[Bug 225889] [NEW] vmware app disappears when upgrading to 8.04

2008-05-02 Thread Stuart Gillies
Public bug reported: I just upgraded using the normal system upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04. All is fine except I now cannot find my VMware installation in the menus, and so can't access my XP virtual machine. No doubt I could sort this out given time and I will try to do so when I have time, hoping th

[Bug 227036] [NEW] logmein no longer working

2008-05-05 Thread Stuart Gillies
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox Under 7.10, Firefox (2.0.0.12 etc.) with Java could be used to access a remote Windows machine using LogMeIn. Since the upgrade, this no longer works. The symptom is that when attempting to enter a logon password into the remote logon screen, the

[Bug 227036] Re: logmein no longer working

2008-05-05 Thread Stuart Gillies
Update: I have now tried this access with Konquerer and with Opera and both exhibit the same problem. -- logmein no longer working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227036 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mai

[Bug 526688] Re: can not join computer to web site

2010-05-03 Thread Stuart Gillies
I just upgraded to 10.04, and then decided to add this machine to Ubuntu One. I already have another machine registered. I got this message when I fired up Firefox via System/Preferences/UbuntuOne: Parameter not found: oauth_consumer_key. There was no prompt for a key or anything else, just this

[Bug 509118] [NEW] package tzdata 2009u-0ubuntu0.9.10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault) - this happened on more than one at

2010-01-18 Thread Stuart Gillies
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tzdata similar but subtly different from other reported install problems with this package. Occurred during routine Update Manager run on Karmic. ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Jan 15 19:19:41 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ErrorMess

[Bug 509118] Re: package tzdata 2009u-0ubuntu0.9.10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault) - this happened on more than one atte

2010-01-18 Thread Stuart Gillies
** Attachment added: "AptOrdering.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38033701/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38033702/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Dmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38033703/Dmesg.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 436555] [NEW] massive use of memory under ubuntu compared to XP

2009-09-25 Thread Stuart Gillies
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 Firefox 3.0.14 under Ubuntu 9.04 uses 794.6 MB for a set of 6 tabs. The exact same six tabs under Firefox 3.5.3 under XP SP3 uses 172.6 MB. Both systems are fully up to date. I can see why there might be a difference, but not one of 4.6 time

[Bug 436555] Re: massive use of memory under ubuntu compared to XP

2009-09-25 Thread Stuart Gillies
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32428795/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ExtensionSummary.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32428796/ExtensionSummary.txt ** Attachment added: "profiles.ini.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32428797/profiles

[Bug 436555] Re: massive use of memory under ubuntu compared to XP

2009-09-25 Thread Stuart Gillies
The Extensions are different on each installation: Both have DownThemAll XP has Microsoft .net; Java Quickstarter, AVG safe search and Adobe DLM Ubuntu has the Met Office and the Ubuntu extensions I doubt that these differences could account for 622MB -- massive use of memory under ubuntu com

[Bug 436555] Re: massive use of memory under ubuntu compared to XP

2009-09-25 Thread Stuart Gillies
I noticed that the memory size as reported by system monitor had increased to 827.5 MB, the only change being the bug reporting tab. So I closed all tabs except this bug reporting page and the memory usage reduced to 816.0 MB (a net increase of over 20MB). I did the same on XP and the memory reduc

[Bug 436555] Re: massive use of memory under ubuntu compared to XP

2009-09-25 Thread Stuart Gillies
I then closed and reopened firefox on both systems, and opened the six original tabs plus this debug page. Memory usage is now 171.9 MB, much closer to the XP figure which is now 142MB after reopening. -- massive use of memory under ubuntu compared to XP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436555 You

[Bug 436555] Re: firefox-3.0 on Jaunty uses a lot more memory than firefox-3.5 on XP

2009-09-27 Thread Stuart Gillies
I was comparing the latest release on Ubuntu 9.04 with the latest release on XP. I am a user, not a developer, and I stay away from unreleased code normally. I did not realise that your release numbering was the same on different platforms. F-3.0 on Ubuntu had increased its memory usage overnight

