[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2011-11-28 Thread Scaine
@Pako : you can't "prove" an opinion, which is what left vs right is. @bhaavanmerchant : You should be able to change theme from the appearance menu - no need for anything else. I typically install "Shiki-Color" from the repo, then switch to that. The buttons will instantly be back to normal. @

[Bug 831604] Re: likewise-open users don’t get ecryptfs home directory

2011-09-06 Thread Scaine
Are there manual workarounds for this? Full disk encryption is too clunky for corporate use and the lack of encrypted home folders in an Active Directory environment means missing a huge advantage an Ubuntu install would have over a Windows device. -- You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 211631] Re: Network is brought down before network filesystems are unmounted (CIFS timeout at shutdown)

2011-06-12 Thread Scaine
Your options are : 1. Use a wired connection 2. Avoid Samba/CIFS shares and configure your server for NFS instead 3. Use AutoFS to create your network shares. In case 3, AutoFS replaces the need to configure anything in /etc/fstab. Seems to work well enough with most connections, although another

[Bug 344252] Re: CPU Frequency Scaling defaults to "Performance" instead of "OnDemand"

2010-12-01 Thread Scaine
I've changed laptops since reporting this bug 18 months ago. This is no longer the case on my Toshiba Satellite U405. I can no longer contribute to this bug except to suggest that this bug would go away if the app remembered what the user chose and stick to it. A common trait on the Gnome deskto

[Bug 346095] Re: Regression: bubble location setting from notification-daemon is not migrated to notify-osd

2010-11-28 Thread Scaine
Erick, people will "flog the team" until one of them marks this bug "won't fix". Why hasn't that happened if SABDFL's word is law? Actually, I do agree that it's nice that a decision is sometimes made, even if I myself feel it's the wrong one. But bug reports like this are important to argue/hig

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult [please no more comments; patches welcome]

2010-10-18 Thread Scaine
Comment #11 already details how to manually work around this bug. Of course, if you change theme thereafter, you'll have to edit that theme's metactiy-1.xml file too. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/160311/comments/11 I hate to be doom and gloom, but this metacity bug is

[Bug 658481] Re: Toshiba U400 won't suspend when Bluetooth is enabled

2010-10-12 Thread Scaine
Well, I need suspend/resume more than I need my bluetooth mouse, so I've got the following (rubbish) workaround to disable bluetooth : Edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf Add the following lines at the bottom : # Added October 11th 2010 blacklist toshiba_bluetooth blacklist bluetooth Reboo

[Bug 658481] Re: Toshiba U400 won't suspend when Bluetooth is enabled

2010-10-12 Thread Scaine
Recent kernel update (Tuesday 11th Oct 2010) has made a slight improvement. I now get one suspend/resume. All subsequent attempts to suspend thereafter fail with identical symptoms to this initial bug report. If anyone can help troubleshoot this, I'd greatly appreciated it. -- Toshiba U400 won

[Bug 658481] Re: Toshiba U400 won't suspend when Bluetooth is enabled

2010-10-11 Thread Scaine
I can't get a working suspend anymore - literally just once it worked, now it just hangs again, regardless of Bluetooth. If anyone can help troubleshoot the problem, that would be great. In the meantime, I attach the /var/log/pm-suspend.log I took of a "hung" connection. It doesn't look like it'

[Bug 658481] Re: Toshiba U400 won't suspend when Bluetooth is enabled

2010-10-11 Thread Scaine
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658481/+attachment/1685171/+files/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658481/+attachment/1685172/+files/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http

[Bug 658481] [NEW] Toshiba U400 won't suspend when Bluetooth is enabled

2010-10-11 Thread Scaine
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bluez Although the bluetooth module in my Toshiba Satellite Pro U400 is now recognised out of the box (without the need for the Omnibook module), it prevents my laptop from entering suspend. Attempting to enter suspend while the bluetooth is enabled caus

