[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2080489] Re: Network Manager stops functioning on Ubuntu 24.04

2024-12-03 Thread Luís de Sousa
Today the system got stuck during shutdown, showing a message of pending update. However it was in fact stuck waiting for the NetworkManager to respond. A few times before I noticed the battery was completely discharged after I had shut the system down. Now it seems the system stays on overnight w

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2080489] Re: Network Manager stops functioning on Ubuntu 24.04

2024-10-18 Thread Luís de Sousa
Now that the issue with kernel 6.8.0-45-generic is identified and addressed, I can report the NetworkManager stoppages continue. At this stage I am essentially unable to use Sleep mode. Every time the system returns from Sleep mode either the NetworkManager is already frozen or stops functioning wi

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2080489] Re: Network Manager stops functioning on Ubuntu 24.04

2024-09-27 Thread Luís de Sousa
Yesterday the 6.8.0-45-generic kernel image got automatically installed during the updates. Unfortunately the system fails to boot with that image, which is now reported as [bug 2082946](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/2082946). Regarding the NetworkManager issue, it seems to be related to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2080489] Re: Network Manager stops functioning on Ubuntu 24.04

2024-09-20 Thread Luís de Sousa
Dear Philip, thank you for taking the time to look into this issue. VirtualBox is an essential component of the course I am teaching this period, I cannot remove it and am weary of tampering with it. It took me over a week to get it working on Ubuntu 24.04, therefore I will wait for this period to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2080489] Re: Network Manager stops functioning on Ubuntu 24.04

2024-09-16 Thread Luís de Sousa
Hi Danilo, my answers are below. > Does any other command work? Yes, I can work, as long as I don't need internet access. > Do you see any zombie () process in "ps aux"? `ps aux | grep defunct` returns empty. > Does it hang forever? If you wait, let's say, 2 minutes, does it unblock? Yes it h

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2080489] Re: Network Manager stops functioning on Ubuntu 24.04

2024-09-13 Thread Luís de Sousa
Neither `ip link show` nor `dmesg` produce any outputs when the NetworkManager is unresponsive. Both commands hang up the command line. I never seen `dmesg` behaving like this before. I am attaching the output of `dmesg` obtained after rebooting the system. Just in case that is useful. Thank you.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2080489] Re: Network Manager stops functioning on Ubuntu 24.04

2024-09-13 Thread Luís de Sousa
Thank you Danilo and Paul for the swift follow up. The full NetworkManager journal is attached. As for apport it fails with various exceptions (see below). In my experience it is not really usuble when the issue affects internet access. Regards. ``` $ apport-collect 2080489 Traceback (most recen

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1788364] Re: Terminal not working on Ubuntu 18.04

2018-09-24 Thread Luís de Sousa
Hi there, for those seeking for a solution to this: removing the orca package permanently solves this issue: sudo apt purge orca This has no visible impact on the functioning of the system, just a slight increase of the overall fluidity of the DE. Best. -- You received this bug notification b

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1788364] Re: Terminal not working on Ubuntu 18.04

2018-08-23 Thread Luís de Sousa
Hello again, some updates on this issue. I have been trying to upload a report with apport when a terminal window is greyed out. However, apport is also unresponsive when this happens, I use the Alt+F2 command prompt, it takes about 20 seconds to display the keyboard input (about one character pe

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1788364] [NEW] Terminal not working on Ubuntu 18.04

2018-08-22 Thread Luís de Sousa
Public bug reported: On Ubuntu 18.04 the terminal stops functioning after a few hours of work. In a fresh session the terminal works as expected, but after some time it becomes slow and finally unresponsive. After that, every time a new terminal window is launched it is greyed out and must be forc

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1600606] Re: Totem is missing the playlist. Please reintroduce it.

2017-12-15 Thread Luís de Sousa
Totem is hopelessly broken, this application is no longer up to the standards Ubuntu has grown us used to. The best solution is to install a fork of a functional Totem version like xplayer: https://launchpad.net/~embrosyn/+archive/ubuntu/xapps Cheers. -- You received this bug notification beca

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1600606] [NEW] Totem is missing the playlist

2016-07-10 Thread Luís de Sousa
Public bug reported: After upgrading to Ubuntu 16.04 Totem is no longer displays the video playlist in the side panel. As in previous Ubuntu releases, the side panel is disabled by default, but in this release the View menu is missing the Sidebar item in this later release. The Sibedar item shoul

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1581535] Re: libnl upgrade breaks Network Manager

2016-05-17 Thread Luís de Sousa
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1511735 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1511735 You should avoid fixing this issue by downgrading packages or re- installing them manually. This answer explains how to connect to the internet and upgrade the network_manager package with apt: http://askub

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1453538] Re: Invisible mouse pointer

2016-05-05 Thread Luís de Sousa
This issue was first reported by users on 13.04 and has lasted at least to 15.10. I am presently struggling with it on Ubuntu 14.04. On this release the "gsettings set" workaround does not work, neither does logging out and logging back in. There are a number of other workarounds discussed at AskUb

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1390628] Re: Mouse pointer invisible after upgrade to Ubuntu 14.10 and 15.04

2016-05-05 Thread Luís de Sousa
This issue was first reported by users on 13.04 and has lasted at least to 15.10. I am presently struggling with it on Ubuntu 14.04. On this release the "gsettings set" workaround does not work, neither does logging out and logging back in. There are a number of other workarounds discussed at AskUb

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1571307] [NEW] GEdit fails to start

2016-04-17 Thread Luís de Sousa
Public bug reported: I have GEdit in the launcher, when I click on it the icon blips as usual, but the GEdit window never comes up. If I try to start it from the terminal I get the following message: ** (gedit:11540): CRITICAL **: file log.c: line 980: unexpected error: Error calling StartService

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1453538] Re: Invisible mouse pointer

2016-04-11 Thread Luís de Sousa
I am struggling with this issue since yesterday, after I run the updates on Ubuntu 14.04. So far the only workaround is to log on with a different desktop environment (e.g. Xubuntu). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-g

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1561382] [NEW] Software Centre fails to install Evolution Calendar

2016-03-24 Thread Luís de Sousa
Public bug reported: I installed the Evolution Calendar programme from the Software Centre. However, it does not show in the application lens; see for instance this image: http://i.stack.imgur.com/lJnsB.png I tried to run it from the command line, but I could not find a corresponding executable.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1552656] [NEW] package chromium-browser 48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1111 failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './usr/lib/chromium-browser/remoting-webap

2016-03-03 Thread Luís de Sousa
Public bug reported: Ubuntu keeps on reporting "system problem". It seems related with Chromium, but I am not able to remove the package - I get an unmet dependencies error. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: chromium-browser 48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1. Uname: Linux

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541988] [NEW] package chromium-browser 45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1099 failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './usr/lib/chromium-browser/remoting-webap

2016-02-04 Thread Luís de Sousa
Public bug reported: This problem occurred while running apt-get upgrade ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: chromium-browser 45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1099 Uname: Linux 3.10.18 armv7l ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Architecture: armhf Date: Thu Feb 4 19:45:49 2016

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 63587] Re: Can't queue a song more than once in Rhythmbox

2015-09-29 Thread Luís de Sousa
This bug has now been open for eleven years. Could anyone update users on it? Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/63587 Title: Can't queue a song more than once i

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1458135] Re: Process names in GNOME System Monitor are gone in Ubuntu 15.04

2015-05-26 Thread Luís de Sousa
After working a while the processes names disappeared again. Looking a bit more carefully I found a huge icon for pgAdmin this is possibly messing up the Process Name column (attachment below). Eventually, this might all boil down to an icon scaling method failing. -- You received this bug notif

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1458135] Re: Process names in GNOME System Monitor are gone in Ubuntu 15.04

2015-05-26 Thread Luís de Sousa
** Attachment added: "PgAdmin in the System Monitor" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk3-engines-unico/+bug/1458135/+attachment/4404689/+files/SystemMonitorPgAdmin.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk3-en

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1458135] Re: Process names in GNOME System Monitor are gone in Ubuntu 15.04

2015-05-25 Thread Luís de Sousa
Re-installing the package gtk3-engines-unico seems to fix this issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk3-engines-unico in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1458135 Title: Process names in GNOME System Monitor ar

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 116290] Re: No choice of language for spell checking

2015-02-21 Thread Luís de Sousa
I am using Tomboy 1.15.4 on Ubuntu 14.04. For some strange reason Tomboy is (randomly?) underlining perfectly correct English words. I would like to check or switch the language but as this bugs attests, it is not possible. I would prefer this feature to be outright de-activated. -- You received

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1004120] [NEW] Writer crashing saving in docx format

2012-05-24 Thread Luís de Sousa
Public bug reported: To replicate the error: Download the docx file available at this address: http://www.camuss.dec.uc.pt/admin/wp-content/plugins/download- monitor/download.php?id=2 Open it and make some changes. Then save and chose the docx format. LibreOffice crashes. ProblemType: Bug Dist