[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1724037] Re: Allow GNOME fractional scaling below 100%

2024-02-13 Thread James Lewis
@darkdragon-001 by way of an update, I re-tried this on 24.04 (development) as of this date, using Gnome 45.3, on Wayland and it worked. It's quite uncanny to see 2400x1600 rendered on a 2160x1440 screen, but it worked with the exception of a couple of apps that were blew up spectacularly,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1724037] Re: Allow GNOME fractional scaling below 100%

2022-10-29 Thread James Lewis
I tried the suggestion in #13 to manually edit .config/monitors.xml without success, I do hope this can eventually be realised. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1724037] Re: Allow GNOME fractional scaling below 100%

2022-09-01 Thread James Lewis
I am not certain why fractional scaling below 100% would cause any different performance issues than fractional scaling above 100%, but it is certainly something that I have wanted for a long time sometimes the fact that it would cause some blurring as the image would be scaled to contain more

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1698083] Re: Maximize vertically/horizontally doesn't work (in some apps)

2021-11-25 Thread James Lewis
Since this bug was logged 5 years ago, and is still present... in fact it is now on a shortlist of 2 bugs that will stop my adoption of Wayland, I thought I would confirm that it is still present in Ubuntu 22.04 (development branch), at the time of writing, with Gnome 41.1. -- You received this b

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1894234] [NEW] Bluetooth not working with Gnome in Groovy (20.10)

2020-09-04 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: Having plugged in a USB bluetooth dongle, the gnome-bluetooth settiogs report that I have no bluetooth adapter, and I should plug one in. At the same time, I can see the bluetooth adapter with hciconfig, and in fact, I can pair with remote bluetooth devices using a 3rd party

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1726464] Re: Can't easily move the cursor between monitors when the dock is set to auto-hide

2018-09-11 Thread James Lewis
This used to be a configurable feature in Unity... I'm not sure if this is a bug or just I can't find the option any more... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1726464 T

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 120284] Re: video podcasts show as failed downloads

2017-12-22 Thread James Lewis
Curious, what are the upstream changes you are referring to.. I moved on fron rhythmbox a decade ago because of lack of development, and responsiveness to issues like this, has something changed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscri

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1528915] Re: Allow changing of the top panel's colour and transparency levels without need to install extension - feature request

2017-11-05 Thread James Lewis
This issue, whether you call it a wishlist item, or not... makes system tray icons invisible in 17.10... surely invisible icons is a bug, not a wish? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1730195] Re: Make the panel and dock transparency configurable

2017-11-05 Thread James Lewis
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1528915 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1528915 I understand that it's not you specifically, and I apologise that I did not find the earlier duplicate... the search did not find it, although to be fair it is more than 2 years old, and logged against a res

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1730195] Re: Launcher transparrency is applied to the top bar, invisible icons.

2017-11-05 Thread James Lewis
You know... I thought things might have changed, if those working on the project don't like something, but can't get it changed, what hope do I have?? Why mark this bug as invalid if you agree that it's a problem. Canonical's customers do not understand the shifting relationships between differen

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1730195] [NEW] Launcher transparrency is applied to the top bar, invisible icons.

2017-11-05 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: The new launcher in Ubuntu 17.10's gnome-shell setup has auto transparency... but this is also applied to the top bar, which it was not in Unity. As a result, using a light background makes the light icons in the bar almost invisible. The top bar transparency should not be l

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1478319] Re: Wifi doesn't reconnect to AP if it uses the same SSID than another AP

2016-11-17 Thread James Lewis
I have a corporate wifi network in my office with multiple AP's and i often see it disconnect and ask for the password again usually entering the password doesnt fix it. i assume this is the same issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, whic

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 124315] Re: Remember+restore window position of applications with WM_WINDOW_ROLE or window title set

2016-10-26 Thread James Lewis
This is perhaps a perfect example of the issue many people have, and which people I've converted to Ubuntu complain about (to me), on a regular basis... Reading the history of this bug, it seems that a consensus was reached on the correct solution, in 2010, but we are fast approaching 2017 and not

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1375674] Re: Network proxy settings GUI does not have "no proxy for"

2016-10-26 Thread James Lewis
Still present in 16.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1375674 Title: Network proxy settings GUI does not have "no proxy for" Status in unity-control-cent

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1375674] Re: Network proxy settings GUI does not have "no proxy for"

2015-09-08 Thread James Lewis
Confirmed still present in 15.10, I imagine at this point it's more critical to ensure that this is resolved in Unity8, but there will still be another full cycle of LTS where this will be an issue, it seems like a pretty trivial addition. -- You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1320752] Re: MAC Spoofing / Cloning for WiFi is broken in Trusty 14.04 / 14.10 and all others including Mint 17

2014-12-12 Thread James Lewis
Just encountered this on a Lenovo laptop with the built in Intel WiFi, before I found this bug I discovered that if you bring the interface down change the mac address and bring it back up again before network manager starts, and then restart network manager some time after the user logs in, it wil

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1317253] [NEW] UI scaling and font scaling sometime get confused/change at random.

2014-05-07 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: I have a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro, with a 13.3" screen running at 3200x1800 pixels... I bought this partly to test out the UI scaling in Unity!... and I have to say it's very awesome (both the screen and the UI scaling)... however I have encountered a strange problem. Seemingly at r

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1313789] [NEW] Initial display of keyboard shortcuts shows X to close, but does not work.

2014-04-28 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: In a fresh install of 14.04 the first time the user logs on there is a keyboard shortcuts primer displayed... I've just watched a new user spend 5 minutes trying to close it with the "X" in the top left of the window, but this "X" does nothing. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1309456] Re: Lock screen backdrop behaviour

2014-04-28 Thread James Lewis
I stand corrected, although the behavior, in terms of which settings are used has changed as a result of the new lock screen, the functionality is still available. Please close this bug as Invalid. ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1309456] [NEW] Lock screen backdrop behaviour

2014-04-18 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: Since the final release of 14.04, a change was made to Unity to remove the option to use the old LightDM locker, which removes the ability to have a different backdrop while locked! This is a problem for a corporate deployment! In my office I cannot afford to have some outla

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1185771] Re: Mark libwebkitgtk-1.0-common as "Multi-Arch: foreign"

2014-03-28 Thread James Lewis
Apologies for delay, I have not been around to check this, but I see similar results... I now cannot install due to dependency issues of a different type... is there a bug logged separately for these elsewhere, or should I try to log one? -- You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1185771] Re: Mark libwebkitgtk-1.0-common as "Multi-Arch: foreign"

2014-03-06 Thread James Lewis
Thomas, can you help us understand what the functionality issue is, my interpretation of the OP's description is that it's a packaging issue which simply needs a flag changed in the package. What have I missed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, w

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1185771] Re: Mark libwebkitgtk-1.0-common as "Multi-Arch: foreign"

2014-03-05 Thread James Lewis
Note that this prevents the installation of the Citrix receiver client on Ubuntu since Citrix have not seen fit to grace us with a real 64 bit pacakge, and so their software requires the package described above. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Package

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1185771] Re: Mark libwebkitgtk-1.0-common as "Multi-Arch: foreign"

2014-03-05 Thread James Lewis
Also confirmed in 14.04 as of 1 March 2014. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to webkit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1185771 Title: Mark libwebkitgtk-1.0-common as "Multi-Arch: foreign" Status in “webkit” pack

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1287280] [NEW] Unity UI lost middle mouse click in title bar function

2014-03-03 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: As of the Locally Integrated Menu's release, Unity is no-longer honouring a middle click in the title bar... unless the window is maximised. This appears to be a regressions since it has worked up until this release, and indeed still works for maximised windows... ProblemTyp

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 487175] Re: nm_applet connects randomly when multiple AP's are available.

2014-02-26 Thread James Lewis
I'm still wishing.. :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487175 Title: nm_applet connects randomly when multiple AP's are available. Status in “network-ma

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 868239] Re: gpg encryption does not work any longer in 11.10

2014-02-26 Thread James Lewis
Version now un-supported. ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868239 Title: gpg encryption does not w

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1157654] Re: Sound recorder does not work

2014-02-26 Thread James Lewis
Still faulty in Trusty... although gnome-media is no-longer installed by default and is not in the main repo... so probably this will not be an issue in future... I hear romours of a shiny new sound recorder? ** Tags added: trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1157654] Re: Sound recorder does not work

2013-11-03 Thread James Lewis
As far as I remember, it worked for both mono and stereo sources. Audacity can record mono and stereo sources, the only observable difference is the number of channels recorded. ?? 0db 100% pactl list sources attached. No idea how to answer the last question, I do not have gnome installed. *

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1157654] Re: Sound recorder does not work

2013-11-01 Thread James Lewis
Still seeing this issue in 13.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-media in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1157654 Title: Sound recorder does not work Status in “gnome-media” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1188721] [NEW] Settings -> Power "When the lid is closed" has no effect in 13.10

2013-06-07 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: The current build of 13.10 (for the last 6 weeks at least) has broken the dialog specifying what to do when the lid is closed... it now always suspends regardless of the setting. This is anoying when on mains power or when deliberately disabling suspend while playing music or

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1171578] Re: Unable to Play DVD's in Ubuntu 13.04

2013-05-29 Thread James Lewis
Verified in 13.04 fully updated as of 28 May... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gstreamer0.10 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1171578 Title: Unable to Play DVD's in Ubuntu 13.04 Status in “gstreamer0.10” pac

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1157654] Re: Sound recorder does not work

2013-03-20 Thread James Lewis
Also, note that the original poster observed:- * recording is fine in audacity This seems to confirm that this is the same issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-media in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1157654] Re: Sound recorder does not work

2013-03-20 Thread James Lewis
I have the same issue, seen in the video here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDTw3Q4mTmQ Other applications can record using pulseaudio, I regularly use pulseaudio to manage 4 or 5 possible input sources and several outputs depending on the application. This appears to be an issue specificall

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1134915] Re: 4th USB audio device cannot record.

