[Bug 140497] Re: Compiz fusion crashes after activating cube effect

2008-12-01 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I had this problem as well using 64-bit Ubuntu on a desktop using an ASUS P5KPL-CM board (Intel GMA3100 integrated graphics). Regarding the state of affairs on Intrepid, there are no problems if the 'cube deformation' is set to either cylinder or sphere; 3D windows work fine. But if you try to use

[Bug 355495] Re: Jaunty: Display doesnt work for ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470

2009-04-24 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Hi all, Not sure this will be entirely helpful (I'm no expert) but this all sounds like the trouble I ran into during the upgrade (I waited for the official release) so here's how things went for me: I was running Intrepid on my desktop, for video I'm using an AMD Firestream 9250 with the fglrx

[Bug 316889] Re: [jaunty] we should have both Amarok 2.x and Amarok 1.4

2009-04-24 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I'd like to add my voice to the disappointment over the Amarok changes - 1.4 was my favourite player, by a long shot - I have a large music collection and the tree view (with genre-artist-album sorting) made things very easy - Rhythmbox, Banshee, etc are very awkward by comparison. I use Gnome

[Bug 217144] Re: libmtp crashes with Segmentation fault

2008-11-05 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Hi, this is a problem I first ran into using Gutsy with libmtp7 and a Philips HDD1630, after upgrading to Intrepid, with libmtp8, I found the same problem is there (mtp-detect segfaults) . After a couple of months of banging my head against the wall the first time around (and a brief period wher

[Bug 563464] Re: Window manager does not load

2010-04-30 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I'm not sure if this is the same/related, but since activating the fglrx drivers on a clean install of 10.04 I do not get window decorations on boot. However if I use the compiz fusion icon to reload compiz, I get window decorations. I installed yesterday from CD and the only config files tha

[Bug 561125] [NEW] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/kernel/softirq.c:143 local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x90()

2010-04-11 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Public bug reported: Crash report appeared almost immediately after reboot after updating to 2.6.32 kernel. ProblemType: KernelOops DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.32-20-generic 2.6.32-20.29 Regression: Yes Reproducible: No ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-20.29-generic 2.

[Bug 561125] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/kernel/softirq.c:143 local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x90()

2010-04-11 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43874786/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43874787/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Card0.Amixer.values.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43874788/Card0.Amixer.valu

[Bug 561125] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/kernel/softirq.c:143 local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x90()

2010-04-11 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Edit: I rebooted to see if the crash happens at reboot, or if it was caused by the first thing I did upon rebooting. The answer appears to be: the first thing I did, which was click on Ubuntu One under preferences. As the preferences dialog grabs my account information from the server, the crash

[Bug 561125] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/kernel/softirq.c:143 local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x90()

2010-04-12 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Re-edit: I don't think Ubuntu One has anything to do with it - it just happened by coincidence as I was opening the program twice in a row! So in fact, this can be reproduced by rebooting, and waiting 60 seconds. -- WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/kernel/softirq.c:143 local_bh_enable_ip+

[Bug 561125] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/kernel/softirq.c:143 local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x90()

2010-04-12 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Update: the same problem is still present after the latest kernel upgrade made available today. -- WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/kernel/softirq.c:143 local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x90() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/561125 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 562026] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/kernel/softirq.c:143 local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x90()

2010-04-14 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I think this is the same as a bug I reported (561125). I get a crash report about 60 seconds after every reboot. I'm also on an eeePC 1005HA. There wasn't any problem until I updated to the -20 kernel, but I tried booting with the -19 kernel and got the same result. -- WARNING: at /build/buil

[Bug 561125] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/kernel/softirq.c:143 local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x90()

2010-04-14 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
The problem persists upon updating to the latest kernel version released with today's updates. @ Joakim: there's a good chance things will be resolved by the time the final release comes out at the end of the month. For now, play with the beta version, do a clean installation with the official

[Bug 561125] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/kernel/softirq.c:143 local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x90()

2010-04-15 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
After installing the mainline kernel from here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/daily/current/ the problem still persists - 60 seconds after boot, the crash appears. I'm not 100% sure but that probably means the needs-upstream-testing tag can be removed - maybe someone else should c

[Bug 561125] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/kernel/softirq.c:143 local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x90()

2010-04-15 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Well, I did manage to get one boot without the warning message showing up, but with the upstream kernel I get about 10 minutes or less before ending up in low graphics mode... so back to the drawing board! -- WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/kernel/softirq.c:143 local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x9

