[Desktop-packages] [Bug 963731] Re: System Settings - Not obvious which settings in Displays panel are display-specific

2013-01-10 Thread Justin Meyer
Currently, selecting System Settings - Displays on systems with multiple monitors and the NVidia drivers produces an error dialog that says RANDR extension is not present - as a result, at least one of my users is unable even to access the sticky edge setting (they worked around it via CCSM, but

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1008344] Re: [Precise] Language selector won't allow me to install languages

2012-12-12 Thread Justin Meyer
PolicyKit's checks are mooted by line 145 of /usr/lib/python2.7/dist- packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py, which reads simply: 145 self.is_admin = (os.getuid() == 0 or in_grp_sudo or in_grp_admin) Later, on line 192: 192 if self.is_admin: