[Bug 35997] Re: Gnome's Places menu starts Konqueror instead of Nautilus

2006-05-25 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
The deskbar still opens thunar though! I've installed all three desktop environments as well .. ubuntu, kubuntu and xubuntu as last. Interestingly if i right click a folder in nautilus and go to properties i can see the default application to be thunar but i can't change it: it seems locked! Whats

[Bug 35997] Re: Gnome's Places menu starts Konqueror instead of Nautilus

2006-05-26 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
"If thunar can handle that, and the user installed thunar, is it surprising that is does that?" Yes and no. Its ok that it is set as default. But I'm not allowed to change it anyway. I can see that thunar is associated in nautilus (file- properties, open-with tab), but i'm not allowed to change it

[Bug 35997] Re: Gnome's Places menu starts Konqueror instead of Nautilus

2006-05-26 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
i'm sorry. I was just trying to list which programs open which file- browser to show that its seems a bit arbituary. Your suggested fix seems the right fix for now. Then again it might break some things in Xubuntu: like the open-map option in firefox which also depends on same configuration. As we

[Bug 35997] Re: Gnome's Places menu starts Konqueror instead of Nautilus

2006-05-26 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I wasn't trying to debate. You problely know whats best anyway. Just pointing out that firefox, deskbar, desktop-search and the like use the same setting, so i figured (with all my lack of technical insights to how all this is setup) that changing this would break xubuntu. However if i understand

[Bug 35997] Re: Gnome's Places menu starts Konqueror instead of Nautilus

2006-05-27 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
The situation described from a user-perspective: 1. Installing Xubuntu 2. Booting into Gnome 3. Download a file with firefox 4. Right click after it has finished and choose 'open containing folder' 5. You're seeing thunar now. 6. Add the deskbar to your panel. Right click, choose options and make

[Bug 537887] [NEW] gdm greeter doesn't fit in 1024 anymore

2010-03-11 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm On a netbook with resolution 1024x600, the gdm greeter doesn't fit horizontally on screen. The bar at the bottom is extended to the left and right, beyond what we can see. This happens with dutch locale, and alternative keyboard setup ( internation

[Bug 442115] Re: Greeter always defaults to USA keyboard layout, ignoring system configuration

2010-03-11 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Why is this incomplete now? -- Greeter always defaults to USA keyboard layout, ignoring system configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442115 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing l

[Bug 537887] Re: gdm greeter doesn't fit in 1024 anymore

2010-03-14 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Please apply the patch from SUSE found in the gnome-bug report. When, (and if ever) they fix it more properly, we can always revert to that solution. For now, it needs to be either patched, or ubuntu should stop officially supporting 1024 and therefor netbooks. Being able to select a language o

[Bug 12153] Re: Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts

2009-06-19 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
** Also affects: hundredpapercuts Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/12153 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-bugs m

[Bug 249592] Re: Brasero: hangs during mp3 file loading

2008-11-15 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Can some one please confirm it is even possible with brasero as it is released with intrepid to burn an audio-cd. Adding mp3 files takes _FOREVER_. Sometimes, after a minute or someting it finally adds the file, sometimes it never adds the file and just hangs forever. I have a intel quad core, wit

[Bug 127315] Re: F-Spot puts photos in Photos folder not Pictures folder

2008-10-27 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Wow. A hard-coded photos folder. Cultural imperalism at its finest. Please remove f-spot from Ubuntu main. It clearly doesn't follow guidelines. At least not when it comes to respecting languages and culture. -- F-Spot puts photos in Photos folder not Pictures folder https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 24280] Re: applications run through gksu cannot use themes in ~/.themes

2012-09-18 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
They sort of did solve this bug. Rather than using gksu and running applications as an administrator, most applications that require "administrator-privileges" use a separate background application. Those applications have a "unlock" button. Most applications have already been upgraded to this new

[Bug 382703] Re: "Home Folder" has 3 different names

2010-08-27 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
+1 actual username (as in: the same name the folder actually has) Whenever I install ubuntu for a new user; they _always_ ask about this. So here is my reply: << Well, there is this folder, where you keep your files. It's name is your username. Every user has its folder like that,

[Bug 320952] Re: keyboard multimedia keys not working in Jaunty

2009-03-14 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 182704 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182704 Same problem, different keyboard. I don't think opening a bug report for every keyboard type makes sense, if we all experience the same regression. Some patch must be undone. -- keyboard multimedia keys not

[Bug 332356] Re: rhythmbox does not show album art in notifications

2009-03-28 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I dont get any notifications from song changes from rhythmbox. I used to get them in jaunty, but not anymore. Perhaps related? -- rhythmbox does not show album art in notifications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332356 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 117618] Re: notifications should appear when the window is not focused

2009-04-02 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Yes, I was about the post a bug about notifications not working at all for rhythmbox, until I found this gem, which explains everything. They only work if it is minimalized to a tray. Why not just _always_ show the notifications? Or at least, always show it when it's not focused! -- notification

[Bug 147883] Re: Songs that have a space in their path are not imported automatically from watched music folders

2008-04-04 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I can also confirm this bug with up-to-date hardy (just installed & update an hour ago). The workaround fixes the problem, but the suggested severity should still be high. Rhythmbox is shipped by default, used by a majority of the users: everybody's going to notice this. And it requires a trip

[Bug 12153] Re: Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts

2008-04-04 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I'm not sure if it's related, but I'm hitting this weird behavior: - super key is treated as normal key rather than a modifier in gnome-shortcuts settings - super key is treated as a modifer in compiz-config-advanced So, when i use ccsm i can setup the super-key to do take care of all window

[Bug 181893] Re: clicking on an https link when the remote site has invalid credentials does not work

2008-04-04 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Another url that doesn't work: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/ We can no longer report bugs with epiphany about, for example, compiz. This is with up-to-date (april 5) hardy -- clicking on an https link when the remote site has invalid credentials does not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/18

[Bug 12153] Re: Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts

2008-04-04 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Oh forgot to say: this is with hardy! -- Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/12153 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.co

[Bug 203428] Re: jamendo no loading catalogue

2008-04-04 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
No news at all on that forum. They didn't even read it. Does somebody know _how_ to contact them? Also, if you do get to speak to them, ask them to remove the useless data from that xml-file. Or provide a different xml file with just the artist-names, album-names, track-names and track-ids. Cu

[Bug 213838] [NEW] numlock state should be remembered per user

2008-04-08 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-session Not entirely sure if this is the correct package. I assume this package also deals with the multimedia keys. It would be brilliant to make it store the current state of numlock in the gconf-registery and turns to this state when logging int

[Bug 213838] Re: numlock state should be remembered per user

2008-04-08 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Oh, i forgot: Suggested importance: whishlist. -- numlock state should be remembered per user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213838 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-session in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 181128] Re: clicking on a link to a document does not open it

2008-04-12 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Problem stil present on 2.22.1.1 -- clicking on a link to a document does not open it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181128 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 ht

Re: [Bug 12153] Re: Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts

2008-04-21 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
You can use compiz's advanced settings tool. That seems to work fine for me. 2008/4/21, ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm on Gutsy, on a PC, with a UK keyboard. I've had similar problems to some > of the posters here. Pressing +t launches a terminal, which is > good - I asked it to do this. > Pre

[Bug 191027] Re: "Failed to connect stream: Invalid argument"

2008-10-05 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Same bug for me on Intrepid Beta live cd. Changing OSS is not a hack; it's using something completely else. -- "Failed to connect stream: Invalid argument" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191027 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug as

[Bug 278966] [NEW] No default player selected, so launch-media-player button does nothing

2008-10-06 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center Steps to repeat: 1) Get yourself a multimedia keyboard with a launch-media-player button (or just enable some other shortcut in system -> preferences -> shortcuts -> Media Player ) 2) Press that launch-media-player-button or whateve

[Bug 278964] [NEW] gnome-session-properties window is very small and can't be resized

2008-10-06 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center Go to System -> Preferences -> Session Notice that the window is very small and that you can't resize it. ** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- gnome-session-properties window

[Bug 12153] Re: Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts

2008-10-06 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Not fixed in intrepid! In intrepid we need to go: System -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Setup "Meta is mapped to the win keys" to make the windows key work as a modifier! -- Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/12153 You received this bug notification bec

[Bug 279574] [NEW] REGRESSION: clock applet no longer has a built-in list of locations, their position and related weather code

2008-10-07 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel Steps to repeat: - install/run intrepid beta - Notice there is not a default time-zone in the clock-applet - Try adding your own location. - You have to manually specify coordinates. - There is no way to enter a weather location code

Re: [Bug 279574] Re: REGRESSION: clock applet no longer has a built-in list of locations, their position and related weather code

2008-10-07 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Sorry about the regression, I really thought the functionality was just stripped out. I didn't mean that in a 'caps means aggresive' way .. i always assumed there was a special 'REGRESSION' filter, because a lot of bug reports concerning regressions start like that. But the bug report is very val

[Bug 279574] Re: clock applet no longer has a built-in list of locations, their position and related weather code

2008-10-07 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I'm sorry to be so stubburn to change this back. But the functionality was so unclear to me; that i couldn't figure it out. ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- clock applet no longer has a built-in list of locations, their position and related weather code htt

[Bug 279574] Re: clock applet no longer has a built-in list of locations, their position and related weather code

2008-10-07 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Done, it is now reported upstream. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #555468 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555468 ** Also affects: gnome-panel via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555468 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- clock applet no longer has a

Re: [Bug 191027] Re: "Failed to connect stream: Invalid argument"

2008-10-10 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Apport is now telling me gnome-login-sound has crashed; eventhough I heard it play without problems. When apport is turned off, this message will go away I presume, but it makes me feel funny. Isn't there a better way than to configure things so that a race-condition is _unlikely_? Perhaps there i

[Bug 41437] Re: Totem doesn't handle sftp directory properly

2007-12-15 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Did it ever land? Or is the bug still open? -- Totem doesn't handle sftp directory properly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41437 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubu

[Bug 158941] Re: can't browse jamendo collection from rhythmbox plugin

2008-01-07 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I think we would need just a gutsy-backport of the hardy version. -- can't browse jamendo collection from rhythmbox plugin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158941 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing

[Bug 89571] Re: rhythmbox crashed but didn't really

2007-04-02 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I was there when he had that crash. It is not easily reproducable. It claimed it had crash, but it didn't. I suspect this means a program or task rhythmbox created had crashed. Looking at ProcStatus, it seems that its related to the indexing of meta-data. Which would also explain why the rhythmbox

[Bug 70241] Re: Smart bookmarks are counted as regular bookmarks

2007-04-02 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
** Changed in: deskbar-applet (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Confirmed -- Smart bookmarks are counted as regular bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/70241 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs

[Bug 59947] Re: False compositing activation

2007-04-04 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Has this happened yet? I'm curious to see .. And if so, how do I enable it. Currently, setting the metacity gconf key when having libcm installed doesn't seem to do the trick! -- False compositing activation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59947 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 74002] Re: [Feisty] File Roller's "Extract" button no longer functions

2007-04-08 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Vytes .. do you have the locationbar visible? (instead of the breadcrumb bar?) @Sebastian You are right. Im sorry -- [Feisty] File Roller's "Extract" button no longer functions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/74002 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bu

[Bug 89571] Re: rhythmbox crashed but didn't really

2007-04-09 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I've looked at the link. The problem is, that its not reproduce-able. Off course, we can install the debug-versions and see if the problem re-occurs. It appears this bug only happens in very rare situations though. Just out of curiosity, wouldn't it make sense to have debug versions of the c

[Bug 74002] Re: [Feisty] File Roller's "Extract" button no longer functions

2007-04-09 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
A breadcrumb bar is a series of buttons where each button represents a sub-directory. A location bar is one big text entry where you can edit the path directly. You can enable it using Control+L or by clicking on the location-entry button. When you enable it, the settings is remembered and used f

[Bug 86102] Re: deskbar doesn't play nicely with other gtk2 engines

2007-04-09 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I forgot about this bug. In Feisty it doesn't happen when using Murrina-themes. I'm not sure who fixed it and when .. either deskbar fixed it or the Murrina engine fixed it. Both are newer versions now. I've put it on rejected because of that. ** Changed in: deskbar-applet (Ubuntu) Sta

[Bug 89571] Symbolic stack trace

2007-04-09 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
StacktraceTop:?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2 ?? () ?? () ?? () ?? () ** Attachment added: "Stacktrace.txt (retraced)" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7223141/%3Cfdopen%3E -- rhythmbox crashed but didn't really https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89571 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 89571] Symbolic threaded stack trace

2007-04-09 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
** Attachment added: "ThreadStacktrace.txt (retraced)" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7223142/%3Cfdopen%3E -- rhythmbox crashed but didn't really https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89571 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact fo

[Bug 89571] Re: rhythmbox crashed but didn't really

2007-04-09 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Ok, so I figured out how to retrace using the original core-dump. But I've got a lot of warnings in one these styles: WARNING: [packagename] was loaded at runtime, but is not available WARNING: [package] is not available WARNING: [package+version] required, but [version] is available I guess retr

[Bug 129041] xterm icon available by default

2007-08-07 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
You have been subscribed to a public bug: In the system menu there are Xterm and UXTerm icons by default on Gutsy. This is wrong because: 1. There is already gnome-terminal 2. They belong in the Accesories-menu Why offer 3 terminal programs in the gnome menu by default anyway? ** Affects:

[Bug 131446] Re: [gutsy]Deskbar results appears in a window

2007-08-11 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
LOL. Could those deskbar guys have killed usability more than this? 1) it has resizing problems (the pane inside is resizeable, but doesn't resize with the window) 2) i cant click .. type .. press enter .. it will not hide by default ( i can enable that though ) 3) to close it, when you decide

[Bug 131446] Re: [gutsy]Deskbar results appears in a window

2007-08-11 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
** Also affects: deskbar-applet (upstream) via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465658 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- [gutsy]Deskbar results appears in a window https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131446 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 131446] Re: [gutsy]Deskbar results appears in a window

2007-08-11 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Also the name is invalid now. It should not be called desk-BAR anymore. Rather desk-BUTTON-that- launches-Window. -- [gutsy]Deskbar results appears in a window https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131446 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is the

[Bug 131964] "search for files.." entry in gnome-menu should launch tracker-search-tool

2007-08-12 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel With up to date Gutsy, tracker is installed by default. Yet the "Search for Files.." entry on the places menu still launches gnome-search-tool. When you install Beagle, beagle-search takes over that menu-entry in the places menu. See also,

[Bug 38986] Re: beagle should replace search tool if installed

2007-08-12 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I've created a bug-report about to request the same behavior for tracker-search-tool, since tracker is now being shipped by default on Gutsy. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/131964 // Off-Topic -- Reply to Sebastien // Sebastien.. i think i actually saw a search tool

[Bug 84722] Re: deskbar-applet requires too many keystrokes

2007-08-12 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Didn't this bug just became 'wont fix' ..? Since the new direction of deskbar is to require as many key-presses intertwined with mouse-clicks and annoying pauses from launching another window? I mean, at this point, we'll all just be happy if they restored the previous behavior. Although I total

[Bug 131182] Re: search applet has inconsidered list of searches

2007-08-12 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Isn't this very much related to all those other usability bugs in the new version of deskbar? If need, I don't mind posting separate bug-reports about all usability issues (besides it launching a window). Lack of intelligent keyboard control comes to mind, as well do focus and resizing issues.

[Bug 131446] Re: [gutsy]Deskbar results appears in a window

2007-08-14 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
The new deskbar breaks tracker integration? So the new ubuntu will ship by default with a broken deskbar that has no tracker integration, eventhough tracker is eating up cpu in the background. With the old deskbar + tracker integration, how big is the chance that 99% of the users will never use t

[Bug 131446] Re: [gutsy]Deskbar results appears in a window

2007-08-14 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
@Pedro .. you put this on 'Won't fix' .. (which I read as .. Won't downgrade) Does this mean? a) ubuntu has decided against putting deskbar and tracker on desktops by default? b) ubuntu has decided for a broken deskbar and no tracker integration? c) ubuntu had decided for a broken deskbar and

[Bug 131446] Re: [gutsy]Deskbar results appears in a window

2007-08-14 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
@sebastian You are right. I can't speak for the others. But my comments were not the most constructive. However, I was under the impression both GNOME and Ubuntu go under feature freeze tomorrow? So perhaps we wrongly assumed this wasn't going to be dealt with before Gutsy was released. -- [g

[Bug 131446] Re: [gutsy]Deskbar results appears in a window

2007-08-14 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
The new version just uploaded seemed to fix the majority of my usability concerns. There is still some tweaking that could be done, but its much _much_ improved. Let's hope we can get a tracker plugin on time for gutsy ;-) -- [gutsy]Deskbar results appears in a window https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 117239] Re: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in g_datalist_id_set_data_full()

2007-08-15 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
This also happened for me. I was doing these things: - updating - changing the volume Firefox also crashed. But the order of things is not clear, what I think that happened: - volume changes - gnome-settings-deamon crashed - theme went away - firefox crashed - theme came back -

[Bug 74002] Re: [Feisty] File Roller's "Extract" button no longer functions

2007-08-24 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Just use 'extract' here or install another program instead of file-roller and associate that with archives. This bug has been going on for a while now, I'm not sure when (if ever) they are going to fix this. Maybe if you're any good with C you can take a look? -- [Feisty] File Roller's "Extrac

[Bug 122602] Re: Duplicated entries in Places Menu

2007-08-26 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
The moving drives into a submenu automatically happens when the places menu gets too large. Although I personally consider it only too large when it won't fit on the screen instead of half the screen. (the current behavior) .. but that's another bug/feature.. -- Duplicated entries in Places Menu

[Bug 74002] Re: [Feisty] File Roller's "Extract" button no longer functions

2007-08-28 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
On gutsy: 1. the extract button works again (yah!) 2. drag and drop to an archive works (i think that never broke) 3. drag and drop from an archive to nautilus or the desktop still does not work So the most important issue (what this bug was about: the extract button not working) has been fixed, i

[Bug 135518] epiphany does not always update its browser-view, until i switch tabs, when running compiz-fusion

2007-08-29 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: epiphany-browser Steps to reproduce: - use epiphany - make sure compiz-fusion is running Sometimes when a site is slow, the browser-view does not get updated. - the url bar is updated (the correct url) - the site is finished loading - you can wa

[Bug 76902] Re: Switch user crashes system.

2007-08-30 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I can confirm this bug. Switching users when compiz is enabled crashes the xserver. Reproduceable steps: login user A switch to user B enter password at gdm for user B switch back to user A HALT This is happening to a lot of users: see also: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/46018

[Bug 137491] epiphany does not have launchpad customizations by default

2007-09-05 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: epiphany-browser For Firefox there exists an firefox-launchpad-plugins which installs a bunch of handy search plugins for searching for bugs. For epiphany, which has smart bookmarks, this could just be installed by default. It currently has the debian a

[Bug 117239] Re: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in g_datalist_id_set_data_full()

2007-09-05 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
It's not easily reproduceable. But it only happens with metacity not with compiz. They difference between them is purely graphical (the on-screen volume slider thingie), so we can only expect that this is where it is triggered. The top of the stack trace above also suggests this (libgtk-x11-2.0.

[Bug 13199] Re: Drag n' Drop directories from File-Roller is somewhat tricky

2007-09-07 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
We love you Amos! -- Drag n' Drop directories from File-Roller is somewhat tricky https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/13199 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com ht

[Bug 136251] Re: trackerd crashed with SIGSEGV

2007-09-08 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I can at least confirm this bug. Trackerd refuses to start: segmentation fault. If i run trackerd --verbosity=3 i get these three lines at the very end: ... Starting application indexing Registering path /home/ralf/.local/share/applications as belonging to service Applications Segmentatiefout (co

[Bug 13199] Re: Drag n' Drop directories from File-Roller is somewhat tricky

2007-09-09 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Inclusion in Gutsy would be nice, when there are no regressions. Reading the above comments, it doesn't seem there any regressions. It went from not-working to not-working for remote directories. That's an improvement in my book. Now, where do we send the flowers? -- Drag n' Drop directories f

[Bug 136251] Re: trackerd crashed with SIGSEGV

2007-09-10 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Thanks, Aurelien, you are right. The workaround of bug #138399 fixes the issue for me. (unsetting XDG_DATA_DIRS). Off course that's not the fix, but they claim it has been submitted. Can the original bug-poster please check, if the following workaround makes it work: unset XDG_DATA_DIRS track

[Bug 13199] Re: Drag n' Drop directories from File-Roller is somewhat tricky

2007-09-14 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Are there binary packages that we can try out? Like a PPA archive? -- Drag n' Drop directories from File-Roller is somewhat tricky https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/13199 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-b

[Bug 62400] Re: Podcasts directory should be created when required

2007-09-19 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Yes, the first time you launch rhythmbox it complains about ~/Podcasts not existing. Then, when you check the preferences, ~ is now used as Podcasts directory. What I think would be perfect behavior: - use ~/Podcasts by default - if it does not exist, change it to the default download direct

[Bug 141130] Re: compiz stop working after 17-Sept-2007 updates

2007-09-20 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Bug confirmed. Fix works. It's actually an old bug reappearing. I wonder how that happens? Perhaps the whole launcher script is an old version? Somebody needs to check this. -- compiz stop working after 17-Sept-2007 updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/141130 You received this bug notificatio

[Bug 62400] Re: Podcasts directory should be created when required

2007-09-21 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Doesn't gnome have a policy against wizards? i.e. it should just work? I don't use audio-podcast and I suspect a large group of rhythmbox users doesn't use it either. So they have no need for the Podcast directory. The thing is, if we create xdg-user dirs for all possible directories of all applic

[Bug 122602] Re: Duplicated entries in Places Menu

2007-10-10 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
"the home directory magically becomes the desktop" Yeah, if it can't find the desk it does just that. There is actually identical behaviour with the Documents directory. If that exists with that exact name, file-dialogs default to it. Interesting side-node: on localized desktops the file dialogs w

[Bug 150674] Re: miro doesn't add channels when you click "add channel"

2007-10-11 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
** Also affects: shared-mime-info (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- miro doesn't add channels when you click "add channel" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150674 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for sh

[Bug 150674] Re: miro doesn't add channels when you click "add channel"

2007-10-12 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
The shipped xml definition is broken (see bug #150851) Nevertheless fixing the xml files, does not make add-channel work. Interestingly, the most recent upstream version does work. Perhaps we can get a UVF for this package? Or is too late? In the current shape, without being able to add channels

[Bug 131182] Re: search applet has inconsidered list of searches

2007-10-13 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Yes, they've actually made it usuable just in time. However, all of your comments are still valid, except about the default size. The list is still inconsidered, and most of these extensions return too many results to be usefull. -- search applet has inconsidered list of searches https://bugs.

[Bug 24280] Re: [Theme Manager] No installation option for system wide themes, difference is not communicated in the user interface

2007-10-15 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
But is this easily fixed, or is this more of an architectual problem? If its an architectual problem and the obvious solutions lead to security issues, the most obvious hack would be to enable a graphical way to install themes system-wide. There is a graphical tool called gnome-art. It seems to

[Bug 133402] Re: Indexing Preferences menu item shouldn't have redundant 'Preferences'

2007-10-29 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
It's still valid in other languages as well. It does so in dutch too. In general the translation is very weak and inconsistent anyway. Is there a way to report language support issues in the more general sense? -- Indexing Preferences menu item shouldn't have redundant 'Preferences' https://bugs.

[Bug 137491] Re: epiphany does not have launchpad customizations by default

2007-11-11 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
How do I try this out? -- epiphany does not have launchpad customizations by default https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137491 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 htt

[Bug 150674] Re: miro doesn't add channels when you click "add channel"

2007-12-11 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
How about a backport? -- miro doesn't add channels when you click "add channel" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150674 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for shared-mime-info in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-

[Bug 64631] Status list has empty space on top when list popups at the bottom

2006-10-07 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Public bug reported: Steps te reproduce: Open gaim main window. Drag gaim window to the bottom of your screen Click the status-button to change the status Suggested priorty: low Although it is the no. 1 bug that makes Gaim feel beta, it's just a visual glitch. Possible cause: Th popup-l

[Bug 64631] Re: Status list has empty space on top when list popups at the bottom

2006-10-07 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I've just noticed the same behaviour in the edgy installation program (selecting the partitions and their mount points). I guess this is just default policy of some GTK widget. Weird. This makes the bug slightly debatable. Although this default behavior is still ugly and illogical. You notice

[Bug 64631] Re: Status list has empty space on top when list popups at the bottom

2006-10-08 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
It seems its an optional behavior which can be controlled within the theme. The bugzilla page about this bug is actually very interesting: all users say its a bug, all develops say its a feature. Perhaps this can be fixed this in the human-theme? There is a comment (no. 11) on the bugzilla page a

[Bug 33753] Re: don't use OpenGL savers if no hardware support

2006-10-11 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I have had several matrox, intel and ati based graphics cards that with the default install would CRASH upon about half of the opengl- screensavers. If the screensavers that require 3D are in seperate packages, why are they even installed by default and/or available on a live-desktop. This is a pa

[Bug 64770] Re: gnome-screensaver crash

2006-10-11 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Many opengl screensavers crash with proper 3d support. There is already a bug about this, but for some strange reason the 3d-screensavers are still installed and enabled with a default install of ubuntu. At least you were able to get a crash log. I've had many machines just come to a grinding halt

[Bug 64770] Re: gnome-screensaver crash

2006-10-11 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
errata: Many opengl screensavers crash WITHOUT direct rendering. -- gnome-screensaver crash https://launchpad.net/bugs/64770 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs

Re: [Bug 33753] Re: don't use OpenGL savers if no hardware support

2006-10-11 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
> No, this is a buggy hardware or buggy upstream drivers issue, because > system should never crash - stability should never depend on some > software, which user can start, like 3D game or screensaver. It's both an packaging issue of opengl as well as driver issue with xorg. Its that the screensa

[Bug 66021] GDM showing before usb-keyboard and usb-mouse are initialized

2006-10-14 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Public bug reported: I understand the benefit of showing the GDM as quickly as possible, but it may make some users think things are not working. I have to wait about 5 seconds before my keyboard and mouse are functioning, even though I'm already looking at the GDM. Perhaps it should wait at lea

[Bug 66234] Edgy artwork reverted to Dapper

2006-10-15 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubuntu-artwork The artwork has been reverted to Dapper. Now I've read this is a conscious choice and this bug is not my way of saying I like the edgy artwork better. This bug is that it should definitely look *different* from older releases so we can tel

[Bug 66234] Re: Edgy artwork reverted to Dapper

2006-10-16 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I'm actually a bit shocked that you, Mark Stuttleworth actually replied to my bug. I probably would have tried to formulate it better ;-) The reason I filled this bug is that i'm one of those that promote Ubuntu from the market-place out. I have currently made three small companies, for which I ma

[Bug 66234] Re: Edgy artwork reverted to Dapper

2006-10-16 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Errata in the sidenote: "As if the casual USER will not notice the difference between the three FASES of booting." -- Edgy artwork reverted to Dapper https://launchpad.net/bugs/66234 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bu

[Bug 85785] desk-bar applet should hide result-list when focus is lost

2007-02-17 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: deskbar-applet Reproducable steps: - Type something in the deskbar - See a result list - Click anywhere else on the screen - The result-list is not hidden Which is just slightly annoying, since this is inconsistent with the rest of the desktop.

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

2007-02-18 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I can confirm this behavior. I wanted to post a bug about this, but found it was already here. I do hope it gets fixed or at least some work-around found for feisty. It does not install confidence about the quality even though its just minor nuisance. Because it _is_ something everyone should noti

[Bug 85029] Re: Deskbar applet crashes at startup

2007-02-18 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Deskbar + Beryl works fine here. What this crash incidental or does it keep recurring? And ifso, does it also occur without beryl? -- Deskbar applet crashes at startup https://launchpad.net/bugs/85029 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/l

[Bug 86102] deskbar doesn't play nicely with other gtk2 engines

2007-02-18 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: deskbar-applet I'm using the Murrina engine and have no problem with it at all with any program. There is however, a simple graphical glitch with Deskbar. It seems the text-field in the panel is too big. It should be 2 pixels shorter. One from the top,

[Bug 86102] Re: deskbar doesn't play nicely with other gtk2 engines

2007-02-18 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
I've attached a screenshot. Notice the border of the text-field of the deskbar in the panel at the top. Only the area you can actually type overlaps the border, making it thinner.. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6466397/Schermafdruk.png -- deskbar doesn't pla

[Bug 33753] Re: don't use OpenGL savers if no hardware support

2007-02-20 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
In feisty: It seems by default the screensavers are set to just blank the screen now. But its been a while since I installed feisty. Can some one confirm this? Then we can close this bug.. Black screen by default seems a very acceptable solution. It just means that with a default installation the

[Bug 33753] Re: don't use OpenGL savers if no hardware support

2007-02-20 Thread Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen
You are right. Yet its a much smaller group of users that even cares or changes the screensaver. At least a freshly installed PC with an 'old' ati card or matrox card won't randomly crash now. I know, the drivers are to blame, but the drivers don't promise stable 3d support. And well, I wouldn't

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