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2010-07-07 Thread Scaine
For reference, Ayatana are actually discussing this right now. https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg03040.html As usual, the Ayatana team take a particularly high-level view of issues like this, so instead of discussing how to implement borders that can actually be dragged without ninja-like pre

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2010-07-07 Thread Scaine
There are lots of workarounds in the previous 163 comments, but this 3 year old bug doesn't need workarounds, it needs Ayatana members or others to address the issue before we reach a seventh release of Ubuntu without a fix. -- Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult https://bugs

[Bug 45021] Re: including "omnibook" module would help with ACPI support on HP laptops

2010-05-04 Thread Scaine
Since adding the module manually, I haven't had to recompile my kernel once during the lucid development phase. So all that appears to be missing now is the auto detection of a laptop which requires use of the omnibook module. Is this possible? -- including "omnibook" module would help with ACPI

[Bug 75358] Re: ad-hoc networks don't work with Intel wireless

2010-04-19 Thread Scaine
Or not. Apport-collect recognises that I didn't file this bug originally so wants me to file a new bug. Can anyone confirm the best course of action here? -- ad-hoc networks don't work with Intel wireless https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/75358 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 75358] Re: ad-hoc networks don't work with Intel wireless

2010-04-19 Thread Scaine
I've just subscribed to this bug since I'm using Lucid on a Toshiba u-400 laptop with Intel wireless - I can't connect to my phone's WIFI Ad-Hoc network. In dmesg I see : [18263.828668] iwlagn :08:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x200. [18263.867730] Registered led device

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-02 Thread Scaine
The final release should clear up the remaining aspects of this "design choice" (galling to call it that). System/appearance still shows all themes with buttons on the right. Radiance, Ambiance and Dust have buttons left, while Clearlooks, Dust Sand and New wave have buttons right. No consistenc

[Bug 393012] Re: smb: Error while copying file, "Invalid argument"

2010-03-28 Thread Scaine
Confirmed in Ubuntu Lucid, beta 2. Autofs still created the /smb folder with 755 permissions, as root. This means that regardless of your credentials, you can't write the resulting folder/share. Putting : /smb/etc/auto.smbuid=1000,gid=1000,--timeout=300 as your /etc/auto.master still wo

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-27 Thread Scaine
Jeff makes a good point about his wife exclaiming "Can't they leave anything alone??". We had similar immense pain when we upgraded to Office 2007 at my work. The office "ribbon" wasn't just viewed as a waste of developer time by our staff, but also caused actual affront. As if Microsoft had scra

[Bug 347512] Re: Regression : Inbuilt Bluetooth devices are no longer recognised

2010-03-25 Thread Scaine
The issue still exists in Lucid (10.04) Beta 1. There is no detection of my Toshiba's bluetooth hardware without the omnibook module. Sadly, I've already used module assistant to create a new omnibook- capable kernel on my laptop which experiences the issue, so I don't want to be running that ker

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2010-03-21 Thread Scaine
Woah! I wouldn't go /that/ far! But at least you'd be able to resize windows, eh? :-) If you don't change your theme much, I recommend following the instructions I posted way back in comment 58 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/160311/comments/58). It's clunky and manual

[Bug 532633] Re: [light-theme] please revert the order of the window controls back to "menu:minimize, maximize, close"

2010-03-19 Thread Scaine
Shouldn't this bug, by now, be assigned to someone on the desktop experience team? And can anyone confirm when a decision will be made regarding this? And still no comments from anyone who was responsible for this? Other, obviously, Mark himself. Or any rebuttal to comments made in post 71? --

[Bug 532633] Re: [light-theme] please revert the order of the window controls back to "menu:minimize, maximize, close"

2010-03-18 Thread Scaine
Still no comments from the design team at all? Compiz, Firefox,, gnome- appearance, gnome-shell, etc that will need to be remodelled? What about the users who don't like the buttons on the left and swap it to the right - will they therefore forgo the pleasures of Cool New Stuff when 10.10 comes o

Re: [Bug 532633] Re: [light-theme] please revert the order of the window controls back to "menu:minimize, maximize, close"

