Activity log for bug #617392

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2010-08-13 13:52:48 Matthew Paul Thomas bug added bug
2010-09-10 11:55:28 Matthew Paul Thomas description Ubuntu Maverick alpha 3 After installing Maverick and running it for the first time, a notification bubble appears saying that you can install extra hardware drivers. Unhelpfully, it gives no hint of how to do this. If you're lucky, you may notice a menu appearing in the panel, containing a single item: "Install Drivers". But if you're not an Ubuntu expert, and weren't looking at the screen for the ten seconds that the notification bubble was visible, this menu isn't understandable. This is an inappropriate use of notification bubbles and status menus. This situation is non-urgent but requires input response, so the appropriate presentation is a normal window or alert box. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotificationDesignGuidelines> I can think of three ways this bug could be fixed (maybe there are more): * Use an alert box instead, with "Cancel" and "Install…" buttons. * Open the Hardware Drivers window directly, improving the intro text to explain why it is open. * Offer the hardware drivers, off by default, in their own section in Update Manager. Fixing this bug would invalidate bug 542556. Ubuntu Maverick alpha 3 Ubuntu Maverick daily 20100910 After installing Maverick and running it for the first time, a notification bubble appears saying that you can install extra hardware drivers. Unhelpfully, it gives no hint of how to do this. If you're lucky, you may notice a menu appearing in the panel, containing a single item: "Install Drivers". But if you're not an Ubuntu expert, and weren't looking at the screen for the ten seconds that the notification bubble was visible, this menu isn't understandable. This is an inappropriate use of notification bubbles and status menus. This situation is non-urgent but requires input response, so the appropriate presentation is a normal window or alert box. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotificationDesignGuidelines> I can think of three ways this bug could be fixed (maybe there are more): * Use an alert box instead, with "Cancel" and "Install…" buttons. * Open the Hardware Drivers window directly, improving the intro text to explain why it is open. * Offer the hardware drivers, off by default, in their own section in Update Manager. Fixing this bug would invalidate bug 542556.
2011-04-04 12:34:51 Matthew Paul Thomas description Ubuntu Maverick alpha 3 Ubuntu Maverick daily 20100910 After installing Maverick and running it for the first time, a notification bubble appears saying that you can install extra hardware drivers. Unhelpfully, it gives no hint of how to do this. If you're lucky, you may notice a menu appearing in the panel, containing a single item: "Install Drivers". But if you're not an Ubuntu expert, and weren't looking at the screen for the ten seconds that the notification bubble was visible, this menu isn't understandable. This is an inappropriate use of notification bubbles and status menus. This situation is non-urgent but requires input response, so the appropriate presentation is a normal window or alert box. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotificationDesignGuidelines> I can think of three ways this bug could be fixed (maybe there are more): * Use an alert box instead, with "Cancel" and "Install…" buttons. * Open the Hardware Drivers window directly, improving the intro text to explain why it is open. * Offer the hardware drivers, off by default, in their own section in Update Manager. Fixing this bug would invalidate bug 542556. Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu Natty daily 20110404 After installing Ubuntu and running it for the first time, a notification bubble appears: "Restricted drivers available - In order to use your hardware more efficiently, you can enable drivers which are not free software." Unhelpfully, it gives no hint of how to do this. If you're lucky, you may notice a menu appearing in the panel, containing a single item: "Install Drivers". But if you're not an Ubuntu expert, and weren't looking at the screen for the ten seconds that the notification bubble was visible, this menu isn't understandable. This is an inappropriate use of notification bubbles and status menus. This situation is non-urgent but requires input response, so the appropriate presentation is a normal window or alert box. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotificationDesignGuidelines> I can think of three ways this bug could be fixed (maybe there are more): * Use an alert box instead, with "Cancel" and "Install…" buttons. * Open the Hardware Drivers window directly, improving the intro text to explain why it is open. * Offer the hardware drivers, off by default, in their own section in Update Manager. Fixing this bug would invalidate bug 542556.
