Re: [Bug 577545] Re: "gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256" on log in

2012-03-18 Thread Garry Leach
Hi Jessie Firstly, this bug does not seem to affect anything that I (as an end user, like yourself) could detect. Clearing the message seemed enough to be able to proceed with booting & using the PC. I have now moved on to 11.10. This bug went away by 11.04. I don't know how 11.10 would go in

[Bug 850106] Re: Fails to append sent mail to mbox in post-processing

2011-12-15 Thread Garry Leach
on-indicator 0.2.20-0ubuntu3 evolution-plugins 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 evolution-webcal2.32.0-1build1 I send a lot of mail &, although I appreciate that this is not a serious problem, it is annoying. Regards, Garry

Re: [Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application

2011-10-31 Thread Garry Leach
or what, I will look out for the tick in future! Regards, Garry. On Mon, 2011-10-31 at 01:03 +, John Hagerman wrote: > On 11-10-30 04:28 PM, Garry Leach wrote: > > Hi,use th > > > > I just did a little more testing. It seems to remember the last used > > application fo

[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application

2011-10-30 Thread Garry Leach
Hi, I just did a little more testing. It seems to remember the last used application for .jpg & .avi, but in an inconsistent way. If try to open a .jpg, it "opens" with movie player. If I change it to open with image viewer, it opens OK, but if I close that window, then select another .jpg, it

[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application

2011-10-30 Thread Garry Leach
Hi, This may be a new bug, or just a nuisance... I was a subscriber to the original bug; the workaround was OK. I upgraded to 11.04, earlier this year. Recently, something seems to have changed: when I click on a photo (.jpg), I expect it to open with image viewer, as it has "always" done (I h

[Bug 781403] Re: Save & Save As does not save in both Firefox & Gedit

2011-06-03 Thread Garry Leach
Hi Sebastien, Thanks for looking at this. Less than 1 week after I submitted this bug report, I upgraded to 11.04, & no longer have this problem. Do you still want me to try & do something about this? If so, I need some guidance. I appreciate that the following is probably not in your area. C

[Bug 681929] Re: Evolution Calendar alarms are not displayed

2011-06-01 Thread Garry Leach
I posted the following comment to #738982 on 29/05/11. It is my workaround for this problem. Regards, Garry. 2 weeks ago, I upgraded to 11.04. Again Calendar alarms would not work. I checked file "/usr/lib/evolution/X.XX/evolution". It had 2.32, but the Evolution Alarm notifier in Start-up Ap

[Bug 738982] Re: Calendar alarm notifier would not notify any events

2011-05-28 Thread Garry Leach
2 weeks ago, I upgraded to 11.04. Again Calendar alarms would not work. I checked file "/usr/lib/evolution/X.XX/evolution". It had 2.32, but the Evolution Alarm notifier in Start-up Applications was requesting to run file "/usr/lib/evolution/2.30/evolution", which was the value used in 10.10, i.

[Bug 783728] Re: Contacts window froze after selecting a contact

2011-05-17 Thread Garry Leach
This morning, I tried to access contacts. Presumably as I had not cleared the contact's name yesterday, the same contact as yesterday was in the summary window. Again the window was not responding to open the contact's detail pages. When I clicked on "File", "open contact" & "V-card" were gr

[Bug 783728] Re: Contacts window froze after selecting a contact

2011-05-16 Thread Garry Leach
I am also experiencing the problems similar to bug #773582 "Windows blank to white after being resized larger". Is it possible that #783728 could be a duplicate of #773582, with a slightly different manifestation? Regards, Garry. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 783728] Re: Contacts window froze after selecting a contact

2011-05-16 Thread Garry Leach
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783728 Title: Contacts window froze after selecting a contact -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://l

[Bug 783728] [NEW] Contacts window froze after selecting a contact

2011-05-16 Thread Garry Leach
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution 1.Ubuntu: I upgraded to 11.04 on Sunday 15/04/2011. 2. evolution: Installed: 2.32.2-0ubuntu7 3. I wanted to access a particular contact. 4. From the Inbox window, I selected contacts, then typed a partial name in the search box. That name &

[Bug 781403] [NEW] Save & Save As does not save in both Firefox & Gedit

2011-05-11 Thread Garry Leach
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gedit Ubuntu 10.10 Gedit 2.30.3-1ubuntu1 Firefox 3.6.17+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 This error occurred in 2 different situations. Firefox: I had been browsing a website, found some useful information, then saved it (using save-as). This worked

[Bug 781403] Re: Save & Save As does not save in both Firefox & Gedit

2011-05-11 Thread Garry Leach
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/781403 Title: Save & Save As does not save in both Firefox & Gedit -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://

[Bug 738982] Re: Calendar alarm notifier would not notify any events

2011-03-20 Thread Garry Leach
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/738982 Title: Calendar alarm notifier would not notify any events -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https

[Bug 738982] [NEW] Calendar alarm notifier would not notify any events

2011-03-20 Thread Garry Leach
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution Note: I have finally resolved this. However, there may be an inherent bug that needs attention. Ubuntu 10.10 Evolution 2.30.3-1ubuntu7.3 I regularly add alarms to calendar events. Ever since I changed to 10.10 over 4 months ago, these have n

[Bug 713319] Re: Nautilus did not open for /home folders & files; Document Viewer opened instead

2011-02-04 Thread Garry Leach
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/713319 Title: Nautilus did not open for /home folders & files; Document Viewer opened instead -- desktop-bugs mailing list desk

[Bug 713319] [NEW] Nautilus did not open for /home folders & files; Document Viewer opened instead

2011-02-04 Thread Garry Leach
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus 1. Ubuntu 10.10 (fresh install) 2. Nautilus 2.32.0; Evince Document Viewer 2.32.0 3. I clicked on Places, then Home Folder. I expected this to open my home folders & files. 4. Instead, Document Viewer opened. It displayed the messages: Unable t

[Bug 577545] Re: "gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256" on log in

2011-01-16 Thread Garry Leach
Sorry, I forgot to include in my comment #25: On subsequent boots, I still get status 256. It's only on the FIRST boot after booting from the memory stick, that it doesn't appear. Regards, Garry. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is su

[Bug 577545] Re: "gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256" on log in

2011-01-15 Thread Garry Leach
I had this problem in 10.04 (see post #13, plus a locked-PC problem). I did a fresh install to 10.10 in November. I no longer have the locked-PC problem, but I still get status 256. It's not a serious problem, just irritating. However, just recently, I made a USB-stick copy of 10.10, just so th

[Bug 681929] Re: Evolution Calendar alarms are not displayed

2010-11-26 Thread Garry Leach
-- Evolution Calendar alarms are not displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.

[Bug 681929] [NEW] Evolution Calendar alarms are not displayed

2010-11-26 Thread Garry Leach
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution 1. 10.10 2. Evolution 2.30.3-1ubuntu7.1 3. I expected calendar alarms to display (at the requested time), as they have with all earlier versions of Ubuntu, i.e. in a pop-up window. 4. No display of alarms. I have just upgraded to 10.10 from 1

[Bug 577545] Re: "gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256" on log in

2010-09-27 Thread Garry Leach
I added the line as proposed in #16, but it hasn't made any difference. By the way, is gconf.xml.defaults supposed to be a folder? Going back to Sebastien Bacher's comment in #3. I have run the live CD on 2 other PCs (currently with Myth 9.10 installed) & they didn't exhibit any issues. Perhaps

[Bug 580755] Re: Login screen locks up; mouse & keyboard are disabled

2010-06-24 Thread Garry Leach
0n 23/05/2010, my wife was checking e-mails when I left for work; she is not aware of my hibernate technique, so she shut-down using shutdown. I wasn't too concerned about this, as I had been thinking that I should try a "proper" boot. So when I first booted the next morning, I used the normal ke

[Bug 577545] Re: "gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256" on log in

2010-06-24 Thread Garry Leach
I also get this message since I moved to 10.04, 6 weeks ago. I did mention it in another bug (#580755: login screen locks up), which covers problems of more concern to me. However, I am the only subscriber, so I am not getting much (any?) attention. Since I am able to boot up (although by a mess

[Bug 595322] Re: 10.04 Evolution: Deleted messages are no longer stored in the trash folder

2010-06-17 Thread Garry Leach
Sorry guys, I am a bloody old fool. There is no bug. I had left the "search" feature turned on from a few days earlier, & didn't notice that the next time that I looked at trash. I must say, I was additionally sucked-in, because I had read a bug a while ago that had the symptoms which I thought