2010-03-17 Thread Scaine
I don't think many people thought this was a vote. We're not voting, we're complaining, in the only manner open to us as members of the community - in a bug report. The problem is that no-one appears to be listening, despite the excellent arguments against this decision. And no-one has yet tried

[Bug 532633] Re: [light-theme] please revert the order of the window controls back to "menu:minimize, maximize, close"

2010-03-17 Thread Scaine
Nick, if you like them on the, you should change them to the left. But /by default/ these buttons should be on the right for the many, many reasons already discussed on Brainstorm, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntuforums and this very bug report. Ubuntu. Linux for human beings. I hope that remains the case

[Bug 532633] Re: [light-theme] please revert the order of the window controls back to "menu:minimize, maximize, close"

2010-03-14 Thread Scaine
It's taken two years and 116 comments here (https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/metacity/+bug/160311) to make absolutely no progress whatsoever. I doubt we'll be seeing this LTS with buttons on the right. Maybe the next LTS. General "usability" in Ubuntu is pretty low and I think it's down to a comp

[Bug 522337] Re: Karmic & Lucid WiFi DNS not working

2010-02-21 Thread Scaine
@Neskie : By including OpenDNS servers into your router's config, you have effectively bypassed this bug. Remove the OpenDNS server entries by updating your router and you'll see the issue is very much apparent on Karmic, but is NOT apparent on Macs, Windows or earlier versions of Ubuntu. The iss

[Bug 211631] Re: Network is brought down before network filesystems are unmounted (CIFS timeout at shutdown)

2010-01-12 Thread Scaine
Hi Spaetz. That "fix" was documented as early as comment 7 and is discussed thoroughly throughout the 110 or so comments. Sadly, the fix doesn't work in Karmic any more. Well, I'll qualify that - it works for wired connections, but not for WIFI. Network Manager brings WIFI connections down inte

[Bug 55780] Re: Dell Inspiron WiFi light does not show on/off status

2010-01-03 Thread Scaine
Still apparent on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), fully up to date as of 3rd January 2010. @S B : the bug is "confirmed" when the bug is still open and apparent. It will change to either "Fix released" or "Won't fix" depending on the solution/lack thereof. -- Dell Inspiron WiFi light does not show o

[Bug 328679] Re: keyboard bindings partially ignored

2009-11-15 Thread Scaine
As comment three points out, you need the compiz-settings-manager to enable gnome-compatibilty to get your keyboard shortcuts back (although this should be auto-detected and added automatically by Karmic). This app also includes a "reset to default value" button on almost all effects. You can use

[Bug 211631] Re: Network is brought down before network filesystems are unmounted (CIFS timeout at shutdown)

2009-11-09 Thread Scaine
@James : That would be awesome and exactly what I'll propose to the networkmanager list (when I get round to it). @Sixela : As H3g3m0n notes, the bug is still apparent on WIFI systems. In general, worth noting another reason gvfs shares don't always work out - nautilus won't process thumbnails fo

[Bug 393012] Re: smb: Error while copying file, "Invalid argument"

2009-11-08 Thread Scaine
The shutdown bug is being discussed here : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network- manager/+bug/211631?comments=all, but there's no fix as yet. The umountcifs.sh script does still work, but as I say, Network Manager drops the WIFI connection far, far too early in the shutdown process fo

[Bug 393012] Re: smb: Error while copying file, "Invalid argument"

2009-11-01 Thread Scaine
And is your share read-only? That's the issue I'm experiencing with autofs. I'd appreciate it if you could confirm this bug if so. However, I don't think anyone is now tracking this bug. I added the "affects project" for autofs too late after the relevant gvfs issues were fixed. Combined wit

[Bug 211631] Re: Network is brought down before network filesystems are unmounted (CIFS timeout at shutdown)

2009-10-28 Thread Scaine
Confirmed here too. I've tried all the solutions listed previously to resolve this issue in Karmic and Wireless, but I always experience a hang on shutdown. The only "workaround" (not really) I've found so far is to add the "users" option to my /etc/fstab entry for my cifs share, then manually un

