[Bug 67616] Scroll wheel in MS mouse doesn't work under VMware

2006-10-22 Thread JonM
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox Installed Edgy RC1 as a VM in VMware - host OS is Windows 2000. Mouse is a Microsoft "Wheel Mouse Optical". Scroll wheel doesn't scroll - not in Nautilus, not in Firefox, not in OpenOffice. System does detect wheel mouse *button*, but does not

[Bug 67616] Re: Scroll wheel in MS mouse doesn't work under VMware

2006-10-22 Thread JonM
As I say in the text, this isn't limited to Firefox, but the bug reporting system seemed to require I pick one package, and that's the one it's most bothersome in. Maybe I should have looked for a mouse driver package - sorry for any confusion I may have caused. -- Scroll wheel in MS mouse doesn'

[Bug 67618] Re: OpenOffice doesn't hint fonts in Edgy

2006-10-22 Thread JonM
This screen shot shows just what I am talking about. The fonts in Firefox are crisp and clear. In OpenOffice they are blocky and almost illegible. This has always been an issue in Edgy, it is not an issue in Dapper. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot showing OpenOffice font rendering" http://l

[Bug 67618] OpenOffice doesn't hint fonts in Edgy

2006-10-22 Thread JonM
Public bug reported: Installed Edgy RC 1. Installed msttcorefonts. Under Preferences/Fonts, set various app and window fonts to Arial, Smoothing to None, and Hinting to Slight. (This gives me results in every other app that are equivalent to the sharpness you get in Windows, which I prefer). Th

[Bug 67618] Re: OpenOffice doesn't hint fonts in Edgy

2006-10-22 Thread JonM
By the way, the OpenOffice option to use "screen font antialiasing" (under Tools/Options/OpenOffice.org/View) makes no difference in the font display quality. -- OpenOffice doesn't hint fonts in Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/67618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https

[Bug 79490] Re: Problems with partitioning on Feisty (alternate iso)

2007-03-03 Thread JonM
I'm having a similar issue with Herd 5. In Herd 3, I was able to get the alternate CD partitioner to finally recognize my disks and partitions by getting to a point where I was told there was no root partition (red screen background), going back, and restarting the partitioner. If I did this seve

[Bug 84113] jagged/rough video in DVD playback

2007-02-08 Thread JonM
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: totem-gstreamer Feisty Fawn Herd 3, updated to 2/8/07. ATI Radeon 9550, fglrx driver. Totem 2.17.91/Gstreamer 0.10.11 Playing back rapid action scenes in commercial DVD results in jagged edges around (and within) moving objects (as if the processing of

[Bug 87219] Feisty screen black at boot w/ Beryl 0.2RC1

2007-02-22 Thread JonM
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: beryl-manager Feisty updated as of the morning of Feb 22 (eastern US time), Beryl 0.2.0 RC1. All had been working together very nicely prior to this morning's updates. Symptom: boot, Ubuntu logo with boot progress bar okay, login screen okay, Beryl spl

[Bug 74733] Feisty install under VMware doesn't detect hard disk

2006-12-06 Thread JonM
Public bug reported: Feisty Alpha 1 - tried installing as VMware guest OS (VMware Workstation 5.5.3, Windows host). Feisty CD was ISO image. Install proceeded until the "Detect Disk" step, when no hard disk was detected. No such problem w/ Dapper or Edgy. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Un

[Bug 74733] Re: Feisty install under VMware doesn't detect hard disk

2006-12-06 Thread JonM
Screen shot: ** Attachment added: "Feisty Alpha 1 fails install under VMware" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5285128/Feisty.JPG -- Feisty install under VMware doesn't detect hard disk https://launchpad.net/bugs/74733 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubu

RE: [Bug 54776] Re: [Edgy] font hinting does not work with libfreetype6v. 2.2.1

2007-01-13 Thread JonM
Yes the backport was rejected. I found OOo 2.1 in the .deb format here: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/misc/openoffice/localized/finnish/stable/2.1.0/latest/OOo_2.1 .0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz This installed perfectly in my Edgy, giving me the fix to the fonts issue (turn off antialiasing in

[Bug 462041] Re: Update Manager fails to connect to ubuntu

2009-12-04 Thread JonM
I apologize for not updating my comment sooner. My issue turned out to be a misconfiguration in my firewall. I suspect that others who are experiencing this issue may also have firewall misconfigurations or other network connectivity issues external to the core ubuntu install. -- Update Manager f

[Bug 462041] Re: Update Manager fails to connect to ubuntu

2009-11-17 Thread JonM
I get the exact same errors and have been getting them for over 2 weeks. Can someone please look into this? Thank you! -- Update Manager fails to connect to ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/462041 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 1515333] [NEW] when I open a folder it always displays in icon view: it never remembers the view or window size previously used.

2015-11-11 Thread jonm
Public bug reported: I'm using 15.10, but I upgraded from 12.04 via 14.10 & 15.04 (I think) which both had the same problem. When I open a folder I expect it to remember last time I opened it - whether I was using icon or list view, size of window, and size of font / thumbnail (i.e. how many time