[Bug 1166413] Re: friends-app crashes with segmentation fault

2013-04-10 Thread macstevejb
Apologies! My bad, I forgot to register my accounts in Ubuntu Online Accounts settings...duh! All noted re drag & drop bug. Thank you. regards -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1166413

[Bug 1166413] Re: friends-app crashes with segmentation fault

2013-04-10 Thread macstevejb
Robert, It literally freezes. Opens on my desktop in a "Timeline" window but just sits in the top left quarter of my desktop. I am unable to access menus or click on the "top" "refresh" or "post" buttons. I am unable to do anything with this Timeline window, I'm not able to move it around my deskt

[Bug 1166413] Re: friends-app crashes with segmentation fault

2013-04-10 Thread macstevejb
I can confirm this bug. I'm using 64bit Ubuntu 13.04 beta. The timeline opens up then freezes. This is my output: virtual void FriendsPlugin::registerTypes(const char*) Friends virtual void OnlineAccounts::Plugin::registerTypes(const char*) Ubuntu.OnlineAccounts QQmlComponent: Component is no

[Bug 1156310] Re: xrandr detects too many displays

2013-03-19 Thread macstevejb
any kernel fix for non-64bit? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1156310 Title: xrandr detects too many displays To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 1156130] Re: display size not correctly detected

2013-03-17 Thread macstevejb
Same problem after the latest kernel image update (3.8.0-13). My native resolution 1366x768 on my Asus laptop defaults to 1024x768. If I revert to previous kernel image (3.8.0-12) the issue disappears. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 966744] Re: [i965] Resume from suspend leaves me with black screen or a screen of the desktop before it suspended. Compiz hung in intel_update_renderbuffers() from intel_prepare_render() from brw

2012-09-28 Thread macstevejb
Installing the xserver-xorg-video-intel package from this PPA solved this problem for me on my Asus laptop using Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 (i386) Thanks :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/966

[Bug 915626] Re: usb-creator-gtk crashed with SIGSEGV

2012-09-28 Thread macstevejb
I can confirm this problem...unable to complete usb creation on 2 different machines running 12.10 beta 2, however, I have no such problem in 12.04 LTS. Using i386 version here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 1039202] Re: Xorg freeze, crashes, hangs on Live CD and installed system

2012-09-08 Thread macstevejb
2 machines; one laptop with Intel graphics, one desktop with nvidia graphics. Live cd boots fine in the laptop but displays weird graphical glitches when attempting to boot with nvidia machine. Conclude that there must be a problem with nvidia graphics right now. Tried nomodeset but only gets as

[Bug 975350] Re: Custom background color option broken

2012-05-04 Thread macstevejb
Indeed, I have the same problem here, the only real solution for now seems to be to choose a wallpaper that is dark in the middle. A really annoying bug for those of us who like to tweak the appearance of our desktops! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 971468] Re: Doesn't start: libgexiv2.so.0 => not found

2012-04-03 Thread macstevejb
Bug may be fixed but still not in repos and shotwell therefore unusable. Hope the update appears soon :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971468 Title: Doesn't start: libgexiv2.so.0 =>

[Bug 725434] Re: Nvidia drivers lead to extra memory usage for each process using libGL

2011-04-09 Thread macstevejb
Ditto..this is the one bug that held me back from making Natty my default distro. RAM usage back to normal here too. Thanks for fixing! :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/725434 Title:

[Bug 735482] Re: average load is higher than 2 and cpu is at 100% when running unity

2011-04-06 Thread macstevejb
Yes I have posted on bug #725434my system runs an nvidia GeForce 6100 graphics card. Ubuntu 11.04 runs fine on classic gnome with open graphics driver but as soon as I install the nvidia proprietary driver, RAM usage increases by over 100%, whether it be in Unity, Unity 2D or Classic gnome envi

[Bug 725434] Re: Nvidia drivers lead to extra memory usage for each process using libGL

2011-04-05 Thread macstevejb
Still an enormous RAM increase here using the nvidia proprietary driver (the latest nvidia-current) on an older P4 machine running 2 Gb Ram with an nvidia Geforce 6100 graphics card. It's really annoying, as I would imagine it is for anyone using nvidia graphics with Ubuntu 11.04...any idea when i

[Bug 626974] Re: ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 drivers in Maverick

2010-11-10 Thread macstevejb
@Darik Horn's ppa worked a treat with my Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 400 card on an old box with Lubuntu 10.10 installed. Many thanks for packaging this new nvidia driver :) -- ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 drivers in Maverick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/626974 You received this bug

[Bug 626974] Re: ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 drivers in Maverick

2010-11-03 Thread macstevejb
Really would like the opportunity to install Ubuntu 10.10 on my old box with a GeForce MX-400/440 card...hope that this new driver can be packaged soon :) -- ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 drivers in Maverick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/626974 You received this bug notificatio

[Bug 626974] Re: ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 and nvidia-173 drivers in Maverick

2010-10-16 Thread macstevejb
Same problem here with my Geforce2 MX400 card which uses the v96.xx driver. Had to revert to Ubuntu 10.04 to get the driver installed correctly. Hoping for a fix soon so I can upgrade to Meerkat. -- ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 and nvidia-173 drivers in Maverick https://bugs.l

[Bug 490610] Re: Cannot change brightness on laptop acer aspire 5732 Z

2010-08-06 Thread macstevejb
And to make Michael Chapman's workaround effective at every boot-up, just add the command (without sudo) to the /etc/rc.local directory. You will need root privilages however to edit this directory. For further info, #6 does not work on my Acer 5732Z..there is no need for the nomodeset or i8042.no

[Bug 553508] Re: xorg (or gdm) crashed during login

2010-04-05 Thread macstevejb
Agreed, this is a duplicate...see my comments in bug #553200 -- xorg (or gdm) crashed during login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553508 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubun

[Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-05 Thread macstevejb
Having the same problem with Lucid Beta 1 using nvidia v96 driver. The only way I can start x and boot to gnome desktop is to bypass gdm altogether. Clearly it has sometjhing to do with the way gdm interacts with said nvidia graphics. I have been testing Lucid since Alpha 3 and this only started

[Bug 403135] Re: Notification area icon wrongly rendered/has a black background (multiple apps)

2010-03-18 Thread macstevejb
menthurae: all I know is that certain icons do not have transparency with the theme I am usingicons that appear in the notification area, showing open progs such as: banshee vlc ksensors checkgmail mail- notification...see screenshot attached ** Attachment added: "Screenshot-3.png" http://l

[Bug 538853] Re: panel transparency broken with light theme

2010-03-15 Thread macstevejb
above fix makes no difference to certain icons that should appear transparent in the notification area when progs are running, but do not such as checkgmail, banshee and mail-notification...see attached screenshot ** Attachment added: "Screenshot-1.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/4095653

[Bug 535326] Re: gnome-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()

2010-03-09 Thread macstevejb
I can confirm this behaviour when programs are started from the main menu applet. It does not happen when using the alternative menu bar applet. Started happening after installing the latest round of updates which included gnome-panel updates. -- gnome-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_in

[Bug 403135] Re: Notification area icon wrongly rendered/has a black background (multiple apps)

2010-03-08 Thread macstevejb
As a further footnote, I just installed a new theme (ambience clean from gnome-look.org) and the icons appear as they should. So this bug is obviously theme-related. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot-2.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40488661/Screenshot-2.png -- Notification area icon wron

[Bug 403135] Re: Notification area icon wrongly rendered/has a black background (multiple apps)

2010-03-08 Thread macstevejb
Running Lucid Alpha 3...icons affected by this unsightly behaviour in the gnome notification area are: banshee, mail-notification, checkgmail, vlc. Strangely, xchat and choqok appear fine. Using the default Ambient theme. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/404

[Bug 533702] Re: mail-notification icon inside the notification area has a white background and is not transparent thereby no blending with the gnome panel. This behaviour also happens to other icons

2010-03-08 Thread macstevejb
screencapture of problem attached ** Attachment added: "Screenshot.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40481633/Screenshot.png -- mail-notification icon inside the notification area has a white background and is not transparent thereby no blending with the gnome panel. This behaviour also ha

[Bug 533702] Re: mail-notification icon inside the notification area has a white background and is not transparent thereby no blending with the gnome panel. This behaviour also happens to other icons

2010-03-07 Thread macstevejb
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40402846/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40402847/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40402849/ProcStatus.txt -- mail-n

[Bug 533702] [NEW] mail-notification icon inside the notification area has a white background and is not transparent thereby no blending with the gnome panel. This behaviour also happens to other icon

2010-03-07 Thread macstevejb
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mail-notification Running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Alpha 3. I expect these icons running in the Notification Area to have a transparent background so that they blend-in with the underlying Gnome Panel The said white background creates a very ungainly visual ap

[Bug 371897] Re: Occasional sound drops in Wine via PulseAudio

2009-10-14 Thread macstevejb
Installed wine 1.2 from Neil's PPA and running Spotify, I can confirm that my sound problems have been resolved with pulseaudio driver selected in the wine config settings. Using Karmic Beta. -- Occasional sound drops in Wine via PulseAudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371897 You received this

[Bug 423755] Re: grsync does not start - GTK critical error

2009-09-23 Thread macstevejb
I too am getting exactly the same error when attempting to open grsync. Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6 -- grsync does not start - GTK critical error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/423755 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-

[Bug 363532] Re: Several system beeps on shutdown

2009-04-20 Thread macstevejb
I can confirm this behaviour on Jaunty RC with varying numbers of beeps at reboot or shutdown. The beeps are coming from my pc speaker NOT through my soundcard. Used to get just the single beep in Intrepid but these multiple beeps are so annoying in Jaunty. Arrived at current RC release via upda

[Bug 342726] Re: Jaunty: BBC plugin cannot connect to server

2009-04-01 Thread macstevejb
Opened Totem this morning and the BBC Plugin is now working! -- Jaunty: BBC plugin cannot connect to server https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/342726 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@l

[Bug 342726] Re: Jaunty: BBC plugin cannot connect to server

2009-03-28 Thread macstevejb
Can confirm this bug on Jaunty 9.04; Totem 2.26.0also that it exists in Intrepid. Clearly the BBC server has changed and not implemented in the totem BBC plugin. Hope Mr Wright can follow-up. -- Jaunty: BBC plugin cannot connect to server https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/342726 You received

Re: [Bug 229344] Re: Slow startup after upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04

2009-01-26 Thread macstevejb
This problem has been resolved for me too now that I have upgraded to Intrepid. regards Steve -- Slow startup after upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229344 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubun

[Bug 229344] Re: Slow startup after upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04

2008-06-04 Thread macstevejb
I have precisely the same problem here; older box, AMD Duron 512Mb RAM. The strange thing is, it works fine on my main box which has a P4 processor with 1.5 Gb RAM. Once it does finally startup (which can take about 40 secs and with the same 100% processor usage), it subsequently works fine. --

[Bug 129029] Re: [Gutsy Tribe-5] No Sound on Login Screen or during Login

2007-10-24 Thread macstevejb
Identical problem here...using Gutsy final 7.10..log-in sound (drum- roll) works perfectly but no logout sound despite selecting in sound prefs and the sound playing there when play button pressed...this is an annoying bug and leaves an unpolished feel which will be noticed by new users -- [Gutsy