[Bug 402958] Re: The name of the banshee stream in the sound preferences contains the word "mono" which is misleading

2010-10-18 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Unfortunately I had at some point to decide that ubuntu was not what I thought. This was because of this bug https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/402767 Yes I know that you might not understand. Anyways. Entropy has been wasted on this bug. Either let it expire and for

[Bug 82110] Re: xinput clients receive input even when the window manager is getting mouse input

2010-09-14 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
When I reported this bug first, I didn't know very well how bug worked. Therefore I didn't forward upstream myself. That's the only sane thing that can be done to such a bug - it's 2 years old. So someone please report upstream. I will instead unsubscribe, because of Bug #405350 and my decision t

[Bug 82110] Re: xinput clients receive input even when the window manager is getting mouse input

2010-09-14 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Yes. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- xinput clients receive input even when the window manager is getting mouse input https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/82110 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 82110] Re: xinput clients receive input even when the window manager is getting mouse input

2010-07-18 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Dear Bryce, the problem still occurs in Lucid, but only for mouse scroll events. This can be easily verified by opening xournal, enabling Options->Use xinput and then, over its main window, press Win+mousewheel to use compiz. If the scrollbar in xournal is visible (that is, if the document /can/ a

[Bug 532984] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 won't boot on HP Compaq Pentium 4; displays an irrelevant Glib warning on the console

2010-06-16 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Please disregard my comments. I had not seen all the comments from Steve. There is no such thing as "this bug". -- Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 won't boot on HP Compaq Pentium 4; displays an irrelevant Glib warning on the console https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532984 You received this bug notification

[Bug 532984] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 won't boot on HP Compaq Pentium 4; displays an irrelevant Glib warning on the console

2010-06-16 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
This bug makes a fully functional ubuntu LTS installation completely useless, and the only known solution is to install a different operating system. This bug MUST be paid more attention, both by users and by developers. I've seen it today simultaneously on a eeepc 1005ha and a fixed pc made by D

[Bug 305905] Re: start.ubuntu Google CSE has fewer features

2010-04-27 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I should not help ubuntu at all, as I swore - after realizing that nobody was going to provide a clear reply to the political side of this bug. But for sake, I think you should not close bugs when they are there, and you just want to keep the software. It would be like closing all Xorg bugs becau

[Bug 402982] Re: Kernel mode switching causes frequent screen flickering with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30)

2009-11-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I no longer have that laptop, and moreover, I decided to stop any further contribution to ubuntu because of Bug #405350 (not because of the bug itself, but because clearly ubuntu does not want to deal with it, and provide an explanation of reasons for the current situation). Said this, I suppose t

[Bug 425755] Re: [Karmic] USB hotplug system doesn't detect anything after boot

2009-11-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Booting with the usb mouse plugged in makes it work perfectly, even if unplugged and replugged, even after suspend to ram or hibernate. -- [Karmic] USB hotplug system doesn't detect anything after boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/425755 You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 305905] Re: start.ubuntu Google CSE has fewer features

2009-11-01 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Following the link http://www.google.com/cse/ anyone can read information from google about what a CSE is. -- start.ubuntu Google CSE has fewer features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305905 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 305905] Re: start.ubuntu Google CSE has fewer features

2009-11-01 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
This all started more than one year ago; for one year I tried to get to something, because I liked and like ubuntu. I do not think canonical or ubuntu are evil entities, but the matter of the home page, which is probably the application that every ubuntu user will use more frequently every day, is

[Bug 305905] Re: start.ubuntu Google CSE has fewer features

2009-11-01 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
As usual no reply, in particular to "altered from what". I am not accusing anyone of altering results, what I say is that we are using a different search provider than the standard google search, and users MUST be aware of that when they search. Otherwise, if your idea is that you WANT users to B

[Bug 449855] Re: Internal microphone doesn't work on Asus eeePC 1005HA

2009-10-31 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I have the 1005ha and installing linux-backport-modules-alsa-karmic- generic solved the problem. Of course, then you need to go into the audio settings (in your gnome menus) and play with the input settings. -- Internal microphone doesn't work on Asus eeePC 1005HA https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 441112] Re: Got black screen when set to dual monitor mode

2009-10-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Even better: it suffices to plug the cable, log out and then log in, and xrandr no longer causes deadlock. Instead, just switching to a text mode console and back does not help. Someone should try with kernel mode switch disabled and report, preferably upstream. -- Got black screen when set to du

[Bug 383345] Re: [i945GM] dual screen not working with virtual resolution enabled: just a blank screen with a mouse pointer

2009-10-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
For those who have the black screen problem with i945gm (e.g. eeepc 1005ha) try to boot with the vga cable attached. This works perfectly on my system (I use compiz on extended monitor setup). -- [i945GM] dual screen not working with virtual resolution enabled: just a blank screen with a mouse p

[Bug 441112] Re: Got black screen when set to dual monitor mode

2009-10-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
To the benefit of all the users experiencing this regression, booting with the vga cable attached makes everything work fine. Typical of intel minor league drivers. -- Got black screen when set to dual monitor mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441112 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 441112] Re: Got black screen when set to dual monitor mode

2009-10-27 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Such a grave regression should at least have a priority assigned since the day it was noticed by a developer. As usual ubuntu does not handle regressions with the intel driver at all. I strongly suggest the original reporter to go directly to the intel bug tracker. Not that they are particularly r

[Bug 392514] Re: Does not really disconnect from IRC even when closing it.

2009-10-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I do not use empathy anymore, since pidgin is a well developed, mature and usable program that has all the features I need. Moreover, I do not contribute to ubuntu anymore for the reasons summarised here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugReportersStrike (a bit outdated since some questions were answere

[Bug 305905] Re: start.ubuntu Google CSE has fewer features

2009-10-19 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Matthew: I think you are honestly not aware of previous discussion of the matter. So: "altered from what" is "altered w.r.t. the results that google would return without the CSE". CSE allows one to decide which sites are included in the search and which not. By now, at least, italian people gets e

Re: [Bug 305905] Re: start.ubuntu Google CSE has fewer features

2009-10-16 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il giorno ven, 16/10/2009 alle 12.32 +, Matthew Paul Thomas ha scritto: > It would be completely wrong to "make users understand that what they > are using is not Google", because what they are using *is* Google. > That's why it's served from www.google.com. Matthew, please, I really want to u

Re: [Bug 305905] Re: start.ubuntu Google CSE has fewer features

2009-10-15 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 15/10/2009 14:24, Lionel Dricot ha scritto: > Marking this as not a papercut as this is not a simple issue. It's a > very complex issue with still not clear solution. > > ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts > Status: New => Invalid > I suppose that making users UNDERSTAND that what they ar

[Bug 253765] Re: Replace Pidgin and Ekiga with Empathy

2009-09-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
As of latest updates, IRC is still at a primitive stage in empathy, and it still violates the various guidelines by flashing in the application bar. It still does not do audio and video calls. The only true reason to switch to empathy right now is to follow what fedora does. But then, why chose ubu

[Bug 288627] Re: cannot see a netgear access point running a non-password-protected network

2009-08-26 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I've quit cooperation with ubuntu because of the lack of a privacy policy for users data, leading to wide acceptance across developers of the idea that collecting users data without their prior authorization is entirely normal. In any case I don't have means at the moment to help anybody with this

Re: [Bug 402767] Re: multisearch CSE breaks l18n+setfocus+images+cached+I'm feeling lucky functionality and "violates user trust"

2009-08-19 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
> Seriously, people, what the hell is your problem? Please explain exactly > what threat there is here. What huge violation of your rights is occurring > when data you send out across a network winds up on somebody's servers? > Especially when said data is concerned with WHAT you did and not

[Bug 305905] Re: start.ubuntu Google CSE has fewer features

2009-08-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I think even if I am striking I can point you to the "political" version of this bug, which is not about having less features, but about keeping users informed. It's bug #405350. -- start.ubuntu Google CSE has fewer features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305905 You received this bug notificatio

[Bug 402767] Re: multisearch CSE breaks l18n+setfocus+images+cached+I'm feeling lucky functionality and "violates user trust"

2009-08-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I think that google if asked by ubuntu would consider the option. Showing the read-only config would be optional and unharmful to everybody. -- multisearch CSE breaks l18n+setfocus+images+cached+I'm feeling lucky functionality and "violates user trust" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402767 You

Re: [Bug 402767] Re: multisearch CSE breaks l18n+setfocus+images+cached+I'm feeling lucky functionality and "violates user trust"

2009-08-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 11/08/2009 15:06, Luke Faraone ha scritto: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 08:33, Vincenzo Ciancia > wrote: > >> There is more: a CSE can be used to exclude or include sites. What about >> giving us a secure way to know which service configuration are we using? >> We use fr

Re: [Bug 402767] Re: multisearch CSE breaks l18n+setfocus+images+cached+I'm feeling lucky functionality and "violates user trust"

2009-08-11 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 11/08/2009 13:43, mac_v ha scritto: > @Paul Sladen: > What about the info collected ? and the results of this "experiment" ? when > can we expect them to be revealed? > There is more: a CSE can be used to exclude or include sites. What about giving us a secure way to know which service config

Re: [Bug 402767] Re: multisearch CSE breaks l18n+setfocus+images+cached+I'm feeling lucky functionality and "violates user trust"

2009-08-10 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 10/08/2009 20:45, Jono Bacon ha scritto: > Hi Everyone, > > I am sorry to hear about the problems that are occurring around this > topic. I am conscious to see how we can drive towards a solution that > can satisfy as many of the technical and policy issues that are being > cited in this bug rep

[Bug 402767] Re: multisearch CSE breaks l18n+setfocus+images+cached+I'm feeling lucky functionality and "violates user trust"

2009-08-10 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Forgive me if I insist in noting that the problem is the custom search being passed under silence to users, which is already a problem in the firefox start page. Multisearch is just pushing the CSE stronger if you please, but even removing it entirely will leave the custom search there, in front of

[Bug 410813] Re: Cannot draw in xournal 0.4.2.1-1ubuntu1

2009-08-10 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I am listed as a bug contact for xournal and for some releases cared about restoring its nice "0 bugs" status in ubuntu. However, I am in the middle of a personal strike so xournal may risk to be released broken. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugReportersStrike -- Cannot draw in xournal 0.4.2.1-1ubunt

Re: [Bug 402767] Re: multisearch add on blocks the functionality of firefox location bar

2009-08-09 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 08/08/2009 00:32, solar.george ha scritto: > OT but, I'd like to thank the Canonical employees (and any others) who > have remained civil despite the huge number of childish (to say the > least) comments and having to repeat themselves many times only in order > to be ignored again. The custom

[Bug 402767] Re: multisearch CSE breaks l18n+setfocus+images+cached+I'm feeling lucky functionality and "violates user trust"

2009-08-09 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Dear all, I finally decided. I though about this for several months. In this case, a "strike" may be justified. Please (especially developers) don't become polemic with that. I cooperated with you for a very long time, you can see that in my launchpad home page. However, I feel like the trust break

Re: [Bug 402767] Re: multisearch CSE breaks l18n+setfocus+images+cached+I'm feeling lucky functionality and "violates user trust"

2009-08-09 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
> There is no Us and Them in Ubuntu, only *We*. I thought this was true for a long time. However *I* would NOT do that with the default home page. So there is a *me* and *you* if you please, we are again separate entities. -- multisearch CSE breaks l18n+setfocus+images+cached+I'm feeling luck

[Bug 402767] Re: multisearch CSE breaks l18n+setfocus+images+cached+I'm feeling lucky functionality and "violates user trust"

2009-08-09 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Adam: not only I agree with you but I tried to raise the question many times. The point in general is that if you state that "most users want something" then it may be argued that only a vocal minority of users is asking that. In this case, it seems even true but this does not change the fact that

Re: [Bug 402767] Re: multisearch add on blocks the functionality of firefox location bar

2009-08-09 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 07/08/2009 11:37, Alex Strasheim ha scritto: > But it seems clear to me that we have Canonical people on one side of > this, and users on the other. If a strong majority of users don't want > this, should it remain in Ubuntu? Even if Canonical people think that > the users are wrong? You are

[Bug 402767] Re: multisearch add on blocks the functionality of firefox location bar

2009-07-31 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
1) if there were extensive discussion why no developer *cared* to reply to me and I had to wait for the boss to come back from vacation? Did somebody participate in the UDS at all? And then why didn't these guys reply? I am very curious. 2) It may be as well that *you* discussed that. Users are no

[Bug 402767] Re: multisearch add on blocks the functionality of firefox location bar

2009-07-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
It has *not* always been like that. Now searching in the search box uses the custom search, but in the search box I see the google logo, and there's no clue that you're going to search with a specialised search engine. At least the logo should be changed. I *know* the search is on the google server

