[Bug 41427] Re: "slow keys" can turn on surreptitiously & cause confusion.

2008-05-22 Thread GKinal
Chiming in again. It looks like noone is listening. Since gnome is supposed to be within the open-source sphere, there MUST be an author for this aspect. Apparently s/he did this nefarious stupid thing and is no longer involved (or did a disgruntled user put out a contract?). But, isn't there som

[Bug 41427] Re: "slow keys" can turn on surreptitiously & cause confusion.

2008-05-05 Thread GKinal
Could the author of this "feature" have enough integrity (balls) to identify himself/herself and explain why h/she thought this was so clever ? Come on, face up to the music, whoever you are. Otherwise, what use is open source ? Might as well have Bill Gates deciding what users want, unilaterally

[Bug 41427] Re: "slow keys" can turn on surreptitiously & cause confusion.

2008-03-27 Thread GKinal
This is an INCREDIBLY STUPID "Feature" (known to the most people as a BUG - I thought only Redmond could be so DUMB). I had set up Kubuntu for my wife, and yesterday she activated the slow keys mode accidentally. I have used all manner of PCs and operating systems for 30 years and have NEVER enco

[Bug 75712] Re: Kernel update hoses grub's menu.lst

2007-05-31 Thread GKinal
Could someone give a CLEAR explanation of how the automagic kernels list markers work ? Are the BEGIN and END lines sup posed to have zero, one, two, or three hashes (#) for them to have any effect ? If they are composed properly, and if the non-Linux boot stanzas are put in the "correct" place (A