[Bug 217713] Re: Inserting blank CD opens window on all users' desktops

2008-07-05 Thread mannheim
Similar problems occur with any mounted volume. For example, as user A, insert a USB stick. With default settings, a Nautilus window will open on A's desktop (good); but Nautilus will also try and open a window for the new volume on B's desktop (bad), resulting in a dialog box reporting the lack o

[Bug 276384] Re: Thinkfinger doesn't unlock keyring

2008-11-23 Thread mannheim
The bug here seems to be the inability of gnome-keyring to work together with pam. It seems that pam is configurable to allow various different "secrets" to be used for tasks such as logging in. Thus, pam can be configured to allow either a fingerprint or a password or both, as sufficient verifica

[Bug 283811] Re: cups says "can't promp for authorization" when printing to my samba printer

2008-11-23 Thread mannheim
I have this problem too, with a printer that does require authentication (attached to a remote windows machine on the network). The username and password are entered already in the printers.conf file, so no prompt should be needed; but I still get the dialog box saying "Can't prompt ... Printing Fa

[Bug 256429] Re: Intrepid regression: carriage-return required after finger scan

2008-11-24 Thread mannheim
Marius: The extra "Enter" keypress that you describe may not be due to the modified package 0.3+r118-0ubuntu4~ppa1. See Bug #236344 in thinkfinger which seems (?) to describe the same problem with the unmodified package. -- Intrepid regression: carriage-return required after finger scan https://b

[Bug 89261] Re: Notify user of other tty's when locking screen

2009-05-14 Thread mannheim
I gave the information in comment 2 on how to reproduce this behavior, and nothing has changed. What other info is needed? To make it clear for Ubuntu 9.04, you can get a non-locked session (by design) by: 1. Install Ubuntu 9.04, create two users and log in. 2. Right-click on the user-switching pa

[Bug 244356] Re: terminal output frequently not current or blank

2009-01-29 Thread mannheim
I can confirm what I think is the same bug (but who knows). I cannot reproduce it by resizing the window, but the problem is reproducible with "ls". As jasonq describes, repeatedly using "ls" in gnome-terminal eventually leads to a window that is not correctly redrawn. (To reproduce this, I have to

[Bug 389474] [NEW] gnome-sesion-canberra doesn't source ~/.gnomerc

2009-06-19 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Perhaps this bug should be filed against gnome-session rather then gnome-session-canberra, but anyway: The file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/55gnome-session_gnomerc contains: # If we are running the GNOME session, source ~/.gnomerc BASESTARTUP=`basename

[Bug 389474] Re: gnome-sesion-canberra doesn't source ~/.gnomerc

2009-06-19 Thread mannheim
Sorry: this bug is completely misplaced due to confusion between "canberra" and "stracciatella". I'll go and file a bug in the right place. ** Changed in: libcanberra (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- gnome-sesion-canberra doesn't source ~/.gnomerc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389474

[Bug 158483] Re: evince mishandles duplex printing of multiple copies of PDFs with an odd number of pages.

2009-06-26 Thread mannheim
This bug is *not* fixed. This still happens with Jaunty and with the current Karmic version (2.27.3 at present). Steps to reproduce: (1) Print two copies of a 3-page document from evince, collated, with duplex on. Expected results: you get four sheets of paper from your pinter, like so: Fir

[Bug 158483] Re: evince mishandles duplex printing of multiple copies of PDFs with an odd number of pages.

2009-06-27 Thread mannheim
Bartek, you're right. I printed 3 pages of a longer document. Sorry about the mis-information. -- evince mishandles duplex printing of multiple copies of PDFs with an odd number of pages. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 367049] Re: notify-osd is very, very slow

2009-05-07 Thread mannheim
I'm not sure if the following is the same slowness that the original bug describes, but I experience this. With Ubuntu 9.04 on Dell laptop with intel graphics, do the following: 1. Press and hold the "volume-up" button. Hold it long enough for the key auto-repeat to register more than 20 repeats,

[Bug 369017] Re: Sound notification and Mixer applet disagree on correct volume

2009-05-07 Thread mannheim
In System->Preferences->Sound, select the "Devices" tab and then look at "Default Mixer Tracks" at the bottom. Select the correct device and then select "Master" in the list instead of (for example) PCM. This is what determines (I think) the device and track which is controlled by the volume contro

[Bug 108611] Re: acpi scripts are only called on events

2009-03-10 Thread mannheim
This is the situation in intrepid, I think: The script /etc/acpi/power.sh seems to be called whenever the AC power is plugged in or removed, and it is also called at boot up (via the init script /etc/init.d/acpi-support) and when resuming from suspend. This is okay. However, the script /etc/acpi/

[Bug 282453] Re: iwlagn (4965) poor wireless-N performance on Intrepid Beta

2009-03-10 Thread mannheim
linux-backports-modules-2.6.27 does not seem to be the right package: as the second comment says, this problem appears in Ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid) without backports. I have the same experience: an Intel wifi "link 5300" card in my laptop, which connects usually at 54 Mb/s or sometimes 60 Mb/s to my

[Bug 117736] Re: pam_mount unable to unmount needs root priv

2008-11-06 Thread mannheim
This bug is affecting me when logging in via gdm in hardy. My home directory is encrypted in /dev/sda6. Steps to reproduce (after setting up pam_mount etc. in Ubuntu 8.04.1): 1. Log in as me (bill) via gdm. 2. Log out. 3. Log in as joe, a member of admin group. 4. As joe, do $ sudo mkdir

[Bug 117736] Re: pam_mount unable to unmount needs root priv

2008-11-06 Thread mannheim
Joachim, No, I'm sorry, I don't know if missing root permissions is the problem in my case. Maybe open files is the problem. (Perhaps I need to turn on debugging in pam_mount.conf.xml to find out.) -- pam_mount unable to unmount needs root priv https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117736 You received

[Bug 39328] Re: Offer option to disable scroll wheel on task list

2008-11-07 Thread mannheim
I also feel that this is a bad design, even for normal mouse use. It seems like "making the scroll wheel do something" just for the sake of it. There are other instances of this which *can* be turned off. For example, using the scroll wheel when the cursor is over the desktop switches desktops by d

[Bug 252012] Re: gnome-screensaver doesn't use fingerprint reader after suspend or hibernate

2008-10-21 Thread mannheim
I can confirm this behavior on a Dell XPS M1330 with Ubuntu 8.04 preinstalled. The thinkfinger stuff is preinstalled, but suffers from this bug. -- gnome-screensaver doesn't use fingerprint reader after suspend or hibernate https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252012 You received this bug notification

[Bug 277083] [NEW] beagle-search dies when collapsing categories

2008-10-02 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: beagle Using beagle 0.3.8-1ubuntu2, I do the following: 1. Launch beagle-search 2. Enter a search term like "ubuntu" or anything that is going to return some search hits. 3. The results are displayed in categories, under headings "Documents", "Conversa

[Bug 277083] Re: beagle-search dies when collapsing categories

2008-10-02 Thread mannheim
I can confirm now that this also happens on intrepid. (An installation of intrepid alpha-6, brought up to date as of October 2, with beagle_0.3.8-1ubuntu2.) -- beagle-search dies when collapsing categories https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277083 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 270880] [NEW] High CPU when on another user's desktop

2008-09-16 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cairo-clock Steps to reproduce: 1. Log in as "User A" with gnome and compiz. 2. Launch cairo-clock. 3. Do a "Switch User" and start a session as "User B". 4. As "User B", run the "top" command in a terminal. Actual Results: The compiz process belonging

[Bug 270880] Re: High CPU when on another user's desktop

2008-09-16 Thread mannheim
I changed the affected package from cairo-clock to compiz, because I think that I get the same sort of behavior in other settings. For example, run Firefox and open a flash movie; then switch users. Instead of switching users, you can also get the same behavior by doing Ctl-Alt-F1 to get to a new

[Bug 270880] Re: High CPU when on another user's desktop

2008-09-18 Thread mannheim
I am using the version that ships in the Ubuntu hardy repostories: at present, compiz-core is version 0.7.4-0ubuntu7. -- High CPU when on another user's desktop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270880 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 114758] Re: k3b error when writing and verifying DVDs using slimline drive

2008-05-30 Thread mannheim
This problem still exists in hardy. After the burn and before the verify, the disk tray opens (unless you use the workaround suggested in the previous post), and K3b then hangs, using 100% of one CPU core. The process has to be killed. -- k3b error when writing and verifying DVDs using slimline d

[Bug 114758] Re: k3b error when writing and verifying DVDs using slimline drive

2008-05-30 Thread mannheim
Perhaps I should have added to my previous comment: I am using amd64 ubuntu. The drive is a Dell-supplied TS-H653B and is an internal sata drive (I think). -- k3b error when writing and verifying DVDs using slimline drive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114758 You received this bug notification b

[Bug 282013] Re: Resizing Nautilus window using drag handle, handle seems to be "lost" after first drag

2009-01-05 Thread mannheim
This bug was not present in hardy (compiz-core 0.7.4-0ubuntu7) on my machine. It appears in intrepid (currently 0.7.8-0ubuntu4.1). -- Resizing Nautilus window using drag handle, handle seems to be "lost" after first drag https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/282013 You received this bug notification b

[Bug 282013] Re: Resizing Nautilus window using drag handle, handle seems to be "lost" after first drag

2009-01-05 Thread mannheim
Another observation: I don't observe this bug if I select the "Normal" method of resizing windows (using ccsm, or with gconf-editor at /apps/compiz/plugins/resize/allscreens/options/mode). I observe the bug only when using one of the other resize modes ("Outline", "Rectangle" or "Stretch"). -- R

[Bug 262758] Re: [Intrepid] Rendering errors on GM965 (Intel X3100)

2009-02-03 Thread mannheim
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 252094 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252094 Is this really a duplicate of bug 252094? Bug 252094 is about poor performance (framerates). This bug is about rendering errors. Bug 252094 was originally filed against hardy (Ubuntu 8.04.1). This bug descri

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2009-01-13 Thread mannheim
This bug was (for me) fixed upstream at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17500 I applied the patch from http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input- evdev/patch/?id=ece72ce9e97adae23b1932dc1334f63669196d56 to the intrepid version of xserver-xorg-input-evdev. After restarting X

[Bug 330652] [NEW] Laptop LCD brightness settings remain in BIOS

2009-02-17 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: acpi-support Steps to reproduce: 1. Buy a Dell XPS M1330 laptop and install Ubuntu 8.10. 2. Plug it into AC, turn on machine and press F2 to enter BIOS. 3. In BIOS make sure AC brightness is configured to max value (8). 4. Boot into Ubuntu, and use Fn-Do

[Bug 272093] Re: Intrepid: Unable to start the settings manager gnome-settings-daemon

2009-03-02 Thread mannheim
I have what may be the same problem. I do not have libvisual-0.4-plugins installed, so this is not bug 287448. The symptoms are that, on login, the theme is wrong (an old-style default gnome look to controls and icon-set). I go to Preferences-->Appearance and get the message described in the bug t

[Bug 209855] Re: Multi-line tooltips look like menus

2008-09-08 Thread mannheim
The behavior of the tooltips in the Workspace Switcher, which prompted this bug report, was changed in libwnck 2.22.0-0ubuntu3 (if I understand right), because of bug LP #204994. So this bug is fixed now. -- Multi-line tooltips look like menus https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209855 You received t

[Bug 66634] OpenOffice thinks gnome is metacity

2006-10-17 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Steps to reproduce: 1. Start a gnome session, and launch an oo.org application. Make sure that "Use OpenOffice.org dialogs" is not checked in the preferences. 2. Select "File-->Open" from the menu, and observe the gtk Open/Save dialog. Then close the oo.org application. 3.

[Bug 58622] Re: compiz: firefox autoscrolling cursor leaves trailing marks

2006-10-21 Thread mannheim
The same bug occurs using other composite managers, I think. At least, it happens for me using kwin (under gnome) with kompmgr (or whatever kwin's own composite manager is called). This happened under dapper, and still happens in edgy. As in the original report, it is some web sites (most?) but not

[Bug 63777] Lock Version not working

2006-10-03 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Using Synaptic 0.57.8 in edgy, highlight a package in the main window, and then do "Package-->Lock Version" from the menu. The list is refreshed, but the status of the selected package is not changed: the package is not locked. Also, the file /var/lib/synaptic/preferences is

[Bug 63777] Re: Lock Version not working

2006-10-04 Thread mannheim
As far as I can tell, this happens for any package. Perhaps I should also clarify: when I wrote "the status of the selected package is not changed" in my original report above, what I mean is that the gui of Synaptic indicates that the status of the package is not changed (i.e. not locked or pinne

