Sputnik devices shipped by Dell have a "dell-super-key" package that disables the Super key in Unity
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Dell Sputnik |
Opinion
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
My production Sputnik device--which shipped with Ubuntu on it from the factory--had a package pre-installed on it named dell-super-key that deliberately disabled the Super key function in Unity by overriding Unity's default configuration. I suspect this package was part of a rough concept early during development that was discarded and Dell is accidentally shipping (some of?) the production devices with it installed.
At least three other users have also encountered this issue, one of whom ordered his device just this month (see http://
Changed in dell-sputnik: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in dell-sputnik: | |
assignee: | Mario Limonciello (superm1) → nobody |
Changed in dell-sputnik: | |
status: | Confirmed → Opinion |
Hi, thank you for the report. We've confirmed that this behavior is happening on production Sputnik units, and we're investigating this issue.