Re: Upgrade issues

2014-06-15 Thread Dale Amon
Just curious... did not see any response after I sent the screen shot. I've managed work arounds for most of my issues, some are awkward, some slow me down, but I am back to a mostly workable system... especially since I discovered Nemo, a file browser that knows who the boss is (ie *me* ;-) and

Re: Upgrade issues

2014-06-03 Thread Sam Bull
On lun, 2014-06-02 at 12:50 -0700, Dale Amon wrote: The don't like much issues: * Procedure of mouse to top left corner, sweep to far right edge to select desktop is slow. And the images only show one screen. Would prefer getting a lower tool bar desktop selector

Re: Upgrade issues

2014-06-02 Thread Dale Amon
I've made enough progress to get work done but there are still things I don't like much as well as things that don't work. * I have not yet found which settings panel has the screensaver setup to make it run the slideshow over ~/Pictures. I would swear that this used to be part of the lock

Re: Upgrade issues

2014-06-02 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, Am Sonntag, den 01.06.2014, 23:49 -0700 schrieb Dale Amon: I've made enough progress to get work done but there are still things I don't like much as well as things that don't work. you have not told us from where to where and how you upgraded ... also what desktop you are running ...

Re: Upgrade issues

2014-06-02 Thread Colin Law
On 2 June 2014 10:05, Oliver Grawert o...@ubuntu.com wrote: hi, Am Sonntag, den 01.06.2014, 23:49 -0700 schrieb Dale Amon: I've made enough progress to get work done but there are still things I don't like much as well as things that don't work. you have not told us from where to where and

Re: Upgrade issues

2014-06-02 Thread Dale Amon
On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 11:47:20AM +0100, Colin Law wrote: In his last post, in a throw away line he asked Is there some simple change to make my gnome mate setup work properly again?. Why he did not point this out at the start, given that most of his problems seem to be UI related I can

Re: Upgrade issues

2014-06-02 Thread Dale Amon
Here's another on my list of issues. xemacs now gives this error on startup. (1) (xim-xlib/warning) Warning: XCreateIC failed. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: Upgrade issues

2014-06-02 Thread Neal McBurnett
You would make this easier for yourself and all of us if you start with a few basic bits of information: Which Ubuntu version did you use before the upgrade? What did you upgrade to? How did you do the upgrade? Which desktop did you use? I note you mention Mate which I don't know much

Re: Upgrade issues

2014-06-02 Thread Dale Amon
On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 01:32:48PM -0600, Neal McBurnett wrote: You would make this easier for yourself and all of us if you start with a few basic bits of information: Which Ubuntu version did you use before the upgrade? Saucy. What did you upgrade to? Trusty. How

Re: Upgrade issues

2014-06-02 Thread Neal McBurnett
On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 02:18:52PM -0700, Dale Amon wrote: On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 01:59:23PM -0600, Neal McBurnett wrote: The appropriate way to deal with clear bugs is to report them in launchpad, along with the necessary details like steps to reproduce, kind of hardware, etc. Do you

Upgrade issues

2014-05-30 Thread Dale Amon
Every time there is an update I steel myself for the inevitable. This time I am seriously considering getting a new disk and going to Mate. But I will give this one shot to see if there is something simple I can do to get my home login working properly again. I note the following problems:

Re: Upgrade issues

2014-05-30 Thread Dale Amon
Oh, and when I switch desktops, only one screen changes. These massively decreases the space I have available for windows. Even with the four desktops and two screens I typically have all of them completely filled and the lower tool bar half full and up to over filled. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Upgrade issues

2014-05-30 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 12:25 -0700, Dale Amon wrote: Oh, and when I switch desktops, only one screen changes. These massively decreases the space I have available for windows. Even with the four desktops and two screens I typically have all of them completely filled and the lower tool bar half