[Bug 2062951] Re: Random flickering with Intel i915 (Gen4+ GPUs) on Linux

2024-12-19 Thread Paddy Landau
@burger.ga — This looks like a different problem, as far as I can tell. I suggest asking on Ubuntu Discourse for some help to diagnose and fix this. https://discourse.ubuntu.com/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:/

[Bug 2062951] Re: Random flickering with Intel i915 (Gen9 GPUs in 6th-8th gen CPUs) on Linux 6.8

2024-11-07 Thread Paddy Landau
Update for me: I have kernel 6.8.0-48. Hardware: Dell OptiPlex 5480 AIO All-In-One with a touchscreen monitor. When I use both "intel_iommu=igfx_off" and "acpi_backlight=native", this solves both this bug and bug #2049248. Without those extras, I continue to have problems. -- You received this

[Bug 2062951] Re: Random flickering with Intel i915 (Gen9 GPUs in 6th-8th gen CPUs) on Linux 6.8

2024-11-02 Thread Paddy Landau
I have kernel 6.8.0-48, and unfortunately my screen still blanks. Hardware: Dell OptiPlex 5480 AIO All-In-One with a touchscreen monitor As reported in bug #2078054 (marked as a duplicate of this one). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 2062951] Re: Random flickering with Intel i915 (Gen9 GPUs in 6th-8th gen CPUs) on Linux 6.8

2024-10-19 Thread Paddy Landau
@rebbel — You haven't told us what error you received. My guess is that you need to use sudo. Do this: 1. Enter "sudo su" (without the quotation marks). It'll ask you for your password. 2. Enter the entire "cat" command again. 3. Enter "exit" (without the quotation marks). Then you can continu

[Bug 2049248] Re: Kernel 6.5 breaks display brightness controls and sets it to 100% all the time

2024-09-18 Thread Paddy Landau
Update: One of the devs from Zabbly has advised me, and his workaround has helped me. Add "acpi_backlight=native" to the kernel command line. To do this, edit /etc/default/grub, locate GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT, and add "acpi_backlight=native". Finish with "sudo update-grub". This isn't a solut

[Bug 2025523] Re: tracker3 taking 100% CPU for a long time

2024-09-18 Thread Paddy Landau
@andresmp > After upgrade from 24.0 to 24.1 … Do you mean from 24.04 to the daily build of 24.10? Which kernel does your upgrade have? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2025523 Title:

[Bug 2049248] Re: Kernel 6.5 breaks display brightness controls and sets it to 100% all the time

2024-09-16 Thread Paddy Landau
If a dev looks at this bug, please note that a possible solution is posted in GitHub Zabbly bug 26 [1]. https://github.com/zabbly/linux/issues/26 I have contacted that dev directly, and I hope to get a response. ** Bug watch added: github.com/zabbly/linux/issues #26 https://github.com/zabbly/

[Bug 2062951] Re: Random flickering with Intel i915 (Gen9 GPUs in 6th-8th gen CPUs) on Linux 6.8

2024-09-15 Thread Paddy Landau
I've updated to kernel 6.8.0-44 on Ubuntu 22.04, via Pre-released updates (jammy-proposed), and unfortunately it doesn't solve the blanking problem, nor does it solve bug #2049248. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:

[Bug 2049248] Re: Kernel 6.5 breaks display brightness controls and sets it to 100% all the time

2024-09-15 Thread Paddy Landau
Update: This is still broken on kernel 6.8.0-44. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2049248 Title: Kernel 6.5 breaks display brightness controls and sets it to 100% all the time To ma

[Bug 2049248] Re: Kernel 6.5 breaks display brightness controls and sets it to 100% all the time

2024-08-30 Thread Paddy Landau
Alas, the latest update from the Zabbly line no longer works after the last update :( ** Description changed: Since kernel 6.5, monitor brightness is set to 100%, and cannot be changed: The brightness controls have disappeared from Settings, and brightness doesn't respond to the keypad cont

[Bug 2062951] Re: Random flickering with Intel i915 (Gen9 GPUs) on Linux 6.8 (Ubuntu 24.04)

2024-08-30 Thread Paddy Landau
Further to my comment #75, the workaround no longer works after the latest update. It worked with kernel linux-image-6.10.6-zabbly+ but no longer works with kernel linux-image-6.10.7-zabbly+ This is incredibly frustrating and upsetting. -- You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 2062951] Re: Random flickering with Intel i915 (Gen9 GPUs) on Linux 6.8 (Ubuntu 24.04)

