[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2017-01-04 Thread brian russell
bug 1 is a platform monopoly problem. In the case of Ebay, Uber, Airbnb, Windows, most people are on each of these platforms, because, well, everyone else is on that platform. Not because the platform is better. Fortunately, it seems there is a bugfix emerging for the plaform monopoly problem, and

[Bug 722814] Re: "Applying changes" forever on Gimp add-ons

2011-02-21 Thread brian russell
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/722814 Title: "Applying changes" forever on Gimp add-ons -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/list

[Bug 722814] [NEW] "Applying changes" forever on Gimp add-ons

2011-02-21 Thread brian russell
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: software-center tried to install add-ons: gimp-plugin-registry gimp- data-extras simply says (In Progress) and hours go by, with no resolution. By opening all processes in the system monitor, there is an uninterruptible dpkg process: from the terminal :

[Bug 554412] Re: invalid unicode in description

2010-04-09 Thread brian russell
$ locale -a C en_AG en_AU.utf8 en_BW.utf8 en_CA.utf8 en_DK.utf8 en_GB.utf8 en_HK.utf8 en_IE.utf8 en_IN en_NG en_NZ.utf8 en_PH.utf8 en_SG.utf8 en_US.utf8 en_ZA.utf8 en_ZW.utf8 POSIX -- invalid unicode in description https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554412 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 554412] Re: invalid unicode in description

2010-04-09 Thread brian russell
There is also a problem with this package: thunderbird-locale-nb-no - invalid unicode 2 screenshots attached ** Attachment added: "screenshots.tar.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43616806/screenshots.tar.gz -- invalid unicode in description https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554412 You rece

[Bug 437849] Re: parted_server crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2010-02-07 Thread brian russell
I had this bug WHILE doing a fresh install, not afterwards. I couldn't repeat this bug with the up-to-date livecd image. -- parted_server crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437849 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 504522] Re: Applies the same format multple times/ encues conflicting actions

2010-01-07 Thread brian russell
its not really a bug as much as an annoying feature. To reproduce, choose to format or label the drive more than once. Of course, there may BE some reason one would want to format a drive twice, but it's not occurring to me. -- Applies the same format multple times/ encues conflicting actions ht

[Bug 504522] Re: Applies the same format multple times/ encues conflicting actions

2010-01-07 Thread brian russell
with quick actions like labelling, its hardly noticable when applying. but when formatting a large drive, this is a serious annoyance. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot-of-action-cue.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37600490/Screenshot-of-action-cue.png -- Applies the same format multple tim

[Bug 504522] [NEW] Applies the same format multple times/ encues conflicting actions

2010-01-07 Thread brian russell
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gparted if you are not paying attention, you can encue conflicting actions. Applying them will reformat the partition more than once, either with two different filetypes if you happened to change your mind and did not go back, or even with the same filety

[Bug 292575] Re: Gparted: no label editing before writing

2010-01-07 Thread brian russell
it will also do this with partition types, which is annoyingly timeconsuming. Why would anyone want to format a partition then immediately reformat it? ** Attachment added: "Screenshot-1.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37599710/Screenshot-1.png -- Gparted: no label editing before writing h

[Bug 437849] Re: parted_server crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2009-09-27 Thread brian russell
** Attachment added: "/var/log/syslog and /var/log/partman" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32533587/syslog-partman-files.tar.gz ** Attachment added: "Casper.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32533588/Casper.gz ** Attachment added: "CoreDump.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32533589/Core

Re: [Bug 361205] Re: Tracker uses notifications with actions when the index is corrupt

2009-04-29 Thread brian russell
I didn't have luck with the other workaround, nor with reinstalling tracker on either of the machines I upgraded... however, the following did indeed seem to do the trick on both: sudo apt-get install tracker tracker-utils --reinstall tracker-processes -r if this works (even if it only coincident

[Bug 361205] Re: Tracker uses notifications with actions when the index is corrupt

2009-04-24 Thread brian russell
oh, and I think i may have also rebooted. the best part was that i didn't have to reindex. -- Tracker uses notifications with actions when the index is corrupt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/361205 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 361205] Re: Tracker uses notifications with actions when the index is corrupt

2009-04-24 Thread brian russell
I was able to solve this problem by installing tracker-utils. it is a suggested package. perhaps this could be easily solved by relabeling it as a dependency. -- Tracker uses notifications with actions when the index is corrupt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/361205 You received this bug notific