2011-04-04 12:35:10 Matthew Paul Thomas attachment added screenshot https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/617392/+attachment/1977365/+files/Screenshot.png
2011-07-14 18:03:17 Matthew Paul Thomas description Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu Natty daily 20110404 After installing Ubuntu and running it for the first time, a notification bubble appears: "Restricted drivers available - In order to use your hardware more efficiently, you can enable drivers which are not free software." Unhelpfully, it gives no hint of how to do this. If you're lucky, you may notice a menu appearing in the panel, containing a single item: "Install Drivers". But if you're not an Ubuntu expert, and weren't looking at the screen for the ten seconds that the notification bubble was visible, this menu isn't understandable. This is an inappropriate use of notification bubbles and status menus. This situation is non-urgent but requires input response, so the appropriate presentation is a normal window or alert box. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotificationDesignGuidelines> I can think of three ways this bug could be fixed (maybe there are more): * Use an alert box instead, with "Cancel" and "Install…" buttons. * Open the Hardware Drivers window directly, improving the intro text to explain why it is open. * Offer the hardware drivers, off by default, in their own section in Update Manager. Fixing this bug would invalidate bug 542556. Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu Natty daily 20110404 Ubuntu Ocelot alpha 2 After installing Ubuntu and running it for the first time, a notification bubble appears: "Restricted drivers available - In order to use your hardware more efficiently, you can enable drivers which are not free software." Unhelpfully, it gives no hint of how to do this. If you're lucky, you may notice a menu appearing in the panel, containing a single item: "Install Drivers". But if you're not an Ubuntu expert, and weren't looking at the screen for the ten seconds that the notification bubble was visible, this menu isn't understandable. This is an inappropriate use of notification bubbles and status menus. This situation is non-urgent but requires input response, so the appropriate presentation is a normal window or alert box. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotificationDesignGuidelines> I can think of three ways this bug could be fixed (maybe there are more): * Use an alert box instead, with "Cancel" and "Install…" buttons. * Open the Hardware Drivers window directly, improving the intro text to explain why it is open. * Offer the hardware drivers, off by default, in their own section in Update Manager. Fixing this bug would invalidate bug 542556.
2011-09-01 15:56:33 Robert Roth description Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu Natty daily 20110404 Ubuntu Ocelot alpha 2 After installing Ubuntu and running it for the first time, a notification bubble appears: "Restricted drivers available - In order to use your hardware more efficiently, you can enable drivers which are not free software." Unhelpfully, it gives no hint of how to do this. If you're lucky, you may notice a menu appearing in the panel, containing a single item: "Install Drivers". But if you're not an Ubuntu expert, and weren't looking at the screen for the ten seconds that the notification bubble was visible, this menu isn't understandable. This is an inappropriate use of notification bubbles and status menus. This situation is non-urgent but requires input response, so the appropriate presentation is a normal window or alert box. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotificationDesignGuidelines> I can think of three ways this bug could be fixed (maybe there are more): * Use an alert box instead, with "Cancel" and "Install…" buttons. * Open the Hardware Drivers window directly, improving the intro text to explain why it is open. * Offer the hardware drivers, off by default, in their own section in Update Manager. Fixing this bug would invalidate bug 542556. Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu Natty daily 20110404 Ubuntu Ocelot alpha 2 After installing Ubuntu and running it for the first time, a notification bubble appears: "Restricted drivers available - In order to use your hardware more efficiently, you can enable drivers which are not free software." Unhelpfully, it gives no hint of how to do this. If you're lucky, you may notice a menu appearing in the panel, containing a single item: "Install Drivers". But if you're not an Ubuntu expert, and weren't looking at the screen for the ten seconds that the notification bubble was visible, this menu isn't understandable. This is an inappropriate use of notification bubbles and status menus. This situation is non-urgent but requires input response, so the appropriate presentation is a normal window or alert box. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotificationDesignGuidelines> I can think of three ways this bug could be fixed (maybe there are more): * Use an alert box instead, with "Cancel" and "Install…" buttons. * Open the Hardware Drivers window directly, improving the intro text to explain why it is open. * Offer the hardware drivers, off by default, in their own section in Update Manager. * Maybe integrating in software center in a drivers tab (only visible if there are drivers available) as suggested in http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28205/ would also be an option Fixing this bug would invalidate bug 542556.
2011-09-01 15:56:36 Robert Roth bug added subscriber Robert Roth
2011-09-01 15:56:39 Robert Roth jockey (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2011-09-01 15:56:42 Robert Roth jockey (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Low
2012-12-27 20:59:02 komputes bug added subscriber David Bensimon
2012-12-28 17:02:00 Chad A Davis bug added subscriber Chad A. Davis
2013-05-04 15:07:09 dino99 jockey (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Invalid
2013-05-09 10:12:26 Matthew Paul Thomas jockey (Ubuntu): status Invalid Confirmed
2013-07-10 08:44:58 dino99 jockey (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Invalid
2013-07-13 01:13:37 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos jockey (Ubuntu): status Invalid Won't Fix