2024-08-29 Thread Paddy Landau
To add some useful information to this, a workaround (explained in duplicate bug #2078054) is to install the Zabbly mainline kernel [1]. This also seems to be related to bug #2049248 (but not a duplicate). As far as I can tell, this affects certain Intel displays, though I could be wrong. [1] ht

[Bug 2049248] Re: Kernel 6.5 breaks display brightness controls and sets it to 100% all the time

2024-08-28 Thread Paddy Landau
** Description changed: Since kernel 6.5, monitor brightness is set to 100%, and cannot be changed: The brightness controls have disappeared from Settings, and brightness doesn't respond to the keypad controls. See the attached screenshot, showing the difference between the settings i

[Bug 2078054] [NEW] Kernel 6.8 causes the screen to intermittently go black for several seconds

2024-08-28 Thread Paddy Landau
Public bug reported: Since kernel 6.8, the screen has been going black intermittently and unpredictably for several seconds. Sometimes it happens several times in a row over half a minute or so, and other times just once. It happens regularly. dmesg shows this type of error every time: [ 7912.26

[Bug 2049248] Re: Kernel 6.5 breaks display brightness controls and sets it to 100% all the time

2024-08-27 Thread Paddy Landau
There is a solution to this, albeit not the greatest. However, it does point to how the devs can fix this. Apparently, for reasons known only to itself, Canonical removes some of the drivers from the kernels when releasing them. A maintainer, Zabbly, maintains the mainline kernel but including th

[Bug 2025523] Re: tracker3 taking 100% CPU for a long time

2024-08-25 Thread Paddy Landau
> The problem came to me a week ago with the latest kernel update. If I try an older kernel it is still ok! That's curious. This started when I was on kernel 5.19.0, so I wonder what's going on? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 2025523] Re: tracker3 taking 100% CPU for a long time

2024-06-26 Thread Paddy Landau
@Xiscu — That's one of the solutions that I have tried (I tried again today after re-enabling tracker3), and unfortunately it doesn't work for me. It bizarrely said that it had completed the indexing, but still ran at 100% CPU. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 1665329] Re: Installer fails to create startup.nsh for EFI system on VirtualBox

2024-06-14 Thread Paddy Landau
I've just tested 24.04, and it works correctly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1665329 Title: Installer fails to create startup.nsh for EFI system on VirtualBox To manage notificatio

[Bug 2056548] Re: fwupd metadata bug due to outdated version in Ubuntu 22.04 repositories

2024-03-09 Thread Paddy Landau
@afunix — Thank you for that information about snap and flatpak, which I had missed. I'll update the bug report accordingly. ** Description changed: The Ubuntu 22.04 repositories have fwupd version 1.7.9. This is a badly outdated version that cannot cope with some of the newer updates. (

[Bug 2056548] Re: fwupd metadata bug due to outdated version in Ubuntu 22.04 repositories

2024-03-09 Thread Paddy Landau
@superm1 — Thank you. I missed those when I was searching for the problem. Bug #2028548 would solve this bug; it's not quite a duplicate, but it has the same solution. It would also solve bug #1979963 — again, not a duplicate, but the same solution. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 2056548] [NEW] fwupd metadata bug due to outdated version in Ubuntu 22.04 repositories

2024-03-08 Thread Paddy Landau
Public bug reported: The Ubuntu 22.04 repositories have fwupd version 1.7.9. This is a badly outdated version that cannot cope with some of the newer updates. (This doesn't affect all updates, and so it affects only some machines depending on the hardware being supported.) EXAMPLE: $ fwupdmgr r

[Bug 1216969] Re: man page names the same file twice -- are there really 2?

