I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and ran into both these bugs. I added the precise-proposed repository, updated paraview, and both these issues have been fixed. I can read STL files and no longer get a huge error list when starting paraview.
** Changed in: paraview (Ubuntu Precise) Status: Fix Committed => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072053 Title: Paraview bugfix-update for 12.04 Precise To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/paraview/+bug/1072053/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs