[Bug 1930577] [NEW] CPU usage spikes with pending messages

2021-06-02 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: When the screen lock (i3lock) is active and dunst queues a large number of messages, the CPU runs very hot. It is not unusual to hear the fan running on an otherwise quiescent machine and, on unlocking, to see the screen covered with dunst alerts (kind, though sometimes too m

[Bug 1933206] [NEW] mplayer video playback complains fast machine is slow

2021-06-22 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: I've recently started seeing this message on an unloaded 8-core i9 workstation that used to be able to play video just fine. So I suspect some bit of software has changed. This occurs on playing video files store on local SSD.

[Bug 1700395] [NEW] brief system non-responsiveness with disk activity

2017-06-25 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: Since the upgrade to kernel 4.10.0-24, I'm noticing brief (several second) system non-responsiveness when disk activity is moderately intense. The level of intensity required is only, say, rsync'ing a day's photos from a mini-SD card (/dev/mmcblk0p1) or rsync'ing a directory

[Bug 1751550] [NEW] netcat hangs on sending udp packet

2018-02-25 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: On a Linux (Ubuntu 16.04) box with no listener on port 8095, I type this echo 1 | nc -u -w 1 127.0.0.1 8095 and the command does not return. On my workstation (Ubuntu 17.10), where also nothing listens on 8095, NC returns immediately, which is what I'd expect. Adding th

[Bug 1838898] [NEW] auctex not found by emacs

2019-08-04 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: In ubuntu 19.04 with emacs 26.1, typing "M-x auctex" is not a valid command. This is reproducible even starting as "emacs -q". I've also tried evaluating (load "auctex"), which returns true, but the command "auctex" remains unavailable. The variable AUCTeX-version has value

[Bug 1810902] [NEW] firefox picks unpredictable window for opening new content

2019-01-08 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: When a firefox instance is running with multiple windows, typing "firefox somepage" should open somepage in an existing window. Previously, that window was the last window accessed. Now, it is difficult to predict in which window the new tab will open. Indeed, it may open in

[Bug 1911014] Re: include-config-dir from sshd not recognized

2021-03-12 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Running sshd with the -ddd flags to get a bit more information, I can see that the server is including the requested file. Indeed, server behaviour is almost identical between the two scenarios (included or inline) until it executes the Match statement that is the contents of my included file or e

[Bug 1882130] [NEW] Unison in 20.04 won't talk to older unison

2020-06-04 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: I'm running unison 2.48.4 on two hosts. One I just upgraded to 20.04. The other is still at 18.04 LTS. The two unison instances no longer talk happily together. The error is this: Fatal error: Server: Fatal error during unmarshaling (input_value: ill-formed message), poss

[Bug 1868502] Re: Synchronization with earlier Ubuntu versions or a recent Debian version fails

2020-06-04 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
@helge-meinhard - could you please specify what cache file(s) you removed and whether it was client or server side or both? Unison creates numerous cache files in $HOME/.unison/ but their specific meaning and content is mostly unclear. -- You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 1882130] Re: Unison in 20.04 won't talk to older unison

2020-06-04 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
This may be a duplicate of #1868502 which is potentially related to #1568459. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1882130 Title: Unison in 20.04 won't talk to older unison To manage notif

[Bug 1871685] Re: [SRU] vagrant spits out ruby deprecation warnings on every call

2020-06-13 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
I see a fix has been committed a while back. How long until we might expect to see the fix in LTS? If it will still be a while, is there a proposed work-around or local fix? (Sorry, I'm sure the answer to that is entirely evident to some.) -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1810902] Re: firefox picks unpredictable window for opening new content when using i3 as a window manager

2019-02-23 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
>From upstream bug: > Fix for regression from 64, has test coverage, verified in nightly. > OK for uplift for beta 11. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1810902 Title: firefox picks unp

[Bug 1832599] Re: iwyu tries and fails to include stddef.h

2019-06-12 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
This may be related to the following upstream bugs: https://github.com/include-what-you-use/include-what-you-use/issues/270 https://github.com/include-what-you-use/include-what-you-use/issues/679 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 1832599] [NEW] iwyu tries and fails to include stddef.h

