[Bug 288185] Re: Evolution plain-text email includes formatting "stuff" - should be pure plain text

2010-07-11 Thread Peter Whittaker
Can someone explain the status change (from unknown to new)? Just curious. Also curious whether there will be action on this, it continues to be a usability pain. Thanks! -- Evolution plain-text email includes formatting "stuff" - should be pure plain text https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/288185

Re: [Bug 566544] Re: evolution-alarm-notify crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch()

2010-04-19 Thread Peter Whittaker
On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 20:09 +, Pedro Villavicencio wrote: > this looks similar to bug > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=596204 ; are you still able > to reproduce the crash? Evolution-alarm-notify crashes have almost always been unpredictable for me, but they almost always follow wa

[Bug 476729] Re: Evolution freezes when adding attachement

2010-03-25 Thread Peter Whittaker
Folks, I'd like to close this as it is likely the problem has been fixed - please refer to bug# 460710. If you are still experiencing this with Karmic, please make sure that you have all updates applied, then attempt to reproduce the bug using the steps above. If you are no longer experiencing thi

[Bug 505637] Re: package gnome-screensaver 2.28.0-0ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new post-removal script killed by signal (Interrupt)

2010-01-10 Thread Peter Whittaker
Interesting. That crash occurred before I opened update-manager to apply the available upgrades. Once update-manager was started, it was allowed to work to completion (and all upgrades on these machines are manually initiated). Difficult to reproduce, at any rate. -- package gnome-screensaver 2.

[Bug 505637] Re: package gnome-screensaver 2.28.0-0ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new post-removal script killed by signal (Interrupt)

2010-01-10 Thread Peter Whittaker
** Attachment added: "AptOrdering.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37684878/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37684879/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Dmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37684880/Dmesg.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 505637] [NEW] package gnome-screensaver 2.28.0-0ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new post-removal script killed by signal (Interrupt)

2010-01-10 Thread Peter Whittaker
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver automatic crash report ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Jan 3 10:56:21 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ErrorMessage: subprocess new post-removal script killed by signal (Interrupt) Package: gnome-screensaver 2.28.0-0ub

[Bug 460710] Re: Evolution hangs when double-clicking on attachment

2009-11-07 Thread Peter Whittaker
Brilliant - had the bug again this morning (had to force-quit evolution), enabled karmic proposed, installed all proposed, tried sending exact same email, same attachment, worked fine this time: great work, fix works as promised. -- Evolution hangs when double-clicking on attachment https://bugs.

[Bug 476729] Re: Evolution freezes when adding attachement

2009-11-07 Thread Peter Whittaker
Is this is a dupe of bug# 460710? -- Evolution freezes when adding attachement https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/476729 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://l

[Bug 442986] Re: evolution-alarm-notify crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch()

2009-10-08 Thread Peter Whittaker
I marked this as invalid for three reasons: 1) it has not happened again "on its own", 2) I was unable to reproduce it with a specific test case (create appt 30 minutes in the future; put computer to sleep for 20 minutes; wake computer - reminder is successfully displayed), and 3) there has been a

[Bug 442986] Re: evolution-alarm-notify crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch()

2009-10-06 Thread Peter Whittaker
Steps to reproduce? Sadly, no. Came back from suspend, it crashed, but have yet to be able to reproduce. Has not happened otherwise. -- evolution-alarm-notify crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442986 You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 285682] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 can't mount digital camera showing a window popup message: -60 could not lock the device message

2009-06-23 Thread Peter Whittaker
Marking this as confirmed since it is still a bug, and a well documented one given the contributions between 05-12 and 06-15. Update: Plugged in camera today. Error -60 (as above), error -1 (as above), errors in dmesg. Found this bug report (how could I have forgotten it! :->), killed gvfs-gphoto2

Re: [Bug 285682] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 can't mount digital camera showing a window popup message: -60 could not lock the device message

2009-05-16 Thread Peter Whittaker
On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 23:18 +, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > could you install gphoto2 as indicated by the message before and try > again to get the log? I installed the app, tried again, but forgot to get the log. However, the results were worse: Install gphoto2 Connect

[Bug 285682] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 can't mount digital camera showing a window popup message: -60 could not lock the device message

2009-05-14 Thread Peter Whittaker
I performed the sequence described above. For my daughter's account, error message (-60) then gthumb photo import (her default action) is started. For my account, same result as above (error, 2 dialogues); for guest, same (error, 2 dialogues). In all cases, despite error messages and extra dialogu

[Bug 285682] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 can't mount digital camera showing a window popup message: -60 could not lock the device message

