[Bug 729057] [NEW] ubiquity window doesn't fit inside an 800x600 desktop during manual partitioning
Eliah Kagan
Binary package hint: ubiquity
With a resolution of 800x600, running ubiquity and selecting manual
partitioning results in the manual partitioning step (called "Allocate
drive space") expanding the Ubiquity window below the bottom of the
screen, so that it is very difficult to approve the specified partition
scheme and continue with the installation. This is illustrated by the
attached full-screen screenshot.
This is with the daily live install CD (i.e. desktop CD) for Natty,
downloaded on 3/4/2011. The md5sum for the ISO image (natty-
desktop-i386.iso) is 5f1c4376fb3c42742627d9f77e83547e. The ubiquity
package version is 2.5.22.
While low resolutions like 800x600 are less common than they used to be
(except on netbooks), there are three other usage cases for such a low
resolution (and most users in these situations would likely be
installing Ubuntu Desktop Edition rather than the netbook version):
(1) This is a common way to increase the size of text and other GUI
elements, employed by people who have trouble seeing them at higher
resolutions.
(2) When upgrading or replacing their computers, many people keep their
old monitors. Most monitors support resolutions higher than 800x600, but
they do not necessarily support higher resolutions with desirable color
depth and refresh rate.
(3) When using a virtual machine, the "screen" of the virtual machine
tends to be small when it is displayed inside a window on the host
desktop. This is my situation.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: ubiquity 2.5.22
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Mar 4 13:09:21 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110304)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty
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ubiquity window doesn't fit inside an 800x600 desktop during manual
partitioning
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Eliah Kagan
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Eliah Kagan
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/727905
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: ubiquity
With a resolution of 800x600, running ubiquity and selecting manual
partitioning results in the manual partitioning step (called "Allocate
drive space") expanding the Ubiquity window below the bottom of the
screen, so that it is very difficult to approve the specified partition
- scheme and continue with the installation. This is illustrated by the
- attached full-screen screenshot.
+ scheme and continue with the installation (i.e. the Install Now button
+ is below the bottom of the screen). This is illustrated by the attached
+ full-screen screenshot.
- LANGUAGE=en_US:en
- PATH=(custom, no user)
- LANG=en_US.UTF-8
- SHELL=/bin/bash
+ LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+ PATH=(custom, no user)
+ LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+ SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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Robert Roth
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/727905
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a
duplicate of bug #727905, so it is being marked as such. Please look at
the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you
can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug.
Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in
the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may
find.
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 727905
Installer windows are sometimes too tall for small wide-screen devices (netbooks)
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