[Bug 1805666] Re: Evolution Alarm Notify continues pop-up reminders even though notifications disabled

2021-02-03 Thread DBooth
CORRECTION: I solved my problem by deleting the CONTENT of this file: ~/.local/share/evolution/calendar/system/calendar.ics And also this file: ~/.evolution/calendar/local/system/calendar.ics I left the (now empty) files there after deleting their contents, in case something was expecting them.

[Bug 1805666] Re: Evolution Alarm Notify continues pop-up reminders even though notifications disabled

2021-02-02 Thread DBooth
Thanks to @JayShauer's clue about evolution-alarm-notify, I finally managed to stop the phantom reminder popups that have plagued me since upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04. I did it by deleting this file (which hadn't been changed in years): ~/.local/share/evolution/calendar/system/calendar.ics BACKGROU

[Bug 1740809] [NEW] Folder says Empty when it is not empty

2018-01-01 Thread DBooth
Public bug reported: The folder/directory list on the left side of gthumb says "(Empty)" below a folder when that folder has no subdirectories, even though the folder is NOT empty: it contains photos! This is misleading and apt to cause the user -- such as me! -- to accidentally delete photos by

[Bug 1740713] [NEW] gthumb asks for confirmation before deleting an empty directory

2017-12-31 Thread DBooth
Public bug reported: When attempting to delete an empty directory, gthumb pointlessly pops up a confirmation dialog asking "Are you sure you want to permanently delete [the folder]? If you delete a file, it will be permanently lost." In addition to wasting the user's time, this is also dange

[Bug 723300] Re: Screen freeze on ctrl-alt-f7 when trying to change virtual terminal

2014-01-10 Thread DBooth
Tested today and it seems to work under the Ubuntu 14 image that I downloaded two days ago from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily- live/current/ . ctrl-alt-f7 did not freeze the computer. In fact, it appeared to have no effect at all. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

Re: [Bug 723300] Re: Screen freeze on ctrl-alt-f7 when trying to change virtual terminal

2014-01-10 Thread DBooth
. Penalver wrote: > DBooth, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any > activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If > so, could you please test for this with the latest development release > of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://c

[Bug 604846] Re: Error receiving email "File is encrypted or is not a database"

2011-04-12 Thread DBooth
Sorry, typo. The file to delete should have been: $ rm .evolution/mail/pop/@xxx.xxx.com:110/folders.db And again, you will need to replace the part and the xxx.xxx.com part as appropriate for your configuration. Also, the port number part (":110" above) may or may not be there in your partic

[Bug 492782] Re: Mouse cursor disappears after restarting screen (xrandr / resume)

2011-03-27 Thread DBooth
Anakin Starkiller, the mouse pointer *is* visible after the following sequence: 1. Logout, causing GDM login screen to appear 2. Suspend 3. Resume 4. Login The mouse pointer is visible after step 4 (Login). I did not notice whether it is also visible before step 4 (Login). Let me know if you wa

[Bug 492782] Re: Mouse cursor disappears after restarting screen (xrandr / resume)

2011-03-04 Thread DBooth
I can confirm that this problem goes away when I enable screen locking on resume from suspend/hibernate (via System->Preferences->ScreenSaver->Lock_screen_when_screen_saver_is_active . -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 459690] Re: black screen & system freeze when switch to tty1-2-n

2011-02-22 Thread DBooth
Possible duplicate: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/723300 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459690 Title: black screen & system freeze when switch to tty1-2-n -- u

[Bug 723300] Re: Screen freeze on ctrl-alt-f7 when trying to change virtual terminal

2011-02-22 Thread DBooth
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723300 Title: Screen freeze on ctrl-alt-f7 when trying to change virtual terminal -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

[Bug 723300] [NEW] Screen freeze on ctrl-alt-f7 when trying to change virtual terminal

2011-02-22 Thread DBooth
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg Dell Studio 15, Radeon graphics, Ubuntu 10.04. Display freezes entirely, requiring a hard power-down reboot, whenever ctrl-alt-f7 is pressed. This behavior started a few days ago and is significant to me because ctrl-alt-f7 is used as a workaroun

[Bug 492782] Re: Mouse cursor disappears after restarting screen (xrandr / resume)

2011-02-22 Thread DBooth
) in /etc/pm/sleep.d/99_mousecursor #!/bin/sh case "${1}" in hibernate) #nothing ;; resume|thaw) # dbooth 2/21/11: this is a workaround for the mouse pointer being # invisible after suspend/resume, given that ctrl-alt-f7 now # freezes my display, so i can no long

[Bug 552214] Re: No mouse cursor after resuming from suspend during the graphical login prompt.

2011-02-14 Thread DBooth
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 492782 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/492782 Same problem on Dell Studio 15, Intel, Ubuntu 10.04. Work-around at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/554438/comments/21 works for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 604846] Re: Error receiving email "File is encrypted or is not a database"

2011-01-09 Thread DBooth
I am now running Ubuntu 10.04, and Evolution 2.28.3, and this same problem happened again. I fixed it by deleting the following file and then restarting Evolution: $ rm ./mail/pop/@xxx.xxx.com:110/folders.db (You will need to replace the part and the xxx.xxx.com part as appropriate for your co

[Bug 657048] Re: visualvm fails to launch because it can't find jdk: "Cannot find java. Please use the --jdkhome switch"

2010-11-27 Thread DBooth
P.S. I also added the actual error message "Cannot find java. Please use the --jdkhome switch" to the bug title, so that people can find it more easily when searching. ** Summary changed: - visualvm fails to launch because it can't find jdk + visualvm fails to launch because it can't find jdk: "

[Bug 657048] Re: visualvm fails to launch because it can't find jdk

2010-11-27 Thread DBooth
I had the same issue on Ubuntu 10.04, and although the launch script is written differently -- the word "sun" does not appear in the 10.04 launch script -- the symptom was the same. Attempting to run jvisualvm caused: [[ $ jvisualvm Cannot find java. Please use the --jdkhome switch. ]] The prob

[Bug 210738] Re: Printing GUI does not open

2010-08-10 Thread DBooth
I just observed this same problem after upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS, and Dakai Zhu's suggestion above again fixed it, EXCEPT that I also needed to re-start the CUPS daemon afterward: $ sudo service cups start Restarting the CUPS daemon was suggested at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+so

[Bug 604846] Re: Error receiving email "File is encrypted or is not a database"

2010-07-17 Thread DBooth
After googling around I found that the error appears to be coming from sqlite, and that sqlite sometimes uses a .db file extension for its databases. Furthermore, the problem only appeared to be associated with one of my email addresses. Therefore, I deleted the following file corresponding to t

[Bug 604846] Re: Error receiving email "File is encrypted or is not a database"

2010-07-17 Thread DBooth
Does anyone know what file is this error message about? I would like to try deleting the file in the hope that it will be rebuilt if it is corrupted, but I have no idea what file it is talking about. -- Error receiving email "File is encrypted or is not a database" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 604846] Re: Error receiving email "File is encrypted or is not a database"

2010-07-17 Thread DBooth
I am experience the same problem as Akil. I am using Evolution 2.28.1 from Ubuntu 9.10. I ran "CAMEL_DEBUG=all evolution >& evo.log" as suggested, and am attaching the resulting evo.log file. thanks DBooth ** Attachment added: "Log file from running "CAMEL_DEBU

[Bug 510103] Re: Doc should provide guidance for network administrator

2010-04-04 Thread DBooth
The instructions on this page https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/printing/C/printing.html are inadequate for adding a network printer. For example, I am attempting to print from my Ubuntu laptop to my Ubuntu desktop, but the instructions on that page merely says things like "select the protocol your p

[Bug 210738] Re: Printing GUI does not open

2010-02-11 Thread DBooth
Dakai Zhu's suggestion above worked for me also, on Ubuntu 9.10. Apparently I have an extra version of python at /usr/local/bin, in addition to the Ubuntu standard version at /usr/bin. I don't know why the /usr/local/bin version is there. I was seeing similar symptoms, but not identi