[Bug 332541] Re: Hebrew vowels not working correctly

2009-05-14 Thread Ilan Tal
I updated to 9.04 and the problem still exists. I already reported it to bugzilla, on 16 April, following your suggestion: Bug 579136 – Hebrew vowels not working correctly I haven't had any response from them yet. -- Hebrew vowels not working correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332541 You

[Bug 332541] Re: Hebrew vowels not working correctly

2009-05-14 Thread Ilan Tal
Oops, I may have misunderstood you. Where do I file a GNOME bug? -- Hebrew vowels not working correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332541 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

[Bug 250432] [NEW] force version doesn't work in Hardy

2008-07-20 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: In going from Open Office 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, there is a problem with Calc with Sheet names in Hebrew. When the sheet is active all is OK, but when you press on another sheet, the inactive sheets don't display the Hebrew characters properly. Since I know 2.4.0 works properly, a

[Bug 318130] Re: Horizontal lines appear on blue background on pdf

2009-01-17 Thread Ilan Tal
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21284693/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21284694/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21284695/ProcStatus.txt -- Horizo

[Bug 318130] [NEW] Horizontal lines appear on blue background on pdf

2009-01-17 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince We have a pdf file exported from Open Office Impress. The background is blue and there are horizontal lines through the image. The lines vary somewhat in colour, going from white to the blue. If the slide show is made in OO Impress, all is well (

[Bug 318130] Re: Horizontal lines appear on blue background on pdf

2009-01-19 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Sebastien, We were under pressure to finish the slide show and I didn't want to attach the whole presentation. Here is an example of the first slide. In Open Office or on XP, all looks fine with a clean blue background. If I can help in any way, just let me know. Ilan ** Attachment added: "s

[Bug 332541] [NEW] Hebrew vowels not working correctly

2009-02-21 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: This has been a long standing problem, but I now have a 100% reproducible scenario. It turns out to be connected to Keyboard preferences, Israel layout, Layout switching. If you check "Both Alt keys together change layout", you can use vowels by AltGr+number. This is the go

Re: [Bug 332541] Re: Hebrew vowels not working correctly

2009-02-21 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Ciaran, The one I want is Hebrew. Interesting with the 4 possibilities. I can understand Hebrew and Arabic, but what are the other 2? (It is interesting that it chose to use Israel instead of Hebrew.) Ilan On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 5:41 PM, ciaran.mooney < general.moo...@googlemail.com> wrote:

[Bug 250432] Re: force version doesn't work in Hardy

2009-07-16 Thread Ilan Tal
I just checked in 9.04 and the bug still exists. I'm including a screen shot so you can see exactly what is happening. The first sheet is Shalom1 (in Hebrew of course). The Shalom is not appearing. The second sheet is Shalom2 and that appears correctly. The 3rd sheet is English characters, so it a

[Bug 250432] Re: force version doesn't work in Hardy

2010-05-21 Thread Ilan Tal
There are actually 2 bugs here. 1) Open Office Hebrew tabs 2) drop back to previous version. 1) The Open Office Hebrew problem has been solved - I just verified it again. 2) I have nothing which I want to drop back to, so I can't check this one. I had troubles with the upgrade to 10.04 in that my

[Bug 1735976] Re: Problem with secondary monitor and DVD player

2017-12-06 Thread Ilan Tal
While this is not a security issue, it is an issue which may cause hardware damage. Turning the monitor on and off 10+ times during a boot can't add health to the monitor itself. This morning it took 3 failed attempts to boot up the computer. I thought perhaps manually turning off and on the mon

[Bug 1735976] Re: Problem with secondary monitor and DVD player

2017-12-07 Thread Ilan Tal
I remove my objections to the boot routine. It was a hardware problem. This morning things were so bad that I decided to switch monitors. I unplugged the VGA connectors from both monitors, and swapped them. The "new" configuration was much better, with no turning off of the monitor. The next step w

[Bug 1735976] Re: Problem with secondary monitor and DVD player

2017-12-03 Thread Ilan Tal
Thanks for connecting my question https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/661125 to this bug. I do agree that there seems to be a connection. If you ask for the package, I don't know if there is a "boot package", but the problem is at boot time. In my case I finally figured out where the a