2022-04-09 Thread Paddy Landau
> "I unfortunately don't know what the first ~/.bashrc should be replaced with." The author has confirmed that it should just be removed, not replaced. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/12

[Bug 1968313] [NEW] Bash manual contains an error in the "Invocation" section

2022-04-08 Thread Paddy Landau
Public bug reported: This is a minor error in the Bash manual, which I have confirmed with one of the authors (Chet Ramey). The error appears to have been created in Debian, and therefore Ubuntu has inherited it. DETAIL In the Bash manual ("man bash"), in the "Invocation" section, the penultimat

[Bug 996454] Re: Recovery Mode starts in read-only, does not mount home folder, and hangs when trying to do something

2022-04-02 Thread Paddy Landau
I don't know when it happened, but this seems to have been fixed. It works correctly on Ubuntu 20.04 and Lubuntu 20.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996454 Title: Recovery Mode sta

[Bug 1790468] Re: system-summary shows wrong physical volume state

2022-04-02 Thread Paddy Landau
I have just come across this. It happens on both Ubuntu 20.04 and Lubuntu 20.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790468 Title: system-summary shows wrong physical volume state To man

[Bug 1906420] Re: Please replace default Gnome extension "Desktop Icons" with "Desktop Icons NG (DING)" (by the same author)

2022-03-15 Thread Paddy Landau
> Note also that we can't consider DING for inclusion in Ubuntu 20.04 focal because to render in Wayland sessions it requires mutter 3.38 or later. DING works perfectly for me: Ubuntu 20.04 Mutter 3.36.9 Gnome 3.36.8 DING version 17 (according to the metadata.json file) Ubuntu 20.04 doesn't use

[Bug 1901056] Re: Lubuntu OEM install doesn't work; it simply starts Lubuntu

2022-01-29 Thread Paddy Landau
@chesedprather — It's not a feature request. It's a bug, specifically a regression. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056 Title: Lubuntu OEM install doesn't work; it simply starts Lu

[Bug 1925843] Re: Linux 5.8.0-49+ fails to resume from suspend

2022-01-18 Thread Paddy Landau
My computer is now running kernel 5.13.0-25, which works correctly. Marking as Fix Released. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 1917512] Re: Add support for AVIF images

2021-10-19 Thread Paddy Landau
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1946567 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1946567 This bug report is about a specific app, Viewnior, but AVIF support should be generic to all of Ubuntu. For that reason, I'll mark this as a duplicate of #1946567. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of

[Bug 1917518] Re: Add support for AVIF images

2021-10-19 Thread Paddy Landau
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1946567 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1946567 This bug report is about a specific app, gwenview, but AVIF support should be generic to all of Ubuntu. For that reason, I'll mark this as a duplicate of #1946567. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of

[Bug 1925843] Re: Linux 5.8.0-49+ fails to resume from suspend

2021-10-19 Thread Paddy Landau
This has been marked as expired, but it is still a valid bug. Remarking as Confirmed. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19

[Bug 1925843] Re: Linux 5.8.0-49+ fails to resume from suspend

2021-08-13 Thread Paddy Landau
> Maybe upgrade to Hirsute? It uses 5.11 kernel. Unfortunately, the bug is still present in kernel version 5.11.0-25. In any case, for those who (like me) use the LTS versions, upgrading to 21.04 wouldn't be a solution. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 1839380] Re: Nautilus freezes when restoring files and a copy already exists

2021-02-01 Thread Paddy Landau
The status is "Fix Released" October 2020, but it's still happening. Ubuntu 20.04 Nautilus 3.36.3-stable -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1839380 Title: Nautilus freezes when restoring

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2020-12-22 Thread Paddy Landau
This doesn't look like it'll ever be done. Based on past experience, I don't think that Canonical takes encryption seriously. So, I've thrown in the towel. Since buying a new computer, I haven't used dual-boot. Instead, I installed Ubuntu using its full-disk LUKS encryption. I run Windows in a VM

[Bug 1906420] Re: Please replace default Gnome extension "Desktop Icons" with "Desktop Icons NG (DING)" (by the same author)

2020-12-01 Thread Paddy Landau
@seb128 — Hmm, maybe I'm wrong about it being maintained. It's just that it shows a lower level of compatibility in its Extensions listing. Sorry if I was wrong. I don't recall where specifically I have came across the recommendation for NG, but I found it referenced in several places when I was t

[Bug 1813441] Re: Can no longer drag and drop files between desktop and applications

2020-12-01 Thread Paddy Landau
I have created Bug #1906420 which, if implemented, will solve this and other bugs. Please visit and "star" it (the green writing at the top) if you agree with it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop- icons/+bug/1906420 -- You received this bug notification be

[Bug 1901150] Re: No "Are you sure?" question when deleting something from Desktop

2020-12-01 Thread Paddy Landau
I have created Bug #1906420 which, if implemented, will solve this and other bugs. Please visit and "star" it (the green writing at the top) if you agree with it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop- icons/+bug/1906420 -- You received this bug notification be

[Bug 1906420] [NEW] Please replace default Gnome extension "Desktop Icons" with "Desktop Icons NG (DING)" (by the same author)

2020-12-01 Thread Paddy Landau
Public bug reported: By default, Ubuntu installs the Gnome extension "Desktop Icons" [1] (by rastersoft). Unfortunately, this extension is now unmaintained, is problematic, and leads to several bugs, including but not limited to Bug #1901150 and Bug #1813441. The same author has created, and con

[Bug 1897562] Re: gedit snap fails to save or open files in miscellaneous directories including dot-folders, ~/bin, and system folders.

2020-12-01 Thread Paddy Landau
** Summary changed: - gedit snap fails to open fails in user dot directories + gedit snap fails to save or open files in miscellaneous directories including dot-folders, ~/bin, and system folders. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1897562] Re: gedit needs classic confinement

2020-11-28 Thread Paddy Landau
Please don't expire this request. The problem still exists in full. ** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1897562 Title: gedit n

[Bug 1901056] ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425934/+files/ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 1901056] ProcEnviron.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcEnviron.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425935/+files/ProcEnviron.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056

[Bug 1901056] .etc.calamares.modules.welcome.conf.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: ".etc.calamares.modules.welcome.conf.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425931/+files/.etc.calamares.modules.welcome.conf.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 1901056] Dependencies.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425933/+files/Dependencies.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056

[Bug 1901056] .etc.calamares.modules.before_bootloader_context.conf.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: ".etc.calamares.modules.before_bootloader_context.conf.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425921/+files/.etc.calamares.modules.before_bootloader_context.conf.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 1901056] .etc.calamares.modules.bootloader.conf.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: ".etc.calamares.modules.bootloader.conf.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425923/+files/.etc.calamares.modules.bootloader.conf.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 1901056] .etc.calamares.modules.locale.conf.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: ".etc.calamares.modules.locale.conf.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425926/+files/.etc.calamares.modules.locale.conf.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubu

[Bug 1901056] Re: Lubuntu OEM install doesn't work; it simply starts Lubuntu

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected focal ** Description changed: Booting Ubuntu or its flavours from a Live USB gives five options, including an OEM installation. Lubuntu 20.04 provides the same options (see screenshot). Unfortunately, choosing "OEM install (for man

[Bug 1901056] .etc.calamares.modules.machineid.conf.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: ".etc.calamares.modules.machineid.conf.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425927/+files/.etc.calamares.modules.machineid.conf.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1901056] .etc.calamares.modules.packages.conf.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: ".etc.calamares.modules.packages.conf.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425929/+files/.etc.calamares.modules.packages.conf.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1901056] .etc.calamares.modules.automirror.conf.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: ".etc.calamares.modules.automirror.conf.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425920/+files/.etc.calamares.modules.automirror.conf.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 1901056] .etc.calamares.modules.mount.conf.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: ".etc.calamares.modules.mount.conf.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425928/+files/.etc.calamares.modules.mount.conf.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 1901056] .etc.calamares.settings.conf.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: ".etc.calamares.settings.conf.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425932/+files/.etc.calamares.settings.conf.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:/

[Bug 1901056] .etc.calamares.modules.users.conf.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: ".etc.calamares.modules.users.conf.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425930/+files/.etc.calamares.modules.users.conf.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 1901056] .etc.calamares.modules.before_bootloader_mkdirs_context.conf.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: ".etc.calamares.modules.before_bootloader_mkdirs_context.conf.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425922/+files/.etc.calamares.modules.before_bootloader_mkdirs_context.conf.txt -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 1901056] .etc.calamares.modules.fstab.conf.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: ".etc.calamares.modules.fstab.conf.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425925/+files/.etc.calamares.modules.fstab.conf.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 1901056] .etc.calamares.modules.displaymanager.conf.txt

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
apport information ** Attachment added: ".etc.calamares.modules.displaymanager.conf.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901056/+attachment/5425924/+files/.etc.calamares.modules.displaymanager.conf.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 1901150] Re: No "Are you sure?" question when deleting something from Desktop

2020-10-23 Thread Paddy Landau
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04. On my desktop, Delete (which moves the item to the Recycling bin) just deletes it. Shift+Delete (which deletes the item permanently) does ask. To me, this is correct behaviour and shouldn't change. But... I don't know if this has anything to do with the extension that is

[Bug 1901056] [NEW] Lubuntu OEM install doesn't work; it simply starts Lubuntu

2020-10-22 Thread Paddy Landau
Public bug reported: Booting Ubuntu or its flavours from a Live USB gives five options, including an OEM installation. Lubuntu 20.04 provides the same options (see screenshot). Unfortunately, choosing "OEM install (for manufacturers)" in Lubuntu 20.04 doesn't do as promised. It simply starts Lub

[Bug 1813441] Re: Can no longer drag and drop files between desktop and applications

2020-10-09 Thread Paddy Landau
The updated Desktop Icons, "Desktop Icons NG (DING)" (by the same author), fixes these problems. Canonical could make its life easier by simply replacing the old Desktop Icons with the new Desktop Icons NG (DING). Desktop Icons: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1465/desktop-icons/ Desktop

[Bug 1897562] Re: gedit needs classic confinement

2020-09-28 Thread Paddy Landau
@seb128 — Correction to my previous post: For system folders, I cannot even load files. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1897562 Title: gedit needs classic confinement To manage notifi

[Bug 1897562] Re: gedit needs classic confinement

2020-09-28 Thread Paddy Landau
@seb128 — I can load files from ~/bin, but when I try to save, I get this error (screenshot attached): Could not save the file "/home/paddy/bin/myscript". You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again. The same is tru

[Bug 1897562] Re: gedit needs classic confinement

2020-09-28 Thread Paddy Landau
** Description changed: The snap version of gedit prevents viewing and editing files outside a strictly limited set of folders. For example, it cannot change files in - standard folder ~/bin, or standard files such as ~/.bashrc. Even "sudo - -H gedit /etc/fstab" doesn't work. + standard folder

[Bug 1897562] [NEW] gedit needs classic confinement

2020-09-28 Thread Paddy Landau
Public bug reported: The snap version of gedit prevents viewing and editing files outside a strictly limited set of folders. For example, it cannot change files in standard folder ~/bin, or standard files such as ~/.bashrc. Even "sudo -H gedit /etc/fstab" doesn't work. As there is a bug in the no

[Bug 1894878] Re: gedit has lost the ability to specify the max-recents value

2020-09-09 Thread Paddy Landau
Thank you for the links, Sebastian and Daniel. I've resubmitted a bug report, because the one that was turned down was specifically about max-recents in dconf, rather than about the functionality. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gedit/-/issues/357 ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gedit/

[Bug 1894878] [NEW] gedit has lost the ability to specify the max-recents value

2020-09-08 Thread Paddy Landau
Public bug reported: • Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS 64-bit • gedit 3.36.2-0ubuntu1 gedit used to have an option to change the number of recently-opened files in the Open dropdown button. Later, that option was removed (I don't know why), but we could still set it as follows (in this case, I've set it to

[Bug 1712698] Re: Uninstalling Dash To Dock does not restore Ubuntu Dock

2020-09-04 Thread Paddy Landau
I don't know why this bug is marked as fixed, because it has just happened to me. Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome 3.28.2 The workaround mentioned, to reset the entire dconf settings, is not a good idea for me, having made a number of personalisations there. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 640418] Re: Please add support for bash highlight in gedit

2020-06-07 Thread Paddy Landau
I have since discovered that sh.lang has been corrected for the problem that I reported in comment #9 and so this can probably be re-closed. Source: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtksourceview/tree/master/data/language-specs -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 640418] Re: Please add support for bash highlight in gedit

2020-06-06 Thread Paddy Landau
Could we reopen this, please? gedit has highlighting for sh, but not for bash. Most of the time, this works fine for bash, but sometimes it goes wrong. For example, use a command substitution that contains a quote within case-esac as follows. #!/bin/bash case ${SOMETHING} in ( 'a' )

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2020-04-19 Thread Paddy Landau
** Description changed: In today's world, especially with the likes of the EU's GDPR and the many security fails, Ubuntu installer needs to support full-system encryption out of the box. This means encrypting not only /home but also both root and /boot. The only parts of the system th

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2020-04-18 Thread Paddy Landau
@tomreyn — Tom, thank you for posting this. I have added it to these three documents: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManualFullSystemEncryption https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2399092 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FullDiskEncryptionHowto -- You received this bug notification bec

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2020-04-17 Thread Paddy Landau
@jjakob — Jernej, thank you for this useful and important information. I have included your link in the instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManualFullSystemEncryption https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2399092 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2019-08-14 Thread Paddy Landau
Definitely, /boot should be encrypted. It has been proven possible, so there's every reason to do so. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773457 Title: Full-system encryption needs to be

[Bug 1514120] Re: Ubiquity needs to not disable the LVM and encryption options for dual boot

2019-04-21 Thread Paddy Landau
In answer to Xavier Gnata… Have you tried this method? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManualFullSystemEncryption Be aware that it is designed for 18.04 and so it might not work with 19.04 unless modified. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1401532] Re: GRUB's Secure Boot implementation loads unsigned kernel without warning

2018-09-18 Thread Paddy Landau
I believe that bug #1565950 is related (but not a duplicate). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1401532 Title: GRUB's Secure Boot implementation loads unsigned kernel without warning

[Bug 1565950] Re: Grub 2 fails to boot a kernel on a luks encrypted volume with Secure Boot enabled

2018-09-18 Thread Paddy Landau
I believe that bug #1401532 is related (but not a duplicate). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1565950 Title: Grub 2 fails to boot a kernel on a luks encrypted volume with Secure Boot

[Bug 1514120] Re: Ubiquity needs to not disable the LVM and encryption options for dual boot

2018-09-12 Thread Paddy Landau
I notice that bug #1773457 has been marked as a duplicate of this one. It is a duplicate, but with one important difference: /boot should also be encrypted. As per comment #5 by @spm2011, I repeat the key points here for convenience: • There is a bug with Grub that prevents wide scale adoption o

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2018-09-07 Thread Paddy Landau
Phillip, the goal is BOTH secure boot AND encryption. This bug report specifically deals with the latter, not the former. Why are you so against encryption? I don't understand! In the EU, GDPR is law, and in the rest of the world, encryption is pretty much already de rigueur. If you are arguing t

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2018-08-28 Thread Paddy Landau
@psusi Yes, that's correct, and should be done in addition to this request. In other words, both are necessary. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773457 Title: Full-system encryption ne

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2018-08-22 Thread Paddy Landau
@Jonathan Polom (s0nic0nslaught) Thank you for the extra information. The full-system encryption linked in the OP solves the part about /boot being accessed, which is a good thing. That leaves only three parts to be solved. 1. The error with Grub, which has been reported: https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 1785850] [NEW] Grub installation crashes on Ubuntu installation

2018-08-07 Thread Paddy Landau
Public bug reported: Description:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release:18.04 Installing Ubuntu onto a fresh installation from a Live CD. Prior to initiating the installation: 1. Create a gpt partition table (thereby clearing the entire disk) 2. Create a FAT32 partition for EFI System Partition

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2018-08-07 Thread Paddy Landau
** Description changed: In today's world, especially with the likes of the EU's GDPR and the many security fails, Ubuntu installer needs to support full-system encryption out of the box. This means encrypting not only /home but also both root and /boot. The only parts of the system th

[Bug 1785573] [NEW] incrontab changes its contents, and fails, under certain conditions

2018-08-06 Thread Paddy Landau
Public bug reported: Description:Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS Release:16.04 incron version 0.5.10-3 — It seems that incrontab has some problems, especially with comments and whitespace. Additionally, incrontab modifies edits. In some cases, automatic modifications are

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2018-08-04 Thread Paddy Landau
@Dimitri Thanks for your comments. I understand where you are coming from. I do think, however, that as Ubuntu is intended (and was intended right from day 1) to be "for human beings", it would make hugely more sense to support full-system encryption from the installer. People don't want to be mes

[Bug 1768340] Re: fscrypt does not work for home directory encryption

2018-08-01 Thread Paddy Landau
This bug needs to be assigned a high priority, because right now there is no working encryption method that is considered reliable. • ecryptfs is considered buggy and insufficiently maintained. • fscrypt is unusable as described in this bug report. • Full-system encryption is unsuitable for most u

[Bug 1756840] Re: Buggy, under-maintained, not fit for main anymore; alternatives exist

2018-07-31 Thread Paddy Landau
Would people please note that full-disk encryption is already possible, where everything on a new installation is encrypted even including /boot, but without wiping any existing OS such as Windows. (This is why the existing full-disk encryption is not useful for the majority of users.) This would

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2018-07-31 Thread Paddy Landau
I have just discovered that home-folder encryption has been removed from Ubuntu because, it seems, it is considered buggy and under-maintained. Full-disk encryption is recommended as an alternative. Reference: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/04/how-to-encrypt-home-folder-in-ubuntu.html As you

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2018-06-23 Thread Paddy Landau
Sorry, Phillip, yes, you're right about the ESP space ­— more like 100Mb. I was typing incorrectly; what I meant was at most 400Mb. I'll look at the ubuntu-devel mailing list and post there. But that still doesn't obviate this request. -- You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2018-06-22 Thread Paddy Landau
> The point is to prevent people from getting your data if they steal your computer, not to prevent them from modifying the computer. Sorry, no, that's not why I raised this bug report, Phillip. There definitely *is* a point in preventing someone from sneaking into your office (say, over the weeke

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2018-06-21 Thread Paddy Landau
Phillip, I think that you need to take this discussion to somewhere like Ubuntu Forums. If we were to accept your argument, we would say that there is no point whatsoever in encrypting anything, and we should eliminate the current option to encrypt the home folder when installing Ubuntu. This app

[Bug 1252255] Re: The 'grub-efi-amd64-signed' package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot.

2018-06-21 Thread Paddy Landau
@Phillip Susi This was not the case for me. I have had this multiple times, never with a mix of two different versions, and always with a completely fresh installation on a blank slate. Therefore, this should not be marked as Invalid. -- You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2018-06-20 Thread Paddy Landau
Yes, I know this, Philip, but unlike with the current setup (where you can add malware to root and the kernel), with this method, the only thing that they can change is the ESP (EFI System Partition), because everything else is fully encrypted in a single partition using LVM within LUKS. They can'

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2018-06-14 Thread Paddy Landau
Phillip, you are correct only if the software partitions are unencrypted (as is the case with the existing default method). This bug report is about fully encrypting the entire system — that's everything, including swap and both root and /boot. -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2018-06-14 Thread Paddy Landau
Phillip, do you feel that malware cannot be loaded onto /boot? If you are right, that would take me by surprise! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773457 Title: Full-system encryption n

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems

2018-05-26 Thread Paddy Landau
Oliver, another point that I missed in my previous comments is that the full-disk encryption that Ubuntu uses does not play nicely with other systems. E.g., if you have Windows (true of most users), it will delete the entire Windows system plus its data. The instructions given in the above report

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot

2018-05-26 Thread Paddy Landau
Oliver, I've amended the title (the body of the report already says so). I don't know how to change it to "wishlist", although really, as I say, in today's world, it is nearly approaching a legal requirement (at least in the EU because of GDPR) than merely a wish. ** Summary changed: - Full-syste

[Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box

2018-05-26 Thread Paddy Landau
Thank you, Oliver. That link was in fact one of the (many) reference pages used in creating the instructions. Unfortunately, it isn't actually full system encryption: /boot isn't encrypted, which allows for a clear attack vector. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 1773457] [NEW] Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box

2018-05-25 Thread Paddy Landau
Public bug reported: In today's world, especially with the likes of the EU's GDPR and the many security fails, Ubuntu installer needs to support full-system encryption out of the box. This means encrypting not only /home but also both root and /boot. The only parts of the system that wouldn't be

[Bug 1773224] [NEW] Installation of Lubuntu crashes near the end of the installation

2018-05-24 Thread Paddy Landau
Public bug reported: Installing Lubuntu 18.04 64-bit. I've seen this also with 16.04, with Ubuntu, Lubuntu and some other Ubuntu-flavours. Message: The 'grub-efi-amd64-signed-' package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB bootloader, the installed system will not boot. This (usuall

[Bug 1706701] [NEW] Default Keyring is not unlocked for the user in Lubuntu

2017-07-26 Thread Paddy Landau
Public bug reported: Example scenario: 1. Go to the file manager (e.g. Nautilus, PCManFM) 2. Connect to a server via FTP 3. Enter the password and select "Remember forever" In Ubuntu, this is correctly placed into the Default Keyring, and remembered (even after a reboot) so that the password does

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