[Bug 393012] Re: smb: Error while copying file, "Invalid argument"

2009-10-11 Thread Scaine
Przemysław Kochański, you've indicated that you've tested this and it works. Can you post details of what you tested? As previously stated, I've updated to smbclient 3.4.0-3 (now ubuntu5 as of posting), but all my smb shares are /still/ mounted read-only by autofs. Should I open another bug? St

[Bug 45021] Re: including "omnibook" module would help with ACPI support on HP laptops

2009-10-11 Thread Scaine
It would appear that we've missed the Karmic boat for this bug : http://www.linux-archive.org/ubuntu-kernel-team/376283-ubuntu-lp-438323-added-omnibook-module-support-toshiba-hp.html >From that, I read that there's a possibility that this module could make it to Jaunty as a DKMS module. Sadly, I

[Bug 393012] Re: smb: Error while copying file, "Invalid argument"

2009-08-27 Thread Scaine
No change here, using AutoFS to mount my shares - they're all still read-only unless I run nautilus with sudo. sca...@groovy:~$ dpkg-query -W smbclient smbclient 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu1 Latest smbclient appears to be installed and my auto.master simply mounts the share using smbclient. Is there s

[Bug 407063] Re: Seahorse Not Displaying Password Tab

2009-08-09 Thread Scaine
Is there any chance this fix will hit the repos before the Alpha 4 freeze (4 days away)? -- Seahorse Not Displaying Password Tab https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407063 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs maili

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2009-08-06 Thread Scaine
Well, the way I understand it is that Thomas' patch doesn't actually change the theme border thickness? It just adds a slider to the theme customisation controls so that those who want a larger border can drag up the width. No "losers" that I can see. I just don't think that there's been any mov

[Bug 393012] Re: smb: Error while copying file, "Invalid argument"

2009-08-05 Thread Scaine
I'm not sure what's going on with the upstream bug? http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=588391 shows (still) as "unconfirmed". Does anyone with know-how on the Gnome bug tracker know what's needed to bring this to the attention of the gnome devs? It seems that Tomas Bzatek, the gvfs dev, as

[Bug 160311] Re: Resizing windows by grabbing window borders is difficult

2009-08-05 Thread Scaine
I love the idea of a transparent border, but I despite ANY snapping behaviour. Regardless, however, I'm not convinced that the work being undertaken as a paper-cut will include such complicated solutions. Rather, the patch Thomas submitted upstream, which includes a slider to determine border thic

[Bug 404623] Re: Samba shares created by smbclient are read-only

2009-07-27 Thread Scaine
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 393012 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393012 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 393012 smb: Error while copying file, "Invalid argument" -- Samba shares created by smbclient are read-only https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404623 You receiv

[Bug 404623] Re: Samba shares created by smbclient are read-only

2009-07-25 Thread Scaine
** Tags added: autofs karmic -- Samba shares created by smbclient are read-only https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404623 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.ubuntu.com https://list

[Bug 404623] Re: Samba shares created by smbclient are read-only

2009-07-25 Thread Scaine
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29519834/Dependencies.txt -- Samba shares created by smbclient are read-only https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404623 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 404623] [NEW] Samba shares created by smbclient are read-only

2009-07-25 Thread Scaine
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: samba Full Background : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7677294#post7677294 In Karmic, Alpha 2 and Alpha 3, when a share is created using the smbclient command (such as AutoFS uses), the share is created read-only. The same configuration on Jaun

[Bug 403135] Re: The banshee notification area icon has a black background

2009-07-22 Thread Scaine
Can you try closing Banshee, open system/preferences/appearance and choosing a different theme - say Dust, or Dust Sand - then re-running Banshee to see if it updates its background? -- The banshee notification area icon has a black background https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403135 You received t

[Bug 11334] Re: Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste

2009-06-22 Thread Scaine
@David Siegel, I don't think that the amount of discussion should be a factor on whether this is a papercut or not, nor do I believe that there are "divergent opinions" on this bug - everyone is pretty much saying the same thing - copy/paste in linux is laughably broken and has been for many years.