2019-06-12 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: iwyu tries to include stddef.h, fails, and emits a fatal error. But compiling the same file succeeds. jeff@birdsong:tmp $ cat foo.cc #include std::string hello; jeff@birdsong:tmp $ iwyu -v -std=c++14 foo.cc clang version 5.0.1-2 (tags/RELEASE_501/final) Target: x86_64-pc-

[Bug 1810902] Re: firefox picks unpredictable window for opening new content

2019-01-15 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
I've now reproduced on a freshly rebooted ubuntu instance. I have a firefox profile called "test" that I used. That profile doesn't have historical windows to open on start, doesn't have any extensions that I've added. Launch firefox: firefox -P test Use C-N to open two new windows. Retur

[Bug 1810902] Re: firefox picks unpredictable window for opening new content when using i3 as a window manager

2019-01-24 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
With a bit of experimentation, I have the following hypothesis, which is consistent with observed behaviour: Firefox strongly prefers to choose windows that are visible, or would be visible if their workspace were chosen. In the absence of a potentially visible window, the choice of window is mad

[Bug 1787935] [NEW] vagrant spiking CPU after laptop suspend

2018-08-20 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: When my laptop awakes from suspend, vagrant spikes the CPU. I'm not able to connect by ssh at this point and existing ssh sessions to the guest fail to connect. I have to halt the guest. Doing a vagrant up (without further provisioning) succeeds. Because I can't connect to

[Bug 1776861] [NEW] missing symlink for libboost_program_options.so

2018-06-14 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: The package is missing a symlink, so the linker doesn't find the library without prodding. ╭╴ (master *%=)╶╮ ╰ [bug.out] jeff@birdsong:src $ dpkg -L libboost-program-options1.65.1 /. /usr /usr/lib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_program_options.s

[Bug 1784785] Re: ufraw segfaults at end of file write

2018-07-31 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Though perhaps this might help: the end of an strace, clipped after a long run of futex's. ... futex(0x7f05d5b46f38, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/jeff/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini", O_RDONLY) = 9 fstat(9, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=214, ...}) = 0 read(9, "[

[Bug 1784785] [NEW] ufraw segfaults at end of file write

2018-07-31 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: When writing its output file, ufraw segfaults. This happens both for jpg and png (and then I stopped testing different file formats). Most of the time the file appears to be complete. Sometimes it is signaled as corrupt by a file viewer. I'm not sure how to usefully debug

[Bug 1781858] [NEW] geeqie steals (warps) mouse on remote command

2018-07-15 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: On executing "geeqie --remote file " or "geeqie --remote view https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1781858 Title: geeqie steals (warps) mouse on remote command To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/geeqie/+bug/1781858/+subscript

[Bug 1781858] Re: geeqie steals (warps) mouse on remote command

2018-07-15 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
I used the word "warp". Of course, since geeqie is a gtk program, this might may well be grabbing focus (e.g., gtk_widget_grab_focus or gtk_container_get_focus_child). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launc

[Bug 1554963] [NEW] Fail to init i965_drv_video

2016-03-09 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: This could be a bug in the i965_drv_video driver, but here I can offer a reproducible case. The initial part (using youtube-dl) merely serves to provide a reproducible case as long as that particular video remains online. jeff@birdsong:downloads $ youtube-dl https://www

[Bug 1668670] [NEW] Display bug (font error?) on refresh

2017-02-28 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: On opening the attached test document (jellybooks.pptx) I see the first page rendered correctly (initial-display.png). Clicking on the page two thumbnail, then touching up-arrow to see page 1 (thumbnails.png) I see a corrupted view (post-display.png). ProblemType: Bug Distro

[Bug 1668670] Re: Display bug (font error?) on refresh

2017-02-28 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
** Attachment added: "The page thumbnails as I see them" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1668670/+attachment/4828315/+files/thumbnails.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.laun

[Bug 1668670] Re: Display bug (font error?) on refresh

2017-02-28 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
** Attachment added: "The corrupted view I see on moving back to page 1" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1668670/+attachment/4828316/+files/post-display.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1668670] Re: Display bug (font error?) on refresh

2017-02-28 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
** Attachment added: "View initially displayed on open" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1668670/+attachment/4828314/+files/initial-display.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.

