Still happens on 16.04, on multiple machines, all fresh installs.
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To manage n
Well. Apparently this bug was partially fixed for 16.04 by Marco
Trevisan, in a hidden way:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/it-s-official-ubuntu-16-04-lts-now-lets-
you-move-the-unity-launcher-to-bottom-501932.shtml
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MarcoTrevisan/posts/X46usgf7gSk
https://www.youtube.
Some people think it's this kernel bug, related to Intel Bay Trail:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109051
The workaround is to boot your kernel with the following parameter:
intel_idle.max_cstate=1
(Add it to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub, and then run
update-grub
Public bug reported:
First of all, the 40 key limit is unrealistic for heavy Ubuntu users.
None of my 40+ keys is meaningless. I use many repositories, including
PPAs, for various reasons.
But, when you do hit the limit, you get very unhelpful error messages,
such as this:
W: GPG error: http://m
I agree with that decision, however it did break the compose key. This
is thus still a bug.
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Compose key is not working in Xubuntu 14.04
I solved this problem for myself by installing IBus.
IBus is not installed by default in Xubuntu 14.04.
(I then had to configure Xfce to use IBus via Settings -> Input Method,
and then logout/login.)
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Richard Sarkis is exactly correct: the problem exists in 14.04, and his
solution works. The problem indeed did not exist in 12.04.
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Public bug reported:
Setting the compose key in xfce4-keyboard-settings seems to have no
effect.
This worked fine in Xubuntu 13.10.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xfce4-settings 4.11.2-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24
I'm sorry, but it's hard for me to be happy with this fix. Why hide it
away? Why not make it a public option in Unity settings? Most Ubuntu
users will have no idea that this option is available. Those who will
discover it will be baffled by how hard it is to enable (or disable) it.
We are trying t
Thanks, Mark!
Can't speak for everyone else here, but I think being able to use an
alternative Launcher would provide a partial workaround for this "bug,"
allowing for it to be closed as "fixed."
However, I still think it's important to allow the other components to
be turned off (Dash and top Pa
Really appreciate your updating us on the vision.
You're mistaken about the modularity of Unity7: it's impossible right
now pick and chose components. Unity7 is an either-or affair: if you
want to use Launchy, you will have to deal with the Unity Launcher still
being on screen, which is of course
Can this fix *please* be backported to Precise?
We follow the Ubuntu recommendations in using LTS releases for our large
computer, but we are hurting right now because we are unable to offer
Google Chrome to our guest users.
This is a major bug! It breaks one of the most commonly used programs in
Bug still exists in Ubuntu 13.04, Thunderbird 17.0.5 (clean install).
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@Adam
You make some strange arguments here.
FOSS philosophy has nothing to do with customization. It's about
providing access to the source code. The Unity project is 100% FOSS
(GPL/LGPLv3).
Ubuntu's goals might be different from yours. You might want to have a
desktop perfectly configured for y
Pavel Golikov (Paullo) worked hard and created a patch. His code is
still available here:
https://code.launchpad.net/~paullo612/unity/unityshell-rotated
As to whether it was not good enough quality to be merged into Unity, well,
nothing about that was updated in this bug. There may have been per
"Now it's clear that instead of being transparent the whole time and
just telling the community why decisions were being made, we were fed
vague explanations that made us feel disrespected and excluded from the
process." -- The Community (well, me speaking for it... ;)
Mark, nice of you to chime i
@Benajmin,
Unfortunately your attitude exemplifies the problem.
I don't know how you define community, but Launchpad and all the people
posting here (and on the related bugs) are an obvious part of the
community of Ubuntu users. As are journalists, bloggers, and managers of
such sites as Distrowa
@mr.goose, Marius
These are good options for power users, but do not solve the core issues
raised by this bug. To revise an idea I raised here before:
Perhaps on the login screen (LightDM) there should already be an option
to install additional desktops, using a very easy interface. Each
desktop
@Axel Napolitano
I think this plea from you is the most succinct summary we've seen of
the attitude problem:
"I hope that canonical can be a bit less dogmatic and a bit more
pragmatic."
A quick update: Issac Joseph has created a project called "Unity
Revamped" which seems to address some of thes
So, with Unity 5 officially out with Ubuntu 12.04, I thought I'd test
its multi-monitor support.
The good news is that it is no longer totally broken. The ability to put
a Launcher on each monitor *is* a solution. The option to have the
Launcher only on the primary monitor (called "laptop" mode, f
@David
I've seen enough free software projects come and go in my day such that
1) I have a good sense of when leadership problems are endemic, as in
Unity, and 2) I have an appreciation for the messy diversity of people
involved in any given project. The combination of these two
contradictory fact
@SRoesgen
Wow. And to think that all this work (on both sides) could have have
been spent on: 1) working with Pavel Golikov to get his patch accepted,
with it being released on the dev PPA; and 2) testing and reporting real
bugs by the community to get the movable Launcher feature to full
quality.
@Danillo
What about respect for us? What about the trouble, time and effort so
many members of the community have put into commenting on this bug
report? What about the years of effort we put into promoting Ubuntu in
our workspaces, and among families and friends? Nobody has come out to
thank us.
@SRoesgen
Sigh. I said it before, but it's worth repeating (isn't this whole bug
report about repitition? from both sides?) -- it's astounding that after
all the hand-wringing about the lack of manpower available to enable a
movable Launcher, the proposed solution for multi-monitor support is an
o
In my ongoing quest to find a solution for the brokenness Unity causes
in my multimonitor setup -- without throwing *all* of Unity out the
window -- I've been exploring LXDE and liking it a whole lot.
For those who would like to try it, I wrote a guide:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11
More information about the "fix" -- it helps, but does not solve the
problem.
I still get jittery video about once a day when using the netbook. I'm
sure a lot users on weaker machines are having this problem, but don't
know enough to diagnose what's causing it, and thus just think "Ubuntu
is very
@SRoesgen
With 269 comments (mine is 270!), *every* aspect of this bug has been
mentioned already, at least once. :)
I suggest we all give it a rest. It is very clear that this bug report
is not helping one bit. Mark has not budged since comment 2, and in the
plans for 12.04 we see that the Unity
I found some information about planned multi-monitor support in 12.04,
and how it would impact the Launcher. The bottom line is that the Unity
team is dead serious about not making the Launcher movable. So, how are
they going to solve the current bugs? By having the Launcher on all
monitors!
The i
There are two "elephants in the room" for this bug.
The first is the poor job the Unity team is doing in explaining their
position to the community, for which I opened this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/882274
The second is the inconsistency and implausibility of the explanation.
Th
Oops! I'm embarrassed: in my previous comment (112) I refer to "the
Mark." It is a typo; I simply meant "Mark." Unfortunately, the typo is
suggestive of the angle of criticism that sees Unity as Mark's ego trip.
I'll state clearly that I firmly reject such criticism. I see no
evidence that any of t
Mark,
You keep putting the blame on a straw target: people who refuse to
accept that their one pet bug is not being addressed. Sure, those people
exist, and you attitude concerning them is correct, if too abrupt in
tone. But, looking at the vast majority of the comments on these bugs,
the substanc
I can confirm that the fix mentioned above helps.
It seems that the Xapian updater is running for a much shorter time due
to using '--update' instead of a full recreation of the index. However,
since I don't really understand Xapian, I can't be sure that this
doesn't create other problems.
Howeve
@Randall
Good point, and a helpful intervention.
Individuals might define their community differently, but piecing
together the many voices, and applying some of your language, I'd say
that "community" here means:
"The current set of long-time, heavy users, as well as advocates, of
Ubuntu's main
Someone posted what appears to be a fix in the forums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10453047&postcount=15
Can we verify this and patch?
Three years and this bug is still plaguing us...
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@Bazon
Thanks! As I keep trying to emphasize, I did not open this bug because I
think Unity is bad, nor because I want Unity to be something that's it
not supposed to be, nor because I'm unaware that there are many other
terrific free software alternative, in Ubuntu and beyond.
This bug is not ab
@Reuben
Again and again people forget the "other Ubuntus": Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and
-- hopefully soon -- Lubuntu. They are very much supported by the Ubuntu
project and by Mark personally. It's curious that when people are
disappointed by Unity they turn not to the "other Ubuntus" but to other
operat
This seems not specific to Unity, but to Thunderbird and possibly a few
other apps.
I've noticed the same exact effect when using DockbarX on Compiz to
switch to Thunderbird when it's not in the right workspace. The
workspace is not being switched. Note, though, that the global menu does
switch to
@Allison
Great news!
I think most of us are confident that this bug will be solved, it's just
that we're worried about the loss of momentum in the interim. Mark and
others keep talking about the future, but I see no reason why some of
the damage can't be addressed right now. Let's ensure that 12.
Here's a recent Slashdot writeup of the situation, with many great
comments as usual (a.k.a., "whining"):
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/11/11/1752226/linux-mint-the-new-
ubuntu
It's a depressing read.
(Also, of course, sensational: there's no actual proof that Ubuntu users
are switching to
Sorry, Mark. I did forget that some people can't un-subscribe from this
bug.
I've collected some ideas mentioned here and moved them to the forums. I
hope we can continue there:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11431881
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@einhverfr
I think some people are interpreting Mark's announcement through their
own bias.
Unity may be friendlier towards tablets than most desktop interfaces,
but there's still a long way to go, and indeed that's why the Unity team
is setting such a far-off date for tablet support. Try for you
This glimpse of multi-monitor support for Pangolin just came in from OMG
Ubuntu:
www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/11/multi-monitor-support-to-improve-in-
ubuntu-12-04-video
I'm not sure what I'm seeing, exactly, but it looks as if the Launcher
is being duplicated on *all* monitors. This seems to fly in t
@Robin
Unfortunately, mentioning Pantheon *is* on topic. Because this bug won't
be fixed, there is a need for alternative solutions, workarounds, plans,
and even shreds of hope; and a few good ones were posted here.
As someone else has pointed out, there are two kinds of users commenting
on this
Hi everyone,
I'd encourage you all to take a look at the terrific stuff coming from
the Elementary OS folk:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/02/elementarys-slingshot-plank-apps-
just-what-are-they-and-why/
It's still not ready, but it seems that Elementary's "Pantheon" will
offer a very nice, mor
Here's a write up on this issue by Bruce Byfield, with many excellent
comments following:
http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/view/full/51293
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Friends, I think most of us know how easy it is to switch to GNOME
Shell, or even XFCE (or LXDE -- let's not forget it, it's wonderful in
its minimalism) in Ubuntu and still stay in a mostly GTK-and-GNOME-like
paradigm. For some, that's a perfect solution!
But, please try to understand why this is
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I think some of you don't understand what was meant by "won't fix" -- it's
not that this issue is a low priority, it's that the team has no intention
of fixing at all. It has nothing to do with them being too busy for it
right now. If they were too busy, they would have left the bug open until
it w
On 10/30/2011 04:58 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> It doesn't feel good, no. What is missing is a mutual willingness to
> agree to disagree and continue to work together.
So, what are we left with?
You've acknowledged that there is a problem with community engagement,
however it doesn't seem over
On 10/30/2011 08:15 AM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
>> Yeah, it's hard work to include the community. It takes a lot of time.
>> Welcome to free software! Mark, you set the ball rolling, but perhaps
>> the project you created doesn't have what it takes to face the
>> consequences of managing free soft
@Aaron
I think Mark was clear: you can have access to all these documents and
participate in the discussions about priorities, implementation, etc.,
if you formally join the Unity team. In fact, he welcomed us to do so,
and berated those of us who complain from the "outside" for making
demands but
@Fernando
I nominate your statement as Quote of the Year in free software:
"Think of this as if you are going to date Catherine Zeta-Jones and she
is bed smelling. Despite she is a pretty beautiful woman, many people
would prefer another girl that at least don't kill his nose."
Thank you for mak
Thanks to everyone for adding their opinion!
To keep this bug report effective, I hope we can all:
1) Stick to suggestions rather than opinions. Also, let's keep
suggestions as short as possible. I know we all have a lot of emotion to
vent, but it's more effective to be succinct. With a caveat: I
@Mark
Thanks for responding to this, even after pointing out that it could be
a waste of time to respond to every request.