[Bug 160311] Re: Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness)

2009-06-17 Thread Scaine
** Also affects: hundredpapercuts Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160311 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mai

[Bug 45021] Re: including "omnibook" module would help with ACPI support on HP laptops

2009-04-06 Thread Scaine
This is still not changed in Jaunty - I finally got my Toshiba U-400's built-in bluetooth to work by following the guides here : http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dgd53r6d_36hqmmh4hn That guide is probably very similar to the instructions posted by Dave Lentz, above, but as it uses the module-ass

[Bug 347512] Re: Regression : Inbuilt Bluetooth devices are no longer recognised

2009-04-06 Thread Scaine
It turns out that this is directly related to bug : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/45021 My Toshiba U-400 needs the Omnibook module in order to use its internal Bluetooth adaptor. Full instructions are here : http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dgd53r6d_36hqmmh4hn, which outl

[Bug 346095] Re: notify-osd doesn't honor my preference

2009-03-24 Thread Scaine
Pardon my inexperience with launchpad, but if this bug has been marked as "invalid", does that effectively close discussion? I notice that the status has not been changed to "wontfix", so is this still a valid bug. If not, has another bug against usability regarding this issue been created and can

[Bug 347537] [NEW] Can't change or disable system sounds

2009-03-23 Thread Scaine
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center Using Jaunty 9.04 , in System/Preferences/Sound ("Sounds" tab), it's impossible to change or disable any of the system sounds. Although they appear to have changed, when you close the window, everything reverts back to "default". Wo

[Bug 347512] [NEW] Regression : Inbuilt Bluetooth devices are no longer recognised

2009-03-23 Thread Scaine
Public bug reported: On my both an old Dell x300 and a new Toshiba U-400 laptop, the built in bluetooth device is not recognised in Jaunty 9.04. An external dongle, however, is recognised and works correctly. I have reproduced this behaviour using both Bluez-gnome and Blueman 1.02 (from Blueman

[Bug 339228] Re: gnome-settings-daemon and gnome-display-properties slow down xserver when external monitor added

2009-03-19 Thread Scaine
Latest updates as of today appear to have fixed this issue here. MacMini, Intel graphics, Jaunty Alpha 6 install with latest updates. -- gnome-settings-daemon and gnome-display-properties slow down xserver when external monitor added https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339228 You received this bug n

[Bug 344252] Re: CPU Frequency Scaling defaults to "Performance" instead of "OnDemand"

2009-03-17 Thread Scaine
Yep, confirmed here too. Even when updating /sys/devices/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governer (for both my CPUs), it still reverts back to Performance on next boot, so clearly there's a script over-writing this. I thought there might be something in /etc/default, but I can't see anything relevant at a g

[Bug 344252] [NEW] CPU Frequency Scaling defaults to "Performance" instead of "OnDemand"

2009-03-17 Thread Scaine
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cpufreqd Ubuntuforums thread : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1098459 In Jaunty 9.04, a few days ago, it was noticed that the default CPU frequency is now "Performance". Before, it was set to "OnDemand". This can be changed back again on a pe

[Bug 327442] Re: use metacity snapping behavior

2009-03-08 Thread Scaine
As Nerd_bloke notes, this is definitely a regression from Intrepid. If you turn on Compiz via the appearance menu, you'll have no way to override this behaviour since Ubuntu doesn't ship with ccsm by default. On small screens (well, in fact just about any screen smaller than 1280x1024), this makes

[Bug 328679] Re: keyboard bindings partially ignored

2009-02-19 Thread Scaine
I think that the gnome-compatibility plug-in should be considered a default-on whenever compiz is enabled by Ubuntu GUIs (such as the System/Preferences/Appearance dialog). If you use Appearance to turn on Compiz, on a new install, not only will keyboard shortcuts break instantly because gnome-com