The bug reporting procedure is far too complex. Only highly motivated users wade through the swamp of apport, etc. to finally get through to the actual bug-reporting form. Surely the instructions could be replaced with a GUI app bolted onto apport. When a bug is not a crash but some lesser malfunction in system software, surely a user should be able to right-click in a window and choose Report Bug or Improvement from a context menu, and then the app would gather all the information needed.
Many users who are using Ubuntu as a replacement for Mac OS or Windows would be completely befuddled by the hoops you have to crawl through to communicate to Canonical/Launchpad. I certainly won't be reporting bugs in future unless it is life-threatening. I am a rusted-on Ubuntu fan with some facility with the CLI, but this is all too much. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1891450 Title: Settings > Sound > Inputs ON/OFF toggle does not show true microphone state Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS Bionic Beaver gnome-control-center (gnome-sound-properties?) I recently used sound input for the first time ever to attend a Zoom session. I opened Settings > Sound > Inputs and saw that the microphone was switched ON. In fact, it was disabled, and it was many days before I realised that the ON/OFF toggle and the microphone state were out of synch. So I was able to activate the microphone by toggling OFF then ON. This is a bad usability issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46~18.04.1-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Aug 13 17:38:58 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-15 (119 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200203.1) SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1891450/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
