[Bug 1573478] Re: metacity (flashback) crashes and forces logout

2016-04-26 Thread LukeKendall
I've installed it, but it's not convenient today to logout to restart metacity. Note that the problem with the undisplayable firefox window is probably a separate bug. I think it relates to a similar problem: I keep an xcb window at the bottom of the left screen. It has started vanishing off- sc

[Bug 1573478] Re: metacity (flashback) crashes and forces logout

2016-04-26 Thread LukeKendall
I moved aside the file it was complaining about, which I just mentioned, so I could attach it here. However, by the end of this report, it had been removed by the package system. I had done this, thinking kit would keep it safe: # mv /var/lib/apt/lists/au.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-

[Bug 1573478] Re: metacity (flashback) crashes and forces logout

2016-04-26 Thread LukeKendall
The link https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed talks about Ubuntu 14.04 and something called Softwatre & Updates: "To enable the proposed archive for Ubuntu 14.04 use the Software & Updates program and ensure that Pre-release updates (trusty-proposed) is ticked in the Updates tab." Is "S

[Bug 1573478] Re: metacity (flashback) crashes and forces logout

2016-04-25 Thread LukeKendall
Hmm, that was weird: similarly to comment #4, I just noticed a Firefox window lose all its decorations, so to hide it I had to use its icon in the dock. But when I unhid it, the decorations were back. So: weird. I just thought I'd mention it. -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 1573478] Re: metacity (flashback) crashes and forces logout

2016-04-25 Thread LukeKendall
I'm just reporting in that since upgrading metacity using Alberts' PPA, I have not experienced a further crash. The nearest I came was a screen- lock which I'm pretty sure I accidentally triggered via a Ctrl+Shift+L. :-) Since the frequency was something like every hour or two, I think that's a ve

[Bug 1573478] Re: metacity (flashback) crashes and forces logout

2016-04-23 Thread LukeKendall
Okay, I've done that. I'll log out and back in again. Actually, I rebooted, as I saw there was a kernel update I hadn't rebooted after applying. The reboot turned into the scary kind, for this Intel NUC, where I had to unplug not only all USB3 drives, but also the HDMI display before it would di

[Bug 1573478] Re: metacity (flashback) crashes and forces logout

2016-04-23 Thread LukeKendall
Okay, I've done that. I'll log out and back in again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1573478 Title: metacity (flashback) crashes and forces logout To manage noti

[Bug 1573478] Re: metacity (flashback) crashes and forces logout

2016-04-23 Thread LukeKendall
Possibly-related: I currently have one Firefox window (only: of 14 FF windows) that spontaneously lost its canvas management area - all the outside bits that have the icons to close it, minimise it, resize it etc. I'll attach a screenshot. In addition, when I turned on power to my secondary monit

[Bug 1573478] Re: metacity (flashback) crashes and forces logout

2016-04-23 Thread LukeKendall
** Attachment added: "Screen shot of a possibly-related problem" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/1573478/+attachment/4643902/+files/FirefoxLostItsDesktopIcons.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1573478] [NEW] metacity (flashback) crashes and forces logout

2016-04-22 Thread LukeKendall
Public bug reported: After an update 2 or 3 days ago, at random times mid-session, all window decorations vanish, then the desktop goes to black (just time/date stamp showing IIRC, as at a screen lock), and then I'm presented with a login screen again. I was logging in with Gnome Flashback. It's