2013-03-15 Thread James Lewis
I'm going to mark this as invalid since it's clearly not an issue with pulseaudio, I don't understand why it has enough bandwidth for HD video, but not for a single audio channel... but that requires more research and a different bug, perhaps the USB system pools USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 bandwidth separ

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 931245] Re: Finish the implementation of the locally integrated menubars

2013-03-12 Thread James Lewis
Really hoping to have this in soon. Global menu is a good idea on a 1366x768 laptop, or when fullscreen... but on a 30" screen I have to cross 2 other applications to reach the menu for the application I'm using! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1071345] Re: empathy contacts list compact mode is missing in 3.6

2013-03-10 Thread James Lewis
Still an issue with 13.04, I think this is another issue with Gnome dumbing everything down, rather than Canonical deliberately changing it, the same as with the file manager... but Canonical really need to get a handle on this it's a huge pain. -- You received this bug notification because you a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1134915] Re: 4th USB audio device cannot record.

2013-03-05 Thread James Lewis
Yeah, Raymond... I completely missed that... you are correct it does say that there is "not enough bandwidth"... but, I swapped the port with my webcam and now it works... and I can still stream 720p video from my camera... so I'm not exactly clear what bandwidth it's talking about! -- You rece

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1141550] [NEW] Sound recorder appears unresponsive in 13.04

2013-03-02 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: Cannon select anything, or start/stop recording. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-media 3.4.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-9.18-generic 3.8.1 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-9-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.9-0ubuntu2

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1134915] [NEW] 4th USB audio device cannot record.

2013-02-27 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: Not completely sure if this is pulseaudio or the underlying ALSA... but I have 3 working USB audio devices, when I plug in the 4th it is not possible to record from it. You can play back to any of the 4 devices, but, whichever is plugged in last cannot be recorded from, and s

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1060507] Re: Opaque error message "Installing packages by files isn't supported"

2013-01-19 Thread James Lewis
I've seen this error message when trying to do colour calibration on my screen... what does it mean? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to brasero in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1060507 Title: Opaque error message

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1051448] Re: Empathy cannot correctly use IPv6 Local Link addressing.

2012-09-16 Thread James Lewis
** Attachment added: "You can clearly see presence, both in Empathy and Avahi Browser, but Empathy cannot talk." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051448/+attachment/3317623/+files/ipv6-ll-nearby.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1051448] [NEW] Empathy cannot correctly use IPv6 Local Link addressing.

2012-09-16 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: Avahi provides presence information using IPv6 local link (FE80) addressing, and the remote machine can be seen in "People Nearby"... but trying to send a message returns an error. Connecting with "telnet" shows that the service is available. My guess is that it doesn't hand

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 980035] Re: seahorse crashes when importing an SSH key. (Assertion Failed/Segfault)

2012-04-12 Thread James Lewis
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to seahorse in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/980035 Title: seahorse crashes when importing an SSH key. (Assertion Failed/Segfault) Status in “seahorse” package in Ubuntu: New

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 980035] [NEW] seahorse crashes when importing an SSH key. (Assertion Failed/Segfault)

2012-04-12 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: While trying to verify if this bug is now fixed, so that it can be closed:- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/372608 I am seeing that infact, the bug above appears to be resolved... although now it crashes moments after successfully importing a key, thi

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 372608] Re: import failure: Invalid file format

2012-04-12 Thread James Lewis
I can confirm that I was successfully able to import an ssh key using seahorse, I got a segfault as documented in this bug:- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=751515 But my key was imported successfully on 12.04. So... half way there... now we just need to do it without crashing. ;) *

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 372608] Re: import failure: Invalid file format

2012-04-12 Thread James Lewis
This is reported fixed in the upstream bug tracker, but currently seahorse 3.4 has not landed in 12.04, I know some Gnome 3.4 applications are making it into the LTS but it's not clear if this will happen for seahorse before release, if anyone has more info on the status of that it might help here.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 220654] Re: file-roller will not open 256 AES zip files

2012-01-23 Thread James Lewis
I would say that any normal user would just /assume/ that these files were not support and revert to Windows for this task... I found this bug after doing just that in Oneiric. I don't think it's reasonable to close it just becuase you can install a different backend and have it work... it may not

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 891996] Re: Message preview window frozen on Evolution startup

2011-12-05 Thread James Lewis
It's also worth noting that not all messages are affected, and not the most complex messages either... it seems as though messages received after the client was running (possibly after it was installed?) are ok, but this may be speculation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 891996] Re: Message preview window frozen on Evolution startup

2011-12-05 Thread James Lewis
I'm seeing this in a fresh 11.10 install, and I've also seen it happen in Fedora. It's almost as if it thinks the message has been displayed when infact it has not. The message is also not displayed in a new window. This is a real shame, because in virtually every way, Evolution is the superior

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 868239] [NEW] gpg encryption does not work any longer in 11.10

2011-10-05 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: In 11.04 the mail client (evolution) works with keys added via seahorse, and I am able to send/receive pgp signed/encrypted messages without any additional configuration. In Thunderbird, you can still select sign/encrypt on a message, but it drops you into a dialog asking you