[15:16] <ev> switching to compiz in ubiquity-dm looks straightforward enough as compiz has the bailer plugin to fall back to metacity when the requisite hardware is not present
[15:17] <ev> and indeed, I've got it to work in exactly that scenario (kvm)
[15:18] <ev> but I'm getting a segfault (in XCreateGC) when the hardware is available
[15:18] <ev> I have to move onto other more pressing items, but I'll revisit it soon
[16:27] <cjwatson> superm1: a friend of mine is asking about a situation where the spec sheet for a machine on Dell's web page (UK, probably) lists Ubuntu as a supported OS, but the configurator rejects it.  What should he do about it?
[16:27] <cjwatson> I assume the Ubuntu team in Dell wants this stuff to be consistent
[16:27] <cjwatson> (apparently the "dell online chat" says it's actually not supported ...)
[16:27] <superm1> cjwatson, usually there are separate URLs for how to get to the ubuntu machines due to limitations in the configurator
[16:28] <superm1> it's not particularly user friendly in a lot of scenarios unfortunately, but if he starts at the landing page for the machine in question there should be a Ubuntu URL hopefully there.  if not, then he might have to do telesales to purchase it :(
[16:29] <cjwatson> superm1: thanks!  I'll pass that on ...
[16:30] <cjwatson> the online chat denying the existence of Ubuntu on this machine is troubling, though
[16:30] <superm1> if it's not on the landing page but he can get it through telesales, i'll be glad to at least file an internal bug on the site if you pass some particulars on the issue
[16:30] <cjwatson> he said "so the spec sheet is wrong?" and they said "sorry for the confusion"
[16:30] <superm1> it's possible in the region in question it's not distributed with ubuntu too
[16:30] <superm1> unfortunately another big confusion point
[16:31] <cjwatson> superm1: would you mind me putting him in touch with you directly?  I don't know how much you want end-user questions ...
[16:31] <cjwatson> (he's an ex-Canonical developer)
[16:31] <superm1> sure that's fine, i'll try to help however i can
[16:31] <cjwatson> thanks a lot
[23:09] <kirkland> are the current natty desktop images installable?
[23:09] <kirkland> they're not installing in kvm for me right now
[23:09] <kirkland> unrecoverable error after the username/password page
[23:10] <superm1> they're fairly crashy for me on intel gfx hardware
[23:10] <superm1> unless booted with nomodeset
[23:11] <kirkland> superm1: thanks
[23:18] <superm1> (sure.  also fyi i'm running in automatic mode for my tests, so it's possible that there are other issues exposed only in the gui i'm not aware of)