[Bug 212528] New: Graphic Installation on small screen difficult
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 Summary: Graphic Installation on small screen difficult Product: SUSE Linux 10.1 Version: Final Platform: i686 OS/Version: SuSE Linux 10.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: novell@skewray.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com I was installing SuSE 10.1 onto an embedded computer with a 6.1" 640x480 LCD screen, and ran into a problem. The installer detected the screen as 800x600, but since the screen was actually smaller, only the top left corner was visible. Using alt-F3 (?) should allow the user to change the screen size, but without seeing the screen, there is no way to put the mouse into the menu to choose the smaller screen size. I suggest putting the alt-menus at the top of the screen as a simple fix. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 mhorvath@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team- |snwint@novell.com |screening@forge.provo.novell| |.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 mhorvath@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 mhorvath@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Normal |Enhancement -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 snwint@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |snwint@novell.com AssignedTo|snwint@novell.com |siegfried.olschner@novell.com Status|ASSIGNED |NEW ------- Comment #1 from snwint@novell.com 2006-10-20 08:07 MST ------- You can't select a resolution less than 800x600. The installer will go for text mode in that case. Anyway, moving the menu bar to the top (or not) is something for our usability people. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 siegfried.olschner@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|siegfried.olschner@novell.co|mschmidkunz@novell.com |m | ------- Comment #2 from siegfried.olschner@novell.com 2006-12-11 07:15 MST ------- Reorganization of usability-bug assignments. We try to discharge the number of our bug entries in the next weeks. => Reassigned to mschmidkunz -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 ------- Comment #3 from mschmidkunz@novell.com 2006-12-22 07:14 MST ------- If it is technically not possible to select a lower graphical resolution than 800x600 than this isn't a usability issue. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 mschmidkunz@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|mschmidkunz@novell.com |bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 mhorvath@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |novell@skewray.com ------- Comment #4 from mhorvath@novell.com 2006-12-22 07:37 MST ------- According to the previous comments: could you attach the yast logs please? If you don't have them anymore, I'll reassign it this report to the appropriate maintainers, but it would be very useful for them. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 mhorvath@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED Info Provider|novell@skewray.com | Resolution| |WONTFIX ------- Comment #5 from mhorvath@novell.com 2007-01-03 02:31 MST ------- I'm going to close this bug as Wontfix, because of long inactivity. Please reopen the bug if you can provide the needed information, thanks. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 novell@skewray.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|WONTFIX | ------- Comment #6 from novell@skewray.com 2007-01-06 21:45 MST ------- I don't have the YaST logs, but I doubt that they would be helpful. The problem is that the menu that pops up the change the screen resolution at boot appears at the bottom of the screen. If the physical screen size is less than what YaST mistakenly assumed, then the menu cannot be seen. The simple fix is to move the menu to the top of the screen. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 chrubis@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team- |yast2-maintainers@suse.de |screening@forge.provo.novell| |.com | Status|REOPENED |NEW -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 sh@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID ------- Comment #7 from sh@novell.com 2007-01-09 08:55 MST ------- IMHO it would be very unusual to move the function key descriptions to the top of the screen. This would violate one of the basic rules of usability: Do what users expect you to do. Do not surprise your users with unexpected behaviour. I think the bug in this case is that the wrong video mode was selected to begin with. This sounds very much like a BIOS/firmware bug to me. It should not report that it supports more than 640x480 if it does not in reality. I'd vote to close this issue as INVALID. We'd do more harm than good. We might improve that one (IMHO really exotic case) at the cost of confusing the great majority of users. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212528 ------- Comment #8 from novell@skewray.com 2007-01-10 21:46 MST ------- Other distributions find the correct screen size. On the other hand, I am not going to go back and install SuSE at this point, so I no longer care if you fix it. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
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