[Bug 1453655] Re: desktop icons disappear on Ubuntu 15.04 when clicking Open Dropbox folder

2016-09-03 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Matt, I just checked on my 16.04LTS and I have no problem. For me at least, it is fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1453655 Title: desktop icons disappear on Ubuntu 15.04 when

[Bug 892494] Re: Unity-2D doesn't work with Hebrew

2012-04-27 Thread Ilan Tal
Sorry, my mistake. I meant launchers not desktop icons. I would really like the launchers on the left, like in English. And the launchers are on the right side of screen 1 with the tool tips on screen 2. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 892494] Re: Unity-2D doesn't work with Hebrew

2012-04-27 Thread Ilan Tal
My "displays" shows up as a single display of 3600*1080. I will include a screen shot. ** Attachment added: "displays" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-2d/+bug/892494/+attachment/3108747/+files/displays.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 892494] Re: Unity-2D doesn't work with Hebrew

2012-04-27 Thread Ilan Tal
Yes, as of 12.04. What is really wierd is if I set Sticky edges to ON, then I can't move my cursor from monitor to monitor. I really suspect this is a bug but I haven't yet reported it. The main reason being is that I don't know what it is SUPPOSED to do. What are "Sticky edges"? -- You received

[Bug 883533] Re: HighContrast miss shutdown button

2012-04-29 Thread Ilan Tal
With 12.04 this problem is gone but 2 worse problems replace it. 1) In Nautilus the contents of disk are invisible, making it useless. 2) the launcher buttons for Nautilus and workspace switcher are identical and UGLY. I will include a screen shot showing both problems. The screen shot includes a

[Bug 987955] Re: Multimonitor, Launcher - When the Launcher is set to autohide and 'Sticky edges' are turned off, 'Launcher Edge Stop Overcome Pressure' seems to be broken when revealing the Launcher

2012-04-29 Thread Ilan Tal
I am experiencing a similar problem. I have a dual monitor setup. If I turn on sticky edges I can't move the cursor from one monitor to another. Thus sticky edges MUST be off for me. I would like to use the auto hide feature for the launchers (I need all the real estate I can get). However if I

[Bug 883533] Re: HighContrast miss shutdown button

2012-04-29 Thread Ilan Tal
Thanks Fabio, I just checked that I can't duplicate the Nautilus bug, so I'll drop that one. I'll try my luck with the ugly launcher icons. Other than that, it is very nice indeed to see the progress. Ilan -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 990967] [NEW] High contrast launchers are ugly and very similar

2012-04-29 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: The launchers for Nautilus and the workspace switcher are almost identical and ugly. I'll include a photomontage of the high contrast icons and the ambience ones. Can't these be improved? The original icons are very nice. The status bar for high contrast is very nice, nicer t

[Bug 990967] Re: High contrast launchers are ugly and very similar

2012-04-29 Thread Ilan Tal
** Attachment added: "launcher icons" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990967/+attachment/3114660/+files/launchers1.png ** Tags added: unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990967 Ti

[Bug 991009] [NEW] No menus for Netbeans

2012-04-29 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: I just upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04. Netbeans is my most important application and I just discovered it no longer has any menus. This is a disaster for me. I was using Netbeans 7.1.1 so I did a complete removal with a fresh install of the newer version 7.1.2. The problem exists in

[Bug 991009] Re: No menus for Netbeans

2012-04-29 Thread Ilan Tal
This bug isn't connected to unity. Since it is so important to me I decided to see if Unity-2D would do the job. No, same problem. Then I tried Gnome classic. Same problem. Whatever used to make the Netbeans menu appear on the top status bar is now broken. I just checked that the Firefox menu ap

[Bug 991009] Re: No menus for Netbeans

2012-04-29 Thread Ilan Tal
Sorry to bother again but I see it is a problem of colors. The menus appear inside Netbeans, not on the top status bar. The trouble is that the colors are screwed up and I can't see anything where the menus should be. If I click on the place where the menus should be then the color changes for t

[Bug 991009] Re: No menus for Netbeans

2012-04-29 Thread Ilan Tal
I finally got to the bottom of it. It is the ambiance color scheme. It has a black background with black text written over. That turns out to be invisible. I went to Radiance and now I can actually see the text which is written there. Netbeans keeps crashing the system and error reports are being

[Bug 991009] Re: No menus for Netbeans

2012-04-29 Thread Ilan Tal
Another thing which has to be fixed in all color schemes is the text intensity. In Ubuntu 11.04 Netbeans showed the text as the main project in bold and all the other projects in plain text. It was then obvious which project was set to the main project. In 12.04 ALL the projects turn up in bold

[Bug 892494] Re: Unity-2D doesn't work with Hebrew

2012-04-26 Thread Ilan Tal
Unfortunately it still isn't there for Hebrew. I attached a screen dump where I have cropped it to show the right hand side of screen 1 and all of screen 2. You can see that the icons have moved to the right hand side of screen 1 - where it would have been more logical to be on the right hand sid

[Bug 892494] Re: Unity-2D doesn't work with Hebrew

2012-04-27 Thread Ilan Tal
I looked around and I don't see where I can choose where the icons are shown. If I could really choose, I would choose they should be displayed on the left side of monitor 1, just like it is done in Unity. It would seem rather annoying if I had to switch monitors as well when I switch to Hebrew

[Bug 883533] Re: HighContrast miss shutdown button

2012-03-12 Thread Ilan Tal
I have seen an Ubuntu 12.04 beta and the bug is still there! Try running the beta from a CD and you will see it. This bug has been annoying me for 6 months. I hope it won't be around for yet another 6 months in the upcoming 12.04. Could someone please fix it? Thanks, Ilan -- You received this bu

[Bug 1453655] Re: desktop icons disappear on Ubuntu 15.04 when clicking Open Dropbox folder

2015-06-06 Thread Ilan Tal
It is clearly not obvious that it should be connected to dropbox. In fact it took me a while to find where the connection was. It is however connected to dropbox. I have solved the problem personally in that I now never ask to open a dropbox window. Instead I right click on File and choose Open

[Bug 1453655] Re: desktop icons disappear on Ubuntu 15.04 when clicking Open Dropbox folder

2015-06-06 Thread Ilan Tal
The dropbox command is located somewhere else: ilan@ilan-main:~$ $HOME/Dropbox bash: /home/ilan/Dropbox: Is a directory ilan@ilan-main:~$ I just tried again right click on the dropbox icon on the taskbar -> Open Dropbox Folder and again it erased my desktop icons. One of the icons is to fire up

[Bug 1453655] Re: desktop icons disappear on Ubuntu 15.04 when clicking Open Dropbox folder

2015-06-06 Thread Ilan Tal
Congratulations. It looks like you are 99% of the road the fix the bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1453655 Title: desktop icons disappear on Ubuntu 15.04 when clicking Open Dropbo

[Bug 1490488] [NEW] no kernel update since deleting the latest kernel

2015-08-31 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: I was having problems with the latest kernels, so I deleted 3-4 of the latest ones which didn't work. This I reported in http://askubuntu.com/questions/654014/can-i-delete-my-most-recent- kernels/654020#654020 Finally I got back to 3.19.0-18 and I was happy that I could work

[Bug 1474342] Re: 3.19.0-22 won't display on Lenovo

2015-07-22 Thread Ilan Tal
This morning I updated to 3.19.0-23 and the problem exists on the latest kernel as well. The only way I can work is to drop back to 3.19.0-20 Any suggestions? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 1474342] Re: 3.19.0-22 won't display on Lenovo

2015-07-27 Thread Ilan Tal
This morning there was a new kernel 3.19.0-25 so I updated again. The problem still exists. While trying to do the update I noticed that 3.19.0-20 had some problem with aport.grub (not sure of the spelling). Since the problem is at boot I decide to drop back to 3.19.0-18 which reported no errors