Unfortunately, your response proves that this bug is endemic. As you
say, you and senior Ubuntu developers to respond to bugs. The problem is
not that you don't respond, but
@SRoesgen
I'm going to take the dev teams (and Mark Shuttleworth) at face value:
if they say a bug will not be fixed because it's a "design decision,"
then I believe them. Why shouldn't I? I do not think they are "hiding"
behind it. Hiding from what, exactly? They obviously do have a coherent,
evo
Hello everyone. I've opened a separate bug on this, in hopes of
addressing the underlying issue:
Community engagement is broken:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/882274
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Hi all you complainers! ;)
I've created a detailed guide on how to achieve a decent workaround for
this problem, by using DockbarX, Synapse and Unity's 2D Panel in Compiz:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11368937
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Sigh! Oneiric made things worse for me -- the Launcher and Dash are now
pushed always to the far left, no matter which monitor is primary. I
guess this "fixes" some issues, but it makes it quite unusable in my
multi-monitor setup.
Because I don't want to abandon Unity entirely (there's a lot to lo
I'm glad to see that bugs are being fixed, but the bug I originally
opened (which was marked as a duplicate of this) was just made worse.
My multi-monitor setup is such that it's very inconvenient to do any
work on the leftmost monitor. It's true that I had issues with having
the launcher on the m
@nick-xrva
A GNOME2-like desktop *is* available in Oneiric, if you install the
package "gnome-panel". This comes from the GNOME project, as they're
also trying to give users an easier transition. However, from what I've
seen so far, this "GNOME Classic" is very limited. The panels only mimic
the G
@magnes:
For what seems to be the first time ever in open source, Unity is
actually being designed in conjunction with "usability studies," which
involve a close look at the habits of a sampling of users interacting
with the desktop. Statistics are gathered on things like where their
mouse pointer
@leaf-2:
See my comment above re: the movement of the BFB from the Panel into the
Launcher. It seems to me that the main reason the Launcher had to be
stuck on the left was that the BFB was on the beginning of the Panel
(which is also why flipping *everything* to the right seemed to be the
only ch
This bug has been made "don't fix" and is ignored by the Unity team.
However, it has been an important discussion forum for the (often
frustrated) community of users!
And so, I'd like to point everyone to a relevant change in Unity coming
for Oneiric: the "BFB" in the top left corner is moving int
Its too bad that this bug expired, because it still an issue, even with
Thunderbird 5 (and a few other applications).
Switching to applications on a different workspace is simply unreliable.
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This bug has been closed as "Won't Fix" and is unassigned. Nobody is
working on it. Not only that, Mark Shuttleworth has said that it's not a
bug, and that it's part of Unity's vision, and so it seems unlikely that
any patches that do enable this behavior will be accepted.
A possible option is for
Melroy,
If they refuse to fix this, then it should be seen as a different kind
of bug:
If Unity detects that it's in a multi-monitor setup and that the primary
monitor is not the leftmost, then it should display a warning to the
user that this is not a fully supported setup, perhaps helpfully
off
I'll add that I use the same indicators in Unity and Gnome Classic with
Compiz, and the memory leak does not seem to happening in the latter
case. If it is something with the indicators, then it's specific to
Unity.
Any word from the devs on clues for this issue? Even a workaround would
be much ap
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 757652 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/757652
OK, I have a screenshot for you! But it requires some explanation. :)
What you see is the border between my two monitors, with the Launcher on
the left edge (as usual) of the right monitor.
The screenshot di
New information: this bug does NOT appear when using Thunderbird 3.3
alpha 3 ("Namaroka"). This bug ONLY appears for me when using the
version of Thunderbird provided in the Ubuntu repositories.
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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 757652 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/757652
Sebastian, this is not the same bug as 757652! The launcher *does*
appear in the correct position for me. The issue is hiding/unhiding it
via the mouse. I will try to create a screenshot as suggested, although
I'm writing to support Liamo comment #60.
I have that exact setup: two monitors, where my right monitor is
primary. Because of the way my desk is arranged, the left monitor is not
in front of me, and having the Launcher there would be a pain --
literally, to my neck.
The "best" option I have now
It is reproducible.
1. Natty Narwhal, clean install.
2. Use two monitors. (NVIDIA propriety drivers in Twin mode.) In my case, the
primary monitor is the right one.
3. I've installed Thunderbird from the Ubuntu repository, and run it. I have it
on Workspace #1 on the left monitor.
4. Go to Works
Exactly the same for me. HP Mini 311.
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