USN-1463-2: Unity 2D update

15 June 2012

Popup menus were not working in Firefox under Unity 2D.

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Releases

Packages

  • unity-2d - Unity interface for non-accelerated graphics cards

Details

USN-1463-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The Firefox update exposed a
bug in Unity 2D which resulted in Firefox being unable to obtain pointer
grabs in order to open popup menus. This update fixes the problem.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04

After a standard system update you need to restart your Unity 2D session to
make all the necessary changes.

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