Am Samstag, 11. März 2006 13:49 schrieb Azerion:
At this moment you can, in the install-bootscreen, select what resolution you want to use. As being a 'not total-noob' I know that I have to select the proper resolution for my screen. But I guess new users don't see that option and they end up with an install-screen that is to small (or deformed) and does have a refreshrate less then 60.
We have to fix that problem, and there are a few options (maybe more then 2?):
1.) Auto-detection, don't know i that is possible but I assume so. 2.) A 'pop-up' question so people will set the proper resolution. 3.) Use 1024x768 as default. Most people will have a minimum resolution like that allready, but it would still not be 'the end' and 'final solution'
/me is checking SUSE Linux as a noob ATM and things like this are not noob-friendly.
ps. cannot test if setup auto-detects cause of a bug that is allready reported. >> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=157376
But seeing that option makes me assume it does not.
Azerion
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It does seem to auto-detect at the moment... Most of my machines all choose 1280x1024 which is the default mode for the 17" TFT's I have. Just tried it on my 20.1" screen, it defaults to 1024x768, but there again 1680x1050 isn't a Vesa mode. My laptop has an Ati Mobility X700 chipset (which even ATi don't support properly yet :-( ), that does default to 800x600, but at least it installs. Once the installation is complete, X can't display anything, I have to boot into RL3 and install the ATi fglrx drivers before X starts. (Debian and Ubuntu "crash" before it has finished loading the set-up program (corrupted screen with random coloured pixels).) On my range of hardware it seems to be making sensible, and usable, choices. What hardware combination is causing a problem for you, that might be useful to know... nVidia FX5700LE, Dual Head 17" 1280x1024 TFT displays: defaults to 1280x1024 mirrored. nVidia FX5900XT, 17" 1280x1024 TFT: defaults to 1280x1024 nVidia Ti4600, 17" 1280x1024 TFT: defaults to 1280x1024 nVidia FX6600GT, 20.1" 1680x1050 widescreen TFT: defaults to 1024x768 (can manually choose 1400x1050) SiS chipset, 15" 1024x768 laptop TFT: defaults to 1024x768 Ati Radeon Mobility X700, 15.1" 1280x800 widescreen laptop TFT: defaults to 800x600 (Can't remember the chipset number of the SiS one, my mother nabbed the laptop and took it back to England with her last time she visited, she was sooo impressed with SUSE :-D) Dave -- "I got to go figure," the tenant said. "We all got to figure. There's some way to stop this. It's not like lightning or earthquakes. We've got a bad thing made by men, and by God that's something we can change." - The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck