"Add a torrent" file dialog unusable

It's working fine for me. Are there special steps needed to make this occur?

Hello,

Not really; I think it is not a problem of transmission but a problem of
the video driver.

Thanks for your time, anyway

On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 05:08 +0000, charles wrote:
> It's working fine for me. Are there special steps needed to make this
> occur?
>

This is possibly an old gtk bug that may have been fixed (I haven't seen it for a while). Does the problem still exist for you with Ubuntu Jaunty?

hello,

in the meantime i have switched back to windoze vista cause I need something
done there. Thanks for interest, I will let you know next time I use ubuntu
again
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Florin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hew McLachlan" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 11:10 AM
Subject: [Bug 292517] Re: "Add a torrent" file dialog unusable

This is possibly an old gtk bug that may have been fixed (I haven't seen
it for a while). Does the problem still exist for you with Ubuntu
Jaunty?

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"Add a torrent" file dialog unusable
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292517
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Status in “transmission” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Binary package hint: transmission-gtk

Ubuntu release:
8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Package version:
1.34-0ubuntu2

Expected:
Click on "Add a torrent" or using "Torrent -> Add" should open a usable
window for adding ".torrent" files

Deviation:
Using option to add a torrent produces a very small window which can't be
resized correctly (window gets resized, but the content does not); it is not
possible to navigate and choose a file; so far, I've added them using drag
and drop

Other information:
Version 1.34 used to work just fine on 8.04; when installing 8.10, settings
were kept in my home folder. Is it possible to have some incompatibilities
there?
I do not run Compiz; problem with incorrect resizing also shows up when
using "Torrent details" option (it resizes only the window, without the
content)

I was suffering from what I think is the same problem with interpid 8.10, but followed the advice here to get the latest version of Transmission:

http://forum.transmissionbt.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5604

First edit the config file with a command like this:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Then add the appropriate lines (here 'intrepid' = 8.10 version etc) to the end of the file:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/transmissionbt/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/transmissionbt/ubuntu intrepid main

Save file then exit editor. Then add the keys with these two commands:

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 976b5901365c5ca1
gpg --export --armor 976b5901365c5ca1 | sudo apt-key add -

Then start the System -> Administration -> Software sources and I un-ticked the new entry in Third Party Software for the transmission source (did not need it anyway) then on 'Close' it updated the package lists and then the orange star appears (top task-bar right hand side) with the option to update the version of the Transmission BitTorrent client. That now seems to work fine.

I also edited the basic settings to make it more friendly to my ISP's <cough> "fair use" policy by configuring as follows Edit -> Preferances:

Torrents (change to dedicated directory, not Desktop, for output)
Peers (enable block list, change to "encryption required")
Speed (enable speed limit mode 8:30 to 21:00 with down=20k & up = 15k)
Network (incomming post checked / enabled in router for forwarding)

Hope this helps.

I'm not sure what to do with this ticket now:

The OP thinks it's a video driver problem, rather than a Transmission one, but is using Vista now, so can't test

Hew thinks it may be an old GTK+ bug that's fixed now

Paul was experiencing it in 8.10, but upgrading to a newer Transmission build has cleared it up.

Marking as invalid as per the suggestion of #ubuntu-bugs. Neither of the two people who reported experiencing this are able to test anymore, since they're moved on to Vista or a newer version of Transmission that doesn't exhibit the behavior.

Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

hello;

in the meantime i switched back to ubuntu; i had no time to try it yet

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:08 AM, charles <email address hidden> wrote:

> I'm not sure what to do with this ticket now:
>
> The OP thinks it's a video driver problem, rather than a Transmission
> one, but is using Vista now, so can't test
>
> Hew thinks it may be an old GTK+ bug that's fixed now
>
> Paul was experiencing it in 8.10, but upgrading to a newer Transmission
> build has cleared it up.
>
> --
> "Add a torrent" file dialog unusable
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292517
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “transmission” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: transmission-gtk
>
> Ubuntu release:
> 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
>
> Package version:
> 1.34-0ubuntu2
>
> Expected:
> Click on "Add a torrent" or using "Torrent -> Add" should open a usable
> window for adding ".torrent" files
>
> Deviation:
> Using option to add a torrent produces a very small window which can't be
> resized correctly (window gets resized, but the content does not); it is not
> possible to navigate and choose a file; so far, I've added them using drag
> and drop
>
> Other information:
> Version 1.34 used to work just fine on 8.04; when installing 8.10, settings
> were kept in my home folder. Is it possible to have some incompatibilities
> there?
> I do not run Compiz; problem with incorrect resizing also shows up when
> using "Torrent details" option (it resizes only the window, without the
> content)
>

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Florin