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[Alexander Sack <asac@xxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 397839 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397839

> The tray icon was to inform the user that the problem is due to xorg.
this is not a gpm bug. it has been fixed in gpm.

Right. But as of now it does a pretty bad job of informing the user
about that.

I am a technical guy and had absolutely no clue that this was caused by
my regular screen flickering bug. I couldn't click on it and it took
precious space from my desktop. Also it talked about scary things and
didn't allow me to get more information. The URL was too long to
remember or type, so I didn't bother. Even if it was, I don't think that
displaying a mail thread url is the right way to educate end-users about
problems - especially if there is no workaround etc.

IMO, we shouldn't display it at all and should ensure that it does not
happen for other issues :). If there are ways to make it more useful
that would be fine too of course. But for this particular bug I don't
see how it can be use for the user.

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session active, not inhibited, screen idle message
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