[Bug 63981] Duplicate config files are sourced by Xsession

2006-10-04 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: The Xsession script in /etc/X11/Xsession sources all the configuration files in the directory /etc/X11/Xsession.d. After upgrading dapper to edgy, that directory contains two differently-named versions (not exact duplicates) of several files. For example, the directory contain

[Bug 63981] Re: Duplicate config files are sourced by Xsession

2006-10-04 Thread mannheim
I just tried the edgy Knot 3 live CD. In the livecd filesystem, the above duplication does not occur: only the conf files with "x11" in their name appear in the directory /etc/X11/Xsession.d. I guess that the duplicate "xorg" files were placed their by an earlier version of the package xinit (?)

[Bug 64184] HOSTNAME not set

2006-10-05 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: In the dash shell, the environment variable HOSTNAME is not set. For example, the script #! /bin/sh echo ${HOSTNAME} will correctly return the hostname of the machine if /bin/sh is linked to bash, but not if it is linked to dash. This causes some scripts which rely on HOSTN

[Bug 63981] Re: Duplicate config files are sourced by Xsession

2006-10-08 Thread mannheim
I can confirm now this is reproducible with a default upgrade. Steps to reproduce: 1. install Ubuntu 6.06 (dapper) from the live CD. 2. Update daper to latest dapper packages and reboot. 3. Upgrade to edgy using "update-manager -c -d". 4. Reboot. 5. Start a gnome session, open a terminal and type:

[Bug 149420] Re: Cannot select different decorator if emerald is installed

2007-10-05 Thread mannheim
The present behavior is at odds with comments on Bug #128557. -- Cannot select different decorator if emerald is installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/149420 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs maili

[Bug 149420] Cannot select different decorator if emerald is installed

2007-10-05 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: compiz Steps to reproduce: 1. Install Ubuntu on a machine capable of desktop effects 2. sudo apt-get install emerald 3. Log in Actual results: You get emerald as your window decorator Expected results: Same as actual results, perhaps; but there needs t

[Bug 151679] No schema files installed for fusion plugins

2007-10-11 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: compiz-fusion-plugins-main Using gutsy (release candidate) on a fresh default install: the various compiz packages do not install schema files in /usr/share/gconf/ for the compiz plugins belonging to compiz-fusion-plugins-main or compiz-fusion- plugins-ex

[Bug 139669] Re: rapidly creating many windows (dialogs) crashes compiz

2007-10-12 Thread mannheim
I can confirm this sort of thing. Open a terminal and do: for i in `seq 1 300` ; do ( zenity --info & ) ; done If compiz is running, you will eventually get back to the gdm login screen in a new X. If metacity is the window manager, things are okay. (In either case, the terminal reports errors fr

[Bug 109729] Re: Inappropriate --replace option at startup

2007-10-19 Thread mannheim
" ... the old one will be killed, and a new one will start." I understand that; but the issue is that the new one will exit when the session that launched it ends. So if the user does this: 1. Start session A 2. Start session B 3. Log out session B 4. Return to session A then at step 4 there is

[Bug 147919] tracker ignores gconf settings for thumbnailers

2007-10-01 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tracker In gconf, under /desktop/gnome/thumbnailers/[EMAIL PROTECTED], I have "enabled=False". When using tracker, if I enable tracker's option to generate thumbnails, tracker ignores this gconf setting: it creates thumbnails for pdf files. Steps to re

[Bug 145212] Thumbnails on desktop not showing

2007-09-26 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus I am using gutsy. I have four image files on my desktop (jpeg and png). Sometimes Nautilus shows these as thumbnails, as it should. Sometimes they revert to the icon which usually means "thumbnail generation in progress" -- i.e. a document icon w

[Bug 217713] [NEW] Inserting blank CD opens window on all users' desktops

2008-04-15 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hal With current Hardy (April 15 2008): Set up A's preferences so that Brasero is opened automatically when a blank CD is inserted (I think this is the default). The try the following: 1. Login as user A. 2. Switch user and login as B. 3. Insert a blank

[Bug 217713] Re: Inserting blank CD opens window on all users' desktops

2008-04-15 Thread mannheim
Should have added: a similar thing occurs with remote logins via nx, for example. Also, although I can't check just now, I think this is a regression since gutsy (I may be wrong). -- Inserting blank CD opens window on all users' desktops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217713 You received this bu

[Bug 176589] Re: compiz randomly freezes X

2008-04-21 Thread mannheim
I get a freeze like the one described in this bug only when enabling certain compiz features (though of course, it may be that these features only make the frequency of the freeze much larger, so as to be noticeable). My configuration of choice for compiz has the Animation plugin enabled, and the

[Bug 189329] Re: Undesirable focus while closing or minimizing

2008-04-10 Thread mannheim
The behavior reported in the bug is still there. I think compiz may be a little faster now (on my machine), so that the back-and-forth switch of focus is less noticeable; but it still happens every time, as far as I can see. As I said in the first report, the difficulty with "fixing" this bug is t

[Bug 224340] Re: Ubuntu 8.04 server kernel / Xen enabled / Nvidia problem

2008-05-01 Thread mannheim
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 107814 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107814 The source package for linux in Ubuntu 8.04 for i386 has the following line in the file ./debian/confi/i386/config.server: CONFIG_XEN=y The corresponding config file for amd64 does not have this line. I

[Bug 160264] Re: [nvidia] compiz displays white screen when locked

2008-04-28 Thread mannheim
Here is a simple way to reproduce this bug (also confirming Andrey's earlier comment that this bug is exhibited by any window that is opened while a VT is inactive). Steps to reproduce (in a system with nvidia driver and compiz enabled): 1. Login. 2. Open a terminal and do "sleep 15 && zenity --q

[Bug 42571] Re: eog won't delete images on different volume

2008-05-08 Thread mannheim
To clarify this: I think eog is doing all it can. Since the original bug report, the name of the trash file has changed in recent gnome. But this is what eog does, I think, assuming that the images to be deleted are on a different volume than /home and that the users uid is 1000: (A) If the trash

[Bug 130450] Re: compiz-fusion does not start on login

2007-09-13 Thread mannheim
Supposing that the wrapper is called "compiz" and the binary is called "compiz.real", then this can be fixed be ensuring that the wrapper script ends with something like exec -a compiz compiz.real $OPTIONS ... This will exec the binary compiz.real, but compiz.real will run with its progname set

[Bug 130450] Re: compiz-fusion does not start on login

2007-09-13 Thread mannheim
I didn't realize it was a bash-ism. Is it not allowed to begin the script with #!/bin/bash ? -- compiz-fusion does not start on login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130450 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 131592] Session manager doesn't see compiz wrapper

2007-08-10 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: compiz-core I'm not sure about the following, but here goes. The skeleton of compiz.wrapper (which is the script that becomes "compiz") looks like this: ENV="foo=bar" export $ENV compiz.real $OPTIONS || $FALLBACK compiz.real connects to the session mana

[Bug 131584] compiz.wrapper not pretty with bash

2007-08-10 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: compiz The way "echo" is used in compiz.wrapper assumes that /bin/sh is dash. If /bin/sh is linked to bash, as it needs to be for some users, then the output of the "verbose" function in compiz.wrapper puts "\n" in the output instead of a newline. The rea

[Bug 99316] Re: HP LaserJet P2015 not printing with Postscript driver

2007-08-13 Thread mannheim
I had this problem with the same printer. The problem went away when I installed a modified PPD file, with the changes described in the "User Notes" at http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_P2015 -- HP LaserJet P2015 not printing with Postscript driver https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 1828] Re: star installs gnutar which isn't GNU tar.

2008-02-05 Thread mannheim
When building Firefox directly from Mozilla's source, the presence of this gnutar (i.e. star) causes "make package" to fail: an emtpy tar.bz2 file is created. -- star installs gnutar which isn't GNU tar. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1828 You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 189329] [NEW] Undesirable focus while closing or minimizing

2008-02-05 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: compiz Compiz behaves slightly differently than metacity in the following situation: 1. Open a window (e.g. gnome-terminal). 2. Open a second window. 3. Make sure the second window has focus and that the close-button of the first window is visible. 4. C