2009-05-14 Thread Peter Whittaker
OK, this is bizarre. To test default behavior, I restarted the system, logged in, then issued this command in a terminal: sudo chmod +x /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor I did this in order to restore the system to default behavior, disabling the workaround quoted previously in the bu

Re: [Bug 285682] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 can't mount digital camera showing a window popup message: -60 could not lock the device message

2009-05-13 Thread Peter Whittaker
On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 15:23 +, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > ok interesting, do you run a standard GNOME session? Yes. > how many users are logged? Same result with 1 or 2 users logged in. > do you get the issue in a guest session? The camera is with its owner, at school - I will try this thi

Re: [Bug 285682] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 can't mount digital camera showing a window popup message: -60 could not lock the device message

2009-05-13 Thread Peter Whittaker
On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 14:03 +, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > What is requested there is extra details, ie "I plug the camera, get a > dialog asking if I want to import photos, I click ok, f-spot opens and > displays the error", is that really hard for you to describe? (Taking a deep breath, counti

Re: [Bug 285682] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 can't mount digital camera showing a window popup message: -60 could not lock the device message

2009-05-13 Thread Peter Whittaker
On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 12:09 +, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > now back to the issue: > - gvfs does mount the device and locks it indeed Does it? Many/most of us get the -60 error, some of us get the -1 error as well, and many/most of us can do nothing with the camera without taking drastic steps (e

Re: [Bug 285682] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 can't mount digital camera showing a window popup message: -60 could not lock the device message

2009-05-13 Thread Peter Whittaker
On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 12:13 +, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > you might also describe how you use f-spot to get the issue, f-spot- > import which is the default GNOME action has this code > > "# make sure it's not mounted by gvfs, otherwise we can't access the > camera > # (current F-Spot

[Bug 285682] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 can't mount digital camera showing a window popup message: -60 could not lock the device message

2009-05-13 Thread Peter Whittaker
OK Sebastien, I'll play this game - for a while. When I open the new bug report, I think I will entitle it "Ubuntu can't mount digital camera showing a window popup message: -60 could not lock the device message". That's pretty descriptive of the problem. Then I'll add the fact that dmesg returns

[Bug 285682] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 can't mount digital camera showing a window popup message: -60 could not lock the device message

2009-05-12 Thread Peter Whittaker
Whether or not this is a bug depends on expected behavior and nothing else. Any other behavior is at best a workaround. On my daughter's machine, plugging in her Kodak C533 worked fine under Hardy and, if memory serves, under Intrepid. By "worked fine", I mean that the default photo import applica

Re: [Bug 356162] Re: evolution-alarm-notify crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch()

2009-04-06 Thread Peter Whittaker
On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 12:36 +, Pedro Villavicencio wrote: > do you have an example that triggers the crash? Sadly, no. It happened this morning for the first time. I've tried reproducing it, but have had no success. -- evolution-alarm-notify crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch()

[Bug 348153] Re: gnome-screensaver-gl-helper crashed with SIGSEGV

2009-03-27 Thread Peter Whittaker
FWIW, bug# 348159 is related (happened at same time) and has additional debug information. -- gnome-screensaver-gl-helper crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/348153 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-sc

[Bug 348153] Re: gnome-screensaver-gl-helper crashed with SIGSEGV

2009-03-27 Thread Peter Whittaker
This report was auto-generated and the problem has not recurred. Since I cannot reproduce it, I am closing it and will re-open if necessary. Re The DebuggingProgramCrash page: We need to simplify that process, perhaps integrate some of these steps into the automatic bug report utility - the steps

[Bug 288185] Re: Evolution plain-text email includes formatting "stuff" - should be pure plain text

2008-10-27 Thread Peter Whittaker
** Changed in: evolution Importance: Undecided => Unknown Bugwatch: None => GNOME Bug Tracker #558131 Status: New => Unknown -- Evolution plain-text email includes formatting "stuff" - should be pure plain text https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/288185 You received this bug notificat

[Bug 288185] Re: Evolution plain-text email includes formatting "stuff" - should be pure plain text

2008-10-24 Thread Peter Whittaker
Re no auto-function: fair point. No sense lowering S/N everywhere! Re opening upstream: Will do. Guess I needed my frustration levels to drop low enough to accept what must be done. I'll try to get that report in within the next few days, then add the link here. -- Evolution plain-text email inc

[Bug 288185] Re: Evolution plain-text email includes formatting "stuff" - should be pure plain text

2008-10-23 Thread Peter Whittaker
This is not a "I wish it were otherwise" feature request: This is an accessibility and usability bug. When a user makes a data format input/display choice, a choice supported by the software, they are making an accessibility choice. If the software gets it wrong, the software requires correction.

