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kklimondahmm.. i'm slowly starting to loose my faith in the canonical ux team. First this: https://launchpad.net/ido and now they have removed the "Open a new window" from Unity launcher menu, because "you can open it using middle mouse click, just like tabs in browsers"01:19
kklimondaactually, this part of ido: http://www.twitvid.com/GNUXF01:19
FloridaGuywitch is a better kernel for 10.10....2.5.37.rc2...or i have natty's 2.6.28.rc4 installed to01:48
FloridaGuyopps 2.6.38.rc401:49
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Spirits-Sighthas issue been fix about Nvida display?05:03
pietro10hm05:04
pietro10when I go to try 11.04 alpha, it asks me to remove cmake. why?05:04
pietro10(I'm using it for a project I help test)05:04
pietro10(and will help actually write code for later)05:05
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eruditehermitI tried the natty daily and it was horribly broken. Is that really the current state?08:07
qziopretty much yeah.08:27
qzioit's been working for me ever since the first alpha, but 2-3 days ago something happened...08:28
eruditehermitqzio, unity crashes frequently?08:30
eruditehermitwhen opening most apps?08:30
eruditehermitgnome shell looks better visually than unity imho08:30
qzioyeah. i don't even use unity. it's completely UNUSABLE for a desktop. and gnome(classic) crashes all the time, I was forced to use awesome wm instead.08:33
eruditehermitgreat08:53
kklimondait works fine here13:28
kklimondaand I use it for my desktop13:29
kklimondaso meh, it's obviously a matter of preference13:29
kklimondabut I'm still running old X, with binary nvidia drivers.13:29
yodog!ops13:45
yodog!ops13:46
qziokklimonda: matter of preference? it crashes with the default packages/settings.14:53
qzioand since it's almost randomly, it's hard to submit bug reports.14:53
qziousing unity, it's a pita to get more then one terminals.14:54
kklimondaqzio: well, I use it, it doesn't crash for me (with default settings and packages) and I have no problem with opening new terminal windows (but this is indeed made harder than it should be)14:55
kklimondaI'm not saying that it's bug free, but I like it so far - when I tried using it in 10.10 it was both buggy and slow14:56
kklimondanow it's less buggy, and much faster :)14:57
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qziogood for you :) I'm sure it'll be awesome when released15:01
qzioHow do you spawn more then one terminal in unity btw? I must create a new tab and then seperate that into a seperate window.15:01
kklimondaqzio: either ctrl+shift+n in gnome-terminal, or middle click on any launcher icon to open a new window.15:03
qzioah, middle click. that figures. :)15:04
kklimondacompletely indiscoverable15:06
charlie-tcawe have a list of some of the shortcuts that work at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/KeyboardShortcuts15:10
charlie-tcaWe are trying to get as many as we can added, so it  becomes a one-stop page for them15:11
kklimondacharlie-tca: well, it's one thing to have a nifty keyboard, or keyboard+mouse combo to do stuff, and another thing to make this combo the only way of doing something.15:13
kklimonda"Open a new window" menu item has been removed from the context menu15:13
charlie-tcawhich is why we need help keeping those shortcuts up to date.15:14
kklimondacharlie-tca: I disagree - shortcuts should never be the only way of doing something (especially things as essential as opening new windows)15:15
kklimondawell, I agree that we need to keep the shortcuts page up to date15:15
kklimondaI disagree that it would be of any help in this case :)15:15
charlie-tcaI don't remember ever saying they should be. But why can't we have something tells people what the shortcuts are that are useable?15:15
kklimondaright, my bad15:16
charlie-tcaNote your own "completely undiscoverable" above?15:16
gpcis nvidia still broken?15:17
bjsnideryes it is15:17
kklimondacharlie-tca: my point is that if you need a cheat sheet to learn how to do basic things, then the ui is badly designed.15:17
gpcthanks bjsnider15:17
gpcI'll hold off on upgrading :)15:17
charlie-tcanever said that wasn't true15:17
charlie-tcabut to have to ask how to do something when it could be visible is also a bad thing15:18
gpckklimonda: you and charlie-tca are arguing the same point here :)15:18
kklimondayes, I've noticed ;)15:18
gpcI declare a tie15:18
kklimondamy bad - I should have phrase my point in a difrerent way.15:18
charlie-tcaI just want to find those things easily. Sorry if I misunderstood you.15:19
gpcwell until the UI is perfect (it will never be perfect) the shortcuts wiki is essential15:19
charlie-tcaI agree with that, too15:20
nemohere's a fun bit of natty fail.  my desktop was semi-locked up15:20
charlie-tcakklimonda: by the way, thanks for fixing that shortcut15:20
nemocouldn't switch to apps, couldn't click on much but applets, so clicked on log out15:20
bjsnidergpc, we're just waiting for nvidia to release a new blob15:20
nemoon logout, as it closed apps, I saw that somewhere behind all the other apps was a dialog requesting password for my gpg key15:21
gpcbjsnider: that is the main reason I am still/back on 10.1015:21
gpcand haven't attempted to upgrade15:21
nemooh well. not as bad as the unity plugin for compiz w/ its crashiness15:21
LynoureIt would be cool if gpodder got fixed so that it would work without the one gtk specific icon it crashes for not finding in KDE15:25
LynoureMaybe that's something I should do... make blank icon in case of not found, or something15:25
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billybigriggerBLZbubba,16:37
BLZbubbayo16:51
bp0the ubuntu 11 alpha has mac style menu bar at the top that all apps share.. does that need a specially built copy of the application?17:52
arandI would guess not, since the window manager takes care of those things, not the application, at least I think so17:54
bp0well some applications, like firefox don't use it17:56
bp0they have the regular menu in the window17:56
arandTrue, but firefox has always been a bit off when it comes to integrating into the system...17:57
bp0well thats what I mean, is there special work to be done for an app to integrate?17:58
bp0as there is for gnome-shell17:58
Daekdroombp0, GTK+ apps usually integrate well, qt apps are supported too, altho I don't know if it's not buggy.18:39
Daekdroombp0, anything that doesn't use GTK+ to render (i.e. firefox, libreoffice) will need some special work.18:39
Daekdroomand I don't know why, synaptic doesn't integrate with appmenu, and transmission doesn't work well with it. Two exceptions, despite being GTK apps18:41
DaekdroomCan anyone take a look at bug #718926 and tell if it affects them?18:54
ubottuLaunchpad bug 718926 in appmenu-gtk (Ubuntu) "Some apps don't integrate to appmenu after having their windows closed" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/71892618:54
bp0can the shared menubar be turned off?19:26
bp0or back to normal19:26
bp0weird that gimp goes to single windo finally only to have its menu removed ;)19:26
bp0Daekdroom, are ubuntu packages of those apps going to have the special work done?19:28
Daekdroombp0, probably, or additional packages that will provide such support19:29
Daekdroombp0, the shared menubar can be turned off if you use Classic Desktop, but not in Unity.19:29
bp0does unity handle, or use, the gnome3 action menu stuff?19:30
bp0well alright19:30
Daekdroombp0, regarding the last question about gnome 3 action menu, I have no clue.19:31
bp0alright19:31
BUGabundoevening19:46
bp0Daekdroom, I can't get get alpha 2 to install, but.. i cant replicate your bug19:47
bp0transmission menu is always put back on top19:47
bp0in the live cd19:48
bp0oh wait, yeah i see it now19:49
Daekdroombp0, thank you for answering20:00
zonkerswill gnome 2.32 be available for 11.04?20:03
Daekdroomzonkers, you mean classic interface? (gnome-panel and nautilus)20:05
zonkersdaekdroom, yeah20:13
zonkersnot that I don't like unity but I need to keep the same interface to support mom, brother and others20:14
NateWiebefor some reason, the only icon themes available are gnome and the high contrast themes.. why?20:20
NateWiebe(the others are listed, but are not usable)20:20
Daekdroomzonkers, it is currently available, and I think it'll still be when it's released.20:21
Daekdroomzonkers, however, you'll have to manually edit the gnome panel for every user because it's different from 10.10's in order to look close (but not very similar) to unity20:22
zonkersdaekdroom, ok thanks, I'll keep an eye out for it as I'm sure there will be tutorials for it.20:38
hvhow can I change my default window manager?20:51
BUGabundohv: in GDM20:52
BUGabundoin the bottom20:52
hvthat is the session type20:52
hvit does not have window managers20:53
hvit just lets me pick between "classic desktop" and "desktop"20:53
nemoclassic desktop then :)20:53
BUGabundo"classic" is GNOME20:53
BUGabundowhile Desktop is Unity20:54
zonkersso classic is still available?20:54
nemoI'm back on classic/metacity personally20:54
hvok, in a "classic desktop" session, how can I change the window manager to something other than compiz and metacity?20:54
nemozonkers: thankfully20:54
BUGabundoim on classic20:54
nemohv: foo --replace& ?20:54
BUGabundocompiz --replace20:55
hvnemo: I don't want to keep issueing that every time ;)20:55
BUGabundoor what he said20:55
zonkersnemo.  i can't use a computer without classic, i gave up kde for it.20:55
nemohv: put it in your startup apps then20:55
BUGabundoit won't work20:55
BUGabundoat least doesn't for me20:55
nemozonkers: eh. I had an open mind about unity, it was just too irritating to use20:55
BUGabundofails to start20:55
BUGabundoplus Compiz effects are all buggy20:55
hvnemo: It will work, but it is not a good way.20:55
BUGabundoI lunch it when I *really* need it20:55
hvthere used to be the gconf key /desktop/gnome/session/required_components20:56
hvbut it seems deprecated20:56
nemozonkers: also unity manages to take up *more* space than my nicely customised classic :)20:56
nemozonkers: besides the crashing and misplaced windows and such20:57
* hv hates compiz 0.9 compiz 0.8 was ok20:57
hvand I cannot touch compiz 0.9 anymore. they rewrote it in C++.  wtf!20:58
nemohv: hm. that section seems to have a key called windowmanager20:58
nemothat is set to gnome-wm20:58
nemowhich appears to be a script20:58
nemohv: you could probably just replace that script with metacity or whatever20:58
nemolooks like the script checks some old gconf values...20:58
nemohv: also looks like it accepts an env var called WINDOW_MANAGER20:59
hvnemo: gnome-wm is a desktop file (/usr/share/applications/gnome-wm.desktop), which launches the gnome-wm executable.20:59
nemoso you could set that instead of changing in gconf20:59
nemohv: /usr/bin/gnome-wm20:59
nemois what I'm reading20:59
nemoI assume the key /gnome/session/required-components/windowmanager = gnome-wm is invoking that...20:59
hvyes. the value for the key has to be a desktop file21:00
nemoah.21:00
nemohv: sooo, why not just set this env var. that seems clean-ish21:00
hvon further investigation /usr/bin/gnome-wm seems interesting ... /me reads it ...21:00
nemohv: yeah var is mentioned right at top in comments21:01
nemoas is a gconf key. heh.21:01
hvoh, yeah. the comment at the top nails it.21:01
hvsorry!21:01
nemoI'd be inclined to use this except compiz is fairly usable now that I went into ccsm and disabled Unity and set "none" to windows to use shadows on21:02
nemosooo, guess I'll leave my default WM as compiz21:02
hvaah, shadows behave VERY strange.21:02
hvthey take up space, affect window placements, etc.21:03
* hv wishes compiz behaves like openbox some day.21:03
nemohv: aaaand, they lagged my windows horribly21:07
nemohv: compiz without them is not quite as snappy as metacity, but at least usable21:07
nemoI'm willing to put up with a slight perf drop to get my guassian blur on translucent windows :)21:07
nemogaussian even21:07
* hv never liked the aero translucent window effect.21:09
hvI often switch between openbox and compiz. openbox has some very useful actions (like select the window to left of current one), that I terribly miss in compiz/metcity/mutter/etc., especially when there are tons of terminals on my desktop.21:12
hv(I miss the cosmetics, translucent terminals, Super+A, and Super+E in openbox)21:14
nemohv: I like to have translucent terminals, is just fun to see the desktop through them21:17
nemoand sometimes there's stuff going on behind 'em that matters21:17
nemohv: but without a gaussian blur, it distracts from the text too much21:18
nemoobviously it still distracts unless the opacity is reasonably low21:18

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