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

2010-09-12 Thread JohnL
It's amazing how this problem has been so persistant with Ubuntu (CPU jumping to 90-100%), I wish I could help resolve it but I'm not a coder. However, I can share my work around; I uninstalled 'gnome-system- monitor' and now use the 'awn system monitor' instead to monitor my system's performance.

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

2010-09-19 Thread JohnL
My last entry (#79) I suggested fix turned out to be short lived. Changing the frequency also gave false hope of a fix. I spend 30 hours since trying to better understand this issue. I've installed Ubuntu 10.04 and Mint 9 on old then new HDs thinking it was drive related. I installed older and c

[Bug 227753] Re: gvfs reports root partition 100% full

2009-10-19 Thread JohnL
I had the same problem and found my solution here at http://www.blog .arun-prabha.com/2008/07/22/deleting-files-from-roots-trash-folder-in- ubuntu/. I did not have to re-install the OS. Apparently when the network share drive fails to mount due to the fstab problem (network not up, drive will not

[Bug 608707] [NEW] Filter for only Active Tasks doesn't work

2010-07-22 Thread JohnL
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution Active Tasks filter selects ALL tasks which have not finished instead of just Active tasks (Which are tasks that HAVE STARTED but ARE NOT COMPLETE) For example, the 10 yearly maintenance for a fuel tank may start in April 2016 and is due for

[Bug 608707] Re: Filter for only Active Tasks doesn't work

2010-07-22 Thread JohnL
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52312441/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52312442/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52312443/ProcStatus.txt -- Filter

[Bug 221529] [NEW] Hardy requires two log-ins

2008-04-24 Thread JohnL
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-session I installed Kubuntu 8.04 (RC) from a CD onto a DELL laptop two days before the April 24 release. I booted my system to the login screen, enter my user name & password and taken to the desktop. Within 3 seconds the screen went blank and I w

[Bug 63268] [services-admin]"Services" application in Ubuntu 6.0.6 LTS only shows currently active services and doesn't provide any mechanism to modify settings.

2006-10-04 Thread JohnL
Public bug reported: Click on "Services" Icon to open the services editor. After entering root password, a window opens displaying a few active services in a list box. There is a check box beside each service and presumabely one can disable an active service, but, there is no way to see or activa

[Bug 63268] Re: [services-admin]"Services" application in Ubuntu 6.0.6 LTS only shows currently active services and doesn't provide any mechanism to modify settings.

2006-10-06 Thread JohnL
This is an administration tool - you should be able to see everything. Sure, you may be able to damage the system, but also, if the system has damaged itself (through some broken installation, virus etc) you need complete control to be able to fix it. -- [services-admin]"Services" application in

[Bug 63268] (no subject)

2006-10-25 Thread JohnL
That would be fine and I guess Ubuntu has command line tools. The standard tool for service administration appears to be chkconfig, but Ubuntu doesn't acknowledge it. What are the command line tools for service admin in Ubuntu? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free