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From the dmsetup changelog, Scott James Remnant adds the following:

Version 2.02.54-1ubuntu4:

* Some idiot thought it’d be a good idea if device mapper didn’t respond
to “add” events, like those during boot. Take their change out back
and shoot it in the head. LP: #561390.

Tell it like it is, Scott.

There was a regression that was introduced with the update of Thunderbird to 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 that prevented the application from starting. Chris Coulson provided a description and a manual fix for those affected by it to the Ubuntu Developers list which is quoted below:

Some people have experienced a problem with Thunderbird failing to start after upgrading to 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 (see [1]). An updated version which fixes this bug has been uploaded already and the affected binaries removed from the archive. If you have already updated to the affected version and you are experiencing this problem, then you will need to recover manually in order to use Thunderbird again.

The issue is that under certain conditions, the thunderbird wrapper script replaces your profile with a recursive symlink. If you are running the affected version and thunderbird no longer starts, please open a terminal and run “ls -ld ~/.*thunderbird*”. If you see output similar to the following, then you are affected by this bug and will need to proceed with the instructions following.

lrwxrwxrwx 1 chr1s chr1s   24 2010-04-15 19:08 /home/chr1s/.mozilla-thunderbird -> /home/chr1s/.thunderbird
lrwxrwxrwx 1 chr1s chr1s   24 2010-04-15 19:08 /home/chr1s/.thunderbird -> /home/chr1s/.thunderbird
drwx—— 3 chr1s chr1s 4096 2010-04-15 19:08 /home/chr1s/.thunderbird.upstream

To recover from this, you need to:
1) Delete the recursive symlink (~/.thunderbird) by running “rm ~/.thunderbird”.
***Only do this if you see the output above, else you could be deleting your profile. If you are unsure, then rename the file instead***
2) Move ~/.thunderbird.upstream to ~/.thunderbird by running “mv ~/.thunderbird.upstream ~/.thunderbird”

Once you have done this, you will be able to open Thunderbird again.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards
Chris

[1] – https://launchpad.net/bugs/563893

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx is now at Beta 2 and we are only three short weeks away until the final result.

Video courtesy of Paolo Sammicheli & Leo Iannacone

Mark Shuttleworth explained in his blog today about his vision for “the perfect 10″ while revealing the codename for Ubuntu 10.10 due out in October: Maverick Meerkat. He goes on further to lay out a preliminary roadmap for future development after Lucid Lynx is finished by focusing on a “Light” theme to embrace our more mobile computing lifestyles. Some specific points of interest are:

• A revamp of the Ubuntu Netbook Edition user interface.
• Focusing on hybrid could computing with Ubuntu Server.
• Integrating the social networks within the Ubuntu Desktop and making it easier to sync and shared our contact lists.

Ubuntu has made a habit of using the interim releases between LTS editions as testbeds for branching out in new directions. With the first release of Gnome 3.0 due out this year, Maverick Meerkat looks to be no exception.

Some Lucid Beta testers, myself included, have noticed some functionality has been removed from the Nautilus file browser. There used to be a toggle button for the location bar to switch it between button and text-based displays.

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Someguy77: how do I prevent ubuntu from auto placing a icon to my devices on my dekstop? [sic]

Ubuntu, or more correctly Nautilus, Gnome’s file manager, places an icon onto the desktop to show when certain devices, or volumes, are mounted to the system. You can turn this off by running gconf-editor (ALT+F2 to open the run dialog box, type gconf-editor and click Run) and disabling the volumes_visible setting under /apps/nautilus/desktop.

You can also disable it by issuing the following command in a terminal window:

gconftool-2 --set /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible --type=boolean false

ARCHAN> How do i make history not stored ? i dont want places > recent doc to store  my recent files

Gnome doesn’t offer an option to turn off the tracking of recently open documents, but you can employ a simple hack to prevent it from happening. Your Places > Recent Documents menu listing pulls data from ~/.recently-used.xbel which stores your recent document’s meta data. It’ll be recreated if you just delete it. Rather, remove it and make a directory with that same name.

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As much as I love the new look of Lucid, I’m compelled to tweak the look and feel to suit my own taste. After haunting /wg/ at 4chan, someone requested purple-hued wallpapers. I downloaded all of them and came across the one below. If someone knows, I’d love to give them the credit they deserve for it.

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Steven Langasek announced through the developers mailing list that Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Beta 1 is being postponed until Friday, March 19, 2010.

“Owing to some late image rebuilds for a couple of critical issues that we didn’t want to leave our beta users subjected to, validation of 10.04 Beta 1 is still in progress. This means that Beta 1 will not be released on Thursday, March 18 as planned; it will be released tomorrow, March 19.”

Read the rest of his email HERE.

Least I Could Do made me laugh. It reminded me about how much of a cult-following Steve Jobs has been able to create through Apple and its line of gotta-have-devices. People will be clamoring for the iPad when it officially releases on April 3, much like the past iPhones.
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