Title bar/menu problem on 14.04

[Colin Law]

On 3 Feb 2016 22:38, "Jim Byrnes" <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On 02/03/2016 12:07 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>>
>> On 02/03/2016 04:00 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2 February 2016 at 23:23, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   ...
>>>> When I open up System Settings, Unsettings is the last icon on the
>>>> right end
>>>> of the Personel section.  Having said that I did install Unsettings
>>>> from a
>>>> ppa before I noticed it in System Settings. Your question made me
>>>> wonder if
>>>> my installing it put it there so I logged in to a guest account.
>>>> Unsettings
>>>> is in the System Settings on the guest account also.  I only have
logged
>>>> into a guest account when asked to for trouble shooting like this so
>>>> I don't
>>>> have much experience with it. So is it possible that my installing
>>>> unsettings when logged in is effecting the guest account also?
>>>
>>>
>>> One would not expect it to appear in Settings until after it was
>>> installed.  Once installed it is available to all users (as it the
>>> case with other applications).  The reason I have been suggesting
>>> checking it in the guest account is that the guest account will be
>>> independent of any changes that you have made in your own account.
>>> However I don't know whether it is possible that just installing
>>> unsettings may have some effect on all users, or if settings may bleed
>>> from one user to another.  What I suggest is that you try booting from
>>> live image and see if you see the problem there, before changing
>>> anything else.  If you do see it there then it is a bug or hardware
>>> issue, if not then it is something to do with the setup of your
>>> machine.  I have to say that I suspect that it is an unsettings issue,
>>> but I am not going to install it to find out just in case it is not
>>> easy to recover from any changes it may make.
>>
>>
>> Please don't install unsettings, no use creating a potential problem for
>> yourself.  When I get a little free time later today I will try that or
>> maybe I will free up some space on my laptop and install 14.04 next Win
>> 10 and Mint.
>
>
> OK. I ran the live CD on the desktop machine where I am seeing the
problem.  The live cd acts exactly like my install of 14.04. If I go to
settings (no Unsettings present) and change the menus to appear in the
title bar when I mouse over a menu in Firefox the pointer changes to a hand
and I must tap and release the mouse button very quickly to get the menus
to drop down.

Well that surprises me.  Which 14.04 image is it, so I can try myself? Do
you have another machine? If so does that behave the same with that image?

Colin

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> Regards,  Jim
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