[Bug 1700248] [NEW] instability after lid-close state

2017-06-24 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: After the system goes into the state (sleep? hibernate?) that happens when I close the lid on my laptop (the machine from which I'm reporting this bug), it often but not always fails to wake up. The power button backlight illuminates but the screen stays blank and the machine

[Bug 1027564] Re: when using imap against gmail, drafts are stored multiple times and not removed

2017-10-10 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
The mail was only sent once. (I no longer use this particular mail setup from five years ago, I am reporting on what happened thend.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1027564 Title: wh

[Bug 1718731] [NEW] nm-applet doesn't indicate by default when networks are unencrypted

2017-09-21 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: It looks like nm knows about security, because `nmcli device wifi list` shows a column about security. But the graphical indicator doesn't warn me (nor is there a notification on connection) when the wifi network is unencrypted. This is a security-related feature request: I

[Bug 1736355] [NEW] opening a new window re-opens all the tabs in the front window

2017-12-05 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: Using control-N or launching firefox at the commandline when an instance is already running causes all the tabs in the front window to be opened again in the new window that is created. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: firefox 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.17.04

[Bug 1736355] Re: opening a new window re-opens all the tabs in the front window

2017-12-05 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
I can add some extra info. I think it's safe to say that my instance had become corrupt somehow. (It's still a bug that it could become so corrupt, but I don't know how to duplicate that). On closing tabs, I discovered that I had roughly 200 tabs open. Clearly firefox now hides tabs well so tha

[Bug 1264341] [NEW] clang++ support missing

2013-12-26 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: libpstreams-dev is at version 0.7.2 from November 2011. clang++ needs a slight signature change, which was included at version 0.7.2 on 17 Nov 2011: Author: Jonathan Wakely Date: Tue Nov 15 11:12:10 2011 + (basic_pstreambuf::wpipe, basic_pstreambuf::rp

[Bug 1264341] Re: clang++ support missing

2013-12-26 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Typo in the bug report: The first line should note that libpstreams-dev is at 0.7.0, not 0.7.2. That is precisely the point of the bug. jeff@nantes:~ $ dpkg -l libpstreams-dev Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend

[Bug 1631933] [NEW] upgrade to a more current mongoc library

2016-10-10 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: The version of libmongoc included in ubuntu 16.04 is quite old, and in particular is inadequate even to build the mongo C++ driver. It would be great if ubuntu could upgrade to 1.3latest, which is but a patch release from the current. For context, this arose from [this](http

[Bug 1611765] [NEW] apt description refers to apparently non-existent package

2016-08-10 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: The description in `apt-cache show` ends with this paragraph: Note that MariaDB also comes with an included version of the client library. The main reason to use this package, rather than libmariadbclient-dev, is differences in licensing: this package uses the LGP

[Bug 1582565] [NEW] Homepage has moved

2016-05-17 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: apt-cache says Homepage: http://forge.ocamlcore.org/projects/csv/ but that page says https://github.com/Chris00/ocaml-csv ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: csvtool 1.4.2-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.39-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-gene

[Bug 1565504] [NEW] cell sizing fails to change with pixel density (HiDPI)

2016-04-03 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: A spreadsheet created on a machine with Xft.dpi: 96 displays too-small cells on a machine with Xft-dpi: 192. Moving back to the 96 dpi machine, the cells are too big. The controls and font size seem correct. Note that I'm using gnumeric under i3, so if gnumeric depends on s

[Bug 1627637] [NEW] bad alloc on large (but not too large) image

2016-09-26 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: For this example, I've created an entirely white png (attached to the bug report) with size 2400 x 36000. I saved it at compression level 9 (or whatever gimp means by that) and in 8-bit RGB. I would expect eog to be able to display this because 2400 * 36000 * 4 colours is 33

[Bug 1585926] [NEW] mp3 files decode as crackly noise

2016-05-26 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: MP3 files have started decoding as crackly noise instead of the intended sound (typically, music). Occasionally but not reliably, the crackly noise becomes music, as though it were a mere synchronisation error and mpg123 finds a sync signal. (I have no reason to believe that

[Bug 1568360] [NEW] /usr/include/crypto++/filters.h does not compile cleanly in year 2016

2016-04-09 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: A minor bug, but clearly a bug since at least 2011: jeff@starshine:tmp $ echo '#include ' > wall.cpp jeff@starshine:tmp $ g++ -Wall -c wall.cpp -I /usr/include/crypto++/ In file included from /usr/include/crypto++/simple.h:10:0, from /usr/include/crypto++/fil

