

2017-12-26 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu patched perl to work around a libc compatibility issue, but there is a problem. Please see the perl bug report at https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132631 Here is an excerpt from the linked-to perl bug: ...the relevant Ubuntu change: http://deriv

[Bug 1739468] [NEW] Repeated [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Item :1.51/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload is already registered

2017-12-20 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The following message is continuously logged to /var/log/syslog (every few seconds): Dec 20 10:29:26 lxjima gnome-shell[13730]: [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Attempting to re-register :1.51/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload; resetting instead Dec 20 10:29:26 lxjima gnome-

[Bug 1738889] Re: Hang with >1 CPU after "Restart now" button pressed

2017-12-19 Thread jimav
** Summary changed: - Hang after "Restart now" button pressed + Hang with >1 CPU after "Restart now" button pressed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1738889 Title: Hang with >1 CPU aft

[Bug 1738889] Re: Hang after "Reboot now" button pressed

2017-12-19 Thread jimav
It's MULTI-PROCESSOR related. I realized that I had always had multiple CPUs (doing a bare-metal install or in a VM with multiple CPUs enabled). I tried again with a completely-defaulted Virtualbox VM -- only one CPU and 1GB of ram: and the bug DID NOT HAPPEN. REVISED STEPS TO REPRODUCE: 1. Crea

[Bug 1738889] [NEW] Hang after "Reboot now" button pressed

2017-12-18 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The install system hangs after every install, after the user clicks the "Reboot Now" button. The desktop disappears and "Ubuntu 17.10" in white typeface appears, but then nothing. The system must be reset to regain control (the installed system then works). I'll attach a s

[Bug 1738889] Re: Hang after "Reboot now" button pressed

2017-12-18 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "screen-shot at the hang" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1738889/+attachment/5024340/+files/hangscreen.png ** Attachment removed: "UbiquitySyslog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1738889/+attachment/5024339/+files/Ub

[Bug 1738673] [NEW] deluser --backup fails because tar --no-unquote option should be used

2017-12-17 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: deluser --backup --remove-home (or --remove-all-files) USER aborts if it encounters certain file names, for example the ubiquitous 'C:\nppdf32Log\debuglog.txt' left in Linux home directories by Firefox. The root cause is that 'tar' helpfully "interprets escape sequences" in i

[Bug 1738673] Re: deluser --backup fails because tar --no-unquote option should be used

2017-12-17 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Demo/regression-test script" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/adduser/+bug/1738673/+attachment/5023900/+files/deluser_backup_test.sh -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Bug 1738307] [NEW] Can not move icons in dash

2017-12-14 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The icons in the new 17.10 dash side-bar can not be re-arranged. You can left-click and drag them sideways and then vertically to a new position, but when you un-click the icon snaps back to it's original position. In Ubuntu 11.10 this apparently worked in gnome-shell: There

[Bug 1738307] Re: Can not move icons in dash

2017-12-14 Thread jimav
Now this is strange. I used Settings->Dock to fiddle with the doc, changing it's size and moving it to the bottom and back to the left side (no net change). Lo and behold, miving the icons now works! So maybe this is a one-time glitch. I upgraded, so there is Unity cruft in my environment. ->

[Bug 1738144] [NEW] Monitor locked to low-res when using EFI/Secure Boot on Coffee Lake

2017-12-14 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Booting with EFI, as opposed to legacy BIOS booting, somehow prevents detecting the resolutions supported by a VESA-compliant monitor; instead a single low resolution mode is used, and no other choices are available in the "Displays" setting dialog. At least that's what happe

[Bug 1486445] Re: Lots of zeitgeist errors

2017-10-27 Thread jimav
Also happening in 17.04 zeitgeist-datahub.vala:210: Error during inserting events: GDBus.Error:org.gnome.zeitgeist.EngineError.InvalidArgument: Incomplete event: interpretation, manifestation and actor are required etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 1720019] [NEW] org.PulseAudio1 was not provided by any .service files

2017-09-27 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Whenever a program starts which uses audio many errors appear in syslog like these: indicator-sound[1922]: message repeated 15 times: [ volume-control- pulse.vala:735: unable to get pulse unix socket: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.PulseAu

[Bug 1710751] Re: bamfdaemon polling every 3 ms

2017-08-15 Thread jimav
Oh never mind. Some process is sending it a continuous stream of messages, so of course it is waking up all the time... ** Changed in: bamf (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:

[Bug 1710751] [NEW] bamfdaemon polling every 3 ms

2017-08-14 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: bamfdaemon has some odd behavior (possibly indicating a design bug) which causes it to wake up every 3 milliseconds and attempt four non- blocking reads on the same socket. This occurs in an otherwise idle system. Most likely the code uses a short-cut or work-around for a de

[Bug 1707977] Re: SHLVL=2 in outermost shell in unity terminals (REGRESSION)

2017-08-01 Thread jimav
Oh joy, a bug in the work-around (and no way to edit the post). Please add "-a" to the egrep command line to avoid a warning due to the nul terminator in cmdline. CORRECTED work-around for .bashrc : i_am_toplevel() { case "$SHLVL" in 1) return 0 ;; 3) return 1 ;; 2) # HACK FOR Ubun

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