[Bug 500945] Re: wrap text automatically causes sub-optimal col widths

2009-12-28 Thread jimav
Sigh. The problem I thought I saw was that if wrapping is enabled in only some cells in a column, then Optimal Col Width doesn't use the widest non-wrapped cell to set the width. But oo does to do that. This bug report was a mistake. I'll try to close it. ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu)

[Bug 455810] [NEW] TIFF files -> SemWeb.ParserException: rdf:RDF cannot be used as a property name.

2009-10-19 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: beagle Suspicious exceptions are being written to .beagle/Log/*IndexHelperExceptions, possibly related to indexing TIFF files, and also a NullReferenceException. These occurred after I ran the following to clean out all old state: beagle-shutdown

[Bug 455810] Re: TIFF files -> SemWeb.ParserException: rdf:RDF cannot be used as a property name.

2009-10-19 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "current-IndexHelperExceptions" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33976130/current-IndexHelperExceptions ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33976131/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/339

[Bug 455810] Re: TIFF files -> SemWeb.ParserException: rdf:RDF cannot be used as a property name.

2009-10-19 Thread jimav
Attaching the IndexHelper Log file ** Attachment added: "current-IndexHelper" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33976284/current-IndexHelper -- TIFF files -> SemWeb.ParserException: rdf:RDF cannot be used as a property name. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/455810 You received this bug notificatio

[Bug 455810] Re: TIFF files -> SemWeb.ParserException: rdf:RDF cannot be used as a property name.

2009-10-19 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "current-Beagle" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33976351/current-Beagle -- TIFF files -> SemWeb.ParserException: rdf:RDF cannot be used as a property name. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/455810 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 455810] Re: TIFF files -> SemWeb.ParserException: rdf:RDF cannot be used as a property name.

2009-10-19 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Files in .beagle/config/" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33977523/config.zip -- TIFF files -> SemWeb.ParserException: rdf:RDF cannot be used as a property name. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/455810 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 455884] [NEW] beagle package should modify fs.inotify.max_user_watches in /etc/sysctl.conf

2009-10-19 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: beagle The need for Beagle users to increase the kernel's inotify watch limit has been discussed in many places. However, it is not really reasonable to ask ordinary users to edit /etc/sysctl.conf just because they use Beagle. Especially because current

[Bug 455884] Re: beagle package should modify fs.inotify.max_user_watches in /etc/sysctl.conf

2009-10-19 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33980896/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33980897/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33980898/ProcStatus.txt -- beagle

[Bug 465309] [NEW] regular expression ^ by itself does not work

2009-10-30 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org In Find&Replace, a regular expression of "^" (without the quotes) never matches anything. It should match the front of every line. For example, if you want to comment out a block of code in the Basic macro editor, it should be possible

[Bug 465309] Re: regular expression ^ by itself does not work

2009-10-30 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34711591/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34711594/XsessionErrors.txt -- regular expression ^ by itself does not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465309 You re

[Bug 465323] [NEW] $1 etc. do not work in Replace of Find & Replace

2009-10-30 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org In Find & Replace, the use of (...) in the Find expression is supposed to create a reference which can be used in the Replace expression via $1 ($2 for the second (...) etc.). At least that is how I read the OO docs on Regular Expressions

[Bug 465323] Re: $1 etc. do not work in Replace of Find & Replace

2009-10-30 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34712055/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34712057/XsessionErrors.txt -- $1 etc. do not work in Replace of Find & Replace https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465323 Yo

Re: [Bug 465323] Re: $1 etc. do not work in Replace of Find & Replace

2009-10-30 Thread jimav
Yes, I'm pretty sure Regular Expression was checked. The example I gave in the bug report is a real example. Does the example work for you?If so, then there must be some other state setting somewhere which affects this. The reason I'm sure Regular Expression was checked is that the "(...)" in

[Bug 465323] Re: $1 etc. do not work in Replace of Find & Replace

2009-10-31 Thread jimav
Hmm, since others can not repo this, I suspect I'm doing something slightly different than they are (or perhaps I'm completely mis- understanding how Find & Replace are supposed to work). So here is an extremely explicit test procedure. I will attach screen shots showing the OO windows before and

[Bug 465323] Re: $1 etc. do not work in Replace of Find & Replace

2009-10-31 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Screen shot before clicking "Replace All" showing selection" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34753357/FindReplBefore.png -- $1 etc. do not work in Replace of Find & Replace https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465323 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1881423] Re: error channel closing too late to send/recv

