[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1269838] Re: gnome-session.log takes 8 GB in a few hours

2017-02-04 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
@mpt yes, this is still an issue on Ubuntu 14.04LTS. My /home partition fills up nearly every day (bad on an SSD also because of write amplification). -rw-r- 3151151104 Feb 4 13:06 gnome-session-Unity.log The log spam is useuless repetive stuff like: (putty:29947): GLib-CRITICAL **: Sourc

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1640924] [NEW] MFC8600 Brother Prints OK first PDF job, second job prints garbage

2016-11-10 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Public bug reported: It's been like this for years. Some initialization problem between driver and printer. If I print certain types of documents the printer is fine. If I print a pdf, it's fine. If I print a second pdf, reams of paper spit out of the machine each with a few random characters on

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 575877] Re: gnome-keyring mysteriously asks for keyring password on startup

2016-07-14 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
This seems to still be an issue: and it's a serious issue when a semi public computer is involved, as those using the computer won't know the password. It is also a problem to train users to enter their password when a prompt box comes up: that's just ripe for abuse. See also: http://askubuntu.co

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1158432] Re: On graphical login, Network Manager window gets in the way

2016-07-14 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Still relevant in 16.04 LTS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1158432 Title: On graphical login, Network Manager window gets in the way Status in network-manage

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1600638] [NEW] Unity control center chokes on upper case in user name

2016-07-10 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Public bug reported: 1. Enter control panel 2. "Add account" 3. Use an invalid charcter, such as an upper case letter. 4. Get a confusing error message: Failed to add account running '/usr/sbin/adduser' failed: Child process exited with code 1' This is an easy fix, and could keep a user from g

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1268257] Re: nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu3: nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build, with only error: "objdump: '... .tmp_nv.o': No such file"

2015-04-13 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Also had to delete .config/monitors.xml to get my system working again. Not smooth. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1268257 Title: nvidia-331-upd

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1430620] Re: gnome-terminal writes excessively to /tmp (affecting SSD drives)

2015-03-13 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Swap is the equivalent of main memory: the security issues are no different. Nobody can complain about swap written to disk, as that's a risk for any piece of main memory at any time. Why turn things so far upside down to support an edge case (infinite scrollback left open for long periods of tim

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1430620] Re: gnome-terminal writes excessively to /tmp (affecting SSD drives)

2015-03-12 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
The oom killer will only come along if some epic long files have been cat'ed to the terminal, and infinite scrollback is selected. Speed, battery life, SSD life, energy use and privacy are all reasons to have the common case be no disk writes. -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 951585] Re: gvfsd-afp consumes 100% of processor cycles

2015-03-12 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
(The prior backtrace is under Ubuntu 14.04LTS fully patched) gvfs Version: 1.20.1-1ubuntu1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951585 Title: gvfsd-afp consumes 100% of proces

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 951585] Re: gvfsd-afp consumes 100% of processor cycles

2015-03-12 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Here's output of "sudo strace -p XX" where X is the process ID of the misbehaving gvfsd-afp: recvfrom(7, "", 16, 0, NULL, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0) = 0 (Timeout) recvfrom(7, "", 16, 0, NULL, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0) = 0 (Timeout) r

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1430620] Re: gnome-terminal writes excessively to /tmp (affecting SSD drives)

2015-03-12 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
>How do you think gnome-terminal should handle that? Suppose you have 4 GB of ram, shall it consume up to 3 GB and then >starting using the disk? Sounds not only hard to implement, but also why should it take away RAM from other apps? The Linux virtual memory system is highly adept at swapping out

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1430620] Re: gnome-terminal writes excessively to /tmp (affecting SSD drives)

2015-03-12 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
@Egmont wrote: "Running out of disk space is much less likely and effects the system less badly than running out of RAM, and your RAM would eventually make it into the disk (swap) anyways." But I run out of ram space very rarely. It's highly elegant to keep volatile data in RAM unless RAM is fu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1430620] [NEW] gnome-terminal writes excessively to /tmp (affecting SSD drives)

2015-03-10 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Public bug reported: 1) In a gnome-terminal run "sudo fatrace -f W -t" (filter for writes plus timestamps). 2) In another window cat a file to the screen. 3) Observe the activity. I see large churn on the /tmp partitition: 20:41:24.158837 gnome-terminal(23352): W /tmp/#132835 (deleted) 20:41:24

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1430620] Re: gnome-terminal writes excessively to /tmp (affecting SSD drives)

2015-03-10 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
See also http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1830432 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vte in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1430620 Title: gnome-terminal writes excessively to /tmp (affecting SSD drives) S

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 865082] Re: gnome-terminal writes to /tmp on every line of output

2015-03-06 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Probably related, here's a small sample as captured by the new "fatrace --filter W" utility on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: 09:35:01.577176 gnome-terminal(8923): RW /tmp/#132358 (deleted) 09:35:01.588323 gnome-terminal(8923): W /tmp/#132359 (deleted) 09:35:01.588323 gnome-terminal(8923): RW /tmp/#132359 (del

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1372604] [NEW] Setting browser "Default application" ineffective (screenshot attached). Gnome.

2014-09-22 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Public bug reported: In Ubuntu 14.04LTS: In "system settings" there's a control for "Default applications" for "Web". This does not appear to change the gnome-conf settings. See attached screenshot. Note how Firefox is shown in one place, Chrome in the other. This in turn leads to incorrect beha

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1281283] Re: Please merge liferea 1.10.3-1 from Debian unstable

2014-09-15 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Ubuntu 12.04: (liferea:20434): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method "DescribeAll" with signature "" on interface "org.gtk.Actions" doesn't exist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribe

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 693852] Re: Decimal point on my numeric keyboard does not work. Is it because of regional settings?

2014-08-07 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 795985 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795985 Still true as of Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS, with US English Locale and 101 Key Keyboard. Neither the numbers above the keyboard, nor the numeric pad "." work. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1251022] Re: Menu editor alacarte is completely non-functional in Ubuntu 12.04 (applied patch did not take)

2013-11-25 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
This is NOT a duplicate of #1079953 And 12.04 is a LTS support version, so a fix for 13.10 is not relevant. The proper URL for the stable release updates is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates The feature is completely broken in 12.04 LTS due tothe missing dependency. ** This bug is no

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1079953] Re: Main Menu Editor alacarte is Completely Broken in xubuntu 12.10

2013-11-13 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alacarte/+bug/1251022 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alacarte in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079953 Title: Main Menu Editor alacarte is Completely Broken in xubunt

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1251022] [NEW] Menu editor alacarte is completely non-functional in Ubuntu 12.04 (applied patch did not take)

2013-11-13 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Public bug reported: While bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alacarte/+bug/1079953 is closed, the issue persists. With alacarte 0.13.2-2ubuntu4 on Ubuntu 12.04, nothing works. Pressing *New Item* or *Properties* results in a crash. Checkbox actions don't take. And inexplicably "[x

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1079953] Re: Main Menu Editor alacarte is Completely Broken in xubuntu 12.10

2013-11-13 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Using 12.04, fresh upgrade, fully patched: alacarte launches but clicking *Properties* or *New Item* results in a crash. Checking [x] report this error does nothing apparent. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alacarte in Ub

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1079953] Re: Main Menu Editor alacarte is Completely Broken in xubuntu 12.10

2013-11-13 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
And pressing HELP gives: The URI ‘ghelp:user-guide?menu-editor#menu- editor’ does not point to a valid page. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alacarte in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079953 Title: Main Menu E

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1243090] Re: Dist Upgrade from 13.04 to 13.10 stuck during flashplugin-installer

2013-11-10 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Here's a "gdb attach" backtrace of the hung process: > pstree -p ─dpkg(24158)───update-notifier(19121)───package-data-do(19123) │ │ └─{precise}(9759) (gdb) attach 19123 (gdb) bt #0 0x7fcdc8074102 in recv () from /lib/x86_64-linu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1243090] Re: Dist Upgrade from 13.04 to 13.10 stuck during flashplugin-installer

2013-11-10 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software- center/+bug/919600 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to flashplugin-nonfree in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243090 Title: Dist Upgrade from 13.04 to 13

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1243090] Re: Dist Upgrade from 13.04 to 13.10 stuck during flashplugin-installer

2013-11-10 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Same here. S tuckarro: ... extracting fontinst.inf extracting Licen.TXT All done, no errors. All fonts downloaded and installed. flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/ adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.310.orig.tar.gz -- You received this b

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 792942] Re: [Upstream] Writer saving .odt to .rtf duplicates hyperlink

2011-09-05 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
This bug is not "Invalid". It is reproducable, reproduced and verified. You might decide to ignore it, but is a real one. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792942 Titl

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 792942] Re: [Upstream] Writer saving .odt to .rtf duplicates hyperlink

2011-08-31 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
I'm TRYING to do the steps to get this considered for backporting to 11.04. Regressions are Ubutu's Achilles heel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792942 Title: [Up

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 792942] Re: [Upstream] Writer saving .odt to .rtf duplicates hyperlink

2011-08-31 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Marcel: I don't appear to have control to do what you ask. In addiiton "Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) " closed the bug as invalid. What's up? This feature was fine in my last Ubuntu which was 10.04 LTS. ** Project changed: df-libreoffice => ubuntu ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: I

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 792942] Re: [Upstream] Writer saving .odt to .rtf duplicates hyperlink

2011-08-30 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Here are is /etc/apt/sources.list ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty universe deb-s

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 792942] Re: [Upstream] Writer saving .odt to .rtf duplicates hyperlink

2011-08-30 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
New test file, created from scratch. One hyperlink, saved to rtf. ** Attachment added: "LibreOffice_3.3.3_Test.rtf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/792942/+attachment/2335139/+files/LibreOffice_3.3.3_Test.rtf -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 792942] Re: [Upstream] Writer saving .odt to .rtf duplicates hyperlink

2011-08-30 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Note upstream note: Yifan 2011-05-25 22:06:03 PDT I can confirm this is reproduced in 3.3.1, but cannot reproduced in 3.4 rc1. Both of my systems are SLED 11 sp1 i586. Hi Cedric, Did we merged some patches possibly have this already fixed? Than

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 792942] Re: [Upstream] Writer saving .odt to .rtf duplicates hyperlink

2011-08-30 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On 08/30/2011 02:55 PM, Marcel Stimberg wrote: > Bryce, according to this report, you are not using the most recent > version of libreoffice-writer for your Ubuntu release. Please upgrade to > the most recent version and let us know if you are still having this > issue. Thanks in advance. The "syst

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 837594] Re: Filesave as RTF doubles all hyperlinks

2011-08-30 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 792942 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792942 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 792942 [Upstream] Writer saving .odt to .rtf duplicates hyperlink -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which i