[Bug 952744] Re: gcalctool crashed with signal 5 in g_simple_async_result_complete() (corrupted ecb datas on download issues?)

2012-06-06 Thread Steve McGrath
This happened to me when switching quickly to the 'Financial' mode and then to the 'Basic' mode. I haven't looked into it further, but my gut instinct is that I switched away from financial mode before the initial currency information download was finished, and something reacted poorly to the resul

[Bug 175191] Re: f-spot changes timestamp in an incorrect way

2010-06-06 Thread Steve McGrath
The current "fix" in Ubuntu's released version doesn't entirely solve the problem. It *is* solved in 0.6.2, the new upstream release. They essentially just incorporated the same patch my PPA package uses into the mainline code. I will attempt to keep my PPA packages up to date as time permits, unt

[Bug 175191] Re: f-spot changes timestamp in an incorrect way

2010-05-16 Thread Steve McGrath
This is now fixed for real in the new upstream version 0.6.2, using the patch that I was advocating by Paul Wellner Bou. The new version simply does not alter EXIF timestamps, which is arguably the correct behavior. What are the chances of seeing 0.6.2 in current Ubuntu as an SRU? -- f-spot cha

[Bug 175191] Re: f-spot changes timestamp in an incorrect way

2010-01-10 Thread Steve McGrath
The only (easy) way to get the times right in F-Spot's DB again is to remove and re-import your pictures, unfortunately. It would be possible to modify the times in the DB directly, a script could be written to adjust them "behind F-Spot's back", but that's a little beyond me right now. Google ar

[Bug 450699] Re: cpufreq-applet don't change my two processors' governor

2010-01-04 Thread Steve McGrath
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 408912 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408912 Sorry, that should have been bug #408912 -- cpufreq-applet don't change my two processors' governor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/450699 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 450699] Re: cpufreq-applet don't change my two processors' governor

2010-01-04 Thread Steve McGrath
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 408912 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408912 This would appear to be a duplicate of bug #408913, which is already linked to an upstream report. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 408912 CPU Frequency Scaling issue to scale frequency for 2

[Bug 498212] Re: bad colour on ls listing

2009-12-18 Thread Steve McGrath
This would be an issue with dircolors, which is part of coreutils. I've reassigned this to the correct package for you. Thanks for reporting! ** Package changed: nautilus (Ubuntu) => coreutils (Ubuntu) -- bad colour on ls listing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498212 You received this bug noti

[Bug 486960] Re: Brasero disk burner won't get past "Preparing to write."

2009-11-23 Thread Steve McGrath
I just had this very same thing happen to me. I'm not sure if you're having the same issue or not, but here's what happened in my case: Earlier, I had ejected a CD via the eject button, not through the UI. The CD remained mounted, and still showed up in the Nautilus sidebar. I tried to burn an Ubu

[Bug 486453] Re: when open evolution email, all my past emails on the server are COMPLETELY downloaded to computer--THOUSANDS OF THEM!! HELP

2009-11-21 Thread Steve McGrath
Are you using a POP or IMAP mail account? ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- when open evolution email, all my past emails on the server are COMPLETELY downloaded to computer--THOUSANDS OF THEM!! HELP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/486453 You received this bu

[Bug 485793] Re: error during the iso burn

2009-11-20 Thread Steve McGrath
** Package changed: ubuntuone-client (Ubuntu) => brasero (Ubuntu) -- error during the iso burn https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485793 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to brasero in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list deskto

[Bug 485529] Re: AisleRiot 2.28.0 crashes x after long time playing (dont ask! my girlfriend.)

2009-11-19 Thread Steve McGrath
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 483698 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483698 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 483698, so it is being marked as such. Please look at

[Bug 485084] Re: Ubuntu (Win) key cannot be programed to open Ubuntu Menu

2009-11-19 Thread Steve McGrath
This is for the same reason that Ctrl, Alt, or Shift cannot be assigned to an action by themselves. The Windows, or "Super" key is generally considered a modifier just like the aforementioned Ctrl, Alt, and etc. On the other hand, Windows does manage to use the Win key to open the start menu, whil

[Bug 485099] Re: F-Spot Edit buttons difficult to find

2009-11-18 Thread Steve McGrath
** Tags added: usability -- F-Spot Edit buttons difficult to find https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485099 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to f-spot in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https:

[Bug 484018] Re: F-Spot's import dialog is inconsistent with the built-in Nautilus import's

2009-11-18 Thread Steve McGrath
Some more thoughts here, after testing a few things. The dialog that f-spot-import produces is the F-Spot gphoto importer, for handling direct imports from various digital cameras. Also, the ability to select the target directory in that dialog is not an official F-Spot feature, but rather the re

[Bug 484018] Re: F-Spot's import dialog is inconsistent with the built-in Nautilus import's

2009-11-18 Thread Steve McGrath
On further review, the dialogs we are talking about are the F-Spot Import dialog, launched by clicking import in F-Spot, vs. the dialog provided by the command f-spot-import. f-spot-import is provided with F-Spot, so any issues with its design would have to be reported upstream. -- F-Spot's impor

[Bug 484018] Re: F-spot deletes pictures from camera instead of hard drive after seemingly importing a roll

2009-11-18 Thread Steve McGrath
I concur about the inconsistency. In fact, that's been a pet issue of mine for a while now. In my case, I want F-Spot to always keep my photos in it's own directory structure, which the Nautilus F-Spot import dialog does not permit. I've never liked the idea of having two different dialogs to acco

[Bug 484422] Re: Wireless network connection terminated and cannot reconnect

2009-11-17 Thread Steve McGrath
** Package changed: yelp (Ubuntu) => network-manager (Ubuntu) -- Wireless network connection terminated and cannot reconnect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484422 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to yelp in ubuntu. -- desk

[Bug 484411] Re: can not log on without multiple tries

2009-11-17 Thread Steve McGrath
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: apport-collect -p xorg 484411 This will help us to find and resolve the problem. Bear in mind that you ma

[Bug 484226] Re: Evolution is deleting messages immediately in spite of "delete messages after 30 days" option selected

2009-11-17 Thread Steve McGrath
Are you accessing your mail account via POP? If so, the first computer to connect will download your new emails and (by default) delete them from the server, thus preventing any other computers from receiving them. There should be an option in the mail account settings to "Leave messages on server

[Bug 483800] Re: The gnome-system-monitor application window is gibberrish.

2009-11-17 Thread Steve McGrath
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 426582 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/426582 Indeed. That's the exact same graphics chip as in my laptop that exhibits this problem. So, I'm marking this as a duplicate of Bug #426582. There's a wealth of information referenced in that report that may h

[Bug 484018] Re: F-spot deletes pictures from camera instead of hard drive after seemingly importing a roll

2009-11-17 Thread Steve McGrath
The problem here seems to lie in Step 4: "4. Uncheck the option that says to copy the photos to Photos, since you have your own folder organization scheme." You've told F-Spot not to copy your files, and thus leave them exactly where it found them. It simply adds their information to the database

[Bug 483800] Re: The gnome-system-monitor application window is gibberrish.

2009-11-16 Thread Steve McGrath
Could run the following command in a terminal and attach the resulting file to this report? lspci - > lspci.txt I suspect that this is bug #426582, if you have an ATI Radeon Mobility graphics chip. The hardware information from lspci will let us determine if this is the case. Thanks in adva

[Bug 483719] Re: gnome-settings-daemon starts using 70% CPU, requires logout/login to get system responsive again

2009-11-16 Thread Steve McGrath
I'll try to be more specific here. This is reproducible, for me at least, although not reliably. At some point while using my computer, I notice a slowdown, and discover that gnome-settings-daemon is eating CPU. Nothing in particular that I do seems to trigger it. When this occurs, if I kill gno

[Bug 483698] Re: AisleRiot spider game slows down then it aborts causing user to re log-in.

2009-11-16 Thread Steve McGrath
I am marking this confirmed, as the same issue was just reported by another user in bug #483725, marked as a duplicate of this bug. ** Changed in: gnome-games (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- AisleRiot spider game slows down then it aborts causing user to re log-in. https://bugs.launc

[Bug 483725] Re: AisleRiot solitaire. FreeCell, play 6+ times then everything freezes, even shut down

2009-11-16 Thread Steve McGrath
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 483698 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483698 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 483698, so it is being marked as such. Please look at

[Bug 483719] Re: gnome-settings-daemon starts using 70% CPU, requires logout/login to get system responsive again

2009-11-16 Thread Steve McGrath
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35753639/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35753640/XsessionErrors.txt -- gnome-settings-daemon starts using 70% CPU, requires logout/login to get system responsiv

[Bug 483719] [NEW] gnome-settings-daemon starts using 70% CPU, requires logout/login to get system responsive again

2009-11-16 Thread Steve McGrath
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon On Ubuntu 9.10 with all updates, gnome-settings daemon will sometimes start using around 70% CPU continuously, slowing the entire system down. The only way to get back to normal is to logout/login. If I kill gnome-settings-daemon an

[Bug 483698] Re: AisleRiot spider game slows down then it aborts causing user to re log-in.