2020-11-23 Thread jimav
This is a problem because the errors also spew to the terminal -- corrupting whatever the user is doing now in the terminal. Firefox is started with a terminal if the user runs (possibly indirectly through a script) something which uses xdg-open, for example, on a file when firefox is the handler

[Bug 1937119] [NEW] apt-add-repository --remove -S ... also deletes other components

2021-07-21 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: apt-add-repository --remove -S deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute xyzzx wrongly disables *every* component, not just xyzzx. This happens because the entire existing line is commented out in /etc/apt/sources.list rather than just editing out the deleted compone

[Bug 1937958] [NEW] gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: I wanted to report a gnome-shell bug with a backtrace, so tried to use the instructions in    https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Debugging which say to do the following in a separate VT:   gnome_session=$(pgrep -u $USER gnome-session)   eval export $(sed 's/\o000/\n

[Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
Correction in the last paragraph: The segfault was in gnome-shell, not gnome-session, IIRC ** Description changed: I wanted to report a gnome-shell bug with a backtrace, so tried to use the instructions in -https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Debugging +    https://wiki.gnome.or

[Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
** Description changed: I wanted to report a gnome-shell bug with a backtrace, so tried to use the instructions in    https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Debugging - which say to do the following in a separate VT: + which say to do the following in an ssh login or separate VT:

[Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Extrqact from /var/log/syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1937958/+attachment/5513619/+files/ex_syslog.txt ** Attachment removed: "typescript-processed" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1937958/+attachment/5513

[Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-25 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "typescript-processed_v2" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1937958/+attachment/5513620/+files/typescript-processed_v2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launc

[Bug 1937958] Re: gnome-shell gdb instructions cause immediate "Oh no" crash

2021-07-27 Thread jimav
@vanvugt - No recent crash file was created in /var/crash, and neither at https://errors.ubuntu.com/user/ I re-ran the test using ssh and this time many "St-CRITICAL" warnings were written to the terminal, including this one surely indicates something bad: Object Gio.DBusProxy (0x57d0fa70)

[Bug 1908333] [NEW] Ubuntu's groff ignores TZ (but upstream works)

2020-12-15 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS groff's date & time (visible in variable \n[hours] for example) are always in UTC, not the local time. The TZ environment variable is ignored. The upstream version doesn't have this bug; it honors TZ as it should. I downloaded and built from upstream sour

[Bug 1908333] Re: Ubuntu's groff ignores TZ (but upstream works)

2020-12-15 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Demo script as a separate attachment" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/groff/+bug/1908333/+attachment/5444012/+files/groff_date_test.sh -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.lau

[Bug 1908333] Re: Ubuntu's groff ignores TZ (but upstream works)

2020-12-15 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Demo script as a separate attachment" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/groff/+bug/1908333/+attachment/5444013/+files/groff_date_test.sh ** Attachment removed: "Demo script as a separate attachment" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/groff/+bug/1908333/

[Bug 1908333] Re: Ubuntu's groff ignores TZ (but upstream works)

2020-12-16 Thread jimav
> Subject: Always use UTC times for display @Jouni - do you have a link to the bug or discussion which made this change? It preposterous to break applications so they ignore TZ as a solution for a problematic build system. A build system could simply run everything with TZ=UTC, which would make

[Bug 1908333] Re: Ubuntu's groff ignores TZ (but upstream works)

2020-12-16 Thread jimav
Debian's choice to permanently make groff ignore TZ is obviously wrong (and unnecessary bc builds could set TZ=UTC if desired). What is the best way to get Debian to look at this? I guess I mean file a bug with Debian. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 1248328] Re: Printing emails shows no body text; works only printing to .ps file

2018-09-08 Thread jimav
This is no longer a problem using TB 57.0b2 (64-bit) and Ubuntu 18.04 ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1248328 Title

[Bug 1738144] [NEW] Monitor locked to low-res when using EFI/Secure Boot on Coffee Lake

2017-12-14 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Booting with EFI, as opposed to legacy BIOS booting, somehow prevents detecting the resolutions supported by a VESA-compliant monitor; instead a single low resolution mode is used, and no other choices are available in the "Displays" setting dialog. At least that's what happe