[Bug 580755] Re: Login screen locks up; mouse & keyboard are disabled

2010-06-17 Thread Garry Leach
I am also a subscriber to bug #554172, CUPS & other services not starting up at boot. It has been suggested to me that my lack of keyboard & mouse may be due to these not being"started" in the normal way, particularly as they are started when I use the abnormal way to boot (as described above in #

[Bug 590551] Re: HPLIP needs cups re-installed to be able to recognise my printer

2010-06-06 Thread Garry Leach
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: gdm + Binary package hint: hplip HPLIP 1) Ubuntu 10.04 2) HPLIP 3.10.2-2; CUPS 1.4.3.-1 3) I recently re-built 10.04 on a new hard drive. I hadn't used HPLIP before, so I installed that, & it recognised my HP printer immediately. I don'

[Bug 590551] [NEW] HPLIP needs cups re-installed to be able to recognise my printer

2010-06-06 Thread Garry Leach
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm HPLIP 1) Ubuntu 10.04 2) HPLIP 3.10.2-2; CUPS 1.4.3.-1 3) I recently re-built 10.04 on a new hard drive. I hadn't used HPLIP before, so I installed that, & it recognised my HP printer immediately. I don't leave my PC running all of the time. 4) T

[Bug 325157] Re: I could not empty the trash folder

2010-06-06 Thread Garry Leach
I don't think that I have had the problem recently either. I ran "empty trash" just now, & it worked as it should. In the past, I was a bit slack about emptying the trash folder, so it would build up to a large number. When I started having problems, I wondered whether the large number of e-mail

[Bug 580755] Re: Login screen locks up; mouse & keyboard are disabled

2010-06-06 Thread Garry Leach
I tried another idea: I thought that, since the lock-up occurs during the sign-on process, I could bypass that stage by changing "login" to log me in automatically. A little while after completing the boot menu, The message, as in comment #2 above, appeared (There is a problem with the configura

[Bug 580755] Re: Login screen locks up; mouse & keyboard are disabled

2010-05-26 Thread Garry Leach
Some new things I tried: 1. I now shut-down using "hibernate". When I next switch on the PC, it boots up quickly to the log-in screen, which behaves with no problems. I don't know whether this is a good long-term solution for me... 2. I did a complete fresh install on a separate hard drive. I

[Bug 580755] Re: Login screen locks up; mouse & keyboard are disabled

2010-05-15 Thread Garry Leach
I forgot to mention above: 1. After signing-on, the following message appears: "Message: There is a problem with the configuration server. (/usr/lib/libconf2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256)". 2. From the fail-safe options, I can get a good login screen from either selection: . Run

[Bug 580755] Re: Login screen locks up; mouse & keyboard are disabled

2010-05-14 Thread Garry Leach
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48468784/Dependencies.txt -- Login screen locks up; mouse & keyboard are disabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580755 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 580755] [NEW] Login screen locks up; mouse & keyboard are disabled

2010-05-14 Thread Garry Leach
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm Ubuntu 10.04 GDM 2.30.0-0ubuntu5 On 07/05/2010, I upgraded from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04. When I tried to boot, I had problems at the login screen: I get either of the following: . A locked screen with no mouse or keyboard capability. So I press & hold

Re: [Bug 509405] Re: Can't empty trash of sent mail component

2010-01-19 Thread Garry Leach
Hi Pedro, Thanks for identifying this workaround for me. I implemented it this morning & it has resolved the problem. I am a little bit disconcerted though. The web page says to remove .ev.summary & .ibex.index. However, only .ibex.index has been recreated. Is this to be expected? Can you te

[Bug 509405] Re: Can't empty trash of sent mail component

2010-01-18 Thread Garry Leach
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38060055/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38060057/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38060058/ProcStatus.txt ** Attachm

[Bug 509405] [NEW] Can't empty trash of sent mail component

2010-01-18 Thread Garry Leach
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution Evolution mail 2.2.8.1 9.10 I wanted to delete all of the mail in my trash folder, which had 8 months of trashed files in it. I opened the trash folder, went to the "File" menu & clicked on "Empty Trash". All trash mail was deleted, except fo

[Bug 379973] Re: adding recurrance causes segfault

2009-09-04 Thread Garry Leach
I am not certain, but it sounds as though this bug could be the fault that I am having (I don't understand the technical problem description). I have been using 9.04 (Jaunty) since May (with all updates), but I hadn't used the recurrence feature of the Calendar function in 9.04 until yesterday. I