On Tue, 23 Dec 2008, Dave Carlson wrote:

> Or, ideally, the newbie with the exact same problem will search the 
> Ubuntu bug list, noting their similarity to a bug that was filed that 
> included your workaround and relevant discussion.

And he'll do it using someone else's computer because Gnome isn't working 
and he can't open Firefox.  Then he'll have to write down a few possible 
solutions and hope that one of them works when he gets home.

Mike