[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 994048] [NEW] xdiagnose adds an unusual item to the dash / applications menu

2012-05-03 Thread Dylan McCall
Public bug reported: xdiagnose is installed by default in Ubuntu 12.04, and its .desktop file adds it to the Accessories section of any applications menu. This is not an application we can expect a user to open out of interest, figure out and happily use: it has a focus on Bugs and Workarounds,

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 129041] Re: xterm icon available by default

2012-09-30 Thread Dylan McCall
This really has nothing to do with xterm, except that the fix needs to be in the xterm package. Ubuntu is meant to be easy to understand, and it's really important that new users can explore all of the applications they are getting out of the box without running into a brick wall or feeling lost. T

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 838577] Re: GNOME Shell display problems with FGLRX

2011-11-16 Thread Dylan McCall
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:36 PM, d3ngar wrote: > Why won't Canonical address this  problem? FGLRX is not that uncommon. > Very few people find Unity a 'suitable' replacement and it's sad to see > that we are essentially forced to migrate to a different distribution. Hold on, did you find a distr

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 710762] Re: Middle mouse button no longer works

2011-01-31 Thread Dylan McCall
Sojourner, did you find a changelog that relates to this bug? I was just looking and I couldn't find anything that sounded related within Ubuntu, though it could be something upstream. (I haven't looked there yet). If you still have that change and version number handy, I'm sure it would help to f

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 710762] Re: Middle mouse button no longer works

2011-01-31 Thread Dylan McCall
Okay, this was indeed an intentional upstream change in xf86-input- evdev. The changelog happens to carry some reasoning, too: commit 21a2ac818e75ef918d320ce1e88b6263e68e598d Author: Peter Hutterer Date: Fri May 28 09:47:17 2010 +1000 Disable middle mouse button emulation by default.