[Bug 1738307] Re: Can not move icons in dash

2017-12-14 Thread jimav
Now this is strange. I used Settings->Dock to fiddle with the doc, changing it's size and moving it to the bottom and back to the left side (no net change). Lo and behold, miving the icons now works! So maybe this is a one-time glitch. I upgraded, so there is Unity cruft in my environment. ->

[Bug 1738307] [NEW] Can not move icons in dash

2017-12-14 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The icons in the new 17.10 dash side-bar can not be re-arranged. You can left-click and drag them sideways and then vertically to a new position, but when you un-click the icon snaps back to it's original position. In Ubuntu 11.10 this apparently worked in gnome-shell: There

[Bug 1738673] Re: deluser --backup fails because tar --no-unquote option should be used

2017-12-17 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "Demo/regression-test script" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/adduser/+bug/1738673/+attachment/5023900/+files/deluser_backup_test.sh -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Bug 1738673] [NEW] deluser --backup fails because tar --no-unquote option should be used

2017-12-17 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: deluser --backup --remove-home (or --remove-all-files) USER aborts if it encounters certain file names, for example the ubiquitous 'C:\nppdf32Log\debuglog.txt' left in Linux home directories by Firefox. The root cause is that 'tar' helpfully "interprets escape sequences" in i

[Bug 1738889] [NEW] Hang after "Reboot now" button pressed

2017-12-18 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The install system hangs after every install, after the user clicks the "Reboot Now" button. The desktop disappears and "Ubuntu 17.10" in white typeface appears, but then nothing. The system must be reset to regain control (the installed system then works). I'll attach a s

[Bug 1738889] Re: Hang after "Reboot now" button pressed

2017-12-18 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "screen-shot at the hang" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1738889/+attachment/5024340/+files/hangscreen.png ** Attachment removed: "UbiquitySyslog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1738889/+attachment/5024339/+files/Ub

[Bug 1738889] Re: Hang after "Reboot now" button pressed

2017-12-19 Thread jimav
It's MULTI-PROCESSOR related. I realized that I had always had multiple CPUs (doing a bare-metal install or in a VM with multiple CPUs enabled). I tried again with a completely-defaulted Virtualbox VM -- only one CPU and 1GB of ram: and the bug DID NOT HAPPEN. REVISED STEPS TO REPRODUCE: 1. Crea

[Bug 1738889] Re: Hang with >1 CPU after "Restart now" button pressed

2017-12-19 Thread jimav
** Summary changed: - Hang after "Restart now" button pressed + Hang with >1 CPU after "Restart now" button pressed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1738889 Title: Hang with >1 CPU aft

[Bug 1739468] [NEW] Repeated [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Item :1.51/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload is already registered

2017-12-20 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The following message is continuously logged to /var/log/syslog (every few seconds): Dec 20 10:29:26 lxjima gnome-shell[13730]: [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Attempting to re-register :1.51/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload; resetting instead Dec 20 10:29:26 lxjima gnome-

[Bug 1771434] [NEW] Log Out/login does not recognize new supplementary group; Hangs after repeated Log Out/login cycles

2018-05-15 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: If a supplementary group is added to a user who is currently logged in to a graphical session, then strange breakage occurs: Problem #1: If the changed user logs out and then logs in again,   their processes still do not have the new group membership.   It seems necessary to

[Bug 1771466] [NEW] Super+D wrongly leaves windows minimized if a new window appears while in "hiding" state

2018-05-15 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Toggling Super+D hides or un-hides all windows so you can access icons on the desktop. But this breaks if a new window appears while the windows are hidden: They become PERMANENTLY hidden, i.e. Super+D does not restore them. They seem to be "minimized" -- you have to individu

[Bug 1771466] Re: Super+D wrongly leaves windows minimized if a new window appears while in "hiding" state

2018-05-16 Thread jimav
Upstream bug is https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/282 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771466 Title: Super+D wrongly leaves windows minimized if a new window appears

[Bug 1756147] [NEW] Error/warning on terminal when clicking "Privacy" tab

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Many error/warning messages are written to the terminal (stdout and/or stderr) when operating gnome-control-center. For example, clicking the "Privacy" category tab produces this: (gnome-control-center:11277): privacy-cc-panel-WARNING **: 10:27:13.217: Failed fetch permissio

[Bug 1756147] ProcEnviron.txt

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcEnviron.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756147/+attachment/5080891/+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/1756147

[Bug 1756147] JournalErrors.txt

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
apport information ** Attachment added: "JournalErrors.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756147/+attachment/5080889/+files/JournalErrors.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17561

