https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349 User aschnell@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349#c1 Arvin Schnell <aschnell@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |aschnell@novell.com Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |jimomura@pathcom.com --- Comment #1 from Arvin Schnell <aschnell@novell.com> 2008-11-19 10:28:52 MST --- Please make a screenshot of the dialog. I don't know what menu you are referring to. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349 Arvin Schnell <aschnell@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |jimomura@pathcom.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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349 User jimomura@pathcom.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349#c2 --- Comment #2 from Jim Omura <jimomura@pathcom.com> 2008-11-20 15:02:17 MST --- Well, I have been trying to reproduce what I saw before and have not been able. Unfortunately, things are not necessarily better. - turn off "desktop effects" [Note: if "destop effects" is on, then the first window is shown mainly above the screen, but that was not what I was referring to originally.] - start partitioner [warning window comes up] - click on "yes" [it detects the drivers, gives me a warning window about an SD card in a slot which cannot be fully handled by parted] - select the hard driver "/dev/sda" - click on the "next" button [*it crashes here and the window disappears] At this point, there is nothing to show in a screenshot. This was not actually what I saw before, but for now I guess it is what needs to be fixed. Checking the processes, "parted" is not there. There is a "startpar" process that is "Sleeping 0 0 2486 0" is that part of this program? -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349 User jimomura@pathcom.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349#c4 --- Comment #4 from Jim Omura <jimomura@pathcom.com> 2008-11-20 15:13:42 MST --- Created an attachment (id=254111) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=254111) Picture of program startup window when "desktop effects" is on -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349 User rpmcruz@alunos.dcc.fc.up.pt added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349#c6 --- Comment #6 from Ricardo Cruz <rpmcruz@alunos.dcc.fc.up.pt> 2008-11-20 18:03:56 MST --- Might be interesting to see if "/sbin/yast2 disk --qt" behaves in the same manner. (You may want to make sure the Qt font size is similar to that of Gtk through "qtconfig".) -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349 User aschnell@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349#c7 Arvin Schnell <aschnell@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC|kmachalkova@novell.com, aschnell@novell.com | AssignedTo|aschnell@novell.com |bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo.novell.com --- Comment #7 from Arvin Schnell <aschnell@novell.com> 2008-11-21 02:32:10 MST --- Referring to image im comment #4: yast2-storage is not responsible for placing the window on the screen. Seems to be a GNOME problem. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349 User jimomura@pathcom.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349#c9 --- Comment #9 from Jim Omura <jimomura@pathcom.com> 2008-11-24 20:23:35 MST --- I tried the "/sbin/yast2 disk --qt" and it looks ok. Behavior seems the same. I think I understand this now. The "Next" option aborts the editor if there is no task awaiting execution. This is probably because it was intended to be used in the context of the "Installer". As it is, this is not really a good idea in either case because the interface is not sufficiently explicit. Unless you are sitting with the documentation in your lap, or are very familiar with it, there is a good chance that you will hit the "next" button expecting more options (which is what I did). In such a case, you should have another dialog box saying something like: "No changes to be made. Exit the Partition Editor? [Return To Partition Editor] [Exit]" Anyway sorry about the confusion. I was dealing with a few issues all at once and forgot that this one had arisen back in Beta 4. I expect to do a fresh install again using whatever is around next week. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349 User rpmcruz@alunos.dcc.fc.up.pt added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349#c11 --- Comment #11 from Ricardo Cruz <rpmcruz@alunos.dcc.fc.up.pt> 2008-11-26 17:11:48 MST --- (In reply to comment #9 from Jim Omura)

Behavior seems the same. I think I understand this now. The "Next" option aborts the editor if there is no task awaiting execution. This is probably because it was intended to be used in the context of the "Installer". As it is, this is not really a good idea in either case because the interface is not sufficiently explicit. Unless you are sitting with the documentation in your lap, or are very familiar with it, there is a good chance that you will hit the "next" button expecting more options (which is what I did). In such a case, you should have another dialog box saying something like:

Yeah, that's definitively a bug. (It should be renamed to "Ok" according to the new yast style guide.) Arvin has removed himself from this bug report though; could you open a new report for that one? A couple of searches don't catch it reported. (In reply to comment #10 from Jim Omura)

I forgot to mention that the test in Comment #9 using "Qt" was done with "Desktop Effects on". I would presume that "off" would not make a difference in this case.

Yep, it's bug 442052, and the fix for that one extends to all these other tools as well. When a tool needs more size than the default one, the GTK UI just blindly gives it to them -- because the window manager is expected to handle it. We now clamp the requested size to that of the screen -- as far as I can tell, we behave exactly like the Qt UI now... -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349 User jimomura@pathcom.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349#c13 --- Comment #13 from Jim Omura <jimomura@pathcom.com> 2008-11-29 18:45:50 MST --- Created an attachment (id=256760) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=256760) "fstab Options" menu "Desktop Effects" = off This menu has the problem described. Again, sorry for the confusion. As I said, I have been dealing with a lot of bugs and everything got mixed up in my mind. This image was taken in "RC1", so it is still there. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349 User rpmcruz@alunos.dcc.fc.up.pt added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446349#c15 Ricardo Cruz <rpmcruz@alunos.dcc.fc.up.pt> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |DUPLICATE --- Comment #15 from Ricardo Cruz <rpmcruz@alunos.dcc.fc.up.pt> 2008-11-30 13:11:20 MST --- Okay, let's see what Arvin has to say about that issue over bug 450176. The crash part we'll deal in bug 442052. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 442052 *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=442052 -- 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.