I can raise a new issue if appropriate but I believe I am having the
same / very similar issue. With a Dell Vostro 3750.
user@s3750:~$ sudo rfkill list
[sudo] password for user:
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
64-bit intrepid (2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008
x86_64 GNU/Linux), updated 2008/11/15.
I am experiencing this as well. The only way I have found to make it
usable was to set the appearance 'visual effects' to none, which appears
to have made things usable again (compiz was
This still appears to be a problem in 3.0.1 (64-bit hardy). Clicking on
the eyedropper displays:
Installation problem or the Eyedropper mode isn't supported on your
platform. You can go to the ColorZilla Home Page to see if your
platform is supported. If so, try re-installing the extension.