[Bug 557009] Re: empathy crashed with SIGSEGV

2010-04-06 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
** Attachment added: "CoreDump.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43315582/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43315583/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Disassembly.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43315584/Disassembly.txt ** Attachm

[Bug 557009] Re: empathy crashed with SIGSEGV

2010-04-07 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
** Visibility changed to: Private -- empathy crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/557009 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

[Bug 556050] Re: seed crashed with SIGSEGV

2010-04-07 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
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[Bug 556050] Re: seed crashed with SIGSEGV

2010-04-05 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
** Attachment added: "CoreDump.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43195275/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43195276/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Disassembly.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43195277/Disassembly.txt ** Attachm

[Bug 579000] [NEW] Some games icons incorrect in ubuntu-mono-dark icon theme

2010-05-11 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubuntu-mono Some of the icons in the humanity icon set for Ubuntu Lucid seem to have been named incorrectly. The first one I noticed was the icon 'gnome-joystick.svg in /usr/share/icons/Humanity/categories/48. This is the icon assigned to the 'arcade'

[Bug 444607] Re: Authentication dialog freezes after I enter my password

2009-10-16 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Same thing happens for me - this was giving trouble with Update Manager and more recently with Administration>Login Screen. For me, if I type in the password and hit enter, the password field vanishes and the authentication dialog becomes unresponsive. However, if I type in the password and then

[Bug 438335] Re: Boot messages show before xsplash kicks in

2009-10-24 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I think a problem I noticed today is related to this - I'd like to confirm before making a new entry: I've had 9.10 beta running long enough that today it booted with the routine check of the filesystem. This takes place while still at the black screen with the fuzzy Ubuntu logo (which probably

[Bug 438335] Re: Boot messages show before xsplash kicks in

2009-10-24 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Thanks - that report is exactly what I observed; my searches on google this morning failed to turn it up! -- Boot messages show before xsplash kicks in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438335 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 457496] Re: fscking is ugly in usplash

2009-10-24 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Same behaviour occurred for me this morning. It would be nice to have a graphical dialog similar to the one in 9.04. -- fscking is ugly in usplash https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/457496 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 357245] Re: Regression: GFCE Ultra no longer recognizes Logitech Gamepad cross arrows

2009-10-18 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I'm having similar problems with this gamepad since upgrading to 9.10 Beta, in my case with Supertuxkart (much to the annoyance of my girlfriend...) -- Regression: GFCE Ultra no longer recognizes Logitech Gamepad cross arrows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357245 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 426214] Re: FUSE should support PTP, MTP and others

2009-10-19 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Isn't that what mtpfs does? I had it somewhat working on Jaunty with a notoriously uncooperative Philips Gogear 1630 (it's a bit of a pain but hey, it was only $30...) Actually I was somewhat happy to notice that with the update to libmtp 0.3.7 in Karmic, and some other sort of magic that I do

[Bug 466335] Re: broken dependency in karmic: libode0debian1

2009-10-31 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I've noticed this as well - in fact none of the 'balazar' titles are installable. A not-so-good side effect is that a new user trying out the new software center interface for the first time gets met with error messages if they see these games under the Games section and decide that they want to t

[Bug 1751175] [NEW] Rhythmbox does not save metadata for FLAC files

2018-02-22 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Public bug reported: Since upgrading to Ubuntu 17.10, Rhythmbox does not record the metadata entered in the "Extract" interface when converting CDs to FLAC files. (I have not checked to see if the same is true with mp3.) Expected behaviour: I load a CD, and Rhythmbox loads the metadata for the al

[Bug 984141] Re: Status menu not readable using Radiance theme

2012-04-21 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
As it turns out, I can add a screenshot after all, as the issue has resurfaced. I have no idea what is causing this however, because at other times the background is white and I can read it perfectly fine - and I've made no settings changes. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2012-04-21 09:01:4

[Bug 971177] [NEW] When video chat fails on Empathy using Google Talk, pulseaudio becomes unavailable to other applications

2012-04-01 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Public bug reported: Occasionally when someone tries to video-call me via Google Talk and I answer using Empathy the chat fails. (This is probably unrelated to the bug and more to do with Google's chat protocol). I'm filing this against pulseaudio because once this happens, pulseaudio stops res

[Bug 971177] Re: When video chat fails on Empathy using Google Talk, pulseaudio becomes unavailable to other applications

2012-04-01 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971177 Title: When video chat fails on Empathy using Google Talk, pulseaudio becomes unavailable to other applications To manage notifications about t

[Bug 757002] Re: Sound indicator applet does not respond to mouse clicks

2012-04-25 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I haven't encountered a problem since upgrading to Oneiric; I'm currently running both Oneiric and Precise at work and home, respectively. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/757002 Title:

[Bug 654682] Re: package lubuntu-default-settings 0.12 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-10-04 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
** Attachment added: "AptOrdering.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/654682/+attachment/1671660/+files/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/654682/+attachment/1671661/+files/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Df.txt" https://bug

[Bug 654682] [NEW] package lubuntu-default-settings 0.12 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-10-04 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: lubuntu-default-settings Occurred while running the latest updates. I decided to try out Lubuntu at least until I do a fresh install for the final release version, but haven't been using it exclusively. At the time of the crash I was running update mana

[Bug 663794] Re: Evince thumbnailer has high CPU load

2010-12-05 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I've noticed this problem too, but can't say what the specific issue is. When it happeneds on my machine nautilus is open in a directory with 10 or more pdf files (all of which were created with pdflatex) - at some point I notice a lot of activity in the CPU monitor I have running on my bottom pane

[Bug 1341387] [NEW] Opening foodnetwork.ca website crashes xserver

2014-07-13 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Public bug reported: This doesn't occur every single time I try to open the website, but fairly consistently on the first instance after starting the computer. (After one xserver crash it usually works the second time.) I'm using the pipelight plugin to enable the Windows Flash player (since most

[Bug 1341387] Re: Opening foodnetwork.ca website crashes xserver

2015-03-04 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Thanks for the response. To be honest, I'd forgotten about this bug. It was so weird/specific to begin with (only one website ever caused problems). The issue also seems to have disappeared on upgrading to 14.10. It never occurred to me to upgrade the BIOS - the utilities are always Window-spec

[Bug 783228] Re: Run dialog doesn't use $HOME as the pwd by default when specifying files/directories

2013-09-17 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Actually I just gave this a try running 13.04 and noticed the following: With Alt+F2 I can type in a path, and if I hit enter at a folder, Nautilus opens to that folder. If I enter the full path to a file and hit enter, nothing happens - I have to click on a file. However, this is probably a non

[Bug 561125] Re: 168c:002b WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/kernel/softirq.c:143 local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x90() [ath9k]

2013-12-16 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Christopher - I haven't encountered any problems related to this in quite some time; I guess it got resolved at some point and I forgot about it - sorry! If there are any edits you'd like me to apply to the report, please let me know. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 865672] Re: "Adobe Flash Player Settings" dialogue does not respond to mouse clicks

2012-05-08 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
In 10.04 and earlier compiz was enabled by default but could be toggled on and off. You can either hit Alt-F2 and then enter metacity --replace or you can install the compiz fusion icon (this may have been called fusion-icon; it's been a long time since I was on 10.04.) This gives you a little icon

[Bug 984141] [NEW] Status menu not readable using Radiance theme

2012-04-17 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Public bug reported: The drop-down status menu in Empathy (online, away, etc.) is currently being displayed with grey text on a slightly darker grey background, making it impossible to read. If you mouse-over a particular status the text changes to white and it becomes readable, but the menu as a

[Bug 984141] Re: Status menu not readable using Radiance theme

2012-04-17 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984141 Title: Status menu not readable using Radiance theme To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empa

[Bug 984141] Re: Status menu not readable using Radiance theme

2012-04-18 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Hmm... apparently not. After the latest series of updates the background for the status menu is a light grey, almost white, with dark text. Must have been a temporary issue. I'm marking it as invalid since I can't reproduce the issue as of today. ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: New

[Bug 868832] Re: system fails to properly detect hardware at boot

2015-12-20 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
This was so long ago I have no hope of providing further details. It's not an issue with the current release (although I've also long since replaced that hardware). I'll close the bug. ** Changed in: meta-gnome3 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1200829] Re: Regression: Enabling typical bindings in "Desktop-based Viewport Switching" breaks scrollwheel scrolling in some windows with a usb mouse on a laptop

2014-04-07 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
My apologies if the bug tracker is the wrong place to post this, but thank you x1000 for fixing this. I've got desktop-based switching and gtk scrolling both working without patches/ppas for the first time in a long time. Great work! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1341387] Re: Opening foodnetwork.ca website crashes xserver

