[Bug 325973] Re: "Starting File Manager" windows open uncontrollably

2009-03-04 Thread Chris Coulson
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Assignee: Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) => Ubuntu Desktop (ubuntu-desktop) Status: In Progress => Triaged ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop (ubuntu-desktop) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) -- "Starting File Manager"

Re: When inserting an Ubuntu CD on Ubuntu...

2009-03-04 Thread James Westby
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 09:13 -0800, Jordan Mantha wrote: > 1) check for Ubuntu CD (we must do this already to pop up the existing dialog) > 2) check if CD version is >= currently running version Not really feasible at that point, partly because LTS doesn't know what LTS+1 is going to be called. Th

Re: When inserting an Ubuntu CD on Ubuntu...

2009-03-04 Thread James Westby
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 17:25 +, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > Unfortunately I can't really make a suggestion here without knowing what > the automatically started software would do if it worked. It believe it tries to execute according to the "autorun.inf" file, which is what is launched when yo

Re: When inserting an Ubuntu CD on Ubuntu...

2009-03-04 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Westby wrote on 04/03/09 14:49: > > ...what should happen? > > Currently mpt says that this opens two things, nautilus, and a > special dialog that offers to open the package manager. Obviously > this is not great. >... To clarify, it doesn't

Re: When inserting an Ubuntu CD on Ubuntu...

2009-03-04 Thread Jordan Mantha
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 6:49 AM, James Westby wrote: > ...what should happen? > > Currently mpt says that this opens two things, nautilus, and a > special dialog that offers to open the package manager. Obviously > this is not great. > > Nautilus has an "x-content" bar that can deal with things lik

Re: [ubuntu-art] Make being root more obvious (scary)

2009-03-04 Thread Who
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Ryan Prior wrote: > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Who wrote: >> >> Here is a screenshot to demonstrate what I'm talking about... Nothing >> says 'beware' like red folder icons, right? >> In that screenshot you can also see the way red bar in Thunar. >> >> What d

fontconfig vs. Gnome

2009-03-04 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rick Spencer wrote on 03/03/09 18:53: >... > === Arne Goetje (ArneGoetje) === > * call with Alexander Sack about the fontconfig package: > * the fontconfig package continues to set a basic desktop setting > * the font packages should be updated to

Make being root more obvious (scary)

2009-03-04 Thread Who
I am sending this again without the attachment to avoid ubuntu-desktop's file size limit. Please see http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/506088/Don%27t%20Move/Red%20is%20scary.png for the attachment I discuss. Sorry to those on the art list who will see this twice. Original Message: - Hi all, in XFCE

When inserting an Ubuntu CD on Ubuntu...

2009-03-04 Thread James Westby
...what should happen? Currently mpt says that this opens two things, nautilus, and a special dialog that offers to open the package manager. Obviously this is not great. Nautilus has an "x-content" bar that can deal with things like this. Plug in a memory card full of photos, or open the trash,