[Bug 543018] Re: gnome-settings-daemon crash - related to recent updates?

2010-03-20 Thread MichaelEvans
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[Bug 543018] [NEW] gnome-settings-daemon crash - related to recent updates?

2010-03-20 Thread MichaelEvans
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon This seems to be a meta-glitch relating to an update that I applied last night. Logging in after booting this morning showed the custom background image, but none of the (autohide) taskbars appeared nor did alt+f2 work. Switching t

[Bug 535553] Re: sleep,hibernation fail

2010-03-20 Thread MichaelEvans
Maybe it's like bug 418417 but from another angle? -- sleep,hibernation fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/535553 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs

[Bug 535553] Re: sleep,hibernation fail

2010-03-20 Thread MichaelEvans
I think this bug effects me too; and is matched to the sometimes detected kernel-error. However I only discovered it when I realized I was selecting Sleep and wondered where Suspend and Hibernate options were tossed; leading to a google search. -- sleep,hibernation fail https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 456948] Re: [Wishlist] users-admin ease of use improvements (table based editing)

2009-10-21 Thread MichaelEvans
The problem with a normal table is you get a result like this: # | Really Long Description | Another big description | A third description | User 1 | User 2 | User 3 | I won't bother adding the spaces since the display will strip them out, but I think you can figure out how that grid wastes

[Bug 456948] [NEW] [Wishlist] users-admin ease of use improvements (table based editing)

2009-10-20 Thread MichaelEvans
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools This is a wishlist priority item, please change that as I don't have that kind of access. I think it would be much easier to understand and control current account privileges if there were a tabular format. Across the top slanted ( li

[Bug 393854] Re: Update PAM policy to allow password-less logins set up via users-admin

2009-10-20 Thread MichaelEvans
Also, I just noticed when going to file the other wishlist bug... Why was my bug linked to GDM as a duplicate? I specifically chose the proper package and hadn't looked; this isn't related to mine at all! -- Update PAM policy to allow password-less logins set up via users-admin https://bugs.lau

[Bug 393854] Re: Update PAM policy to allow password-less logins set up via users-admin

2009-10-20 Thread MichaelEvans
Sorry, I was trying to clarify potential use cases, both for passwords with and passwords without sys-admin capabilities. Editing accounts is probably some other bug... all the usability issues that I see as related actually collections of different bugs. Each bug a small piece of grit fouling th

[Bug 456082] Re: System administration task dialgues do not allow the account 'root' to authenticate even with a password

2009-10-20 Thread MichaelEvans
If that is the case then the root user should be added to the admin group by default. ** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- System administration task dialgues do not allow the account 'root' to authenticate even with a password https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Bug 393854] Re: Update PAM policy to allow password-less logins set up via users-admin

2009-10-20 Thread MichaelEvans
My use case is different. My parents are near retirement and just want a super-easy-to-use computer; that means security via physical access only. Accounts are merely a preference filing system to them. Password-less accounts in the admin group are a questionable thing; but if that's what the sy

[Bug 456082] [NEW] System administration task dialgues do not allow the account 'root' to authenticate even with a password

2009-10-20 Thread MichaelEvans
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools Tested on 9.10 beta and 9.04 as well. Steps to reproduce: #Set a root password. sudo passwd # Verify you can login at a local console. (ctrl+alt+f1) login... Logout/switch back to your X session. Attempt to launch a graphical system

[Bug 454256] Re: Unable to authenticate as user 'root' (I have added a password) OR as current user (account has no password due to end user preference)

2009-10-20 Thread MichaelEvans
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 393854 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393854 While I agree that the correct policy would be to (after a clear warning) allow password-less accounts... 'Documentation' in this case should be a CLEAR error message triggered by this combination of events:

[Bug 454256] Re: Unable to authenticate as user 'root' (I have added a password) OR as current user (account has no password due to end user preference)

2009-10-18 Thread MichaelEvans
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 393854 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393854 Having this behavior isn't in it's self a bug. Not /documenting/ the behavior properly in dialogs related to system administration tools /is/ a bug. Additionally when root ==HAS A PASSWORD== it is a valid ac

[Bug 454256] Re: Unable to authenticate as user 'root' (I have added a password) OR as current user (account has no password due to end user preference)

2009-10-17 Thread MichaelEvans
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 393854 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393854 I should clarify, this is an issue I encountered trying to unlock the privileged mode of system administration tasks. As an example, adding/modifying users/groups with the tool found in the system menu. It sh

[Bug 454256] Re: Unable to authenticate as user 'root' (I have added a password) OR as current user (account has no password due to end user preference)

2009-10-17 Thread MichaelEvans
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 393854 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393854 The user logged in at the time was NOT root. As I described, I had created a root password (I like su better than sudo -s, and local root login is nicer for servicing a system than the potential alternative

[Bug 454256] Re: Unable to authenticate as user 'root' (I have added a password) OR as current user (account has no password due to end user preference)

2009-10-17 Thread MichaelEvans
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33849674/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33849675/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33849676/ProcStatus.txt -- Unable

[Bug 454256] [NEW] Unable to authenticate as user 'root' (I have added a password) OR as current user (account has no password due to end user preference)

2009-10-17 Thread MichaelEvans
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools Unable to authenticate as user 'root' (I have added a password) OR as current user (account has no password due to end user preference). The end users in question want one click logins and to not remember passwords. They might be conv