[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2048433] [NEW] scanning from ADF on Epson WF-7710 has page offset

2024-01-06 Thread Bernard Moreton
Public bug reported: Scanning from the ADF on my Epson WF-7710 produces images with a left margin about 4 times as large as when scanning from the flatbed, so that the right-hand side of the page is lost. Top and bottom margins are handled correctly. The scanner is connected via the local ethe

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2048433] Re: scanning from ADF on Epson WF-7710 has page offset

2024-01-11 Thread Bernard Moreton
simple-scan -d gives [+10.76s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:348: sane_get_devices () -> SANE_STATUS_GOOD [+10.76s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:374: Device: name="escl:https://192.168.1.73:443"; vendor="Epson" model="WF-7710 Series" type="platen,adf scanner" [+10.76s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:374: Device: name="airscan:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2048433] Re: scanning from ADF on Epson WF-7710 has page offset

2024-01-11 Thread Bernard Moreton
I commented out "airscan" in /etc/sane.d/dll.d/airscan, and now simple-scan sees just the one device, presumably discovered now simply from libsane and no longer from sane-airscan? - but the result is still the same - an over-large left margin, and loss of image on the right-hand side. Running

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2048433] Re: scanning from ADF on Epson WF-7710 has page offset

2024-01-13 Thread Bernard Moreton
** Tags added: libsane -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to simple-scan in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2048433 Title: scanning from ADF on Epson WF-7710 has page offset Status in simple-scan package in Ubuntu:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2048433] Re: scanning from ADF on Epson WF-7710 has page offset

2024-01-13 Thread Bernard Moreton
Epson WF7710 supports A3 scanning, and this may be the cause of the problem. scanimage --help gives Options specific to device `escl:https://192.168.1.73:443': Scan mode: --mode Lineart|Gray|Color [Lineart] Selects the scan mode (e.g., lineart, monochrome, or color). --resolution

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 2078959] [NEW] Since upgrade to 24.04.1 LTS login screen shows "23.10"

2024-09-04 Thread Bernard Moreton
Public bug reported: Since the LTS upgrade from 22.04 to 24.04.1 LTS the login screen (plymouth?) shows the version as "Ubuntu 23.10", which has never been installed on the system. The image on the login screen shows the "Noble" coronet, which seems correct. All the other queries I have tried to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1149354] [NEW] pg_upgradecluster (8.4 to 9.1) failed

2013-03-06 Thread Bernard Moreton
Public bug reported: After upgrading to ubuntu 12.04, PG9.1 was running ok alongside the live 8.4. A recent migration effort using 'pg_upgradecluster 8.4 main' ran ok until 'Starting target cluster on the original port...' when I got The PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log outp

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1149354] Re: pg_upgradecluster (8.4 to 9.1) failed

2013-12-03 Thread Bernard Moreton
I'm afraid I gave up on pg_upgradecluster, and resorted to force majeur to get 9.1 going. No relevant logs exist any more. -- Bernard Moreton On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 13:42:10 - Laust Rud Jacobsen wrote: > Would you mind sharing any specific errors in the log when starting the >

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1803604]

2020-11-26 Thread Bernard Moreton
There is a new twist to this saga. With LO 7.0.1.2 today I get an error message /home/mbm/.claws-mail/mimetmp/.comments: unlink: Is a directory ** (claws-mail:12915): WARNING **: 10:04:23.190: failed to convert encoding of file name: Invalid byte sequence in conversion input malloc_consolidate():

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895]

2020-11-26 Thread Bernard Moreton
There is a new twist to this saga. With LO 7.0.1.2 today I get an error message /home/mbm/.claws-mail/mimetmp/.comments: unlink: Is a directory ** (claws-mail:12915): WARNING **: 10:04:23.190: failed to convert encoding of file name: Invalid byte sequence in conversion input malloc_consolidate():

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895]

2020-11-27 Thread Bernard Moreton
Just to clarify my remarks yesterday, the error window in Claws-mail showed a filename that looked very much as though it had been encoded. There may be some upgrade to the system that caused the change in behaviour - simplescan has taken to ignoring the ADG and scanning from the glass, Acroread

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895]

2020-11-27 Thread Bernard Moreton
And further to my last comment, the point is proved. Claws[-mail] is set in senddoc to use ATTACH="${ATTACH:-}${ATTACH:+ }$2" without any reference to encoding. In Tools.Options, I set email to /usr/bin/claws-mail and all is well, the document is attached to a draft email in a Compose window. Th

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1803604]

2020-11-27 Thread Bernard Moreton
And further to my last comment, the point is proved. Claws[-mail] is set in senddoc to use ATTACH="${ATTACH:-}${ATTACH:+ }$2" without any reference to encoding. In Tools.Options, I set email to /usr/bin/claws-mail and all is well, the document is attached to a draft email in a Compose window. Th

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1803604]

2020-11-27 Thread Bernard Moreton
Just to clarify my remarks yesterday, the error window in Claws-mail showed a filename that looked very much as though it had been encoded. There may be some upgrade to the system that caused the change in behaviour - simplescan has taken to ignoring the ADG and scanning from the glass, Acroread

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1906166] [NEW] Acroread prints only first page of a range (recent change in behaviour)

2020-11-29 Thread Bernard Moreton
Public bug reported: This problem has occurred before https://www.spinics.net/linux/fedora/fedora-users/msg439365.html proposed "In Adobe Reader 9: Choose File > Print. Click on Advanced. Under Font and Resource Policy, select Send for Each Page." but this does not solve the problem,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1902088] [NEW] u8_totitle() fails to handle "." as a word separator

2020-10-29 Thread Bernard Moreton
Public bug reported: u8_totitle() fails to handle "." as a word separator, though the dot is commonly used without any space-character where initials precede a surname. for example, the street address "Largo A.Gemelli"is rendered "Largo A.gemelli" I find it necessary to include the dot (.), comm

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1902088] Re: u8_totitle() fails to handle "." as a word separator

2020-11-09 Thread Bernard Moreton
u8_totitle accepts most of the non-alphanumeric ascii codes as word- separators, but besides the 'dot', it fails to recognize the colon (:) and the underscore (_) as separators (can't see why), and also fails the recognize the apostrophe. I can see reason for this last - one wouldn't want "Adam'S

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1803604]

2019-09-02 Thread Bernard Moreton
6.3.0.4 includes most of the changes I suggested, but still fails to operate properly - it switches the focus to the email client, but fails to create a new email. I thnk the problem may be at senddoc line 293, MAILTO="${MAILTO:-}${MAILTO:+&}attach="$(echo "file://$2" | "${URI_ENCODE}") My email

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895]

2019-09-02 Thread Bernard Moreton
6.3.0.4 includes most of the changes I suggested, but still fails to operate properly - it switches the focus to the email client, but fails to create a new email. I thnk the problem may be at senddoc line 293, MAILTO="${MAILTO:-}${MAILTO:+&}attach="$(echo "file://$2" | "${URI_ENCODE}") My email

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1723369] [NEW] man m-tx has bad 'see also' reference

2017-10-13 Thread Bernard Moreton
Public bug reported: man m-tx has a reference 'SEE ALSO: ... mtx260.pdf'. That doesn't seem to exist, either on the system or on the web. The reference should perhaps be to 'mtx060.pdf' ? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: texlive-music 2015.20160320-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895]

2018-11-11 Thread Bernard Moreton
GEARY works simply because it is not named in program senddoc, which then uses xdg-email as a default, to call the system email client, whatever it is. But hey, as an entry in Tools/.../Internet, it works! So, possibly, would "/usr/bin/wxyz" ... -- You received this bug notification because you

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1789905] [NEW] lp margin settings

2018-08-30 Thread Bernard Moreton
Public bug reported: lp seems not to obey margin settings as expected. Description:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release:18.04 CUPS 2.2.7-1 ubuntu2.1 Sending a fairly dense text file using lp -P1 gives output on my HP OfficeJet 6310 with top margin 0.5”, left margin 0.14”, right margin 0.5”

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1697692] Re: package libpoppler-qt5-1:amd64 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting

2018-09-03 Thread Bernard Moreton
I tried to install Qpdfview, but failed with the error message W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/poppler/libpoppler-qt5-1_0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80] Ubuntu 18.04.1 Now I can't either install libpoppler-qt5, or un-install

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895] Re: LO unable to find a working email configuration

2018-09-18 Thread Bernard Moreton
The problem still affects me: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LO 6.1.1.2 claws-mail senddoc will not call claws-mail, or 'ls', or 'sleep' See LibreOffice Bugzilla: Bug 116211 - LO Send by email fails in Writer -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribe

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1803604]

2021-05-07 Thread Bernard Moreton
In the current version of LO, 7.1.2.2 (Ubuntu build, on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS), there has been no change to senddoc since the last installed version (7.0.1.2), but the behaviour is significantly different. 1 Using the supplied senddoc (7.1.2.2), and trying to send a PDF attachment, (a) if Tools/Option

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895]

2021-05-07 Thread Bernard Moreton
I believe there is a bug in xdg-email affecting --attach (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1909941?comments=all) (sorry, the last attempt closed on me before I'd finished) The fix for that wor3ks in Claws-mail 3.17.8, but not in 3.17.5 which is the latest version for Ubuntu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1803604]

2021-05-07 Thread Bernard Moreton
I believe there is a bug in xdg-email affecting --attach (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1909941?comments=all) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1803604]

2021-05-07 Thread Bernard Moreton
I believe there is a bug in xdg-email affecting --attach (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1909941?comments=all) (sorry, the last attempt closed on me before I'd finished) The fix for that wor3ks in Claws-mail 3.17.8, but not in 3.17.5 which is the latest version for Ubuntu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895]

2021-05-07 Thread Bernard Moreton
I believe there is a bug in xdg-email affecting --attach (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1909941?comments=all) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895]

2021-05-07 Thread Bernard Moreton
In the current version of LO, 7.1.2.2 (Ubuntu build, on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS), there has been no change to senddoc since the last installed version (7.0.1.2), but the behaviour is significantly different. 1 Using the supplied senddoc (7.1.2.2), and trying to send a PDF attachment, (a) if Tools/Option

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895]

2021-05-12 Thread Bernard Moreton
Until communication between xdg-email and claws-mail is fixed in Ubuntu LTS, I've resolved the problem by (a) adding a claws-mail line in the apparmor profile for senddoc and reloading the policy. and (b) setting Tools/Options/Internet/Email to specify /usr/bin/claws-mail. I don't like messing w

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1803604]

2021-05-12 Thread Bernard Moreton
Until communication between xdg-email and claws-mail is fixed in Ubuntu LTS, I've resolved the problem by (a) adding a claws-mail line in the apparmor profile for senddoc and reloading the policy. and (b) setting Tools/Options/Internet/Email to specify /usr/bin/claws-mail. I don't like messing w

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1909941] Re: xdg-email changes break simple-scan email functionality

2021-05-05 Thread Bernard Moreton
I have the same problem on 20.04 LTS (fully updated). xdg-email --subject SUBJ --attach HAR.pdf gives: /home/mbm/.claws-mail/mimetmp/.comments: unlink: Is a directory ** (claws-mail:10611): WARNING **: 15:50:25.346: failed to convert encoding of file name: Invalid byte sequence in conversion input

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1991448] [NEW] evince hangs when print requested on Ubuntu 22.04.1

2022-10-01 Thread Bernard Moreton
Public bug reported: evince /tmp/royalt*pdf sh: 1: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libproxy/0.4.17/pxgsettings: Permission denied Killed Evince does not respond at all, and has to be stopped ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: evince 42.3-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1991448] Re: evince hangs when print requested on Ubuntu 22.04.1

2022-10-02 Thread Bernard Moreton
There is a Debian fix, https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1870625.html Apparently the problem occurs under Cinnamon, but not under Gnome- Desktop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ub

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1991448] Re: evince hangs when print requested on Ubuntu 22.04.1

2022-10-21 Thread Bernard Moreton
Another Debian bug reference ( #1002725) provided a better (for me!) clue: In /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.evince adding after /usr/bin/pcmanfm Cx -> sanitized_helper, # LXDE /usr/bin/krusader Cx -> sanitized_helper, # KDE /usr/bin/thunar Cx -> sanitized_helper, # XFCE the line /usr/lib/

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1803604]

2022-07-07 Thread Z-bernard-moreton
There are 3 levels at which this is an LO bug: (1) senddoc provides settings for claws-mail (claws|sylpheed), which work fine, EXCEPT that since apparmor was enforced, these settings only work if claws-mail is included in the apparmor settings (2) xdg-email is seen as the default email applicati

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895]

2022-07-07 Thread Z-bernard-moreton
There are 3 levels at which this is an LO bug: (1) senddoc provides settings for claws-mail (claws|sylpheed), which work fine, EXCEPT that since apparmor was enforced, these settings only work if claws-mail is included in the apparmor settings (2) xdg-email is seen as the default email applicati

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1803604]

2022-07-08 Thread Z-bernard-moreton
I get over the problem by inserting a line for claws-mail in apparmor profile for senddoc, and specifying claws-mail (with full path) in Options-Tools-...Email. A better option would be to rewrite the xdg-email code in senddoc along the lines of the block for claws|sylpheed (though in LO, the 'To'

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895]

2022-07-08 Thread Z-bernard-moreton
I get over the problem by inserting a line for claws-mail in apparmor profile for senddoc, and specifying claws-mail (with full path) in Options-Tools-...Email. A better option would be to rewrite the xdg-email code in senddoc along the lines of the block for claws|sylpheed (though in LO, the 'To'

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1803604]

2022-07-10 Thread Z-bernard-moreton
Against Timurs comment #29, "(3) I asked you to clarify, to have all here, but that would be another issue anyway.", - the Browse button doesn't really help the user (it listes all files in the HOME directory - and though the user might want to enter a simple application name (and perhaps should

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1803604]

2022-07-10 Thread Z-bernard-moreton
Created attachment 181206 revision of (current) senddoc to correct problems Revisions labelled #001 enable sending email when Tools-Options- Internet-Email is set to /usr/bin/xdg-email (under Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) The revision labelled #002 enable sending document as email when Option- Email is blank

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895]

2022-07-10 Thread Z-bernard-moreton
Created attachment 181206 revision of (current) senddoc to correct problems Revisions labelled #001 enable sending email when Tools-Options- Internet-Email is set to /usr/bin/xdg-email (under Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) The revision labelled #002 enable sending document as email when Option- Email is blank

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1748895]

2022-07-10 Thread Z-bernard-moreton
Against Timurs comment #29, "(3) I asked you to clarify, to have all here, but that would be another issue anyway.", - the Browse button doesn't really help the user (it listes all files in the HOME directory - and though the user might want to enter a simple application name (and perhaps should