[Bug 187523] [NEW] dovecot created 15 copies on moving mail

2008-01-30 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: dovecot I use dovecot running locally in Ubuntu 7.10, with mail stored in maildir format. Connecting with Thunderbird as mail client, I moved about 1500 mail messages from one folder to another, using Thunderbird's menus. A week later, I noticed that thi

[Bug 187523] Re: dovecot created 15 copies on moving mail

2008-01-30 Thread mannheim
Error log from date of move. ** Attachment added: "mail.err.0" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11667456/mail.err.0 -- dovecot created 15 copies on moving mail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187523 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug cont

[Bug 187523] Re: dovecot created 15 copies on moving mail

2008-01-31 Thread mannheim
I noticed it first in the maildir directory on the server. (More precisely, I used Beagle to find an old email, and got fifteen identical-looking hits; Beagle indexes the maildir directories.) Here is a nippet of a directory listing of the maildir directory (with username altered): -rw--- 1 j

[Bug 124519] Re: need to add max texture size check

2007-09-19 Thread mannheim
I am in a similar situation to Pitabred. I have a nvidia 6200-based AGP card, with 256 MB of ram on the card. My screen is 1280x1024. The new compiz wrapper script bails out: Comparing resolution (1280x1024) to maximum 3D texture size (512): Failed. Yet (without this check), compiz nevertheless r

[Bug 141500] compiz doesn't notice change of mouse pointer theme

2007-09-21 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: compiz Steps to reproduce (with gutsy updated on 2007-9-21), using compiz- fusion: 1. Go to System->Preferences->Appearance->Theme->Customize and select the "Pointer" tab. 2. Select a different mouse pointer theme than the one you have been using. 3. U

[Bug 133448] Re: [gutsy] The icon when updates are available is blurred

2007-09-24 Thread mannheim
In feisty, the icon looks much better. I think it is the same icon; but in feisty it is not scaled up to a larger size. In gutsy, the scaling makes it look blurred. Perhaps there is more/better artwork for this icon in the works; but if not, can it revert to feisty's behavior? The scaled icon looks

[Bug 49890] Re: USB drive not detected if booted with drive connected

2007-11-26 Thread mannheim
I have what I think may be the same problem, though in my case it is not 100% reproducible. Steps to reproduce my situation: 1. Format an external USB drive, with a partition (ext3 in my case) and a volume label "foo" for that partition. 2. Turn off the computer, connect the USB drive, power it

[Bug 153045] Re: Ubuntu 7.10: Mathematica and Matlab conflict with Compiz-fusion

2007-12-15 Thread mannheim
When using stojic's excellent workaround in Mathematica 6, I found that the Notebook windows don't have a minimize or maximize button on the titlebar. Selecting "Generic" instead of "ThinFrame" under Window Properties worked better for me: I got my taskbar buttons back. -- Ubuntu 7.10: Mathematic

[Bug 209779] [NEW] Toolbars have no horizontal dividers with Clearlooks or Murrine

2008-03-31 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 Using Human-Murrine or Human-Clearlooks with Firefox 3.0~b4 in Hardy, the menu-bar, location-bar and bookmarks-bar are all missing the expected horizontal dividers. In particular, there is no divider drawn to provide a contrasting edge between

[Bug 209779] Re: Toolbars have no horizontal dividers with Clearlooks or Murrine

2008-03-31 Thread mannheim
** Attachment added: "Screenshot of toolbars and blank web page with no dividers." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12997423/screenshot1.png -- Toolbars have no horizontal dividers with Clearlooks or Murrine https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209779 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 209855] [NEW] Multi-line tooltips look like menus

2008-03-31 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: In Hardy, some items on the bottom panel have tooltips which have more than one line and which look like menus. These are (1) the tootip for the "Show Desktop" icon, and (2) the tooltip for the workspace switcher applet. In both cases, because they look like menus, the user (

[Bug 203513] Re: [Hardy] display doesn't go to sleep after today's gnome-power-manager update

2008-03-31 Thread mannheim
I downloaded and compiled the most recent Gnome source for gnome-power- manager (version 2.23.1 in trunk), and this fixed the problem for me. So, unless this is a quirk of the build process, it seems that this bug is somehow fixed upstream. But I couldn't find any reference to it. Also, there is a