2014-07-27 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Seems to be a font issue: the crash always happens as the page tries to load objects from fonts.smdg.ca. I considered blocking smdg.ca with NoScript but the site becomes unusable. Could this be a duplicate of Bug #738526? I always get an X crash the first time I load the page after reboot. If it ju

[Bug 1245064] Re: Keyboard Layout Options window is missed in gnome-control-center keyboard

2014-01-05 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Doing a Google search on this issue led me to this report, as well as the following blog post: http://www.humans-enabled.com/2013/10/ubuntu-1310-enable-controlaltbackspace.html The author points out that it's possible to access all of these options from a terminal. (Although it would be nice it

[Bug 1075035] Re: 1002:9452 fglrx graphics broken on upgrade with AMD FireStream 9250

2013-01-23 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Thanks for the update. I gave my FireStream to someone interested in doing some GP-GPU computing and bought an NVIDIA card. I'll let them know although I think they're running CentOS (with an older X version). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 844385] Re: border for 3x3 squares not visible in most standard themes

2011-09-27 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I should add that this game does not display properly in every theme available on a standard Ubuntu install. In some cases the lines and borders do not show up; in one theme numbers that are entered are drawn in white on a white background, in another, numbers in the highlighted square are not vis

[Bug 796897] Re: Context menus don't work properly after keyboard-based workspace navigation in Unity

2011-10-24 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
That's interesting. What exactly do the Ubuntu modifications do anyway - is it just appearance-related? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/796897 Title: Context menus don't work properly

[Bug 822672] Re: The indicators shows a big white square when systray whitelisted

2011-09-12 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
This bug seems to have returned, or else its cousin has arrived on the scene. See the attached screenshot taken while applying updates today. Note: to make sure it was not due to a compiz crash that had occurred, and that it wasn't fixed by the latest updates, I ran apt-get update again, resul

[Bug 760156] Re: plasma-netbook crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall()

2011-09-13 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
No problem - I'm sure this was something that I reported automatically through apport during beta testing; since 11.04 I've stuck with Unity on my netbook since it fits my workflow a lot better. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 822672] Re: The indicators shows a big white square when systray whitelisted

2011-09-13 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Sorry, just one more screenshot, since this one's my favourite - the result at the moment of apt-daemon checking for updates in the background. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot at 2011-09-13 13:36:42.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/822672/+attachment/2399591/+files/Sc

[Bug 828932] Re: can't focus Contact List while a conversation window is open

2011-08-18 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/828932 Title: can't focus Contact List while a conversation window is open To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubun

[Bug 828932] [NEW] can't focus Contact List while a conversation window is open

2011-08-18 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Public bug reported: If I have a conversation window open in Empathy, it is not possible to get the contact list back in focus - even if I move the contact list to another workspace. If I try to use Alt-Tab instead of the mouse, the contact list does not even show up as a selection choice. I c

[Bug 828932] Re: can't focus Contact List while a conversation window is open

2011-08-18 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Correction: this seems to be a Unity bug - similar to how you don't get proper focus in Firefox if you use the keyboard to change workspaces instead of choosing the program from the launcher. So, to reproduce you have to open Empathy and a conversation window, go back to another workspace (eg to c

[Bug 844385] Re: Display problems for gnome-sudoku in every theme installed by default

2011-10-17 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I assume there was a redesign for the move from Gnome 2 to Gnome 3 - but it certainly does not seem well thought-out. I suppose the workaround is to install one of the many other sudoku games available in the Ubuntu repositories! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 844385] Re: Display problems for gnome-sudoku in every theme installed by default

2011-10-19 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Hi Martin, Immediate feedback is: huge improvement! The game is now playable. I don't have time to do a full test now but first impressions are good, and I'll add further comments once I get a chance to test further. FWIW, I think it's great that I can post a design complaint about a relativ

[Bug 865672] [NEW] Adobe flash settings 'allow-deny' dialogue does not respond

2011-10-03 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Public bug reported: Adobe flash player is configured on my system to ask before a website sets a flash cookie, so if a video (eg on youtube) is played, a dialogue box will pop up asking me whether or not to allow the website to store a cookie on my machine. However, nothing happens when I cli

[Bug 865672] Re: Adobe flash settings 'allow-deny' dialogue does not respond

2011-10-03 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/865672 Title: Adobe flash settings 'allow-deny' dialogue does not respond To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubunt

[Bug 860485] Re: bad default setting: suspend after 30min when plugged in

2011-10-03 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I'm getting the suspend issue as well, in spite of setting things to "don't suspend" - surprisingly, it suspended even while playing music - I'd set a playlist to listen to while doing some work away from the computer, and had things come to a halt after 30 minutes. Everything is up to date on

[Bug 864661] Re: Remove empathy notification icon redundancy in Ubuntu 11.10

2011-10-04 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I am also seeing the old legacy notification icon for Empathy, and can find nowhere in the settings to remove it. Of course, you can get rid of the old icon by removing empathy from the systray whitelist using dconf-editor. But for me it's easiest to set that to 'all' because I have a few prog

[Bug 868832] [NEW] system fails to properly detect hardware at boot

2011-10-05 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Public bug reported: Reporting since this has happened twice now - although it does not happen every time. Not sure what's going on so I'm filing under Gnome. At login I will have no sound and the indicator-network icon will indicate that there is no network adapter installed; however, if I open

[Bug 838404] Re: opening existing file with gksu gedit creates untitled document

2011-10-09 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I see. So does that make the official GNOME position "editing system files should be done with nano or similar" or "system files? why would a user want to edit a system file?" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://b

[Bug 646724] Re: not all files show up in files-place

2012-08-06 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I noticed an issue today related to the problem of indexing files to make them searchable in Unity: I have a laptop at work and a desktop at home that are both synced via Ubuntu One. If I decide to reorganise files on one computer, Ubuntu One will execute the same reorganisation on the other com

[Bug 838739] Re: Wrong colors and lines with resolutions above 640x480

2012-01-12 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Juan, did you also replace v4l-utils with the i386 version? I've got the latest packages from the libv4l ppa installed, and the partner version of skype and still can't resolve the issue. Is anyone else still having problems? I tried purging skype and reinstalling, but no luck. -- You received th

[Bug 838739] Re: Wrong colors and lines with resolutions above 640x480

2012-01-13 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I have all the i386 libraries from the ppa installed, along with skype:i386 from the partner repository. (Of course via synaptic; I still don't like using the Software Centre). I even tried replacing v4l-utils with the i386 version. I'm running skype with LD_PRELOAD and always with the same res

[Bug 896762] Re: Switching viewports with ctrl-alt-(left/right/up/down) does not give the highest window on the target viewport focus

2012-01-31 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I think this bug was also responsible for Bug #872207 (aka the most annoying bug in Unity for a number of users!) Since upgrading I haven't been able to cause the problem described in this bug. I'll keep testing, since the problem doesn't occur on every workplace switch, but it usually happens e

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2012-01-31 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Hey folks, Take a look at Bug #896762 and see if that resolves things for you. It sounds plausible enough and since I've updated I haven't had problems. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/87

[Bug 864661] Re: Remove empathy notification icon redundancy in Ubuntu 11.10

2011-12-15 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
No, the issue is that Empathy notifications are now built into the indicator-applet (the envelope icon), but if you allow 'all' in the system tray, you get an additional panel icon for Empathy, the legacy icon that existed prior to Ubuntu's new notification system. I'm no longer dealing with thi

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2011-11-23 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
This has been a problem since Natty. I reported it in Bug #796897 which has just been marked as a duplicate of this one. As mentioned above it's some kind of issue with how compiz is giving focus to windows. (Some things are better in Oneiric - for example, in Natty I used to have the problem th

[Bug 1168595] Re: HAL no longer works for watching protected flash content in 13.04

2013-04-28 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
No luck here either, and I'm really puzzled as to what the problem is. The version of hal I was running in 12.10 before upgrading is the same as the one that installed with 13.04, and my flash version is the same, too. (There was an earlier problem with a security update for flash breaking thing

[Bug 1095962] Re: Empathy GUI does not start

2013-05-11 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I'm also seeing this. I've always used empathy -h in my startup applications so I'd be signed in in the background - I'd forget to sign in otherwise, but I also didn't want it popping up every time I signed in. In the past it would sign you in and then you could get the contacts list to pop up by c

[Bug 1075035] Re: 1002:9452 fglrx graphics broken on upgrade with AMD FireStream 9250

2012-11-07 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I could, but probably not until the weekend - I'll need time to do a 12.04 install on this machine (my home computer) and I've got a really busy week at work. (My work computer still has 12.04 - I need a graphics program that depends on qt3 - but no AMD graphics.) -- You received this bug notific