[Bug 1474342] Re: 3.19.0-22 won't display on Lenovo

2015-07-29 Thread Ilan Tal
The problem is solved http://askubuntu.com/questions/654014/can-i-delete-my-most-recent- kernels/654020#654020 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1474342 Title: 3.19.0-22 won't display o

[Bug 1474342] [NEW] 3.19.0-22 won't display on Lenovo

2015-07-14 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: My Lenovo G585 computer won't boot correctly since the upgrade from 3.19.0-20 to 3.19.0-22. In the boot there is a stage where it is supposed to show me my username and ask for a password. The screen is totally blank. I hear the sound so I know I am supposed to enter my pas

[Bug 1474342] Re: 3.19.0-22 won't display on Lenovo

2015-07-14 Thread Ilan Tal
There is something I remember which may influence the bug. Usually when there is a new kernel I do an immediate restart. Yesterday after I was done updating to the new kernel, I had nothing more to do on the computer. Thus instead of a Restart I did a Shut down. This morning when I turned on the c

[Bug 1448120] Re: English fonts appear poorly on Hebrew Ubuntu upgrade

2015-05-05 Thread Ilan Tal
I've been using Ubuntu for 10 years and have never before seen such a thing. However I've always done the updates in English. In this case I was helping a friend whose English is less than great, so I configured his computer with Hebrew as the primary language. To answer your question, unfortuna

[Bug 1453655] [NEW] desktop icons disappear on Ubuntu 15.04 when clicking Open Dropbox folder

2015-05-10 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: I've been using both Ubuntu and dropbox for several years. With Ubuntu 15.04 there is a new problem that my desktop icons disappear when I click on the dropbox icon in the status bar and choose Open Dropbox Folder. Then the desktop icons will disappear - but will remain visibl

[Bug 1512811] Re: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-12 Thread Ilan Tal
I brought up the vm for the single reason to check the iso was OK. I was sure it was OK but another confirmation didn't hurt. Yes, yes, the REAL problem is on real hardware. I can't find even one computer where the usb stick will work. I tried it originally on this machine which is less than 1 yea

[Bug 1512811] Re: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-14 Thread Ilan Tal
On my laptop I tried UEFI and BIOS. In UEFI it would not give an error - it would just ignore the usb stick and go directly into the usual Ubuntu. I take this to mean that in UEFI it is intelligent enough to know that something is wrong, but rather than giving an error, it just ignores the usb stic

[Bug 1512811] Re: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-14 Thread Ilan Tal
I forgot to mention that I use startup disk creator. I don't know what dd is or how it is different from startup disk creator. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1512811 Title: 15.10 32 b

[Bug 1512811] Re: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-14 Thread Ilan Tal
Does the 32 usb stick boot correctly on your machine? I have been using the startup disk creator from day 1 since that is what is described in the help. Upon thinking I have always used this particular machine to run the startup disk creator. It works fine for the 64 bit version. If you manage to

[Bug 1512811] Re: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-14 Thread Ilan Tal
I just did another experiment. There is something illogical about using this machine with 12GB to make a 32 bit stick, so I tried using Startup disk creator on a laptop with 32 bit Ubuntu. This one I updated using a DVD with 15.10 32 bit. Exactly the same problem comes up: from a power off a boo

[Bug 1512811] Re: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-15 Thread Ilan Tal
Finally, finally, some progress. The startup disk creator fails for 32 but 15.10 but dd works! I can finally produce a usb stick which works. If you can confirm the problem on your machine then we can assign the problem to startup disk creator. From my point of view dd gives me a solution I can l

[Bug 1512811] Re: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-15 Thread Ilan Tal
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1499746 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1499746 There is still a problem. The original bug reports 64 bit. The bug is marked as resolved. It is indeed resolved for 64 bit but very much unresolved for 32 bit. Since 32 bit is part of the official Ubuntu rel

[Bug 1512811] [NEW] 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-03 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: There seems to be a problem with the grub when trying to use 15.10, 32 bit downloaded from the official Ubuntu site. The 64 bit version works fine. If I take ubuntu-15.10-desktop-i386.iso and use it to define a new virtual machine in virtual box, again all works well. Only i

