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metacity package

  1. Bug #35876
  2. Comment #42

Comment 42 for bug 35876

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Loye Young (loyeyoung) wrote : Re: 'Downloading package information' and 'building dependency tree' progress dialogs steal focus

This problem still exists in Hardy. Because of it, a kernel update got hosed up.

I fired off update-manager and switched to working on something else. While I was typing, a window popped up asking whether I wanted to change /boot/grub/menu.lst. The timing was such that I hit the spacebar just when the window popped up, so the window instantly disappeared, the updated kernel was installed, but the grub menu doesn't have an item for the new kernel. Without intervention on my part, this machine would end up keeping the old kernel until the next time the kernel was updated.

Fortunately, I know what happened and I know how to update the grub menu. However, my customers don't know about what's happening under the hood, and they shouldn't have to.

I'm astounded at how long this has been a problem. As mentioned by others, this should be a trivial fix. WTF?

Happy Trails,

Loye Young
Isaac & Young Computer Company
Laredo, Texas
http://www.iycc.net