Re: [Bug 49579] Re: screen doesn't lock when some menu is open

2012-10-09 Thread Josh Leverette
closing a leak does not always mean inserting a plug, sometimes it just means lessening the leak to a trickle, one that you can afford to pay for. In this case, a trickle will do for now. On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Marco Trevisan (TreviƱo) wrote: > Probably we could workaround this problem i

Re: [Bug 49579] Re: screen doesn't lock when panel menu is open

2012-10-08 Thread Josh Leverette
I'm still on this boat. It makes the security of Linux into a veritable laughing stock. On Oct 8, 2012 5:45 PM, "dronus" <49...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > This gets more and more important by today, as most users doesn't > shutdown their system but use standby. I expect my notebook to be locked

[Bug 49579] Re: screen doesn't lock when panel menu is open

2011-12-04 Thread Josh Leverette
Not a simple fix? Perhaps not, but it's not 5.5 years of complex either. And you listed two solutions, neither of which were good. Solution: When screen lock seeks to activate, it emits a signal which overrides the mouse and keyboard grabs from all other processes while the screen is locked. Then

[Bug 49579] Re: screen doesn't lock when panel menu is open

2011-12-04 Thread Josh Leverette
Critical bugs have always been solved in a fix first, push fix upstream later approach. This is a critical bug. Companies could unwillingly give up critical data because a screen didn't lock. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 49579] Re: screen doesn't lock when panel menu is open

2011-12-04 Thread Josh Leverette
Notice how many duplicate bugs there are. Yeah... If Canonical were to have one goal for v. 12.04. fixing what is perhaps the oldest legitimate bug in all of Ubuntu should be priority #1, especially since this is a security flaw. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 49579] Re: screen doesn't lock when panel menu is open

2011-12-04 Thread Josh Leverette
Sad does not even begin to describe it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49579 Title: screen doesn't lock when panel menu is open To manage notifications a

[Bug 697699] Re: Uncaught crash when importing DVD as image

2011-06-18 Thread Josh Leverette
And Pedro... he doesn't need a crash report for this as he says Apport does not detect the event. I am able to reproduce this. Have you even tried? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Bug 697699] Re: Uncaught crash when importing DVD as image

2011-06-18 Thread Josh Leverette
This is massively affecting me right now as I'm attempting to copy home videos which have been shot over the years and burned to DVDs into iso files. Its crashing when I request it to Copy a Disc immediately after copying one. Reopening. ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => C

[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

2011-05-22 Thread Josh Leverette
this is still a bug in Natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packa

[Bug 784938] Re: empathy contact list glides to the right every time it is closed and reopened

2011-05-18 Thread Josh Leverette
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/784938 Title: empathy contact list glides to the right every time it is closed and reopened -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-b

[Bug 784938] [NEW] empathy contact list glides to the right every time it is closed and reopened

2011-05-18 Thread Josh Leverette
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: empathy This is really problematic for me as I have it assigned to the right hand edge of the screen and over time it will literally glide off the edge of the screen if i don't move it every single time. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Packa

[Bug 93847] Re: Excessive CPU usage by Gnome System Monitor

2011-04-12 Thread Josh Leverette
this is really odd. "Top", the terminal command, uses like 0.2% to monitor everything g-s-m monitors. Why does g-s-m use a full 20% or more? very strange indeed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 755549] Re: empathy not remembering certificate preference

2011-04-09 Thread Josh Leverette
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/755549 Title: empathy not remembering certificate preference -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

[Bug 755549] [NEW] empathy not remembering certificate preference

2011-04-09 Thread Josh Leverette
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: empathy Every time it tries to connect to facebook chat it tells me the certificate is not trusted, and i can choose to connect anyways or not connect. There is a checkbox that says "Remember this choice for all connections" or something like that, but it

[Bug 543626] Re: The Help Browser is BROKEN. Scrolling up and down creates tearing, and it does not draw correctly. Thereby making the Help Browser broken and worthless.

2010-03-30 Thread Josh Leverette
No, I cannot take a screenshot. Doing that somehow forces a screen refresh, which updates the help browser. I may not be able to prove it, but it is happening. Also, I mentioned i'm using an intel GMA 950, didn't I? There are no drivers for intel graphics cards than the built in drivers, at least a

[Bug 543626] Re: The Help Browser is BROKEN. Scrolling up and down creates tearing, and it does not draw correctly. Thereby making the Help Browser broken and worthless.

2010-03-21 Thread Josh Leverette
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41537685/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41537686/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41537687/ProcStatus.txt ** Attachm

[Bug 543626] [NEW] The Help Browser is BROKEN. Scrolling up and down creates tearing, and it does not draw correctly. Thereby making the Help Browser broken and worthless.