[Bug 801369] Re: /usr/include/crypto++/filters.h does not compile cleanly

2016-04-09 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Reasonable to close. It is ancient. For those stumbling on this at a later date, a forward reference from this bug in 2011 to this bug in 2016 lives here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libcrypto++/+bug/1568360 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 970788] [NEW] crash on run after apt-get install

2012-04-01 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: $ sudo apt-get install powertop $ sudo powertop Hypothesis: something is set on install so that on next reboot the kernel is ready to deal with powertop? In this case, propose either powertop checks on start if it can run or else, if that's not possible, install emits a war

[Bug 970788] Re: crash on run after apt-get install

2012-04-01 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/970788 Title: crash on run after apt-get install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/powertop/+bug/9

[Bug 989465] [NEW] smtp configuration is unclear about encryption options

2012-04-27 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: It appears that STARTTLS and SSL always encrypt all traffic, yet they both list password options that suggest optional transmission of unencrypted passwords. The code may (or may not) be fine, but the documentation could stand to be improved. The help menu took me to this pa

[Bug 989465] Re: smtp configuration is unclear about encryption options

2012-04-27 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/989465 Title: smtp configuration is unclear about encryption options To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+so

[Bug 955919] [NEW] ssh-askpass blocks gnome-screensaver

2012-03-15 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: If ssh-askpass activates and is waiting for user input, gnome- screensaver doesn't blank and lock the screen. Assuming a period of idleness that would cause gnome-screensaver to blank and lock, then after the user interacts with ssh-askpass, gnome- screensaver does blank and

[Bug 955919] Re: ssh-askpass blocks gnome-screensaver

2012-03-15 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/955919 Title: ssh-askpass blocks gnome-screensaver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screens

[Bug 955915] [NEW] screensaver shows old screen content on return from sleep

2012-03-15 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: when gnome-screensaver activates after an idle period, and so then the screen blanks, then pushing the shift key to wake the monitors and to request that gnome-screensaver display an authentication box sometimes causes the old screen (pre-lock) to display briefly before the sc

[Bug 955915] Re: screensaver shows old screen content on return from sleep

2012-03-15 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/955915 Title: screensaver shows old screen content on return from sleep To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/

[Bug 1460937] [NEW] xfig segfaults on opening library elements

2015-06-02 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: Repro: Launch xfig with no arguments. Choose "place library widget". Select "Origami" and confirm. Segfault. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: xfig 1:3.2.5.c-3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-38.52-generic 3.16.7-ckt10 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-38-generic

[Bug 1460948] [NEW] install app dialog is unclear

2015-06-02 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: Some websites trigger a dialog asking if I'd like to install the (presumably HTML5) application to make it faster in the future. The responses permitted are yes and don't remind me again. I don't think the choice is binary. I'd expect yes and no as choices with a checkbox "

[Bug 1464568] [NEW] the master password dialog doesn't identify itself

2015-06-12 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: When firefox prompts for the master password, a dialog appears asking for a password with text "Please enter the master password for the Software Security Device." But nowhere does it identify itself as firefox nor does it explain which profile is asking for a password. This

[Bug 1464568] Re: the master password dialog doesn't identify itself

2015-06-12 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
To be clear, this is a feature request. I propose simply that the dialog title change to something like "firefox: please enter your master password" (if only one profile exists) or "firefox: please enter your master password for profile p" (if multiple profiles exist) -- You received this bug

[Bug 1452765] Re: library version mismatch results in empty output files

2015-05-26 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
I agree that this is a duplicate of #1450949. Good spotting, thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1452765 Title: library version mismatch results in empty output files To manage no

[Bug 1450949] Re: Wrong JPEG library version: library is 80, caller expects 62

2015-05-26 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Looks like a duplicate was filed at #1452765. That gives an example where this results in data loss (admittedly via a script that could have been more careful). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 1472136] [NEW] shutter emits non-actionable errors on normal invocation

2015-07-07 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: In addition, the warning about gnome-web-photo seems wrong, since taking screenshots works fine for me. jeff@siegfried:~ $ shutter defined(@array) is deprecated at /usr/bin/shutter line 3727. (Maybe you should just omit the defined()?) defined(@array) is deprecated at

