GNOME Flashback is unusable on computers with a touchscreen.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Flashback |
Fix Released
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Critical
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gnome-flashback (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Zesty |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
[Impact]
GNOME Flashback is unusable on computers with a touchscreen. It crashes every time I try to login.
[Test Case]
Only crashes on computers with a touchscreen.
Fresh install Ubuntu 17.04 Desktop 64bit. (Same for Ubuntu GNOME.)
sudo apt-get install gnome-session-
Select "GNOME Flashback (Metacity)" at login prompt.
First login to GNOME Flashback works, but all subsequent logins crash back to login.
[Regression Potential]
Low, currently GNOME Flashback is completely unusable on computers with a touchscreen.
The first of two commits (see below) just assigns a variable that would otherwise be always 0, the only thing it changes is that the signal will be disconnected in clear_monitor_
The second commit makes sure the settings-
[Other Info]
This bug has been fixed upstream:
https:/
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A test PPA was created for this bug:
https:/
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:muktupavels/bug785227 && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
With this test PPA installed on two different brands of computers with touchscreens, GNOME Flashback works correctly without any crashes, both on Ubuntu 17.04 and Ubuntu GNOME 17.04.
Changed in gnome-flashback: | |
importance: | Unknown → Critical |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
description: | updated |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.