Re: [Bug 12154] Re: Nautilus should have a superuser mode

2009-12-08 Thread njh
That's very nice, but it's not something my aunt will be able to do. On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, robin0800 wrote: > You can add "sudo aptitude install nautilus-gksu" in a terminal and you > get an open as administrator on a right click on any folder or file in > nautilus now. > > -- > Nautilus should ha

Re: [Bug 12154] Re: Nautilus should have a superuser mode

2009-12-09 Thread njh
I personally prefer the popup menu, but I see no reason not to have both methods. The button is certainly sensible for single file cases. -- Nautilus should have a superuser mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/12154 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

Re: [Bug 242825] Re: large window frames misrender

2009-12-14 Thread njh
You can experience it too by following the instructions given on how to reproduce. -- large window frames misrender https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/242825 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list d

[Bug 294865] [NEW] dragging a .iso onto a blank CD should suggest burning the iso directly to the disk

2008-11-06 Thread njh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus Dragging an image onto a disk almost always means that the user wants to burn the image to the disk, rather than creating a filesystem with the .iso as a single file. nautilus should detect this case and offer to burn the .iso directly to the di

[Bug 294928] [NEW] battery applet disappears when battery is changed

2008-11-06 Thread njh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager replacing the battery on a T40 thinkpad causes the battery applet to disappear. If I add the battery monitor applet I get a different program, with different options and different icon. Restarting the machine restores the old battery

Re: [Bug 294865] Re: dragging a .iso onto a blank CD should suggest burning the iso directly to the disk

2008-11-12 Thread njh
That's your job. On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > the request is an upstream one and should be sent to bugzilla.gnome.org > > ** Changed in: nautilus-cd-burner (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Wishlist > Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) > > -- >

[Bug 303901] [NEW] system monitor applet does not update stats on mouseover, nor gives useful average

2008-12-01 Thread njh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-system-monitor Currently, mousing over the applet is worthless. You are given the instantaneous value (be it cpu or network), and the value is not updated. To make it useful, it needs either to update the value continuously, or show the average ov

[Bug 303903] [NEW] rhythmbox crashes when pulseaudio settings are changed, even when not playing

2008-12-01 Thread njh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rhythmbox using padevchooser to modify the sound server settings (Configure Local Sound Server...), when rhythmbox is running (playing or not), results in rhythmbox locking up completely. Description:Ubuntu 8.10 Release:8.10 rhythmbox: Ins

[Bug 303903] Re: rhythmbox crashes when pulseaudio settings are changed, even when not playing

2008-12-01 Thread njh
crash files are not generated by programs locking up. ** Summary changed: - rhythmbox crashes when pulseaudio settings are changed, even when not playing + rhythmbox locks up when pulseaudio settings are changed, even when not playing ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => N

[Bug 303903] Re: rhythmbox locks up when pulseaudio settings are changed, even when not playing

2008-12-01 Thread njh
As the program has simply locked up, I waited a few seconds, then hit control z then got a backtrace: #0 0xb807b430 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb7e39d09 in __lll_lock_wait () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 #2 0xb7e35114 in _L_lock_89 () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 #3 0xb

[Bug 242825] Re: large window frames misrender

2008-12-25 Thread njh
Still broken in intrepid. -- large window frames misrender https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/242825 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lis

[Bug 285166] [NEW] rhythmbox doesn't store compilations in a single directory

2008-10-17 Thread njh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rhythmbox When rhythmbox rips compilation CDs each track is stored under its respective artist, which results in lots of directories with a single song. This is messy and hard to manage. :~$ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 8.04.1 Release:

[Bug 400966] [NEW] gnome terminal should highlight user entered text for easy parsing

2009-07-17 Thread njh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-terminal It's often hard to find an entered command in the text of a terminal. A simple solution to this would be to annotate the text entered by a user (or pasted perhaps) with a colour, or underline, or similar. n...@flobber:~$ lsb_release -rd D

Re: [Bug 242825] Re: large window frames misrender

2009-11-20 Thread njh
you could check too by following my how-to-recreate steps. I do not have karmic installed, but a friend informs me that metacity on karmic still has the same bug. On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Kamus wrote: > Since this report have a long time without activity, could you check (if > is possible) in late

[Bug 221209] [NEW] inserting an audio CD restarts the currently playing track

2008-04-23 Thread njh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rhythmbox Description:Ubuntu 8.04 Release:8.04 rhythmbox: Installed: 0.11.5-0ubuntu6 Candidate: 0.11.5-0ubuntu6 Version table: *** 0.11.5-0ubuntu6 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg

[Bug 239555] [NEW] leave terminal open if program run from nautilus exits with error

2008-06-12 Thread njh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus If I run an application/script from nautilus by double clicking, and that application returns an error, I get no notification that it failed. As an example, my wife has a script which synchronises a local directory and a webserver directory. Sh

Re: [Bug 239555] Re: leave terminal open if program run from nautilus exits with error

2008-06-12 Thread njh
It is a bug, the user is left with no indication that the program failed. In any case, for the right person this is a 10 minute fix. And the fastest way to get to the right person is to report a bug. On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Dimitrios Symeonidis wrote: > This in my opinion does not fit the definit

[Bug 242825] Re: large window frames misrender

2008-06-24 Thread njh
** Attachment added: "Screenshot.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15572553/Screenshot.png -- large window frames misrender https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/242825 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -

[Bug 242825] [NEW] large window frames misrender

2008-06-24 Thread njh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: metacity I have a wide screen. And when I maximise windows the drag bar at the top misrenders above 3349 pixels wide. It just seems to run out of picture on the right end. I can recreate this effect on small screens by pushing the window off the left ed

[Bug 201690] [NEW] It would be nice to be able to rearrange desktops by dragging

2008-03-12 Thread njh
nome-panel NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: gnome-panel 1:2.20.1-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcCmdline: gnome-panel --sm-client-id default1 ProcCwd: /home/njh ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: g

[Bug 201690] Re: It would be nice to be able to rearrange desktops by dragging

2008-03-12 Thread njh
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12623177/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12623178/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12623179/ProcStatus.txt -- It wou

[Bug 204914] [NEW] invalid password note appears behind prompt

2008-03-21 Thread njh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm If I mistype my password in gdm it says 'invalid password or user name' behind the login prompt. Just a cosmetic thing. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu hardy (development branch) Release:8.04 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$

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

2008-03-22 Thread njh
As far as I can see, that patch is implemented in hardy, yet I still can't see the music either. -- 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 assig

[Bug 186141] Re: missing nautilus-actions menu entries

2008-03-28 Thread njh
Confirming bug and fix and patch. -- missing nautilus-actions menu entries https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186141 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu

[Bug 256221] [NEW] no way to escalate privileges (sudo) for file moving operations in nautilus

2008-08-08 Thread njh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus A new user could not discover a way to perform administrator privileged file system operations (in particular, moving a directory into a root owned directory. steps to reproduce: 1 open /usr/share/ and home dir in two nautilus windows 2 attempt

[Bug 256445] [NEW] evince should use the whole window for single page pdfs

2008-08-09 Thread njh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince When displaying a single page pdf, evince still uses dual mode display, wasting half the screen real estate. To reproduce: 1 set to dual mode by default 2 open a single page pdf Expected: full page display. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsb_release -rd D

Re: [Bug 242825] Re: large window frames misrender

2008-08-28 Thread njh
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages njh -- large window frames misrender https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/242825 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists

[Bug 274516] [NEW] can't close font preview with keyboard

2008-09-25 Thread njh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center 1. Open a font from nautilus 2. Try to close it with any key command 3. Fail Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X