[Bug 1452765] [NEW] library version mismatch results in empty output files

2015-05-07 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: jeff@lorax:Pictures $ exiftran -a 20150412-151117-4687.jpg.orig-1430948615 -o 20150412-151117-4687.jpg Wrong JPEG library version: library is 80, caller expects 62 Segmentation fault (core dumped) 139, jeff@lorax:Pictures $ ldd exiftran ldd: ./exiftran: No such file or direct

[Bug 1452771] [NEW] fill-paragraph causes screen jump as if it is calling

2015-05-07 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: fill-paragraph (from fill.el) causes point to recenter alternately to center, top, and bottom of screen, as if recenter-top-bottom (from window.el) is being called. I expect fill-paragraph to be idempotent: if it does nothing, it should leave the window alone (possibly markin

[Bug 1452896] [NEW] notion package suggests non-existant packages

2015-05-07 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: Notion suggests notion-doc and notion-scripts, which are not available for install. jeff@lorax:~ $ apt-cache show notion | grep Suggest Suggests: menu (>= 2.1.9), docker, notion-doc, notion-scripts jeff@lorax:~ $ jeff@lorax:~ $ sudo apt-get install notion-doc notion-scripts

[Bug 1449006] [NEW] Homepage URL has changed

2015-04-27 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: It's now https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp . jeff@siegfried:~ $ curl http://jsoncpp.sourceforge.net/ JsonCpp JsonCpp has moved. Its new home is on GitHub, at https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp";>https://github.com/open-sourc

[Bug 1245040] [NEW] taking chromium-browser full-screen and then not doesn't repaint non-chromium-browser part of screen

2013-10-26 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: Making chromium-browser display full-screen (by hitting F11) and then not (by hitting F11 again) does not repaint the part of the screen that is no longer occupied by chromium-browser. The following events do cause the non-chromium-browser part of the screen to repaint, as lo

[Bug 1245692] [NEW] laptop wakes from sleep with lens displayed

2013-10-28 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: As the title says: on waking from sleep, the screen is blurred and I see the lens input box. I have to hit escape to move on. This is repeatable on my two 13.10 laptops, not on my 13.10 desktop. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: unity 7.1.2+13.10.2013101

Re: [Bug 1188393] Re: gimp fires asserts

2013-09-17 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
more reasonably, it should not (in which case the errors on stderr should not be emitted). I begin to suspect this may not be gimp-specific given the above. Jeff Abrahamson +33 6 24 40 01 57 +44 7920 594 255 http://jeff.purple.com/ http://blog.purple.com/jeff/ On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Thomas

[Bug 69155] Re: Package fails to install .desktop in /usr/share/xsessions

2013-12-21 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
This bug is five years old but continues to be true of the current (13.04) ubuntu release. If this is being tracked elsewhere, can we update here? If not, I've attached the (trivial) file required to add to the ratpoison package. ** Attachment added: "This is the file that is missing from the r

[Bug 1510042] [NEW] linking against -ljsoncpp fails with clang

2015-10-26 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: On updating ubuntu from 15.04 to 15.10, I see changes in how clang resolves references to some libraries. (I think this is not an ubuntu question but rather a clang question and that I've missed some subtlety on how clang has recently changed. I suspect initially that this is

[Bug 1510044] [NEW] default firefox instance not settable by user

2015-10-26 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: When running more than two firefox profiles at once, the "wrong" instance sometimes handles events. More specifically, programs that request a new browser tab or window are handled by firefox's idea of the correct instance. But this may not be the instance I want. Typically

[Bug 1510859] [NEW] linking against -lcrypto++ fails with clang

2015-10-28 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: The following problem compiles with g++ but not with clang++. I would expect both to work. This used to work with ubuntu 15.04 but fails with ubuntu 15.10. Note that the program is not designed to do anything except tickle the library linking bug that I am reporting. #incl

[Bug 1511978] [NEW] clang-format-region assumes transient-mark-mode

2015-10-31 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: >From clang-format-3.5 to clang-format-3.6, the definition of clang- format-region changed in clang-format.el. The old definition was this: (defun clang-format-region () "Use clang-format to format the currently active region." (interactive) (let ((beg (if mark-active

[Bug 1511978] Re: clang-format-region assumes transient-mark-mode

2015-10-31 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
I just found llvm.org/bugzilla, so I also filed the bug there: https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=25365 ** Bug watch added: LLVM #25365 https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=25365 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 985142] Re: horizontal thumb leaves window droppings on vertical scroll

2012-04-18 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
** Attachment added: "zoom on a tree, with window droppings from the horizontal scrollbar thumb" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985142/+attachment/3090819/+files/window-droppings.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 985142] [NEW] horizontal thumb leaves window droppings on vertical scroll

2012-04-18 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: When fully zoomed (1:1), the scrollbar thumbs leave window droppings. For example, scrolling vertically produces images of the horizontal scrollbar. I suspect this is due to ubuntu's (compiz's?) fancy new thumbs, which slightly invade the content area, and the ufraw code thin

[Bug 985834] [NEW] chromium-browser, once told to use emacs key bindings, never forgets

2012-04-19 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: It appears that saying $ gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_key_theme Emacs works correctly (in the sense that it causes chromium-browser to adopt emacs key bindings), but that reversing the action $ gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/interfa

[Bug 985834] Re: chromium-browser, once told to use emacs key bindings, never forgets

2012-04-19 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985834 Title: chromium-browser, once told to use emacs key bindings, never forgets To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 993783] [NEW] unity launcher steals mouse motion on dual-head display

2012-05-03 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: On my dual-head system with screens in left-right juxtaposition, the unity launcher now appears on the left of each screen. Fair enough, it can be configured to hide itself. But it steals mouse movement strongly, so that a rapid mouse move from one screen to the other causes

[Bug 993783] Re: unity launcher steals mouse motion on dual-head display

2012-05-03 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993783 Title: unity launcher steals mouse motion on dual-head display To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s

[Bug 993788] [NEW] keyboard shortcuts doesn't always do what it promises

2012-05-03 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: In System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts, sometimes shortcuts don't take effect. (Perhaps something else is seeing them first?) For example, I set "Show the run command prompt" to Ctrl+Alt+R, but pressing C-A-R doesn't have any noticeable effect. Moreover, there's no obv

[Bug 993788] Re: keyboard shortcuts doesn't always do what it promises

2012-05-03 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993788 Title: keyboard shortcuts doesn't always do what it promises To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sou

[Bug 993791] [NEW] keyboard pref window is not resizeable

2012-05-03 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: System Settings -> Keyboard produces a non-resizeable window, which isn't very nice when viewing the long list of keyboard shortcut. It is certainly consistent with coming from System Settings that the window isn't resizeable, and, indeed, moving among settings panes changes

[Bug 993791] Re: keyboard pref window is not resizeable

2012-05-03 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993791 Title: keyboard pref window is not resizeable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/

[Bug 994731] [NEW] gnumeric workbook opening maximized loses sheet tabs

2012-05-04 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: Repro: Create a new spreadsheet: $ gnumeric & Type "foo" in the first cell, maximize the window, and save as /tmp/foo (so the file is /tmp/foo.gnumeric). Close and quit gnumeric. Open the spreadsheet: $ gnumeric /tmp/foo.gnumeric & It opens maximized, but not qu

[Bug 994731] Re: gnumeric workbook opening maximized loses sheet tabs

2012-05-04 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
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[Bug 1533233] [NEW] machine crashes on suspend

2016-01-12 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: On a Dell Precision M3800, suspend has begun leading to crash. Suspend happens by running /usr/sbin/pm-suspend On resume (either by opening the lid if it was shut else by touching the power button), the fan comes on and the power button lights, but the screen does not activa

[Bug 1538458] [NEW] version is old

2016-01-27 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: The version in ubuntu 15.10 as updated is quite old. The upstream authors note that ubuntu is often behind in their updates. So in addition to updating the package, perhaps communication with upstream would be helpful. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: yo

[Bug 1538458] Re: version is old

2016-01-27 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
The youtube-dl release in 15.10 is 2015.06.04.1. The youtube-dl release upstream is 2016.01.23. Upstream notes that ubuntu doesn't update its packages enough [here](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#readme). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1388519] [NEW] do-release-upgrade failed to calculate update

2014-11-02 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: I ran "sudo do-release-upgrade". It fails with a note saying why it might be failing and listing three reasons, none of which apply. In the case that none apply, it requests I file a bug. Here's output: $ sudo do-release-upgrade Reading cache Checking package manager Read