[Bug 402982] Re: Kernel mode switching causes frequent screen flickering with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30)

2009-07-30 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Andy: the 2.6.31 package in the PPA solves the flickering problem, thank you. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => In Progress -- Kernel mode switching causes frequent screen flickering with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30) https://b

[Bug 402982] Re: Kernel mode switching causes frequent screen flickering with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30)

2009-07-28 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Sure, I already tested and the same problem is with the latest kernels. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => In Progress -- Kernel mode switching causes frequent screen flickering with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30) https://bugs.la

[Bug 380860] Re: kile spell checker not aware of latex

2009-07-28 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Hmm, not fixed for me, can anyone clarify what the difference could be? I am using up-to date karmic. The version of the kile package I am using is 1:2.1.0~svn981319beta1-1ubuntu1 and it says in the about dialog that it's kde 4.3 RC3. -- kile spell checker not aware of latex https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 373286] Re: Okular does not support forward search in dvi (and once it does, kile should be modified to reflect this)

2009-07-26 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Thank you, this is nice but there's still a huge problem: --unique is not working as an okular command line switch defeating usage of this new feature; each time I use "forwardDVI" a new instance of okular is launched. I hope I can help you fixing this glitch very soon as okular has become really f

Re: [Bug 401371] [NEW] xournal tablet low resolution on first page

2009-07-26 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Could you post a screenshot? If you draw very slowly, is it more accurate? I would contact the xournal developer directly and ask him to take a look. Keep us informed if you do that, ubuntu merely re-packages xournal from debian who merely packages it anyways. -- xournal tablet low resolution

Re: [Bug 400820] Re: gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu

2009-07-26 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 26/07/2009 17:46, Rolf Leggewie ha scritto: > OK, fair enough. So, we're quite certain this will be on time for > Karmic? Guys what are you planning to do with gnome-volume-control without pulseaudio? I don't get it: it's completely unuseful. If you remove pulseaudio you will probably remove

[Bug 400820] Re: gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu

2009-07-26 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Ranting, not ranting, upstream commenting that pulseaudio should be made necessary for gnome volume control in distributions... and then... here is an interesting upstream comment! Comment #9 from Marc-Andre Lureau(gnome-media developer, points: 21) 2009-07-26 10:20 UTC [reply] (In reply to

[Bug 402950] Re: PCM volume is reset to zero each time I log in

2009-07-26 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
It's working right now, I don't think we'll be able to reproduce this, closing. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- PCM volume is reset to zero each time I log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402950 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 404852] Re: [TOSHIBA PORTEGE M400] suspend/resume failure

2009-07-26 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29540490/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29540491/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29540492/Dependencies.txt ** A

[Bug 404852] [NEW] [TOSHIBA PORTEGE M400] suspend/resume failure

2009-07-26 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: Standby usually works for me, but after 3-4 cycles it blocks like this. I hope the relevant debug information was gathered by apport, if not, please just ask me whatever you need. I am using karmic and kernel 2.6.30. Unfortunately I can't use 2.6.31 due to Bug #402982 (which

[Bug 378391] Re: Source rename clobbered local changes (so tapping not working in Karmic)

2009-07-25 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Same for me, could some developer double check if the bug may have returned by mistake? E.g. a patch omitted in an upgrade? -- Source rename clobbered local changes (so tapping not working in Karmic) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378391 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 402982] Re: Kernel mode switching causes frequent screen flickering with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30)

2009-07-25 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Attaching a video that shows the problem. ** Attachment added: "flicker.avi" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29515491/flicker.avi -- Kernel mode switching causes frequent screen flickering with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30) https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Bug 402982] Re: Kernel mode switching causes frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30)

2009-07-25 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
The relevant output from lspci -nn is: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03) ** Summary changed: - Kernel mode switching causes frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not pre

[Bug 402982] Re: Kernel mode switching causes frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30)

2009-07-25 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Summary changed: - Frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30) + Kernel mode switching causes frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30) ** Description changed: If I boot w

Re: [Bug 402767] Re: multisearch add on blocks the functionality of firefox location bar

2009-07-24 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 24/07/2009 19:16, Rick Spencer ha scritto: > Change #2 is just an artefact of collecting the usage data. We could > only see what parts of the FF UI people were using to do searches if we > sent them to our custom page. This usage data is important because it > helps us channel design and devel

[Bug 402982] Re: Frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30)

2009-07-24 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Tags added: regression-potential -- Frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubun

Re: [Bug 402958] Re: The name of the banshee stream in the sound preferences contains the word "mono" which is misleading

2009-07-24 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Not working for me in up-to-date karmic, but I think the bug should be in mono or whatever. I have to check with a daily live but not this week. Marking as incomplete for now. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Invalid => Incomplete -- The name of the banshee stream in the sound preference

[Bug 403960] [NEW] The option to recover documents does not look right in a viewer such as evince

2009-07-24 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: This is a bug report related to usability, please deal with it as such, that is, let us discuss if the behaviour is correct or not before dealing with technical aspects. This bug has been introduced in karmic. When evince crashes, it offers the option to recover documents at

[Bug 403246] Re: multisearch - please restore old NEWTAB

2009-07-23 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I thought reasons for disliking this choice should have been very clear to people who develop free software, as this is not the case, let me see if I can provide a good explanation. I consider the blank newtab better than a google custom search, because I did not ask for a custom search anywhere,

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

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Tried but the black background is still there. -- The banshee notification area icon has a black background https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403135 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 403135] Re: The banshee notification area icon has a black background

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Attachment added: "Schermata.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29397940/Schermata.png -- The banshee notification area icon has a black background https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403135 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubun

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

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: The following bug may possibly depend on my setup, if so just tell me how to check this. I am using banshee 1.4.3-5 (in ubuntu karmic) and its notification area icon has a black background, unlike other applets that have a transparent background. I attach a screenshot. ** Af

[Bug 402958] Re: The name of the banshee stream in the sound preferences contains the word "mono" which is misleading

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Package changed: banshee (Ubuntu) => ubuntu ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Invalid => New -- The name of the banshee stream in the sound preferences contains the word "mono" which is misleading https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402958 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 402958] Re: The name of the banshee stream in the sound preferences contains the word "mono" which is misleading

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I have both of them because the system installed them :) But perhaps gstreamer0.10-alsa is not going to be installed by default in karmic? Could you clarify this please? -- The name of the banshee stream in the sound preferences contains the word "mono" which is misleading https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 400820] Re: gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I said "gnome-volume-control does not work anymore with pulseaudio". I obviously meant "gnome-volume-control does not work anymore _without_ pulseaudio". -- gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400820 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 400820] Re: gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Charlie: I started this sub-discussion but with the latest upgrade I realised that gnome-volume-control does not work anymore with pulseaudio, so the only two fixes for this bug are: either use pulseaudio in xubuntu, or use a different mixer (e.g. fork the previous gnome mixer applet and maybe call

[Bug 402982] Re: Frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30)

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29387201/Xorg.0.log -- Frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 402982] Re: Frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30)

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Attachment added: "uname-a" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29387198/uname-a -- Frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 402982] Re: Frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30)

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Attachment added: "dmesg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29387147/dmesg -- Frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 402982] Re: Frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30)

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Attachment added: "lspci-vvn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29387159/lspci-vvn -- Frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 402982] [NEW] Frequent screen flashing with intel video card (not present with the same packages and kernel 2.6.30)

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: If I boot with kernel 2.6.31 in karmic, I see the screen flashing a lot and can't use my system. I have an integrated intel video card using the xserver-xorg-video-intel driver. I attach the information that I gathered from the console by memory, if it's not enough ask me the

[Bug 402954] Re: gnome-volume-control does not allow to configure necessary mixer settings such as the PCM volume.

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #589357 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589357 ** Also affects: gnome-media via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589357 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- gnome-volume-control does not allow to configure necessary mixer

[Bug 402954] Re: gnome-volume-control does not allow to configure the mixer settings properly

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
This is a regression since in jaunty it works correctly. The priority should be set according to the impact of usability, it may be disruptive (telling people to open a terminal and type alsamixer is a huge regression compared to how it was in jaunty). I will change the title and report to gnome.

[Bug 402958] Re: The name of the banshee stream in the sound preferences contains the word "mono" which is misleading

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29386224/Dependencies.txt -- The name of the banshee stream in the sound preferences contains the word "mono" which is misleading https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402958 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 402958] [NEW] The name of the banshee stream in the sound preferences contains the word "mono" which is misleading

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: banshee I am using banshee version 1.4.3-5. In the sound preferences (accessed e.g. from gnome-volume-control) I see its stream listed as "ALSA plug-in [mono]". As there is also only one slider there, I was puzzled about "why is it not stereo?". The name

[Bug 402954] [NEW] gnome-volume-control does not allow to configure the mixer settings properly

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-media The new gnome-volume-control (gnome-media version 2.27.4-0ubuntu2) does not allow to configure the separate volume channels. I can imagine the usual reasons for that (it's an advanced configuration hence gnome must not have it). But it can't w

[Bug 402950] [NEW] PCM volume is reset to zero each time I log in

2009-07-22 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: The new gnome-volume-control in karmic (the one which depends on pulseaudio) does not have any way to control the advanced mixer settings. This may be argued to be good or bad, and that'd be a separate bug. However, currently it has a bug: the PCM volume is reset to zero at re

[Bug 400820] Re: gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu

2009-07-21 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I did not understand that it was caused by pulseaudio missing, that's my fault, sorry. Then it is NOT a bug in the default desktop. Sorry for ranting, this is only a bug for those people that can't use pulseaudio (e.g. I need skype). Sorry for noise. In any case gnome-volume-control does NOT work a

[Bug 400820] Re: gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40% cpu

2009-07-21 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I risked to burn my laptop yesterday. It's extremely hot due to this bug. This must be given high priority. It CAN NOT be considered normal to have a process constantly eating cpu in the default desktop, especially on laptops, netbooks, and friends. -- gnome-volume-control-applet takes up to 40%

[Bug 380860] Re: kile spell checker not aware of latex

2009-07-21 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I contacted kile developers directly, they are taking a look at the problem. ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 279081 spelling check does not work in kwrite while writing -- kile spell checker not aware of latex https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/380860 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 355117] Re: [TOSHIBA PORTEGE M400] suspend/resume failure with edimax rtl wifi card inserted

2009-07-20 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
It seems fixed in the latest 2.6.30 kernel in karmic. The latest 2.6.31 breaks the driver of this card, due to a different bug which already has a patch, when a patched kernel is out I will test it too. -- [TOSHIBA PORTEGE M400] suspend/resume failure with edimax rtl wifi card inserted https://bu

[Bug 150187] Re: Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files.

2009-07-20 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Fixed in karmic and thanks all again. ** Changed in: poppler (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- Evince has very bad quality when printing pdf files. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150187 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subs

Re: [Bug 396417] Re: Edimax Wireless USB Dongle Failure Karmic Kernel 2.6.31-X

2009-07-18 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Thank you all for fixing this. Vincenzo -- Edimax Wireless USB Dongle Failure Karmic Kernel 2.6.31-X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396417 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.u

[Bug 399892] Re: Support for plot mathematical formulas using maxima or octave

2009-07-15 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Changed in: lyx (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Support for plot mathematical formulas using maxima or octave https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/399892 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing lis

Re: [Bug 399892] [NEW] Support for plot mathematical formulas using maxima or octave

2009-07-15 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
I think that lyx already supports interaction with octave and similar. I do not know if these can be used to plot functions though. There also is the possiblity of insert "external material" of various forms. Please consult the lyx documentation or ask for support in the appropriate channels re

[Bug 396417] Re: Edimax Wireless USB Dongle Failure Karmic Kernel 2.6.31-X

2009-07-13 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Tags added: regression-potential -- Edimax Wireless USB Dongle Failure Karmic Kernel 2.6.31-X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396417 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

[Bug 396417] Re: Edimax Wireless USB Dongle Failure Karmic Kernel 2.6.31-X

2009-07-13 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Edimax Wireless USB Dongle Failure Karmic Kernel 2.6.31-X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396417 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing lis

Re: [Bug 355117] Re: [TOSHIBA PORTEGE M400] suspend/resume failure with edimax rtl wifi card inserted

2009-07-10 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 11/07/2009 02:21, Jim Lieb ha scritto: > In your case, the module was not loaded at suspend time so there is no > unload to do. What is needed is a bus scan at some point (at the end?) > in resume. That is effectively what you did by plugging it in after > resume. When the system starts up, i

