Flashback (no effects) unusable in Ubuntu GNOME Saucy

[Erick Brunzell]

On 10/27/2013 12:13 PM, . wrote:
> Thanks. I can't confirm these problems, only a few missing icons (as we
> can see in the screen-shots too) in task-bar (e.g. gedit and the icon on
> the top right (don't know how it's called)) missing. Already mentioned
> the problem here to the mailing-list (yes, I know, mentioning problems
> here isn't preferred).

I think it's preferable to raise an issue here first unless we're fairly
certain it's a QA issue.

I wonder if we're talking about the same session? The new classic
session is truly a "gnome-shell" session whereas the "flashback (no
effects)" session is something else altogether and it uses the Metacity
window manager rather than Mutter.

Lance

> On 27.10.2013 17:14, Erick Brunzell wrote:
>> 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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