[Bug 288185] Re: Evolution plain-text email includes formatting "stuff" - should be pure plain text

2008-10-23 Thread Peter Whittaker
** Also affects: evolution Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Evolution plain-text email includes formatting "stuff" - should be pure plain text https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/288185 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug a

[Bug 288185] [NEW] Evolution plain-text email includes formatting "stuff" - should be pure plain text

2008-10-23 Thread Peter Whittaker
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution If a user sets their preferences to use/prefer plain-text email, then all new emails and all replies should be pure plain-text - no formatting boxes, no formatting choices, etc. Plain text is plain text. Instead, when I reply to certain emails,

[Bug 103633] Re: [apport] gpilot-applet crashed with SIGSEGV

2007-04-06 Thread Peter Whittaker
** Tags added: need-i386-retrace -- [apport] gpilot-applet crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gnome-pilot in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@

Re: [Bug 81227] Re: Logout screen appears twice [Feisty]

2007-03-14 Thread Peter Whittaker
On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 07:46 +, jens_acamedia wrote: > why does > "lshal -m > file" > not work I wondered this myself, and have no explanation. I suppose - and this is a guess - the lshal dev chose to directly manipulate streams when lshal is invoked with --monitor (-m) to prevent lshal itself

[Bug 81227] Re: Logout screen appears twice [Feisty]

2007-03-13 Thread Peter Whittaker
Ralf, we should be able to detect the behavior you posit in comment#13. Could you try this test and report back, please? Open a terminal window Run lshal -m Press the keyboard power off key The command "lshal -m" monitors for important events and device property changes - the keycod

[Bug 22599] Re: enabling DMA on CD-ROMs causes hal failures

2007-03-13 Thread Peter Whittaker
I'm closing this report as fix released based on Mark's most recent comment. Thanks all! ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Fix Released -- enabling DMA on CD-ROMs causes hal failures https://launchpad.net/bugs/22599 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bu

[Bug 85815] Re: [apport] evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in html_object_get_left_margin()

2007-02-17 Thread Peter Whittaker
** Attachment added: "CoreDump.gz" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6461687/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6461688/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Disassembly.txt" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6461689/Disassembly.txt ** Attachm

[Bug 85815] [apport] evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in html_object_get_left_margin()

2007-02-17 Thread Peter Whittaker
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution Start in main window, at email. Open a second window. Switch that window to Calendar. Return to first window. Reply to an email; message filters automatically move the sent item to the current folder. Switch to another email, reply, boom. Evo

[Bug 85348] Re: [apport] evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in html_object_get_left_margin()

2007-02-15 Thread Peter Whittaker
** Attachment added: "CoreDump.gz" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6440805/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6440806/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Disassembly.txt" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6440807/Disassembly.txt ** Attachm

[Bug 85348] [apport] evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in html_object_get_left_margin()

2007-02-15 Thread Peter Whittaker
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution I had two windows open, mail and contacts. I'd recently saved a contact, deleted the email from that contact, and evolution was attempting to display the next email. I clicked on the email above that one, and evolution died. ProblemType: Crash

[Bug 22599] Re: enabling DMA on CD-ROMs causes hal failures

2007-02-13 Thread Peter Whittaker
Mark, Tiago, would it be possible for you to test this behavior with Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) and report back? Thanks! -- enabling DMA on CD-ROMs causes hal failures https://launchpad.net/bugs/22599 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/

[Bug 45659] Re: When no icon is shown, notification bubbles show up in lower right corner of screen

2007-01-17 Thread Peter Whittaker
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 36290 *** ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 36290 Misplaced bubble after suspend -- When no icon is shown, notification bubbles show up in lower right corner of screen https://launchpad.net/bugs/45659 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs

[Bug 49817] Re: taskbar blinks after restoring session

2007-01-17 Thread Peter Whittaker
Marking as "Rejected" - bug has been in "Needs info" for almost four months with no additional feedback. Toyed with "Fix released" based on various comments, decided "Rejected" better matched workflow. ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- taskbar blinks

[Bug 35423] Re: [time-admin] System clock reverts to GMT at boot

2007-01-08 Thread Peter Whittaker
Are you still experiencing this bug? If so, does the bug continue to appear if you run the command sudo tzconfig ??? pww -- [time-admin] System clock reverts to GMT at boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/35423 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/m

[Bug 48872] Re: evolution spamassassin plugin defaults to local mode, spamassassin defaults to network mode