Re: [Bug 396226] Re: GDM logs out after some minutes of typing on the keyboard

2009-07-10 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Then I would suggest (out of the scope of this bug) to reserve a key combination (perhaps there already is one?) that takes you "back to the last X tty"; this would eliminate the need for guessing the tty. -- GDM logs out after some minutes of typing on the keyboard https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Bug 163544] Re: tracker search tool shows no results

2009-07-09 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Still there in karmic, reindexing fixes it, then it reappears. In this way, it more or less happens that every time I need to find a file, I have to reindex first. -- tracker search tool shows no results https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163544 You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 350415] Re: [Jaunty] Tracker notifications don't make sense with new notification system

2009-07-09 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
** Description changed: Just installed Jaunty. Tracker-applet (couldn't find any similarly named packages) popped up a notification saying that it was indexing and later one that said indexing was complete. The notifications say "Click here to...", this doesn't make sense because the new

Re: [Bug 396226] Re: GDM logs out after some minutes of typing on the keyboard

2009-07-09 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 09/07/2009 15:25, Martin Pitt ha scritto: > It would be much better if the getty invocation would be done to "take > the next free tty" instead of a fixed one. Then we wouldn't need any > hardcoding at all any more. > Here there is something I don't understand: either an (advanced) user is sup

[Bug 380860] Re: kile spell checker not aware of latex

2009-07-09 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 279081 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/279081 >From the other bug report: "The spell check does work in the lates KDE 4.1.*". Starting from this assumption, the problem reported in this bug report is not going to be fixed in bug #279081. We will just see

Re: [Bug 396226] Re: GDM logs out after some minutes of typing on the keyboard

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Michael Bienia ha scritto: > For completeness: log out once after booting is also a workaround as > after that gdm ends on tty7 and doesn't fight with getty about tty1 > anymore. > > This explained why one gets exactly one crash per reboot. -- GDM logs out after some minutes of typing on the k

Re: [Bug 396226] Re: GDM logs out after some minutes of typing on the keyboard

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Dinxter ha scritto: > either, > - "sudo stop tty1" after logging into your gnome session > or, > - boot kernel without the splash option to stop it using usplash > > both methods work on this computer > > I know support requests do not belong to bug reports but for the sake of keeping relevant

[Bug 69012] Re: Dragging a menu from the main menu does not allow to press ESC to cancel

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
There is no point in discussing the papercut choice, but Mat: didn't it ever happen to you to drag a folder from "places" by mistake and start copying a huge directory in your desktop? It actually may even go unnoticed for a while if the drag happens quickly (e.g. too sensitive touchpads). My mothe

[Bug 396480] Re: [karmic] Frequent crashes of the gnome session on different machines

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Attaching the Xorg log even though it does not seem relevant. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log.old" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28760930/Xorg.0.log.old -- [karmic] Frequent crashes of the gnome session on different machines https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396480 You received this bug notifi

[Bug 396480] [NEW] [karmic] Frequent crashes of the gnome session on different machines

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Public bug reported: I experience random crashes while typing fast in gtk applications. The entire session disappears and I am back to the login screen. This happens on two different laptops, one has an ATI video card, and the other one an intel video card. The crashes are not so frequent, but the

[Bug 392507] Re: Duplicate contacts from different accounts can't be merged

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Thanks. Could someone also confirm the bug? -- Duplicate contacts from different accounts can't be merged https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392507 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lis

[Bug 355117] Re: [TOSHIBA PORTEGE M400] suspend/resume failure with edimax rtl wifi card inserted

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
It works if I insert it after resume. Is there any machinery to have a usb device virtually unplugged and re-plugged when suspend or hibernate is used?? So that the edimax card could be made a special case? I think just removing the module before suspend and reloading at resume should work. -- [T

[Bug 149775] Re: Adding tags and voting on bug reports

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Bryce: the numbers clearly show two things in my opinion: 1) the bugs on top of the list are effectively important bugs, people is not "voting" randomly. Bug count seems better than vote, even is technically it is the same thing. So it may be worth to try to start fixing bugs based on that chart,

[Bug 395522] Re: mesa xdemo/glxcontexts run aborted with assertion error

2009-07-06 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Bryce, I have been told on some ubuntu development IRC channel that the upstream fix is going to reach karmic. Please check this, and if you still need the requested information or more don't hesitate to ask. ** Changed in: mesa (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- mesa xdemo/glxcontexts

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