[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-04-24 Thread PeteC
You can do that. You can upgrade whatever you want. You can have an LTS with bleeding edge Firefox and Open Office. Just not supported by Ubuntu. I feel that, if ubuntu is going to fix this 'bug', it *needs* to address this. I am a 'soft target' as far as ubuntu is concerned. I develop software

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-04-23 Thread PeteC
Just to throw in a comment from a newbie who would seriously like to adopt Ubuntu STOP releasing a new version every six months!!! Since 2001, windoze has released (for user desktops) only XP, Vista and now 7. As a result XP (for all its faults) is now quite stable. Stop adding new

[Bug 552297] Re: Maximus doesn't hide window decorations in 10.04

2010-04-09 Thread PeteC
Same problem on Dell mini-9 (not full NBR, just some of the packages). I assume I'm running 10.04 beta-2 (installed via update-manager today; 2010-04-09). -- Maximus doesn't hide window decorations in 10.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552297 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 552297] Re: Maximus doesn't hide window decorations in 10.04

2010-04-09 Thread PeteC
OK, seems in my case, maximus wasn't running at all. It was removed from the startup list during the upgrade, for some reason All working now. -- Maximus doesn't hide window decorations in 10.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552297 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 426185] Re: Gnome-panel fails to load various applets

2010-03-13 Thread PeteC
This bug seems very similar to 474495 and a few others that I've seen but am now having difficulty tracking down. I'm new to ubuntu and have been trying it out on netbook (dell mini 9) - 9.04 worked great but upgrade to 9.10 produced this bug (all sorts of applets, I don't use weather) and often

[Bug 508752] Re: [GM45] Mouse moves erratically after executing xrandr --panning

2010-02-12 Thread PeteC
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg + + UPDATE - details are wrong, jumps happen when the mouse is causing + panning on the smaller screen. Using nomodeset fixes it. The mouse makes random jumps of about 20 pixels while being moved. Its very much like using an optical

[Bug 508002] Re: Mouse becomes misaligned when panning enabled with dual monitors

2010-02-12 Thread PeteC
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg + + UPDATE - this is caused when panning occurs in the smaller screen. Use + of nomodeset prevents the problem. Panning works, but if I move the mouse rapidly in a way which causes the laptop LCD to pan to a border, the movement of the

[Bug 508752] Re: Mouse moves erratically after executing xrandr --panning

2010-01-17 Thread PeteC
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38000350/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38000351/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38000352/Dependencies.txt **

[Bug 508752] [NEW] Mouse moves erratically after executing xrandr --panning

2010-01-17 Thread PeteC
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg The mouse makes random jumps of about 20 pixels while being moved. Its very much like using an optical mouse on too smooth a surface - but this is when using a thinkpad trackpoint device - no other pointing device plugged in. This happens after

[Bug 508002] [NEW] Mouse becomes misaligned when panning enabled with dual monitors

2010-01-15 Thread PeteC
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg Panning works, but if I move the mouse rapidly in a way which causes the laptop LCD to pan to a border, the movement of the screen seems unable to keep up - the result is that the mouse becomes misaligned on the laptop screen. IE if I hover over a

[Bug 508002] Re: Mouse becomes misaligned when panning enabled with dual monitors

2010-01-15 Thread PeteC
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg Panning works, but if I move the mouse rapidly in a way which causes the laptop LCD to pan to a border, the movement of the screen seems unable to keep up - the result is that the mouse becomes misaligned on the laptop screen. IE if I