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ubiquity package

Difficult to find "Prepare for Shipping" applet in OEM install on Kubuntu Maverick

Bug #613834 reported by Jeff Lane 
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Ubuntu ubuntu-10.10-beta

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

There is no obvious way to use the OEM tool in Kubuntu in Maverick.

After doing an OEM install and rebooting Kubuntu, I've had to search for the OEM config tool by searching for the terms "oem" or "Prepare to Ship". in one instance, I had to hunt through the Applications menu in Plasma to find it.

The icon/link to the OEM setup tool should be glaringly obvious, not hidden in menus in KDE.

Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)
tags: added: iso-testing
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Jeff Lane  (bladernr) wrote :

After further investigation, this appears to be partly a product of the OEM installer installing plasma-netbook instead of plasma-desktop. On installs that get -desktop, the Prepare for Shipping icon is present on the desktop, however, it is not on the -netbook environment.

There appears to be an issue where OEM is installing -netbook regardless of whether a system meets netbook criteria or not.

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Jeff Lane  (bladernr) wrote :

Ugh... ignore the "Icon is present" thing... I've done so many different installs of Ubunut and Kubuntu over the last couple days that they're all running together.

In Kubuntu, there is no obvious way, be it in netbook or desktop, to find the "Prepare for Shipping" tool. You either have to know that it's in Applications/System or hunt for it.

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Jonathan Riddell (jr) wrote :

The way icons are shown has changed to use the javascript plasma setup. We need to look at this for ubiquity icon and oem installer icons

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
milestone: none → ubuntu-10.10-beta
tags: added: kubuntu
Paul Sladen (sladen)
summary: - DIfficult to find "Prepare for Shipping" applet in OEM install on
+ Difficult to find "Prepare for Shipping" applet in OEM install on
Kubuntu Maverick
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Jonathan Riddell (jr) wrote :

Should be fixed with 4:4.5.0b-0ubuntu5 of kdebase-workspace for plasma-netbook and 4:4.5.0b-0ubuntu4 for plasma-desktop

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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