[Bug 188226] Re: Kernel should use CONFIG_FAIR_CGROUP_SCHED

2008-03-18 Thread mannheim
A situation for which the currently configured kernel is poor is the following: - a single-user desktop machine - runs a scripted daily backup using, eg, tar and bz2 compression. The backup script needs to run as root, to access files system wide. Because of the compression stage, the backup scri

[Bug 207573] Re: Computer icon cannot show contents when opened

2008-03-27 Thread mannheim
This happens to me as well (with hardy 8.04 updated on March 26). This was a system upgraded from gutsy. Opening the "computer" location in Nautilus works for a while. But after a while, it just stalls, as described. Changing *anything* seems to fix it temporarily: eg, inserting a CD in the drive,

[Bug 207816] [NEW] Upgrade leaves stale .Trash contents

2008-03-27 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus With hardy, the contents of the trash is at ~/.local/share/Trash, but users who upgrade from gutsy may still have files in the old location, ~/.Trash. There are two issues here: first, these files appear to be "lost" to the user. Users expect to

[Bug 207910] [NEW] Tomboy leaves passwords in log file

2008-03-27 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tomboy Tomboy writes a log file at ~/.tomboy.log. If the user is using webdav to synchronize notes to a server, then the log file contains the full command-line for "wdfs", including the user's password. Although the permissions on the file are -rw-r-

[Bug 207922] [NEW] Nautilus opens browser for Tomboy's sync

2008-03-27 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: When using the Synchronization facility in Tomboy, a mount is created with sshfs or wdfs. In either case, Nautilus will automatically open a window if the preference "Browse media when inserted" is checked in Nautilus. (I believe this is the default.) The mount also appears in

[Bug 207553] Re: screen doesn't switch off by itself

2008-03-30 Thread mannheim
Reverting to gnome-power-manager 2.21.92-0ubuntu1 in hardy fixed the problem. So the bug does seem to be in recent versions of gnome-power- manager, as the original report suggests. I haven't tried the in-between versions. -- screen doesn't switch off by itself https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207

[Bug 109729] Inappropriate --replace option at startup

2007-04-24 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: beagle The script in /etc/xdg/autostart/beagled-autostart.desktop launches the beagle daemon with the "--replace" option. I don't know about the pros and cons, but I wonder whether this option is appropriate. If an instance of the daemon is already runnin

[Bug 89261] Re: Notify user of other tty's when locking screen

2007-04-18 Thread mannheim
Using the gui, you can get a non-locked session on another tty if you use the panel applet "fast-user-switch-applet", which has an option to "switch users" without locking. (This option is in the Preferences of the applet.) I will confess that fast-user-switch-applet is in universe, not in main. -

[Bug 91418] Re: Daylight savings time not updated properly in edgy

2007-03-13 Thread mannheim
My machine running edgy did not cope correctly with daylight-savings time. But the system thinks that it has switched to daylight-savings. I am in EST time-zone, and local time is EDT since this Sunday. My system clock is supposed to be set to local time (UTC=no in /etc/defaults/rcS). At 7:13 am l

[Bug 89261] Notify user of other tty's when locking screen

2007-03-02 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver I don't know if this feature request is realistic, but when invoking "gnome-screen-saver-command --lock" (for example, via System-->Quit.. then Lock Screen), it would be useful if there was a warning notifying the user if another tty is

[Bug 67146] Re: synaptic pinning/locking does not work

2007-01-12 Thread mannheim
I have been using the version from edgy-proposed for a while now. Locking works fine for me with this version. However, "Force Version ... " does not work. I don't know if this is the same bug. "Force version ..." behaves in the same way that "Lock Version" used to behave. That is, after selecting

[Bug 71887] Re: Make /bin/sh configurable with update-alternatives

2007-01-20 Thread mannheim
Some other software that breaks: -- Mathematica -- NX Server This is what nxserver does with dash: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/nxserver stop /etc/init.d/nxserver: 21: Syntax error: "(" unexpected I really feel it is unfair to users not to give them an informed choice. For sure, it

[Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2007-01-20 Thread mannheim
More examples of 3rd-party software that is partly broken by dash include: Mathematica NX Server Users will turn away from Ubuntu, and report: "I tried it on Fedora [or whatever], and it just worked." Things should "just work" on Ubuntu. -- Script that are using bash could be broken with the ne

