Public bug reported: Binary package hint: netbook-launcher
jaunty UNR, fresh updates as of 16 Oct 2009. Asus EEE pc 900. Slow netbook-launcher, as expected. Changing to the classic mode using "Switch Desktop Mode" works fine. But then when I logout or reboot, the window manager doesn't come up. I can right-click on the desktop and the context menu comes up, and I can do things like changing the desktop background, but I don't get any task bars top or bottom, and windows that appear don't have any decorations. The only way I found to fix it is to sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop, delete everything in my home directory (rm -rf .?* * # use with care), then /etc/init.d/gdm start. That returns me to the netbook-launcher, and all its attendant CPU-hogging and slowness. (See an alternative workaround in the link below) Also tried simply switching to another window manager. But apparently wifi is now tied to the gnome session (WTF?!), so I don't get any internet access unless I'm logged into the gnome session. (Perhaps there's a magic iwconfig incantation or something, but no idea where I'd find that; it saw my AP but wouldn't connect to it. Something about the MAC not being supplied by the gnome app, perhaps?) Apparently I'm not the first to see this wm problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1176929 netbook-launcher sucks SO BAD. I've had to work around it on every single UNR install I've done, across 3 different types of netbook. Please make it go away. ** Affects: netbook-launcher (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- disabling netbook-launcher breaks window manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/452840 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
