Flashback (no effects) unusable in Ubuntu GNOME Saucy

[Erick Brunzell]

On 10/27/2013 07:19 AM, . wrote:
> Can't view screen-shots, account needed. Can you put them to some other
> host?

I filed a bug report and posted the screenshots there:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-gnome-default-settings/+bug/1245209

As it says there I'm fine with a "won't fix" but as I rewrite
instructions for tweaking "flashback (no effects)" I do not want to be
responsible for spreading any FUD ;^)

Thanks in advance,

Lance

> On 27.10.2013 11:21, Erick Brunzell wrote:
>> I had not taken time during the Saucy dev cycle to test the flashback
>> session with metacity because it's of minimal importance to me, but I do
>> plan on doing a rewrite of this forum thread during the Trusty dev cycle:
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1966370
>>
>> So I started testing the flashback (no effects) session in both Edubuntu
>> and Ubuntu and it works fine in both, but then I tried it out in Ubuntu
>> GNOME Saucy and it's just a mess.
>>
>> I'm not even sure how to describe it but the menus and/or windows do not
>> respond properly. I posted some screeenshots in this forum thread:
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2183871
>>
>> As I said this is of minor importance to me and I'm fine just saying,
>> "the flashback (no effects) session is known not to work properly in
>> Ubuntu GNOME", but I don't want to start any FUD.
>>
>> BTW the standard gnome-shell and classic DE's work perfectly well
>> out-of-box so it appears to be limited only to the flashback (no
>> effects) session.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Lance
>>
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