Hi Robert On 04/09/2012 09:06, Robert Lefebvre wrote: > I experimented with the CompizConfig Settings Manager because it is the GUI > for the default display right? And all over the place (in the comments, in > the package's landing page) it has dire warnings it could crash your system. > > Well, I was going to try to "tone down" the display so decided to give it a > try. When I did I lost the menu on the server gui. Thought I was a goner. > > But as it turned out, I may have found a safety device to that problem with > CompizConfig Settings Manager. You see, I had set up with two admins. I > signed in with the other admin and, fortunately, still had my old desktop. > > There are a number of reports of people losing their system while using > CompizConfig Settings Manager. This procedure of setting up a second admin > with every one of the permissions as the first enabled me to save the > system. If more tests confirm this then perhaps it should become part of > the installation procedure. >> threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/
Indeed, compizconfig-settings-manager (or ccsm) is one of those other tools that are so unreliable at the moment that the Ubuntu Desktop team has been considering removing it completely from the Ubuntu archives as well until it gets fixed up properly: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/2012-January/003597.html -Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
