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unity8 package

  1. Bug #1305513
  2. Comment #0

Comment 0 for bug 1305513

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote : Provide a fallback or warning dialog if platform is too old or unsupported

If a platform is too old or unsupported Mir starts but unity8 crashes (bug 1304959) The result is a black screen with a mouse pointer.

Instead, at least a warning should be displayed or better fallback to a supported lightweight session (like it was with Unity-GL -> Unity-2D)

Test Case:
1. Install Trusty on a machine that is not capable of running Mir + Unity8
2. Install unity8-desktop-session-mir
3. In lightdm select the session 'unity8-mir'
4. Login

Actual behavior:
A black screen with a mouse pointer and a unity8 crash (bug 1304959)

Expected behavior:
Detect if the platform is supported and start a fallback session if it is not.