[Bug 429084] [NEW] Clock applet leaves shadow on panel

2009-09-13 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel In karmic (with up-to-date packages as of Sep 11 2009), I see the following: 1. Change the desktop background to a plain color, for clarity. 2. Make sure compiz is enabled. 3. Click on the clock applet, to make the 'mini-calendar' window appe

[Bug 429084] Re: Clock applet leaves shadow on panel

2009-09-14 Thread mannheim
My video driver is: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2.8.1-1ubuntu1. The same problem was reported in the ubuntu forums in this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7944153&postcount=6 I will attach the screenshot from that forum post. (Another post in the same thread suggests that it occurs

[Bug 429084] Re: Clock applet leaves shadow on panel

2009-09-14 Thread mannheim
I don't have an xorg.conf, but will attach output from dmesg (doesn't seem to contain relevant stuff here), lspci etc. ** Attachment added: "Output of dmesg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31780809/dmesg.out -- Clock applet leaves shadow on panel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/429084 You rece

[Bug 429084] Re: Clock applet leaves shadow on panel

2009-09-14 Thread mannheim
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log after reproducing the problem" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31780879/Xorg.0.log -- Clock applet leaves shadow on panel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/429084 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ub

[Bug 429084] Re: Clock applet leaves shadow on panel

2009-09-14 Thread mannheim
** Attachment added: "Xorg0.log.old, as requested" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31780911/Xorg.0.log.old -- Clock applet leaves shadow on panel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/429084 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 429084] Re: Clock applet leaves shadow on panel

2009-09-14 Thread mannheim
** Attachment added: "Output of lspci -vvnn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31780842/lspci.out -- Clock applet leaves shadow on panel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/429084 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bu

[Bug 429084] Re: [i965GM] Clock applet leaves shadow on panel

2009-09-15 Thread mannheim
Geir, yes, the shadow is erased when a window moves over it. -- [i965GM] Clock applet leaves shadow on panel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/429084 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@

[Bug 481553] [NEW] Sony USB memory stick mis-identified as MP3 player

2009-11-12 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: udev I don't know if this is really a udev bug, or what, but: If I insert a Sony USB memory stick (I have a 16GB model), then it is identified incorrectly as a media player: a window pops up with the message "You have inserted a digital audio player ...

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

2010-03-07 Thread mannheim
The new Radiance and Ambiance metacity themes in Lucid have left and right border widths of just 1 pixel. (This is different from the default Human metacity theme in earlier versions of Ubuntu, where the width is 3 pixels.) This issue makes Radiance and Ambiance very difficult to use for anyone who

[Bug 320639] Re: Touchpad movement problems in 0.99.3

2009-09-09 Thread mannheim
I installed karmic from the live CD and did and did dist-upgrade to latest packages (on Sep 7). I have xserver-xorg-input-synaptics version 1.1.2-1ubuntu5. Out of the box, the touchpad on my Dell XPS M1330 is impossibly fast. After going to the Mouse control panel and turning both controls to thei

[Bug 444839] [NEW] apparmor profile for evince breaks users themes

2009-10-06 Thread mannheim
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apparmor-profiles The desktop theme I am using is a soft link to a directory under /usr/local/, thus: /usr/share/themes/MY-THEME---> /usr/local/share/themes/MY-THEME When I launch evince, it is unable to read the theme information, and so falls b

[Bug 444839] Re: apparmor profile for evince breaks users themes

2009-10-06 Thread mannheim
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33157990/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "KernLog.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33157992/KernLog.txt ** Attachment added: "RelatedPackageVersions.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33157994/RelatedPackageVe

[Bug 369498] Re: 32bits gtk and glib modules not found in ia32-libs

2009-10-26 Thread mannheim
I have ia32-libs version 2.7ubuntu17 in karmic, and still have a problem. The symbolic links are there: ls -l /usr/lib/gio/modules/ total 272 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-10-24 22:06 i486-pc-linux-gnu -> ../../../lib32/gio/modules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-10-24 22:06 i686-pc-linux

[Bug 435874] Re: keeps rewriting /etc/resolv.conf

2009-10-16 Thread mannheim
This bug makes Ubuntu unusable out of the box on any machine that needs to have a static IP address. The only workaround I can find is to remove network-manager from the system entirely. Sorry to rant, and I know this isn't a user forum, but how can the importance of this bug not be "high"? -- k

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