2009-11-16 Thread Steve McGrath
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bug

[Bug 483643] Re: get ares

2009-11-16 Thread Steve McGrath
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we can't fix it because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html.

[Bug 483309] Re: firefox 3.5 freezes. also ubuntu 9.1 does not "wake up" after "sleep" with firefox open

2009-11-15 Thread Steve McGrath
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have the correct package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubun

[Bug 483294] Re: i can't delete ssh key, cant't import, can't generate new key

2009-11-15 Thread Steve McGrath
Marking this as affecting Seahorse, not sure why apport didn't. ** Package changed: ubuntu => seahorse (Ubuntu) -- i can't delete ssh key, cant't import, can't generate new key https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bu

[Bug 483268] Re: Error when importing a file without write permission

2009-11-15 Thread Steve McGrath
This bug is an upstream one and it would be quite helpful if somebody experiencing it could send the bug the to the people writing the software. You can learn more about how to do this for various upstreams at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream. Thanks in advance! This may be already reported

[Bug 475113] Re: evolution assert failure: *** glibc detected *** evolution: free(): invalid pointer: 0x06c43ff4 ***

2009-11-15 Thread Steve McGrath
I am attaching a valgrind log of this bug in action. Like a previous reporter, valgrind prevents this crash for me, but has definitely logged some information about it. ** Attachment added: "Evolution Valgrind Log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35726010/valgrind.log -- evolution assert failur

[Bug 483147] Re: nvr...@nadlanu.com

2009-11-15 Thread Steve McGrath
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions: 1. Is this reproducible? 2. If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug? Be as detailed as possible. This will help us to find and resolve the problem. ** Changed

[Bug 297150] Re: F-Spot doesnt tag photos

2009-11-14 Thread Steve McGrath
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #572815 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572815 ** Changed in: f-spot Importance: Undecided => Unknown ** Changed in: f-spot Status: New => Unknown ** Changed in: f-spot Remote watch: None => GNOME Bug Tracker #572815 -- F-Spot does

[Bug 482482] Re: gimp crashes compiz after a few minutes

2009-11-13 Thread Steve McGrath
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: apport-collect 482482 This will help us to find and resolve the problem. Bear in mind that you may need t

[Bug 482245] Re: Rhythmbox runs automatically by starting X session

2009-11-13 Thread Steve McGrath
** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Invalid -- Rhythmbox runs automatically by starting X session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482245 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. --

[Bug 482245] Re: Rhythmbox runs automatically by starting X session

2009-11-13 Thread Steve McGrath
Have you checked the Options tab in the Startup Applications Preferences? See if "Automatically remember running applications when logging out" is checked. And it may be worth trying to exit all apps that you don't want running on startup, and then clicking "Remember Currently Running Application".

[Bug 482103] Re: Bug with the Bug tracker!

2009-11-13 Thread Steve McGrath
This is indeed odd. I get the following error trying to access that bug: Timeout error Our edge server has a lower timeout threshold than launchpad.net, so we can catch those before they hit a wider audience. As a member of the Launchpad Beta Testers team, you're more likely to experience them. I

[Bug 431073] Re: spacebar in nautilus do not should open a file

2009-11-13 Thread Steve McGrath
I agree with the reporter, Spacebar is kind of a weird binding for this. Enter is absolutely necessary, as some people, myself included, like to do as much as possible with the keyboard alone. -- spacebar in nautilus do not should open a file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431073 You received th

[Bug 481840] Re: Package should be named with a name not a word

2009-11-13 Thread Steve McGrath
Thank you for your suggestion. However, the changes you are requesting aren't really a bug and require more discussion, which should be done on an appropriate mailing list or forum. http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists might be a good start for determining which mailing list to use.