[Bug 1397586] [NEW] Reading /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state spews into kern.log

2014-11-29 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: Executing $ cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state usually returns one line, like this: state: open But recently it has also started to spew quite a lot of data to kern.log. On this host and this kernel rev, I see 177 lines in the log from this one access. I've attache

[Bug 1397586] Re: Reading /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state spews into kern.log

2014-11-29 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
It is just possible that this bug is related to this other bug, a possible regression in the i915 driver: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2014-May/045519.html The symptoms are similar even if the circumstances are not exactly the same. But since I'm explicitly reading the lid stat

[Bug 1397586] Re: Reading /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state spews into kern.log

2014-11-29 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
I've probably mis-classified this bug in retrospect. The problem is assuredly in the acpi kernel module, not the (not installed) acpi user- space utility. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 1394555] [NEW] apt-cache homepage 404's

2014-11-20 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: The homepage field in the apt-cache description 404's. I strongly suspect the current homepage should be https://github.com/jakobwesthoff/Pdf-Presenter-Console jeff@siegfried:~ $ curl -I http://www.westhoffswelt.de/projects/pdf_presenter_console.html HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

[Bug 1373080] [NEW] sending mail in gmail leaves the sent message text selectede

2014-09-23 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: This is a bit of a touchy bug to report, but since it happens in firefox and not chrome, and since gmail has such weight, it may be easier to consider it a bug in firefox than a bug in gmail. That said, I also don't know a way to report a bug in gmail. And I don't know how to

[Bug 1370861] [NEW] feature request: commandline transient override

2014-09-17 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: Redshift's automatic mode is great, but when I wake up on an Autumn or Winter morning, it would be nice to be able to override redshift and ask for the colorbalance for dawn or day. Of course, I could just kill redshift and restart it later, but I'd like it to come back to ni

[Bug 1370862] [NEW] feature request: fall back on timezone when geolocation unavailable

2014-09-17 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: When I restart my laptop on a train without wifi, redshift restarts, and geolocation fails due to no network connection. But I probably set the system time correctly, which provides at least an approximation of the right thing to do. Alternatively, falling back on my last loca

[Bug 1332911] [NEW] Reading /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state produces an error

2014-06-22 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: Executing this line as a normal user cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state causes a line like this to appear in /var/log/kern.log Jun 22 09:00:28 nantes kernel: [ 1418.308150] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0: Bus check notify on hotplug_event_root ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease:

[Bug 876755] [NEW] package python-pip 0.3.1-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/pip', which is also in package pip 0:0.13-1

2011-10-17 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: was during apt-get install ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: python-pip 0.3.1-1ubuntu2.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-34.77-generic 2.6.32.44+drm33.19 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-34-generic x86_64 AptOrdering: python-setuptools: Install python-pip: In

[Bug 876755] Re: package python-pip 0.3.1-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/pip', which is also in package pip 0:0.13-1

2011-10-17 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876755 Title: package python-pip 0.3.1-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/pip', which is also in package pip 0:0.13-1

[Bug 994731] Re: gnumeric workbook opening maximized loses sheet tabs

2012-06-11 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
This appears to be a window manager bug, not a gnumeric bug, in that I've found other apps with similar behavior (losing the bottom bit of the window when opening maximized). So probably this should be reclassed as compiz. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 985834] Re: chromium-browser, once told to use emacs key bindings, never forgets

2012-06-11 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
This was not, in the end, a chromium-browser problem but a gnome problem. Oddly, gconftool showed the problem fixed when it wasn't. But gnome-tweak-tool showed the key bindings still to be emacs, and changing that back to Default fixed the problem immediately. This is a bug -- it shouldn't be so

[Bug 1012244] [NEW] launches w3m and then complains it can't launch lynx

2012-06-12 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
Public bug reported: On launch (by any means I've tried, e.g., "google contacts list"), the app launches w3m, fetches a bunch of cookies, then finishes by reporting "w3m: can't load lynx". I'm left in w3m, which I quit and find myself back at the shell prompt. Playing directly with the python AP

[Bug 1012244] Re: launches w3m and then complains it can't launch lynx

2012-06-12 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1012244 Title: launches w3m and then complains it can't launch lynx To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sou

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