[Bug 1756147] ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756147/+attachment/5080890/+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 1756147] Re: Error/warning on terminal when clicking "Privacy" tab

2018-03-15 Thread jimav
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected artful third-party-packages ** Description changed: Many error/warning messages are written to the terminal (stdout and/or stderr) when operating gnome-control-center. For example, clicking the "Privacy" category tab produces this: -

[Bug 1915362] [NEW] unoconv aborts if output file is in /tmp and named "out.xlsx"

2021-02-10 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: This is hard to believe, so I'm reluctant to submit this. But here it is: If the effective output file path is "/tmp/out.xlsx" then unoconv aborts with an exception, but no abort occurs if a different file name or different directory is used (and yes, I checked that the file

[Bug 1915362] Re: unoconv aborts if output file is in /tmp and named "out.xlsx"

2021-02-10 Thread jimav
** Description changed: This is hard to believe, so I'm reluctant to submit this. But here it is: - If the effective output file path is "/tmp/out.xlsx" then unoconv aborts - with an exception, but no abort occurs if a different file name or - different directory is used (and yes, I checke

[Bug 1837974] Re: Toggle-maximize-vertically/horiz fully maximzes (REGRESSION)

2020-08-12 Thread jimav
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1698083 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1698083 Something is strange here: That upstream bug is 5+ years old, yet this problem appeared in Ubuntu at most 3 years ago (vertical resize worked in Ubuntu 18.10) -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1871260] [NEW] update-initramfs Error 24 (EMFILE? == Too many open files?)

2020-04-06 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Fails with: Setting up linux-image-5.3.0-46-generic (5.3.0-46.38) ... Processing triggers for linux-image-5.3.0-46-generic (5.3.0-46.38) ... /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms: * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.3.0-46-generic ...

[Bug 1886354] Re: Software app (gnome-software) Explore always hangs

2020-07-05 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "syslog.txt -- logged during gnome-software" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1886354/+attachment/5390007/+files/syslog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 1886354] [NEW] Software app (gnome-software) Explore always hangs

2020-07-05 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The Explore tab of the "Software" app seems to be completely non- functional. It shows an initial screen with "Editors Picks", etc. but if you do any search or click one of the Categories, a blank screen appears with a forever-spinning indicator. The following error is writt

[Bug 1886354] Re: Software app (gnome-software) Explore always hangs

2020-07-05 Thread jimav
I tried "sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-software" in case something was lost when upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04. Afterwards when I ran gnome-software, it said '"GNOME Software" needs to be restarted to use new plugins' but when I clicked "Restart Now", it hung. This time syslog had these lin

[Bug 1814613] Re: qmlscene -style material file.qml says "QApplication: invalid style override passed"

2019-02-13 Thread jimav
Upstream bug: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-73818 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814613 Title: qmlscene -style material file.qml says "QApplication: invalid style override

[Bug 1816255] Re: Default sidebar icon screws up size of all icons

2019-02-16 Thread jimav
** Attachment added: "before.png (showing icons as they were before)" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/1816255/+attachment/5239166/+files/before.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 1816255] Re: Default sidebar icon screws up size of all icons

2019-02-16 Thread jimav
Oh, nevermind. The problem is too many icons to fit vertically; I was expecting the task bar to scroll/overlap like it used to do in Unity. Now it just shrinks everything ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 1816255] [NEW] Default sidebar icon screws up size of all icons

2019-02-16 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 18.04.1, gnome/X11 session. All the icons in the activities panel (the left side-bar) are shrunk if an app is run which does not specify an icon. Perhaps the default icon is too large, or otherwise lacking in a way which causes the entire side-bar to be re-scaled, shri

Re: [Bug 1814839] Re: keystrokes go to wrong window immediately after moving mouse to change window focus

2019-02-18 Thread jimav
Daniel van Vugt wrote: > Are you able to try Ubuntu 19.04 and tell us if the same problem happens > there? Yes I can download and install Ubuntu 19.04 in a virtual machine.  But before you ask me to go to all that work, have you tried the test yourself given in the bug ("STEPS TO REPRODUCE")? D

[Bug 1814839] Re: "Sloppy" or "Focus on Hover" window focus is slow to respond, some keystrokes go to the wrong (old) window

2019-02-19 Thread jimav
Okay. Upstream bug is https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues/469 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814839 Title: "Sloppy" or "Focus on Hover" window focus is slow to respond, som

[Bug 1818573] [NEW] sound-juicer can not read 2nd CD: device_changed_cb: code should not be reached

2019-03-04 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: After successfully Extracting tracks from a music CD with auto-eject, this appears: ** (sound-juicer:19604): WARNING **: 14:15:59.588: (src/sj- prefs.c:299):device_changed_cb: code should not be reached Thereafter, sound-juicer can not read another CD. It is necessary to q

[Bug 1834981] [NEW] scan area does not match preview selection

2019-07-01 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Using Brother MFC-9340CDW to scan. After selecting a region in the Preview window, "Scan" scans the wrong area. The scanned area is "kind of" related to the selcted area, but off significantly. The scan includes extra area to the upper left, and truncates ares from the low

[Bug 1834981] Re: scan area does not match preview selection

2019-07-01 Thread jimav
STEPS TO REPRODUCE: 1. Install brother MFC-9340CDW :-) 2. Put newsprint or similar on flat bed. 3. Start xsane. In preview window, select +zoom and click somewhere to zoom in. Then right-click to stop zoom function, and left-click-drag to select a small scan area (about 1x1 inches) 4. Click

[Bug 1098358] Re: Close-Other-Tabs warns even if "warning if closing multiple tabs" is disabled

2018-08-22 Thread jimav
The problem no longer exists (checked with Firefox 61.0.1) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1098358 Title: Close-Other-Tabs warns even if "warning if closing multiple tabs" is disable

[Bug 1102282] Re: Image OMITTED from pdf printed with lpr (works with acroread)

2018-08-10 Thread jimav
I no longer have a postscript printer, so don't know if this is still a problem. Since nobody else reported this, I guess it's best to close as invalid. ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 1306288] Re: Ubuntu Firefox does not allow using system default email program

2018-07-10 Thread jimav
Problem is gone now (Firefox 61.0). ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1306288 Title: Ubuntu Firefox does not allow u

[Bug 1258597] Re: Warning: Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set is no longer supported.

2018-03-04 Thread jimav
I fixed the problem, but every time I do an update (and grub is updated), it asks me if it can install the "package maintainer's version". If I say yes, then this warning occurs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:/

[Bug 1401207] Re: No 'Select-by-word characters' property

2017-04-30 Thread jimav
Ok, I'll say it very explicitly: Please bring back explicit setting WITH GUI SUPPORT. Users should not have to hack around with dcomf for something like this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 1740214] [NEW] Ubuntu patch to perl causes problem

2017-12-26 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu patched perl to work around a libc compatibility issue, but there is a problem. Please see the perl bug report at https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132631 Here is an excerpt from the linked-to perl bug: ...the relevant Ubuntu change: http://deriv

[Bug 1710751] [NEW] bamfdaemon polling every 3 ms

2017-08-14 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: bamfdaemon has some odd behavior (possibly indicating a design bug) which causes it to wake up every 3 milliseconds and attempt four non- blocking reads on the same socket. This occurs in an otherwise idle system. Most likely the code uses a short-cut or work-around for a de

[Bug 1710751] Re: bamfdaemon polling every 3 ms

2017-08-15 Thread jimav
Oh never mind. Some process is sending it a continuous stream of messages, so of course it is waking up all the time... ** Changed in: bamf (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:

[Bug 1720019] [NEW] org.PulseAudio1 was not provided by any .service files

2017-09-27 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Whenever a program starts which uses audio many errors appear in syslog like these: indicator-sound[1922]: message repeated 15 times: [ volume-control- pulse.vala:735: unable to get pulse unix socket: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.PulseAu

[Bug 1743154] [NEW] sane-dll (5) man page missing

2018-01-13 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: In Ubuntu 17.10, with packages "sane" and "libsane1" installed, man sane-dll man 5 sane-dll say "No manual entry for sane-dll". This man page is the SEE ALSO list in the sane(7) man page and mentioned on the Internet. Note: When trying to install libsane, apt-get s

[Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-06 Thread jimav
I'm attaching a pdf which displays the symptoms described in comment #7 when using the "lpr" command. lpr -P googlemap.pdf # printer light flashes busy, then nothing happens lpr -P googlemap.pdf # works. fast. lpr -Pgooglemap.pdf # works. fast. ** Attachment added

[Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-07 Thread jimav
The CUPS error_log file was empty. I captured data sent to the printer (file attached). If I submit this postscript file as an original print job, the same symptoms occur -- the printer light flashes for a while and then the printer returns to idle without printing anything. The captured postscr

[Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-07 Thread jimav
Yes, setting LanguageLevel: "2" fixed the problem! And the image printed very quickly. Thank you so much for fixing the original speed problem. I'm guessing the PS level 3 mis-config was there all along, but can't easily confirm that. Shall I file a separate bugrep on the Postscript level pro

[Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-07 Thread jimav
I'm really sorry, my previous post comment #13) was a mistake. The problem is not fixed after all, and with the .ppd file changed to have LanguageLevel: "2" the driver still generates a PS Level 3 data for the printer (I think I used the wrong queue name before and unintentionally used a pcl drive

[Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-08 Thread jimav
Now printing the googlemap.pdf test file causes an "out of memory" error on the printer after 20-30 seconds. That's an improvement over just silently doing nothing at all, I guess. This is after doing: lpadmin -p HP3030_Postscript -o pdftops-renderer-default=pdftops # the real printer queue

[Bug 1095498] Re: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow

2013-11-08 Thread jimav
The %!PS-Adobe-3.0 is probably correct. It refers to the *Document Structuring Convention* version, not the Postscript languageLevel assumed by the script within. DSC 3.0 was introduced in Sept. 1992, whereas Postscript language level 3 appeared in 1997. -- You received this bug notification b

[Bug 1025839] Re: Printing multiple copies submits multiple separate jobs (should submit one job)

2013-11-08 Thread jimav
Why does LibreOffice need to know if the printer hardware supports Collate? Isn't it the job of the print server (i.e. CUPS) to know this and decide how to do multiple copies when requested? ( For example, single-page jobs can always be multi-copied in Postscript printers by simply repeating the

[Bug 959151] Re: QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.

2014-04-23 Thread jimav
Well, it's not quite true that it "does not cause any problems". It completely pollutes your terminal so you can't see output from previous commands without scrolling back. And if "application may misbehave" is true, then it's a bug, not just a nuisance. -- You received this bug notification be

[Bug 1310370] [NEW] Edit menu missing, at least when running in Ubuntu Unity 13.10

2014-04-20 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The Evince help text refers to an Edit menu (e.g. to set default settings "Edit->Save Current Settings as Default") but there is no such menu, at least when running in Ubuntu 13.10. While viewing a PDF, the top menu-bar where app menus are displayed shows only  Document

[Bug 1025839] Re: Printing multiple copies submits multiple separate jobs (should submit one job)

2014-03-29 Thread jimav
Yes, thanks very much.Confirmed fixed in 4.3.0.0.alpha0+ build 2014-03-25 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1025839 Title: Printing multiple copies submits multiple separate jobs (sh

[Bug 1319655] [NEW] getopt example in docs incorrectly implies /bin/sh may not be used (PATCH)

2014-05-14 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: getopt(1) works with /bin/sh, bash, and probably other Bourne-ish shells (as well as csh-family shells with the appropriate option). However the included examples give the impression that something about getopt(1) makes it incompatible with /bin/sh, leading one to assume that

[Bug 465309]

2014-05-16 Thread jimav
Any thoughts about fixing this? It's still a problem in 4.3-alpha1 Note that searching for ^. is not a work-around because it will not match the start of empty paragraphs (the "." does not match). So if you want to prepend something to every paragraph in a selection which includes empty paragr

[Bug 1658001] [NEW] (brasero:11454): CRITICAL **: gst_ffmpeg_cfg_set_property: assertion 'qdata->size == sizeof (gint64)' failed

2017-01-20 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: brasero /path/to/dvdimage.iso ...burns the disk okay but emits the following on the terminal: ** (brasero:11454): CRITICAL **: gst_ffmpeg_cfg_set_property: assertion 'qdata->size == sizeof (gint64)' failed Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is di

[Bug 1658556] [NEW] watch -c --differences=permanent misbehaves (highlights everything)

2017-01-22 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: If the watch -c and --differences=permanent options are combined, then upon the first update _every_ character is highlighted even if nothing has ever changed. It appears that -c ("Interpret ANSI color and style sequences") tickles a bug in the persistence logic. Regular non

[Bug 1671977] [NEW] Inconsistent splitting of results of $(Command Substitution)

2017-03-10 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The man page says, under "Word Expansions", that output from Command Substitution will be later split into fields (unless IFS is null). Therefore the statement foo=$(echo xxx bar=yyy) should expand to foo=xxx bar=yyy and when executed, set two variables foo and bar.

[Bug 1486445] Re: Lots of zeitgeist errors

2017-10-27 Thread jimav
Also happening in 17.04 zeitgeist-datahub.vala:210: Error during inserting events: GDBus.Error:org.gnome.zeitgeist.EngineError.InvalidArgument: Incomplete event: interpretation, manifestation and actor are required etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 270479] Re: Debian/Ubuntu netpbm is many years out-of-date with upstream

2017-07-25 Thread jimav
Thanks to whoever did the fix. But can we please have a bit more (i.e. any at all) communication in the future? There is nary a word from any dev in this bug report about what the problem was or how it was resolved, or even what was done in the "fix". Questions: What _is_ the current status of

[Bug 1707977] [NEW] SHLVL=2 in outermost shell in unity terminals (REGRESSION)

2017-08-01 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The bash variable SHLVL is 2, rather than 1, in the outermost shell process in terminal emulators (gnome-terminal, xterm, etc. -- it doesn't matter). This makes SHLVL useless, and breaks many scripts (run from .bashrc etc.) which look for SHLVL=1 to save/restore state of some

[Bug 1707977] Re: SHLVL=2 in outermost shell in unity terminals (REGRESSION)

2017-08-01 Thread jimav
I hope this bug will be fixed before the next release. But meanwhile, here is a nasty workaround which can be used in bash startup scripts: i_am_toplevel() { case "$SHLVL" in 1) return 0 ;; 3) return 1 ;; # (optimize this case) 2) # HACK FOR Ubuntu 16.10, 17.04 ... where SHLVL=2 at

[Bug 1707977] Re: SHLVL=2 in outermost shell in unity terminals (REGRESSION)

2017-08-01 Thread jimav
Oh joy, a bug in the work-around (and no way to edit the post). Please add "-a" to the egrep command line to avoid a warning due to the nul terminator in cmdline. CORRECTED work-around for .bashrc : i_am_toplevel() { case "$SHLVL" in 1) return 0 ;; 3) return 1 ;; 2) # HACK FOR Ubun

[Bug 1679789] [NEW] Trailing slash missing from Dir::Cache in apt configuration

2017-04-04 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The apt configuration database has some incompatible changes which break existing scripts. It is not obvious that this was deliberate (I hope not). Prior to 16.10, the configured cache directory path(s) included a trailing slash. Now they do not include the trailing slash.

[Bug 1679789] Re: Trailing slash missing from Dir::Cache in apt configuration

2017-04-05 Thread jimav
Thanks for the clarification. I had completely missed the /d and /f functionality. Sorry for the bogus bugrep. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1679789 Title: Trailing slash missing f

[Bug 1638694] [NEW] downloaded flashplugin update has wrong permissions (not world readable)

2016-11-02 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: The package which downloads the flashplugin tar is apparently storing it with incorrect permissions which prevent user "_apt" from reading it (presumably without o+r perms). As a result the update process could not drop root permissions and continue. Or, something like tha

[Bug 1585726] [NEW] TB 38 is EOL, please update to TB 45

2016-05-25 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 16.04 comes with Thunderbird 38.x, which apparently is no longer supported by Mozilla. In reply to a bug report, they said "Can you please upgrade to TB 45. TB 38 has come to the end of its life-cycle." I don't know if that is authoritative, but if TB 38 is really

[Bug 987489] [NEW] Default paper size is wrong (ignores /etc/papersize)

2012-04-23 Thread jimav
Public bug reported: pdfjam uses the wrong default papersize in North America (it uses a4 but should use letter). IMO it should honor /etc/papersize if it exists, to be compatible with other Linux text-processing tools. If there is some other wayt to configure the default paper size, it should b

[Bug 987489] Re: Default paper size is wrong (ignores /etc/papersize)

2012-04-23 Thread jimav
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/987489 Title: Default paper size is wrong (ignores /etc/papersize) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour

[Bug 922795] Re: landscape orientation not preserved in pdf file when viewed online

2012-03-12 Thread jimav
** Description changed: In openoffice or libreoffice, printing a page with landscape orientation to a cups-pdf device produces a PDF which does not know it is in landscape, and therefore appears rotated when viewed with acroread, gv, etc. The image is correct and prints correctly, it

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