I finally had some time, not a lot, but some. My schedule involves spending more time using my computer for forum moderation; book production; and photo retouching; with testing as a second priority.
I tried putting in another "stable" version, which somehow ended up being 3.6.4pre with the different name. Still messed up scrolling on my Dell Vostro A860 laptop, and Kubuntu 9.10. I put my 10.04 flash drive on, scrolled solid as a rock, and upgraded Firefox to 3.6.4. Scrolling solid as a rock. So, my real worry about shipping a problem is not a worry, at least not on my machine. And, I conclude there is a serious problem with Kubuntu 9.10. on my machine. I do not know where to start, there is nothing much there that was not installed with 9.10 during set up, and re-installing 9.10 this close to 10.04 final is not an option at all. I got some communications on this. One man said I should not call it disgusting, but should be writing bug reports on it. I tended to agree, but now I am not sure I do. First, though many of you with much more experience with bugs may have forgotten, it takes some practice to write bug reports efficiently. I wrote exactly one, which has been fixed, and with all the things required to write the first bug, it took many hours. When I find a solid one, I will work at it again, and after several, I will also be able to casually investigate existing bug reports and input one if not there already. Second, what on earth do I report? I don't even know where to start. A problem somewhere in 9.10 which causes bad Firefox scrolling? Yeah, right. There is still a problem with 9.10 Gwenview CROP function on some computers. We spotted it right away, and the developer wrote a fix really fast, and requested it be shipped via (bug updates?). Months later, that has not been done, and I would say it is not going to be done, so 9.10 Gwenview will run through it's support cycle with no fix shipped. The problem is fixed in 10.04 but 9.10 has a considerable remaining life expectancy. So, I have not bothered to report a multiple crash problem in digikam 9.10. It is also fixed in 10.04, but will also be out there through the support life of 9.10. Since 10.04 is looking good, I am dealing with this problem until then by installing Opera which is also solid as a rock on scrolling. Another suggestion was that I install 3.7 daily build on my main computer. I checked and it reported failed build. I suspect it is a really bad idea to install a daily build on a main computer. If I had an idea where to start, I'd try to look into the 9.10 problems causing this problem, but I don't. And, with 10.04 coming out in a few days, I suspect there won't be much attention given by anyone here. The reason I volunteered to test 10.04, with little experience, is because 9.10 just had too many problems, and this is merely another one. I am hoping my first impression of 10.04 being much better than 9.10 holds true. Since 10.04 is LTS, I will work hard to report any bugs at all. if there are any. Even though I have only written one bug, I do feel I have learned a lot about dealing with problems, just need more practice on the reporting. On my use of the word disgusting, I feel that is an accurate term. Scrolling is unbelievably bad. It is pleasing to know it will work okay in just a few weeks. -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
