Peter: Rather than moprh this report it would be wise to split off 1) and 2) into two new bugs. It's probable that the two issues you are seeing are not related and thus could be delt with in two different ways.
-- Sync with PalmV over serial is inconsistent at best (Dapper) https://launchpad.net/bugs/31898 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
