Please excuse the meta-comment, but this sort of regression is the #1 most frustrating problem with ubuntu (/linux/open-source). Something works in one release, possibly after some effort, and then breaks in the next. Doubly or triply frustrating when the release is a LTS. It's for this reason I actually fear upgrading.
Ubuntu is truly fantastic, I choose it over any other environment, but the desktop stability is a major problem.
Please excuse the meta-comment, but this sort of regression is the #1 most frustrating problem with ubuntu (/linux/ open-source) . Something works in one release, possibly after some effort, and then breaks in the next. Doubly or triply frustrating when the release is a LTS. It's for this reason I actually fear upgrading.
Ubuntu is truly fantastic, I choose it over any other environment, but the desktop stability is a major problem.