[Bug 411898] Re: Add preference to turn off conversation logging

2009-11-12 Thread Steve McGrath
I've sent a patch for this upstream, and I'm attaching a debdiff here. I've applied the patch to Empathy_2.28.1.1-0ubuntu1 and placed the resulting packages in my PPA. You may get them from https://launchpad.net/~smcgrath23/+archive/smcgrath These packages offer a checkbox in the preferences dial

[Bug 175191] Re: f-spot changes timestamp in an incorrect way

2009-11-10 Thread Steve McGrath
I'm attaching the patch I'm using for F-Spot to not automatically adjust timestamps. Just in case Ubuntu ever wants to just temporarily fix this downstream for now, or if anyone just wants to take a look and hack away. This is the patch I'm using in my PPA packages of F-Spot, it applies cleanly ag

[Bug 31037] Re: Vino-server takes 90% of cpu when only listening for incoming connections

2009-11-09 Thread Steve McGrath
I've just run into this with a friend's brand-new Karmic install. Vino- server is also not accepting connections, but that is probably a separate bug. ** Changed in: vino (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Vino-server takes 90% of cpu when only listening for incoming connections https:/

[Bug 112706] Re: add support for finding dublicate pictures

2009-11-09 Thread Steve McGrath
As far as I know, this feature will prevent importing duplicate pictures, as long as all pictures have been hashed. It does not, however, actually do anything with duplicate pictures that are already imported. That would be a nice feature to have, in my opinion. There is a third-party script which

[Bug 470726] Re: f-spot displays picture's taken time in UTC, not local time

2009-11-09 Thread Steve McGrath
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 175191 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175191 This appears to be a duplicate of Bug #175191. Upstream is still working on an official fix, but in the meantime I am packaging versions of F-Spot which are patched to not alter timestamps. If you're interest

[Bug 175191] Re: f-spot changes timestamp in an incorrect way

2009-11-07 Thread Steve McGrath
atively trivial. Regards, -Steve McGrath -- f-spot changes timestamp in an incorrect way https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175191 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.u

[Bug 175191] Re: f-spot changes timestamp in an incorrect way

2009-11-05 Thread Steve McGrath
In regards to #18, The F-Spot developers do not agree with the "Don't automatically alter timestamps" solution. They are working to develop a solution where F-Spot will alter timestamps in a "correct" way. This is the reason for my question, to see if this issue could at least be fixed within U

[Bug 175191] Re: f-spot changes timestamp in an incorrect way

2009-11-04 Thread Steve McGrath
The exiftool method is what I used to fix my corruption. Unfortunately I had some photos that had already been adjusted because my camera had the wrong date set for quite a long time. I forget the exact steps I took, but the end result was all of my photos being off by at least a couple hours. Stup

[Bug 175191] Re: f-spot changes timestamp in an incorrect way

2009-11-02 Thread Steve McGrath
I had some thoughts on this earlier today, as I was manually correcting the timestamp on about 2,000 photos that F-Spot chose to corrupt for me. I'm commenting here because I believe that something should be done about this in Ubuntu until upstream comes up with a solution. I'm not holding my breat

[Bug 458258] Re: evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in pvl_head() when adding new task

2009-10-22 Thread Steve McGrath
** Visibility changed to: Public -- evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in pvl_head() when adding new task https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/458258 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing li

[Bug 430446] Re: pdftotext crashed with signal 24 in TextPage::addChar() While Tracker is performing initial index

2009-10-16 Thread Steve McGrath
Absolutely. Here is the document which apparently crashed pdftotext. It's a monster 964 page PDF included with an old DOS flight sim. ** Attachment added: "REAL_F~1.PDF" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33800420/REAL_F%7E1.PDF -- pdftotext crashed with signal 24 in TextPage::addChar() While Trac

[Bug 376445] Re: "Empty trash" button still disabled when trash contains files.

2009-07-21 Thread Steve McGrath
I've got this one too, 2-day old Jaunty install, en_US.UTF-8 locale, default Ubuntu Gnome theme. Can empty trash from trash applet right- click menu, but opening trash in Nautilus shows disabled "Empty Trash" button. Nautilus is: Version: 1:2.26.2-0ubuntu2 -- "Empty trash" button still disabled