[Bug 1075035] Re: 1002:9452 fglrx graphics broken on upgrade with AMD FireStream 9250

2012-11-11 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I've installed 12.04, updated it, and tried installing the 12.11 beta driver form the link in #6. In case I did something wrong, here are my steps: 1. Download and extract the file. 2 In the directory of the extracted file, I ran sudo sh file.run The installer program came up, but it only return

[Bug 1075035] Re: 1002:9452 fglrx graphics broken on upgrade with AMD FireStream 9250

2012-11-12 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Christopher: installing fglrx-updates has the same effect. Graphics are completely shot on rebooting, and I'm unable to run aticonfig --initial or amdconfig --initial successfully as before. I'm sticking with the open source drivers for now and am looking at swapping out this card for a supporte

[Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 cards in Quantal

2012-11-12 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I have failure with both fglrx and fglrx-updates in 12.10, and the 12.11 beta driver fails to install in 12.04. (Although the latter may be because I'm doing something wrong, as I noted in bug 1075035.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscr

[Bug 1075035] Re: 1002:9452 fglrx graphics broken on upgrade with AMD FireStream 9250

2012-11-13 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Christopher, is there anything further you might need me to check? I am planning to apply a "workaround" this week of a GeForce 650 I got a good deal on :-) I'll hold off on swapping the cards in case you need me to follow up on anything. I'm not using the Firestream for any GP-GPU computing or a

[Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards in Quantal

2012-11-04 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I can add the AMD Firestream 9250 to the list of affected video cards - just upgraded and I've got the same problems as everyone else in this report. I'll try the open source drivers until I can get enough of a working desktop to investigate further. (I'm having trouble even viewing a website on fi

[Bug 1075035] [NEW] 1002:9452 fglrx graphics broken on upgrade with AMD FireStream 9250

2012-11-04 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Public bug reported: I upgraded my desktop at home to 12.10 today, and wound up with complete failure of graphics: compiz would not work and hence Unity would not start - I had only a desktop and a terminal (accessed via Ctrl-Alt-T). Screen resolution was very poor (and used only 75% of the scr

[Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards in Quantal

2012-11-04 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Sorry for the mix-up. The problem sounded identical to mine, and I was limited in my abilities to search around since my screen resolution was shot to the point that firefox was too wide to fit on the screen. I've added a new bug and subscribed you as suggested. -- You received this bug notificat

[Bug 1075035] Re: 1002:9452 fglrx graphics broken on upgrade with AMD FireStream 9250

2012-11-04 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I tried the workaround, but ran into some problems: - in step 5, the command apt-get -y reinstall was not recognised. The "reinstall" seems to be the wrong code. I couldn't recall what the correct command was, so I did this step via synaptic. - step 6 failed because there was no package "fglrx-

[Bug 1075035] Re: 1002:9452 fglrx graphics broken on upgrade with AMD FireStream 9250

2012-11-05 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I'll try to find some time to give this a try tonight - I've got 500 students waiting to get midterms from me today so I'll be a bit busy! In case it's any help, here are the lines I get from lspci related to the Firestream card: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee

[Bug 1006824] Re: Default internet search engine is Microsoft's Bing

2012-07-06 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
This is also the case if you use the search bar within Thunderbird - it offers to search within your messages but also on Bing. I guess they got a bag of cash from MSFT? I can't find anywhere to change it in the preferences. I tried poking around in the Config editor; there were two strings referri

[Bug 822371] [NEW] Lightsoff does not display properly with ATI graphics

2011-08-07 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Public bug reported: This game works perfectly on my ASUS netbook, but is a mess on my desktop, which has an ATI graphics card (fglrx driver). When first opened, I usually can't make out the game board. (The appearance is different each time). If I open the preferences, and check - and then unc

[Bug 822371] Re: Lightsoff does not display properly with ATI graphics

2011-08-07 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/822371 Title: Lightsoff does not display properly with ATI graphics To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sou

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2012-03-06 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Other programs affected by this (or a similar) issue are editors like Kile and TexMaker for LaTeX. I've noticed this with both programs: maximize the window, use Ctrl-Alt-Arrows to navigate away (perhaps to look something up) and then return. The window won't be properly focused, meaning that it

[Bug 756901] Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in std::vector::Interface, std::allocator::Interface> >::_M_insert_aux()

