That's actually a good idea, I can install my karmic ISO in a VM, reproduce the bug and if it does work I will install the PPA on top of it, that should save me some time, will hopefully remember to do it this afternoon.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:56 AM, WeatherGod <ben.v.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > vexorian, thank you for your assistance in this matter. As a reminder, > it is still not recommended to *install* Lucid just to test a few > packages. Also, a virtual machine, while very useful, can sometimes > cause slightly different behaviors than your actual machine because some > virtual machines translate the hardware into generic interfaces, causing > the virtual environment to use different drivers than it would have used > on the machine itself. Therefore, in order for the virtual machine > tests to be useful, the problem first has to be reproduced using Jaunty > or Karmic in the VM, and then tested using Lucid in the VM. > > As an alternative, you can boot into a LiveCD session of Lucid without > ever touching your current install (it is very much like how Knoppix > works, if you have ever used that). > > -- > Icons overlap for categories with >= 9 rows > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435805 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- Icons overlap for categories with >= 9 rows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435805 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
