Bug#796467: general: if user has mail then how do we tell them if in GUI mode?

2015-08-21 Thread Richard Jasmin
Package: general Severity: important telling user has mail is easy as pi in console mode and when using a server. But how do we tell the user they have mail without a configured mail client when under runlevel 5? The activation of X11 practically hides all console activity. We would need a UI too

Bug#796467: general: if user has mail then how do we tell them if in GUI mode?

2015-08-21 Thread Josh Triplett
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 17:20:17 -0500 Richard Jasmin wrote: > telling user has mail is easy as pi in console mode and when using a server. > But how do we tell the user they have mail without a configured mail client > when under runlevel 5? The activation of X11 practically hides all console > acti

Re: Bug#796467: general: if user has mail then how do we tell them if in GUI mode?

2015-08-21 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 05:20:17PM -0500, Richard Jasmin wrote: > telling user has mail is easy as pi in console mode and when using a server. > But how do we tell the user they have mail without a configured mail client > when under runlevel 5? The activation of X11 practically hides all console >

Re: Bug#796467: general: if user has mail then how do we tell them if in GUI mode?

2015-08-21 Thread Riley Baird
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 17:20:17 -0500 Richard Jasmin wrote: > Package: general > Severity: important > > telling user has mail is easy as pi in console mode and when using a server. > But how do we tell the user they have mail without a configured mail client > when under runlevel 5? The activation