2012-02-22 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Yeah, livecd and VirtualBox are both options, but I find that going that route is fine for testing but doesn't work so well as far as getting my usual work done. So I upgrade once it hits beta, stick to business as usual, and report any bugs that come up as I try to carry out my usual tasks. -- Y

[Bug 896762] Re: Switching viewports with ctrl-alt-(left/right/up/down) does not give the highest window on the target viewport focus

2012-02-01 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Spoke too soon. :-( Things behaved well last evening, but today I'm back to the same trouble as before with #872027. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/896762 Title: Switching viewports

[Bug 872207] Re: When Firefox is running in Unity, drop-down menus sometime close when opened

2012-02-01 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Yeah, it was too good to be true, I guess. Things seemed better for a few hours but today I'm experiencing the same problems as before. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872207 Title: Wh

[Bug 756901] Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in std::vector::Interface, std::allocator::Interface> >::_M_insert_aux()

2012-02-19 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
As I recall, this was a compiz crash while changing settings in ccsm, during beta testing of 11.04 - so the crash report was generated automatically by the system. Right now I'm running 11.10, so apport does not show any crashes when they occur. However, compiz is overall more stable. It's still

[Bug 756901] Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in std::vector::Interface, std::allocator::Interface> >::_M_insert_aux()

2012-02-21 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
The segfault in ccsm occurs with the current version in 11.10, but I would not be surprised if it's already fixed in 12.04. I don't have the time at the moment for alpha testing but once 12.04 hits beta I'll upgrade my home computer and see if I can reproduce the bug. (I do some work at home so

[Bug 520773] Re: WORKGROUP domain entry box not shown in Kubuntu "add network folder" dialog for samba shares

2012-03-20 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
I'm no longer running KDE (turns out I like Unity...) and I don't have a Windows network to deal with any more. But it sounds like this would solve the printer issue. However there would still the issue of accessing the so-called "M: drive". -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 838739] Re: Wrong colors and lines with resolutions above 640x480

2011-11-06 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
This isn't strictly a Cheese bug as I have the same problems using the google talk plugin in firefox: black and white image with red artifacts off to the side. However, I just installed Cheese and noted the same problems occur there as well. I'm using a Logitech Quick Cam. -- You received this bu

[Bug 845436] Re: Missing new email notifications in oneiric

2011-11-08 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Initially the problem for me was that the 'show an alert' button wasn't checked. (Because previously a separate add-on was providing Ubuntu notification.) Things worked all right for a bit, but now I don't always get the notification bubble, even though the button is still checked. -- You receive

[Bug 838577] Re: GNOME Shell display problems with FGLRX

2011-11-08 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Hi Bryce, I stopped trying to use gnome shell not long after reporting the bug; partly because it just wasn't working, but mostly because I've been happy with Unity and haven't felt the urge to play with other desktops lately. However, there are plenty of comments from people other than myself, s

[Bug 844385] [NEW] border for 3x3 squares not visible in most standard themes

2011-09-07 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Public bug reported: This is not so much a bug as a design problem in the latest version of gnome-sudoku, but it leads to serious playability issues. Since 3x3 squares are relevant to game play, there is typically a darker border around those squares as compared to the individual squares. The on

[Bug 844385] Re: border for 3x3 squares not visible in most standard themes

2011-09-07 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/844385 Title: border for 3x3 squares not visible in most standard themes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu

[Bug 839838] Re: Unity session results in no desktop and 100% cpu for compiz

2011-09-09 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 839200 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/839200 Hi Omer, Things are back up and running after the latest updates. Looking at the changelog for Unity, I think this was almost certainly a case of Bug #839200 - now that I think of it, I did resize the dash

[Bug 626016] Re: Swell Foop game does not work

2011-09-10 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
The patch wasn't mine! I think it came from upstream and was posted here by Jonathan. Although, this may all be moot, since in 11.10 testing it looks like both swell-foop and lightsoff have been pulled from the gnome-games package - in fact they're gone from the repositories altogether. So perha

[Bug 838577] Re: Unity panel appears under gnome shell panel

2011-09-10 Thread Sean Fitzpatrick
Hi Jeremy, I've checked that everything is up-to-date, and I'm showing version 3.1.90.1-0ubuntu4 for GNOME Shell. Is there a PPA version I should be using? In any case, it's still broken for me with the fglrx drivers. Here's a screenshot: ** Attachment added: "Screenshot at 2011-09-10 21:22:

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