2010-03-21 Thread Josh Leverette
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: yelp When I try to scroll in the Help Browser, the HB becomes unusable until i minimize and unminimize. Seriously. Put. The. Redraw. Routine. To Use. Please... This isn't new to lucid, i'm pretty sure I recall this happening the last times I used the Hel

[Bug 540951] Re: Menus will not scroll down, they jump back up as soon as the mouse re-enters the menu area

2010-03-18 Thread Josh Leverette
Actually, on second glance, this is very similar to Bug #537374, mark it as a duplicate if needed, but I would be very glad to see this one fixed ASAP. -- Menus will not scroll down, they jump back up as soon as the mouse re-enters the menu area https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/540951 You receive

[Bug 540951] [NEW] Menus will not scroll down, they jump back up as soon as the mouse re-enters the menu area

2010-03-18 Thread Josh Leverette
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel Unlike Bug #537374, this is a far more critical bug. If I use the arrow keys to scroll down to menu items out of sight, the menu stays at the top. If I hover the mouse over the bottom arrow of the menu, it scrolls down happily... but then I mo

[Bug 44082] Re: GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations

2010-03-08 Thread Josh Leverette
@takeda64, ok. That's unfortunate. Perhaps Gnome Shell will redeem Ubuntu of this troubling bug. -- GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/44082 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 44082] Re: GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations

2010-03-08 Thread Josh Leverette
Oh, and @zsolt, i'm not saying its lazily programmed... i'm just suggesting that its the most probable cause of a four year failure to fix this bug. And @Sebastien, point me to the right mailing list and I'll file my complaints over there; but I was under the impression that those places were link

[Bug 44082] Re: GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations

2010-03-08 Thread Josh Leverette
(If you suggest that this fix cannot be done in a reasonable amount of work, then I would be more than happy to lead the initiative for making a more reliable panel. However, that is not something I want to do. I want the team to just sit down and rewrite the code that either loads the applets or a

[Bug 44082] Re: GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations

2010-03-08 Thread Josh Leverette
No, because i'm not familiar with gnome-panel code, it would take me a few hours to get acquainted with how it works. (if i'm correct on how much code there is in the gnome panel) 10/15 minutes of comment writing is a much smaller amount of time. Now if I was familiar with the code, I probably woul

[Bug 44082] Re: GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations

2010-03-08 Thread Josh Leverette
Oh, and about the part where I said "Even Windows doesn't." Think about it. Who on earth would just shrug their shoulders for 4 years when every other time they login... the start menu magically moves. Oh look, the Start button is by the clock? who can guess where it'll end up next? nobody knows! <

[Bug 44082] Re: GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations

2010-03-08 Thread Josh Leverette
Wait... is some team a FAILURE AT LIFE or is it just me? I'm sorry, that was rude. Almost as rude as leaving one of the most annoying bugs unfixed for four years, not quite, but close. Don't be a Microsoft! I'm pretty sure even I, yes, I could write the code to fix this in four years time. If I had

[Bug 387957] Re: Improve Save As Dialog Box (focus issues)

2009-11-29 Thread Josh Leverette
If gdi2k (#11) did not make a valid point, I would like David to tell us why it is invalid. The interest generated here and the obvious UI flaw which is easy to fix makes this an obvious candidate for a papercut. Seeing how David has abstained from commenting on this bug again, and it has acquired

[Bug 438168] [NEW] gnome-panel does not maintain orientation

2009-09-28 Thread Josh Leverette
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel I have Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6 with updates running in VirtualBox with Guest Additions installed. Whenever the screen changes resolution the bottom panel forgets its orientation and ends up at the top of the screen. I would be led to believe this

[Bug 438168] Re: gnome-panel does not maintain orientation

2009-09-28 Thread Josh Leverette
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32615819/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "GConfNonDefault.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32615820/GConfNonDefault.txt -- gnome-panel does not maintain orientation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438168 You rec

[Bug 437719] Re: gnome-appearance-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_icon_view_get_item_at_pos()

2009-09-27 Thread Josh Leverette
** Attachment added: "CoreDump.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32525824/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32525825/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Disassembly.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32525826/Disassembly.txt ** Attachm

[Bug 189192] Re: gdmsetup dialog is to big for 1024 x 768 resolution

2009-07-01 Thread Josh Leverette
"the dialog is also not used in the new gdm which will land soon in karmic" --Sebastien Bacher What is that supposed to mean? That they are doing a complete redesign of the dialog? Definitely a bigger undertaking than the papercut written here. -- gdmsetup dialog is to big for 1024 x 768 resolut

[Bug 189192] Re: gdmsetup dialog is to big for 1024 x 768 resolution

2009-07-01 Thread Josh Leverette
Stop!!! REALLY! This is not invalid. Have you ever heard of scrollable regions?!?!?!?!? Just make the control blocks within the tabs into scrollable regions, then if the height is too low for it to be able to fit them all there, it makes it scrollable. This lets the users be able to see the bottom

[Bug 388207] Re: Make right-click "rename" work for disk labels

2009-06-18 Thread Josh Leverette
I am voting for this one, but we are forgetting... you cannot request new features in "One Hundred Paper Cuts." -- Make right-click "rename" work for disk labels https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388207 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is sub