[Bug 1512811] Re: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-04 Thread Ilan Tal
** Package changed: grub2-signed (Ubuntu) => grub2 (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1512811 Title: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb To manage notifications

[Bug 1512811] Re: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-07 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Philip, Yesterday I tried again to download the latest 15.10 32 bit, just in case something might have changed. The error I get is simply "boot error". As to the question if it is machine specific the answer is "no". I though something might be wrong with my disk on key so I took it to the sto

[Bug 1512811] Re: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-08 Thread Ilan Tal
I am using Startup Disk Creator, which I also used for the 64 bit edition. The 64 bit works fine. I get 7d483b990de4e1369b76b7b693737191 ubuntu-15.10-desktop-i386.iso I used this iso to set up a VirtualBox machine and I also burned a DVD using it. The DVD worked fine. The only thing which consi

[Bug 1512811] Re: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-08 Thread Ilan Tal
When I created the virtual machine I used the iso directly (there is an option to directly use an iso). I can't provide any screen shots. I power down the machine, put in the USB disk on key and attempt to boot from it. Very quickly it gives me the "boot error", and is stuck. I am not yet under

[Bug 1512811] Re: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-10 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Phillip, You are mixing apples and oranges. Let me clarify. With the virtual machine I use the iso file directly - no problem there. It is the boot from power off using a boot from a usb disk on key, where there is a problem. In that case it passes the BIOS and tries to boot. I just did it on

[Bug 1512811] Re: 15.10 32 bit download gives error when run from usb

2015-11-11 Thread Ilan Tal
Virtual machines aren't really the problem. I didn't delve into it deeply, but one of the options is select an iso file. I just went to the Downloads folder and pointed to the 32 bit iso. Later on I see my disk listed as SATA which points to the vdi file and an IDE optical drive which would point t

[Bug 1448120] [NEW] English fonts appear poorly on Hebrew Ubuntu upgrade

2015-04-24 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: This morning I did an upgrade to 15.04 on a Hebrew computer. Everything worked well except that the font is messed up. Specifically it fails to get the width of the letter correct so "l" and "i" have large spaces after them, and "m" overlaps the next letter. I am referring

[Bug 1465490] Re: copy paste of Hebrew consistently crashes Writer

2015-06-18 Thread Ilan Tal
** Information type changed from Private Security to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1465490 Title: copy paste of Hebrew consistently crashes Writer To manage notifications abo

[Bug 991009] Re: No menus for Netbeans on Ambiance gtk2

2012-05-21 Thread Ilan Tal
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932274 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932274 Glad to see that someone has found a solution. The next step would be for marko-techytalk to merge the fix to the official repository. Everyone should get the fix, not just those who happen to get your message

[Bug 892494] Re: Unity-2D doesn't work with Hebrew

2012-04-19 Thread Ilan Tal
Will be more than happy to test it in another week once 12.04 is released. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/892494 Title: Unity-2D doesn't work with Hebrew To manage notifications abou

[Bug 1507002] Re: "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition

2015-11-24 Thread Ilan Tal
Working with Philip we narrowed down the problem to Startup Disk Creator https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1512811 Using dd to make the stick solved the problem. Startup disk creator isn't writing the stick correctly but just for the 32 bit version. The 64 bit version works fine. Philip marked it a

[Bug 1507002] Re: "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition

2015-11-24 Thread Ilan Tal
There is an additional problem with the Startup disk creator. In checking for my boot error problem I considered the remote possibility that something was wrong with the 32 bit iso file. To answer the question I downloaded Xubuntu 32 bit iso file and used Startup disk creator to write it to the usb

[Bug 1507002] Re: "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition

2015-11-28 Thread Ilan Tal
TJ, I tried your bugfixes and find no change. Startup Disk Creator continues with the boot error and dd continues to work correctly. I don't know if your bugfixes are supposed to have a fix for Startup Disk Creator, but I see no change. -- You received this bug notification because you are a me

Re: [Bug 1507002] Re: "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition

2016-02-01 Thread Ilan Tal
Thanks Arne, Now that there is a GUI wrapper on dd, there doesn't seem to be any reason at all to use startup disk creator. On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 11:35 PM, Arne Henningsen wrote: > I can confirm the bug: USB thumbdrives created by the "Startup Disk > Creator" do not boot [1] but USB thumbdrives

Re: [Bug 1507002] Re: "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition

2015-12-20 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Jose, Many times I did a usb flash drive boot for 15.10, 64 bit. Only for 15.10 was there a problem. Using dd in place of startup disk creator solved the problem. So I can't confirm what is said on Ask Ubuntu. There however nobody seemed to try dd. Ilan On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Jose B

Re: [Bug 1507002] Re: "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition

2015-12-21 Thread Ilan Tal
Be sure to try it both for 64 bit and for 32 bit. The original startup disk creator worked for me on 64 bit and failed for 32 bit. On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 9:54 AM, JoLa <1507...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I installed usb-creator-gtk and usb-creator-common from xenial-packages > in Ubuntu 15.10.

Re: [Bug 1507002] Re: "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition

2015-12-21 Thread Ilan Tal
I no longer remember the exact version. I tried it for several versions of 15.10 and none of them worked for 32 bit. My machine is also 64 bit but I wanted to install Ubuntu on a friend's machine with 2GB, so I downloaded the 32 iso file and burned it. The 32 bit iso failed every time with every us

Re: [Bug 1507002] Re: "boot error" due to gcc v5 transition

2015-12-22 Thread Ilan Tal
The problem would come up after I would burn a 32 bit iso using Startup Disk Creator. The usb stick with the 32 bit iso would never boot into the state where I could "Try Ubuntu". With dd the problem was solved. I could "Try Ubuntu" and/or "Install Ubuntu". Is there perhaps a way to compare 2 usb

[Bug 990967] Re: High contrast application icons in the launcher are ugly and very similar

2014-12-05 Thread Ilan Tal
I long ago went over to Radiance. Just went back to check high contrast and it is better than I remember. I can certainly see a difference - just they are no longer second nature anymore. I returned to Radiance. You need a comment from someone who actually uses it, and that is no longer me. -- Yo

[Bug 891638] [NEW] missing Hebrew menus at login time

2011-11-17 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: I thought I had reported this bug, but apparently not. In all versions previous to 11.10 it was possible at login time to choose your language. To many of my friends for whom English is a chore, this is extremely important. I have told them not to update until there is a so

[Bug 891638] Re: missing Hebrew menus at login time

2011-11-17 Thread Ilan Tal
** Package changed: ubuntu => lightdm (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/891638 Title: missing Hebrew menus at login time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://b

[Bug 891638] Re: missing Hebrew menus at login time

2011-11-17 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Gunnar, I finally see my error! In the Language Support Hebrew was always grayed out. I assumed that the fact that it was grayed out meant that I couldn't use it. In fact I couldn't choose it, but I COULD drag it up to the top, and THAT I didn't know. So that solves the main problem in that

[Bug 892494] [NEW] Unity-2D doesn't work with Hebrew

2011-11-19 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: I have a system with Ubuntu 11.10 with dual monitors. I wanted to check Libre Office under Hebrew and I found much more serious problems. I will include a screen shot which I have cropped to show only the right hand edge of the main monitor, together with the whole width of

[Bug 892494] Re: Unity-2D doesn't work with Hebrew

2011-11-19 Thread Ilan Tal
** Attachment added: "screen dump" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/892494/+attachment/2601664/+files/hebrew.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/892494 Title: Unity-2D doesn't work w

[Bug 1069404] [NEW] font conf bad as of update to 12.10

2012-10-21 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: Since I updated to Ubuntu 12.10 I have a problem in Netbeans Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-culmus.conf", line 12: Having multiple values in isn't supported and may not works as expected Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-culmus.conf", line 34: Having mul

Re: [Bug 1069404] Re: font conf bad as of update to 12.10

2012-10-21 Thread Ilan Tal
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1034928 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1034928 Thanks for letting me know. I didn't notice it when I googled. On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 4:50 PM, RaduStoica wrote: > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1034928 *** > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103