[Bug 446997] Re: Potentially dangerous "System policy prevents stopping the system when other users are logged in"

2009-12-31 Thread Stuart Gillies
I just installed karmic from the live cd download, and I had this problem of not being able to log off without authorisation (which I fixed by editing the policy file in /usr/share/...forgot name) . A bit irritating as I'm the only user. But this is my third 9.10 install and the first time I

[Bug 1766969] Re: DNS cannot be resolved in Public / Hotel / Starbucks WiFi Hotspot

2018-09-10 Thread Stuart Gillies
You may think you fixed it but I'm sitting in a hotel in The Netherlands with a connected phone and tablet but not the laptop. Grrr! I have 18.04 up to date yesterday. Wifi says it is connected but hotel logon page won't appear. Is there a usable workaround? -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1283003] Re: [Bluetooth + 14.04] Bluetooth headsets are not working after last couple of updates

2014-05-26 Thread Stuart Gillies
Bluetooth working well for a headset on 12.04, not working on 14.04, either as new install or as upgrade. It pairs normally, but on one machine (new install) does not appear in sound settings, on the other it appears but in neither case does it switch sound from speakers to the headset when on. --

[Bug 1512993] Re: VLC exhibits blockiness on h264 seeking

2016-08-08 Thread Stuart Gillies
I had exactly this problem with blocky playback after I upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04. It affected all movie file types and any player that I tried. After reading this report I replaced the nvideo driver 361.42 by the previous version available (340.96) - and the problem went away completely. By th

[Bug 1466479] Re: "Searching for available drivers..." gives no indication of progress

2017-01-02 Thread Stuart Gillies
There is another aspect to this minor but irritating bug. Whilst additional drivers are being searched for, the panel displays the message "No additional drivers are in use". This should not be displayed as at this point the software does not know if this is true or not. Not mission critical, but

[Bug 1723857] Re: onscreen keyboard appears whenever i touch touchscreen

2017-11-05 Thread Stuart Gillies
It's a simple problem. Fix it please otherwise I will have to go back to 17.04 It pops up every time I type in this box, and obscures the box. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1723857 Ti

[Bug 1434986] Re: Not working network connection after boot

2016-04-13 Thread Stuart Gillies
I'm using the latest 16.04 beta, up to date. When I reboot, the wifi does not work, I think because it is not detected. When I replug the little USB wifi thingy, it then does work, though the signal strength indication is very low (no bars) even though another device alongside is seeing full streng

[Bug 957373] [NEW] restart button doesn't

2012-03-16 Thread Stuart Gillies
Public bug reported: When Firefox is updated and needs to be restarted, it offers a button labelled 'Restart'. In fact this button does not restart Firefox, it simply shut it down for the user to restart it. It ought not be labelled the way it is as it does not do what it says it does. Either ca

[Bug 957373] Re: restart button doesn't

2012-03-16 Thread Stuart Gillies
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/957373 Title: restart button doesn't To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/957373/+subscr

[Bug 1457438] [NEW] files not shown when known to exist

2015-05-21 Thread Stuart Gillies
Public bug reported: When using dia I saved some .png images, as I had done before with the same names. Going to nautilus in order to select those images, I find that they are not listed, yet the dia save dialogue does show them. Reloading did not find them. See attached screenshot, which shows b

[Bug 1283003] Re: [Bluetooth + 14.04] Bluetooth headsets are not working after last couple of updates

2014-06-09 Thread Stuart Gillies
Well I now have BT working in A2DP mode. Hopefully it will stay working. There was never any problem pairing or connecting, just no sound would come out and the sound settings screen did not offer any choices. So, once paired and "pulseaudio -k" issued (but I don't know if that is needed or not):

[Bug 1355918] [NEW] smplayer window creeps up the screen when pause/resumed by spacebar

2014-08-12 Thread Stuart Gillies
Public bug reported: When smplayer is playing a video in a window it can be paused and resumed by pressing the spacebar. Stragely, each time the spacebar is pressed to pause or resume, the window creeps a few pixels up and to the left of the screen. Eventually it reaches the top left corner, where

Re: [Bug 1355918] Re: smplayer window creeps up the screen when pause/resumed by spacebar

2014-08-12 Thread Stuart Gillies
Hi, I couldn't find the option setting, (in a bit of a rush right now) but it does stay on top if playing, not if paused. I'm using ubuntu 14.04 as it comes i.e. unity and whatever window manager is standard. Stuart On 12/08/14 22:29, rvm wrote: > Do you have the option "Stay on top -> while

Fwd: Re: [Bug 1355918] Re: smplayer window creeps up the screen when pause/resumed by spacebar

2014-08-13 Thread Stuart Gillies
Hi, I couldn't find the option setting, (in a bit of a rush right now) but it does stay on top if playing, not if paused. I'm using ubuntu 14.04 as it comes i.e. unity and whatever window manager is standard. Stuart On 12/08/14 22:29, rvm wrote: > Do you have the option "Stay on top -> while pl

[Bug 1277042] [NEW] 13.10 apparmor denies dhcp

2014-02-06 Thread Stuart Gillies
Public bug reported: I have just spent a day and a half trying to find out why my install of 13.10 won't access the network. Finally, with help from another computer, I find that apparmor is denying /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm- dhcp-client.actions. The first attempt at an upgrade (due to the withd

Re: [Bug 1277042] Re: 13.10 apparmor denies dhcp

2014-02-10 Thread Stuart Gillies
Jamie, thank you for your prompt and helpful reply. Unfortunately, in my frustration I took further steps so can't follow your advice. If only the forum advice had reflected your input instead of suggesting an app that I couldn't install. What I actually did was try to reinstall from a fresh d

[Bug 1072206] Re: [nvidia] Window content is black or transparent

2014-11-21 Thread Stuart Gillies
I have started to get this on my 14.04 double-header nvidia amd64 system. I can't say what events cause it, but moving a window generally fixes it until the next time. I don't need to have a lot of windows open to see it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 891317] [NEW] cups not printing some pdfs (report)

2011-11-16 Thread Stuart Gillies
Public bug reported: Printing a pdf (Intersil AN9415.pdf for example) does not work on my system using the Adobe plug-in for Firefox. There seems to be something about the doc that CUPS does not like. It does work if printed via evince or an XP system. Does not work: Ubuntu 11.04/FF 7.0.1 with

[Bug 891317] Re: cups not printing some pdfs (report)

2011-11-16 Thread Stuart Gillies
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/891317 Title: cups not printing some pdfs (report) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/891

[Bug 891317] Re: cups not printing some pdfs (report)

2011-11-16 Thread Stuart Gillies
I note from the cups log that no pages were found. I tried to find a log before I posted but it is only now that apport has found it that I can read it. The file that had 'no pages' was over 900kb long. If the problem isn't CUPS, then where is it? -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 880718] [NEW] mouse icon changes

2011-10-24 Thread Stuart Gillies
Public bug reported: Having changed my mouse icon (by customising via Appearance/Preferences) I now find it only is customised when over certain backgrounds. My objective was to have a large icon that I could find on a twin-head hi- res setup. So I went for the big red arrow. This works fine over

[Bug 855379] Re: (oneiric) false error messages when printing

2012-10-16 Thread Stuart Gillies
Same here, in an up-to-date and standard Unity 12.04/AMD64, cups remote processing says "printer error" but it works correctly anyway. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/855379 Title: (on

[Bug 632581] Re: Unity should facilitate end-user mapping of the Super key

2012-10-03 Thread Stuart Gillies
I'm not sure where to report this, but this item seemed to be the place. The problem is that I can't find a way (that sticks) to remap the 'super' key function to a key that I actually have. I have avoided Microsoft products for years and it is irritating to have to buy a Microsoft-defined keyboar

[Bug 973559] Re: Window decoration not showing up

2012-08-05 Thread Stuart Gillies
I have the same problem - no window borders or size controls. Metacity --replace fixed it for me just now, but is hardly a solution. I never had this before 12.04. I'm using gnome classic. and my system is fully up-to-date. It is a nvidia twinview setup. -- You received this bug notification be