2006-12-01 Thread Peter Whittaker
Is this not a duplicate of https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/9870 ? I'm reluctant to mark 48872 as a dupe, as others may feel they are separate problems, but from reading 9870, it seems to me that spam filtering has been mangled in Evolution for years, this isn't somethin

[Bug 62192] Re: evolution ships with spam filtering completely mangled

2006-12-01 Thread Peter Whittaker
Is this not a duplicate of https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/9870 ? I'm reluctant to mark 62192 as a dupe, as others may feel they are separate problems, but from reading 9870, it seems to me that spam filtering has been mangled in Evolution for years, this isn't somethin

[Bug 37878] Re: bogofilters trumps spamassassin on dapper upgrade

2006-12-01 Thread Peter Whittaker
Is this not a duplicate of https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/9870 ? I'm reluctant to mark 37878 as a dupe, as others may feel they are separate problems, but from reading 9870, it seems to me that spam filtering has been mangled in Evolution for years, this isn't somethin

[Bug 31898] Works well enough now (Re: Sync with PalmV over serial is inconsistent at best (Dapper))

2006-11-23 Thread Peter Whittaker
I can now consistently sync the Palm V over serial, with a couple of caveats: 1) Only after a boot and before a suspend - there appears to be a kernel bug related to waking up the serial port. This is obviously out of scope for this report, just FYI, in case others have the problem of "no sync aft

[Bug 31898] Re: Works well enough now (Re: Sync with PalmV over serial is inconsistent at best (Dapper))

2006-11-23 Thread Peter Whittaker
Humph, forgot to mention this is under Edgy, er, production Ubuntu 6.10, all stock, no special patches or bleeding edge bits. -- Sync with PalmV over serial is inconsistent at best (Dapper) https://launchpad.net/bugs/31898 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists

[Bug 31898] No progress indicators or logs for sync with PalmV over serial

2006-05-19 Thread Peter Whittaker
Sitsofe, the subject of this comment probably best summarizes the current state of syncing for me. The original bug - inconsistent syncing - appears to have been resolved: I can sync consistently now. However, I still have the following problems. 1) Progress indicators are meaningless: I get the

[Bug 35010] Fails to install: No /etc/alternatives/x-cursor-theme

2006-03-15 Thread Peter Whittaker
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/35010 *** Bug 35029 has been marked a duplicate of this bug *** -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs

[Bug 35029] In update of package, message of error

2006-03-15 Thread Peter Whittaker
Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/35029 *** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 35010 *** -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs

[Bug 31898] Sync with PalmV over serial is inconsistent at best (Dapper)

2006-03-05 Thread Peter Whittaker
Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31898 Comment: All latest updates as of 20060305 (not sure what change might have brought improvements, some gnome applet changes, etc., but no pilot- specific as far as I can tell). Two syncs so far today: Copy from Pilot, then a regul

[Bug 31898] Sync with PalmV over serial is inconsistent at best (Dapper)

2006-03-03 Thread Peter Whittaker
Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31898 Comment: OK, a few steps forward, a few back. All latest updates as of 20060303 applied (2.6.15-17-686 kernel), gnome-pilot is ubuntu16, etc. gnome-pilot is still crashing intermittently, but sometimes data syncs and sometimes it

[Bug 33126] Error failed to initialize HAL with HP PSC 1510

2006-02-28 Thread Peter Whittaker
Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/33126 Comment: Seeing this with IBM ThinkpadA20m as of yesterday's Dapper updates, which upgraded: hal (0.5.6-4ubuntu4) to 0.5.7-1ubuntu1 hal-device-manager (0.5.6-4ubuntu4) to 0.5.7-1ubuntu1 Had not seen this error until these updates

[Bug 31898] Sync with PalmV over serial is inconsistent at best (Dapper)

2006-02-25 Thread Peter Whittaker
Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31898 Comment: Tested 20060225, still failing, all latest versions (updates made since 20060220): gnome-pilot 2.0.13-0ubuntu15 libgnome-pilot2 2.0.13-0ubuntu15 gnome-pilot-conduits 2.0.13-0ubuntu3 -- desktop-bugs mailing list deskto

[Bug 31898] Sync with PalmV over serial is inconsistent at best (Dapper)

2006-02-20 Thread Peter Whittaker
Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31898 Comment: Occurs in Flight4 with all latest updates as of 20060220. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs

[Bug 31898] Sync with PalmV over serial is inconsistent at best (Dapper)

2006-02-18 Thread Peter Whittaker
Public bug reported: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31898 Affects: gnome-pilot (Ubuntu) Severity: Normal Priority: (none set) Status: Unconfirmed Description: ThinkpadA20m. Dapper Flight3+. Pilot applet correctly configured (AFAICT). Hit sync on cradle, gets as far as id