[Bug 1070188] [NEW] Virtual box doesn't connect to mySQL server in 12.10

2012-10-22 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: For many versions, up to 12.10, Virtual box running Windows XP had no problems connecting to both a mySQL server sitting on the Linux server, as well as connecting to the Internet via NAT. Since the upgrade to 12.10 the Internet is no longer available via NAT. There is a work

[Bug 1073490] [NEW] printer does not print grey scale

2012-10-31 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: I have updated to 12.10 and have a new network printer HP Officejet 4500. I don't need to print in color, so I went to System Settings -> Printers -> HP-Officejet-4500 -> Printer Options -> Output Mode: High Quality Grayscale. Then Apply and OK. (Media Size if set to A4 Border

[Bug 892494] Re: Unity-2D doesn't work with Hebrew

2012-04-30 Thread Ilan Tal
I'll admit that I didn't put a huge amount of effort trying to get from one monitor to another. I saw it was stuck, which is no good for me, so I gave up. I am going from one monitor to the other all the time. The best example is Netbeans where I have my source code spread over both monitors and I

[Bug 991009] Re: No menus for Netbeans

2012-05-01 Thread Ilan Tal
I tried logging in as guest, but I am using the latest Netbeans 7.1.2 which isn't in the repository. It is in my /home directory, so guest doesn't see it. I don't know how you are seeing menus if you are using Ambiance. I started to use Radiance to solve the problem. Since Netbeans is so central

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2012-07-26 Thread Ilan Tal
There are other problems with Netbeans beyond the menu. I use ambiance but I also find the metal look and feel is FAR nicer: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=9&ved=0CIIBEBYwCA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhanynowsky.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F04%2F27 %2Fnetbeans-ide-look-feel-under- ub

[Bug 853681] Re: software center doesn't recognize package is loaded

2012-06-27 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Gary, I help many of my friends with their software, which is presumably where I came across the Brother printer. I can't even remember who has this printer, as I do not. I use the Software Center quite frequently and haven't had other problems with it, so let's just kill this bug. On of the

[Bug 900173] Re: Unreliable response of pulse audio in skype

2011-12-07 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Michael, The bit I wrote about changing the default sample rate completely solves the Mickey Mouse voice which you are suffering from. When I saw this I decided to buy the webcam, but I think that was a mistake. I had a simple webcam for 1/3 of the price which worked fine every time. A friend

[Bug 891638] Re: missing Hebrew menus at login time

2011-12-07 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Gunnar, This morning I saw there were updates available and among them was the greeter. I downloaded and it asked me if I wanted to update the config file or keep the current version. I guessed that in the default version the show language combo box wouldn't be true, so I opted to keep the cu

[Bug 883533] Re: HighContrast miss shutdown button

2011-12-10 Thread Ilan Tal
I would like to amend the bug in that TWO icons are missing, not one. Not only is the gear missing, but also the volume control with the Banshee player on it. I noticed the gear because it is so important and at the edge of the bar, but I missed the volume control which also isn't there. Ilan --

[Bug 923340] [NEW] Ctrl-A doesn't work with Hebrew as default language

2012-01-29 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: Choose System Settings and Keyboard Layout. Drag "Hebrew" up to the top of the list, before "English". This will cause Hebrew to be the default language, and will bring up "he" (instead of "en") when you log in. Unfortunately it also causes Ctrl-A not to work, i.e. Ctrl-A wi

[Bug 900173] Re: Unreliable response of pulse audio in skype

2011-12-14 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Martina, Try changing the default sample rate and that should solve the Mickey Mouse voice. For me too, sometimes it would work OK before I defined the default rate, but sometimes it would Mickey Mouse. Once I defined the default rate, the Mickey Mouse problem was solved. The trouble is that

[Bug 892494] Re: Unity-2D doesn't work with Hebrew

2011-11-21 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Gerry, I am not familiar with that command. It returns me Must specify alternating keys/values as arguments If I put it in as a string including false, it gives me No value to set for key: `false' I have 2 monitors: and I can't remember their individual resolutions. One is full HD and the sec

[Bug 892494] Re: Unity-2D doesn't work with Hebrew

2011-11-21 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Gerry, OK, this time it did something, but nothing I could really see. The screen flashed but I didn't notice any real change. So then I switched to Hebrew and it came up the same way as in the screen shot. I went to Dash Home and tried Firefox. Firefox did come up, but that was the only thing

[Bug 908465] Re: Hebrew Menus texts unreadable - characters show up as square blocks

2011-12-25 Thread Ilan Tal
Eli shalom, On this system "Use system font for user interface" is checked and I can set Hebrew as the locale and all works perfectly well. Thus it seems in most cases the default Ubuntu font does indeed support Hebrew. On my friend's computer, on the other hand, there IS a problem. So maybe th

[Bug 1081019] Re: Benchmark for Harddisk fail

2013-04-17 Thread Ilan Tal
I can duplicate the bug on a SanDisk, usb disk on key. the g-io-error-quark is 13. The disk on key is working fine. I thought this might mean a bad sector, but apparently it is just a bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubun

[Bug 1073490] Re: printer does not print grey scale

2012-11-01 Thread Ilan Tal
I would like to remove this bug. It turns out that Evince has its own Color <--> Gray scale choice which doesn't look at the values defined in the Printer Options. Probably when I updated from 12.04 to 12.10 the Evince values got reset. The reason it is still working correctly on the other computer

[Bug 883533] Re: HighContrast miss shutdown button

2011-11-07 Thread Ilan Tal
Fabio, Do you know which png file is missing in order to show the gear on the high contrast screen? I need a work around until the problem is fixed. Likewise I haven't upgraded several people to 11.10 because of this problem. Thanks, Ilan -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 883533] Re: HighContrast miss shutdown button

2011-10-30 Thread Ilan Tal
In order to reduce Internet time I downloaded a CD and updated both computers from the same CD. It could be that the CD is missing the png file for the icon you have showing. If you can tell me the file name and location I can check it. Likewise, if you can tell me where to get the missing file,

[Bug 900173] [NEW] Unreliable response of pulse audio in skype

2011-12-04 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: I bought a Logitech c310 webcam with a built in microphone which uses pulse audio. I wanted to use it for skype calls. The camera is fine but the pulse audio is completely unreliable. If I call the echo service, it may or may not replay my voice with no reliable way to predict

[Bug 900173] Re: Unreliable response of pulse audio in skype

2011-12-04 Thread Ilan Tal
** Attachment added: "input level control" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/900173/+attachment/2620077/+files/webcam.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/900173 Title: Unreliable resp

[Bug 891638] Re: missing Hebrew menus at login time

2011-12-05 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Gunnar, I just did an update to the software to check out your new fix. I didn't see any apparent change. Maybe it hasn't yet made it to the usual repository? I just used the gear control to get software updates. I have no problem waiting a few more days if it needs to filter down. Where shou

[Bug 891638] Re: missing Hebrew menus at login time

2011-12-05 Thread Ilan Tal
Hi Gunnar, I went to synaptic and installed lightdm-gtk-greeter. I didn't have it installed. also the greeter session was unity-greeter. Also added the true for the show language bar. Did a reboot and now it appears. I must say that in my opinion the greeter is nicer than unity. Among all the va

[Bug 883533] [NEW] theme UI system settings

2011-10-29 Thread Ilan Tal
Public bug reported: There is a "gear" icon next to the user name where there is system settings etc. When changing to high contrast that icon disappears so that you can no longer access shut down, system settings etc. I will include 2 screen shots from my system where I have dual monitors. You c

[Bug 883533] Re: theme UI system settings

2011-10-29 Thread Ilan Tal
** Attachment added: "ambiance" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/883533/+attachment/2577974/+files/ambiance.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883533 Title: theme UI system

[Bug 883533] Re: theme UI system settings

2011-10-29 Thread Ilan Tal
** Attachment added: "high contrast.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/883533/+attachment/2577975/+files/high%20contrast.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883533 Title:

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