[Bug 94014] Re: In list view, the columns' size is not remembered

2012-12-28 Thread Stuart Gillies
The problem now seems to be that the name column is set to the width of the longest file name. If you have a rogue filename then the column can be off the screen and very hard to correct. When corrected the new column width does not stick so next time you open the same directory you have to do it a

[Bug 1018718] Re: columns width redrawn by multiple events

2013-07-23 Thread Stuart Gillies
This is a real nusiance on my 12.10 64 bit plain vanilla instalation. It seems to set the filename column to accommodate the longest name (undesirable) and then the columns leap about when you click out of the window, or back in. It may be of 'low' importance according to the techies but it is a

[Bug 618953] Re: Cannot read floppy disks after udisks update

2011-07-08 Thread Stuart Gillies
This absurd bug also affects me. And right now I can't find the package to do the downgrade. Younger geeks may not understand the need, but I for one am not going to spend days copying floppies just so Ubuntu can be 'cool'. Please reinstate this simple, obsolete but necessary driver. It can't be

[Bug 618953] Re: Cannot read floppy disks after udisks update

2011-07-08 Thread Stuart Gillies
Plus, I should have added, that I now seem to have to reinstall Windows just to do a BIOS upgrade ! Will I bother to revert to Ubuntu? Probably. All I need to do is to transfer one file to a floppy. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subs

[Bug 618953] Re: Cannot read floppy disks after udisks update

2011-07-08 Thread Stuart Gillies
Solved for me at least by the downgrade to the earlier version, available here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/udisks_1.0.1-1build1_i386.deb Install it and then using synaptic, lock the version so it stays there. But I shouldn't have to do this, so perhaps the developers co

[Bug 734026] Re: confused terminology update/upgrade

2011-03-14 Thread Stuart Gillies
Thanks for your feedback. However, you seem to be saying that the terminology is intended to be confusing. Yet you have a situation in which there are two courses of action, one minor and one with major implications, and it doesn't matter that Ubuntu does not make clear to the novice user which th

[Bug 734026] [NEW] confused terminology update/upgrade

2011-03-12 Thread Stuart Gillies
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager Ubuntu 10.04 offers UPDATES which are changes within 10.04, and distribution UPGRADES, which would be the conversion of 10.04 to 10.10, for example. However, due to a confusion of terminology, 10.04 is offering UPGRADES which are in fact

[Bug 734026] Re: confused terminology update/upgrade

2011-03-12 Thread Stuart Gillies
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734026 Title: confused terminology update/upgrade -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ub

[Bug 148362]

2010-11-01 Thread Stuart Gillies
This is not a 'nice to have' it is fundamental! It may be working as intended but the intent is clearly wrong. If I reply to an email the recipient expects it to come from the address they sent to not some other address. How hard can it be to specify in the account which outgoing smtp to use? I

[Bug 148362]

2010-11-01 Thread Stuart Gillies
Apologies, Withdrawn. I now found the button. Which has been problematic for me for years but now magically works. So why all the discussion? Each account can have its own SMTP. Job done. By the way, the web is full of advice on how to use TB that does not apply to current versions and may be hel

[Bug 82060] Re: A web page Firefox can't print.

2010-07-28 Thread Stuart Gillies
There still seems to be a problem with printing. My current example (under 10.04, 3.6.8) is that this page http://www.blog.highub.com/php/php-core/set-ubuntu-up-for-wake-on-lan/ when print previewed or printed, shows two pages with headers but only the first page has content. Switching to landsca

[Bug 547066] Re: Jockey doesn't show enabled nvidia drivers as such

2010-08-03 Thread Stuart Gillies
I have the same problem (nvidia driver reported as activated but not in use). But when I remove all other drivers that I can find from the system (nouveau and nv) and restart, I find that this message is still reported. However, when I start up nvidia-settings (195.36.24) I also find that some adj

[Bug 553646] Re: Waking from hibernate unexpectedly prompts for password

2010-09-07 Thread Stuart Gillies
Not only do I not use a password to log on, I also have the screensaver set to not require a password when interrupted. So it is odd that power management requires one when resuming. To me it seems that the screensaver setting and the logon setting should be one and the same and should match the PM