Perhaps #2 is an invitation for trouble, but what about #1? Is it really
too much to much to ask than an error message include the cause of the
error? Perhaps something like "Desktop effects can not be enabled
because they are known to cause problems on your hardware". With a
message like this, users would know that the failure is intentional.
With the current message, they might think that they or Ubuntu have
misconfigured something.
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: compiz
- The message "desktop effects can not be enabled" does not inform the
- user that
+ The message "desktop effects can not be enabled" is confusing. It does
+ not explain that the failure to start desktop effects in intentional.
+ Users may mistakenly think that they or Ubuntu has misconfigured
+ something. The error message should be reworded to explain at least #1
+ and possibly #2 below.
- 1) The reasons desktop effects can not be enabled is that their hardware is
blacklisted
+ 1) The reasons desktop effects can not be enabled is that their hardware is
known not to work and thus is blacklisted
2) It's possible to override the blacklist
** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu)
Status: Won't Fix => New
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