[Bug 643825] [NEW] Need explanation for "Drag and drop threshold"

2010-09-20 Thread gpk
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center The "Mouse Preferences" -> "General" -> "Drag and Drop" -> "Threshold" needs a bit of explanation. Is big good? Is it macho?Is small better? Generally, what does it do? You probably know, but I'm not sure and I bet there are

[Bug 643825] Re: Need explanation for "Drag and drop threshold"

2010-09-20 Thread gpk
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643825/+attachment/1614860/+files/Dependencies.txt -- Need explanation for "Drag and drop threshold" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643825 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bu

[Bug 654391] [NEW] No obvious way for root to cleanly shut down a session

2010-10-04 Thread gpk
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-session There does not seem to be a way for root to cleanly shut down a particular gnome-session. Obviously restarting gdm works, but that kills all sessions. In my environment, users share machines and we have lots of "switch user" activity.

[Bug 654391] Re: No obvious way for root to cleanly shut down a session

2010-10-04 Thread gpk
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/654391/+attachment/1670616/+files/Dependencies.txt -- No obvious way for root to cleanly shut down a session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/654391 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu De

[Bug 232469] Re: wget does not use network proxy in some cases

2009-12-13 Thread gpk
Well, it still doesn't work in karmic, despite all the discussion of whose problem it is.Flashplugin-nonfree still does this: Setting up flashplugin-installer (10.0.42.34ubuntu0.9.10.1) ... Downloading... --2009-12-13 12:39:09-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/a

[Bug 18671] Re: Can't turn the "Candy bar" off

2008-10-26 Thread gpk
Those annoying moving stripes are still there, and I cannot find an option to turn them off, so I guess the bug still persists. -- Can't turn the "Candy bar" off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/18671 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a di

[Bug 654391] Re: No obvious way for root to cleanly shut down a session

2011-07-08 Thread gpk
Yes, it still is an issue in Natty. ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/654391 Title:

[Bug 643825] Re: Need explanation for "Drag and drop threshold"

2011-07-08 Thread gpk
In Natty: I can confirm that it still just says "Drag and Drop threshold" without any explanation. Yes, it's still an issue, because I still don't know what the drag-and-drop threshold does. ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received th

[Bug 669803] [NEW] exit code zero on failure

2010-11-02 Thread gpk
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince Evince reports success (exit code 0) even when it cannot display a broken PDF file. $ evince /usr/lib/R/site-library/Zelig/doc/static/intro.pdf Error: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table... Error: Couldn't find trailer dicti

[Bug 669803] Re: exit code zero on failure

2010-11-02 Thread gpk
-- exit code zero on failure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669803 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/

[Bug 669803] Re: exit code zero on failure

2010-11-05 Thread gpk
To reproduce the bug, run evince /dev/null || echo "NOT PDF" evince /dev/zeros || echo "NOT PDF" evince /dev/zreo || echo "NOT PDF" You would expect to see "NOT PDF" three times, because the first file is empty, the second is a string of binary zeros, and the third isn't a file at all.Instead

[Bug 672244] [NEW] PDF text is blanked when backwards selected

2010-11-07 Thread gpk
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince When you select text in a PDF file, using a upwards sweep, the selected area is displayed improperly. You end up with large blank areas on the right ends of selected lines. The image becomes correct when your cursor leaves the evince window. I a

[Bug 672244] Re: PDF text is blanked when backwards selected

2010-11-07 Thread gpk
** Attachment added: "Screenshot-sci_just.pdf.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/672244/+attachment/1726077/+files/Screenshot-sci_just.pdf.png -- PDF text is blanked when backwards selected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/672244 You received this bug notification because you are a member o

Re: [Bug 672244] Re: PDF text is blanked when backwards selected

2010-11-08 Thread gpk
Sorry. Can't attach that one: it's a research proposal. You can have it in 2012, when it'll either be funded and under way or obsolete. I tried cutting it, but I cannot make a suitably small fraction of it misbehave. On 08/11/10 18:28, Pedro Villavicencio wrote: > thanks for the report, may yo

[Bug 676164] [NEW] EvinceView-CRITICAL cache problem when document changed

2010-11-16 Thread gpk
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince I got the following error message from evince: (evince:10066): EvinceView-CRITICAL **: ev_page_cache_get_annot_mapping: assertion `page >= 0 && page < cache->n_pages' failed This happened when I used pdflatex to re-compute a document that was bei

[Bug 676164] Re: EvinceView-CRITICAL cache problem when document changed

2010-11-16 Thread gpk
-- EvinceView-CRITICAL cache problem when document changed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/676164 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

[Bug 676162] Re: ubuntu-bug crashes when it cannot read /var/log/kern.log

2010-11-16 Thread gpk
No, it is an apport bug because it is an uncaught exception in apport. Apport ought to handle the exception and produce a sensible error message, and make sure that it functions as well as possible in the absence of data from the log file. ** Package changed: evince (Ubuntu) => apport (Ubuntu) -

[Bug 676164] Re: EvinceView-CRITICAL cache problem when document changed

2010-11-16 Thread gpk
Sure. I don't have the predecessor file any more (the file that was there before this one was created). ** Attachment added: "cvx_kochanski.pdf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/676164/+attachment/1735764/+files/cvx_kochanski.pdf -- EvinceView-CRITICAL cache problem wh

[Bug 676164] Re: EvinceView-CRITICAL cache problem when document changed

2010-11-16 Thread gpk
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- EvinceView-CRITICAL cache problem when document changed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/676164 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in ubuntu. -- deskt

[Bug 696115] [NEW] Timezone should not require superuser on laptop

2010-12-31 Thread gpk
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools When you carry a laptop from one timezone to another, it's nice to be able to set the time correctly, even if you don't have administrative rights on the laptop. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: gnome-system-tools

[Bug 696115] Re: Timezone should not require superuser on laptop

2010-12-31 Thread gpk
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/696115 Title: Timezone should not require superuser on laptop -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.co

[Bug 696115] Re: Timezone should not require superuser on laptop

2011-01-01 Thread gpk
Oh, that's silly! It's a laptop, darn it!The other users will (almost certainly) be on the console, and they'll be in the same time zone your are in. (Unless they have *very* long arms.) What you are proposing is not the normal use case for a laptop -- you seem to be thinking that I carry m

[Bug 696115] Re: Timezone should not require superuser on laptop

2011-01-01 Thread gpk
Sorry. Let me be a bit more formal. I suggest that laptops are either: 1) single user in which case changing the time zone won't hurt other users, 2) physically shared amongst several people -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 696115] Re: Timezone should not require superuser on laptop

2011-01-01 Thread gpk
Sorry. Let me be a bit more formal. I suggest that laptops are either: 1) single user * in which case changing the time zone won't hurt other users, or 2) physically shared amongst several people * in which case, they are in the same time zone, and if one user sets the zone, that is a pos

Re: [Bug 696115] Re: Timezone should not require superuser on laptop

2011-01-01 Thread gpk
OK.I agree it would not make sense as the desktop default. On 01/01/11 14:53, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: > We can't change PolicyKit permissions depending on whether the system is > a laptop or not. So we'd have to make the change for all systems, which > is not necessarily what people expect.

Re: [Bug 696115] Re: Timezone should not require superuser on laptop

2011-01-04 Thread gpk
. > So, it is certainly technically possible to tell if you're on a laptop.Therefore gnome can make decisions based on that fact. On 01/01/11 15:48, gpk wrote: > OK.I agree it would not make sense as the desktop default. > > On 01/01/11 14:53, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote:

Re: [Bug 696115] Re: Timezone should not require superuser on laptop

2011-01-04 Thread gpk
On 04/01/11 20:52, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: > Le mardi 04 janvier 2011 à 15:51 +0000, gpk a écrit : >> Actually, on consideration, I don't think that automatic detection of >> the timezone is a viable solution.It suffers from all kinds of potential >> problems &

Re: [Bug 696115] Re: Timezone should not require superuser on laptop

2011-01-05 Thread gpk
On 05/01/11 12:34, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: > Le mercredi 05 janvier 2011 à 07:49 +0000, gpk a écrit : >> Essentially, the trade-off is a minor convenience 99.999% of the time, >> versus a modest (or major) disaster 0.001% of the time. > That's also exactly how I'd d

[Bug 672244] Re: PDF text is blanked when backwards selected

2011-01-08 Thread gpk
Here's a PDF document that does the trick that I can release. If you go left-button-down nearly anywhere, and sweep towards the upper left, you will see text that is to the upper right of your trajectory disappear. ** Attachment added: "foo.pdf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evinc

[Bug 88893] Re: Text selected in Evince disappears

2011-01-19 Thread gpk
Neither of those two bug reports seem to have the slightest relationship to this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/88893 Title: Text selected in Evince disappears -- desktop-bugs ma

[Bug 88893] Re: Text selected in Evince disappears

2011-01-19 Thread gpk
This problem (or a similar, broader one) applies to Maverick Meerkat (10.10). Bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/672244 gives an example PDF file created by pdflatex that shows trouble for all characters, not just "nonstandard" ones. P.S. the last report, #21 refers to #1. Sorry. -- You re

Re: [Bug 412152] Re: gnome-disk-utility nags me too much that my disk is failing

2009-09-10 Thread gpk
The other answer is sudo aptitude remove gnome-disk-tools Jean Roberto Souza wrote: > Now this was a good answer. Thank you DjDarkman! > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:57 AM, mac_v wrote: > >> DjDarkman , >> The notification can be disabled from System> Preferences> Startup >> Applications> Disk N

Re: [Bug 412152] Re: gnome-disk-utility nags me too much that my disk is failing

2009-09-10 Thread gpk
Are you the MIT Halbert from '81? If so, hello! Dan Halbert wrote: > A more thorough discussion of this issue is in yet another Fedora bug: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498115. > > When I installed karmic, I too was falsely alarmed by palimpsest's > warning about a single realloc

[Bug 296090] Re: EOG "couldn't access trash" when deleting image on FUSE-NTFS drive

2010-04-20 Thread gpk
why ot just delete if the trash is not acessible -- EOG "couldn't access trash" when deleting image on FUSE-NTFS drive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296090 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 60325] gedit crashes when 2nd instance opened under another login instance

2006-09-13 Thread gpk
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gedit Distribution: Ubuntu 6.06 (dapper) Package: gedit Severity: Normal Version: GNOME2.14.3 2.14.4 Gnome-Distributor: Ubuntu Synopsis: gedit crashes when 2nd instance opened under another login instance Bugzilla-Product: gedit Bugzilla-Component: genera

[Bug 60325] Re: gedit crashes when 2nd instance opened under another login instance

2006-09-13 Thread gpk
** Description changed: Binary package hint: gedit Distribution: Ubuntu 6.06 (dapper) Package: gedit Severity: Normal Version: GNOME2.14.3 2.14.4 Gnome-Distributor: Ubuntu Synopsis: gedit crashes when 2nd instance opened under another login instance Bugzilla-Product: gedit Bug