[Bug 176696] Re: Allow for file tagging, ala F-spot

2011-09-05 Thread Si Dedman
David - a workaround, and a coarse one at that, but: If you're anything like me in the way you use song ratings, you'll find you don't use 1 or 2 star because you either don't bother rating (or listening to) songs you don't like, or you don't have them or delete them. If this is the case (and it

[Bug 841785] [NEW] Changes / edits to genre tags not saved on restart

2011-09-05 Thread Si Dedman
Public bug reported: Have recently noticed this - editing genre tags in Rhythmbox seems to work, but the tags revert to their previous state after a full close & reopen. Example changes: rock > Rock Alternativ > Alternative Rock I tried the 'rock' switch through a fictional intermediary genre (

[Bug 841785] Re: Changes / edits to genre tags not saved on restart

2011-09-06 Thread Si Dedman
Found source of problem: files are m4a. Will convert. ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/841785 Title:

[Bug 1383902] Re: "Add files" greyed out, can't add anything

2014-10-21 Thread Si Dedman
Worked fine in xarchiver & I don't anticipate the files are the problem. Unless it's supposed to run as root or something, and not getting called properly, but I'm running from the system menu... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 1383902] [NEW] "Add files" greyed out, can't add anything

2014-10-21 Thread Si Dedman
Public bug reported: First time using file roller to compress, IIRC. Steps: Open file roller. New archive. Name = DebugDat. Format = 7z OR Zip OR tar.gz OR (others) Go to add files, click anything on desktop, add files icon greyed out. Tried with other archive formats, same. Tried with various f

Re: [Bug 1383902] Re: "Add files" greyed out, can't add anything

2014-11-04 Thread Si Dedman
Morning Seb, will do when I get some time this week. Cheers. On 4 Nov 2014 10:11, "Sebastien Bacher" wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it > would be nice if somebody having it could sen

[Bug 1707451] Re: udisksd crashed with SIGSEGV in g_mutex_lock()

2018-05-10 Thread Si Dedman
Thanks for fixing this guys & apologies for being dumb, but how does one install the latest stable on a *buntu system? 1. Download & unpack udisks2_2.7.6.orig.tar.bz2 2. Readme says Udisks has several dependencies listed in `packaging/udisks2.spec`. If you run rpm based distro, install the depend

[Bug 1103757] Re: Crashes while loading large library; 12.10 upgrade; ntfs drive

2013-04-06 Thread Si Dedman
Hi again. Changed to xubuntu 12.10, still on rhythmbox 2.97, reloaded library and it's working fine, manually added my 2 podcast subscriptions, moved my old playlists file over & it works fine, so everything's back up & working BUT: ratings & playcounts are still trapped on my old rhythmdb.xls. An

[Bug 225615] Re: Heavy memory leak in gvfsd-http

2013-06-01 Thread Si Dedman
having this problem in xubuntu 13.04, rhythmbox with loads of plugins, also using google music which is uploading my library to the cloud. memory use grew to 1132mb before I killed it; rhythmbox had already been killed. Please let me know if any log required & how to do so if not mentioned above. T

[Bug 394095] Re: doesn't deal correctly with renames outside of rhythmbox

2013-08-01 Thread Si Dedman
(IMO) The way to solve this is as per this ancient bug here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538549 Even if there's no agreement with other FOSS music players about a shared standard (which would be a shame, for the record), it's so disappointing that this has lain dormant for >5 year

[Bug 245924] Re: Rhythmbox tracks stats on paths, not songs

2013-08-01 Thread Si Dedman
Solution could also be as per https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538549 similar to this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/394095 which would additionally solve this one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/502474 as well as any (I didn't sear

[Bug 1103757] [NEW] Crashes while loading large library; 12.10 upgrade; ntfs drive

2013-01-23 Thread Si Dedman
Public bug reported: HI all. I've been using rhythmbox for a few years and it's mostly been good to me. Backstory to this problem: Had problems with Ubuntu 11.10 (i think) & upgraded to 12.10 which fixed them, however it screwed up my dualboot setup (rant about how ubuntu upgrades don't maintai

[Bug 1103757] Re: Crashes while loading large library; 12.10 upgrade; ntfs drive

2013-01-23 Thread Si Dedman
Looks like i can workaround the 1 attachment rule by putting the crash file in a second post. Which is this. ** Attachment added: "rhythmbox crash file" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/1103757/+attachment/3497621/+files/_usr_bin_rhythmbox.1000.crash -- You received t

[Bug 1103757] Re: Crashes while loading large library; 12.10 upgrade; ntfs drive

2013-01-27 Thread Si Dedman
Having renamed rhythmdb.xls to rhythmdb_backup.xls, so rhythmbox would rebuild the library from the watchlist, it still crashed. I got the "ubuntu has experienced an internal error" box twice. I've just tried opening the "_usr_lib_rhythmbox_rhythmbox-metadata.1000.crash" file, but get the ubunt

[Bug 1103757] Re: Crashes while loading large library; 12.10 upgrade; ntfs drive

2013-01-28 Thread Si Dedman
Ran rhythmbox -d, resulted in an error box: rhythmbox-metadata has stopped unexpectedly. The library was still churning away in the background, then it caused the PC to hang and I had to reboot. The most recent crash file is usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash, 15.2mb. 10 minutes before that was _usr_lib_rhyth

[Bug 1103757] Re: Crashes while loading large library; 12.10 upgrade; ntfs drive

2013-01-28 Thread Si Dedman
Moved the .local/source/rhythmbox/ folder to a safe place, uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled, opened, and it popped up with the same semi-full library and all existing playlists. I guess it's nice that my data are safe (!) but surprising that they must be stored someone as well as the above named

[Bug 854108] [NEW] Dvds and avi's skip back between 5 & 15 seconds at random intervals

2011-09-19 Thread Si Dedman
Public bug reported: DVDs and AVIs (i.e. all media I try) randomly skip back from 5 to 15 seconds (very roughly) at random intervals, usually no more than twice per thing. Defo not the fault of the media - sometimes playing new DVDs directly, other times playing old AVIs I've had for ages. Have

[Bug 878352] Re: 3rd Party Plugins Ignored

2011-12-01 Thread Si Dedman
Have you tried only installing those for RB version 3? I find that they install and are present in the presets list, although not all of them work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launc

[Bug 878352] Re: 3rd Party Plugins Ignored

2011-12-01 Thread Si Dedman
It's deceptive. Unless i'm very much mistaken (open invitation to anyone wiser to step in here!), v 2.90.1 which comes bundled with ubuntu 11.10 IS v3. And the version before 2.90.1 aka 3 is v 0.##.##. This [bizarre situation] is how i understand things based on researching today. So Matt, if you

[Bug 670747] Re: cannot import outlook pst file (addressbook, calendar, email)

2010-11-16 Thread Si Dedman
worked for me too (importing mail only). shame the proposed changes thing can't be done in package manager! cheers -- cannot import outlook pst file (addressbook, calendar, email) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670747 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 372647] Re: Clock and Weather applet don't show any weather info

2010-11-28 Thread Si Dedman
no forecast or radar for Newcastle, UK. Changed DNS (n00bs: system>prefs>network connections>) but no joy. Any thoughts/ideas? cheers -- Clock and Weather applet don't show any weather info https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372647 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt