[Bug 1325440] Re: add --version argument

2017-02-12 Thread Dirk F
And why not an About... item in the GUI with the same information? Who would release a GUI program that doesn't have this basic function? NB alacarte 3.11.91-2 in LXLE Eclectica based on Ubuntu 16.04.1. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 1580223] [NEW] 'gdbus call' can't handle arguments containing '&' (XML escaping failure) failure

2016-05-10 Thread Dirk F
Public bug reported: When gdbus is used with the call subcommand, string arguments passed to the called method that contain the character '&' are treated as empty "". Presumably this also affects the emit subcommand. The problem appears to be that internally the arguments are processed as XML but

[Bug 240437] Re: Users-admin fails with AMD-K6 processor

2009-08-12 Thread Dirk F
I can confirm similar behaviour with Intrepid Xubuntu and kernel 2.6.27-11. Initially, have the 1 user created at install time (member of admin, adm, etc). As this user launch the System>Users and Groups menu item. Select Unlock and authenticate. Add a new 'Desktop User'. On committing, the apple