Bug 504258

Summary: Cannot proceed with instalation on machine with 4k devices - cropped dialog not showing buttons.
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Martin Banas <mbanas>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
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Priority: low    
Version: 5.4   
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Hardware: s390x   
OS: Linux   
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Description Martin Banas 2009-06-05 07:18:23 UTC
Created attachment 346612 [details]
Cropped dialog window

Description of problem: When installing on s390x with 4k devices, dialog asking for formating all drives is cropped and buttons are not shown.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL5.4-Server-20090529.1; anaconda-11.1.2.181-1;

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. create and execute following script in cms to create 4k fake virtual devices.

===== /* */
===== DO i = X2D(d000) to X2D(dfff)
=====   cp 'def vfb-512 ' D2X(i) ' 1'
===== END

2. run the installer, proceed to partitioning dialog, select "Remove Linux partitions on selected drives and create default layout"
3. warning window is displayed
  
Actual results:
Warning window is cropped, not showing OK and Cancel buttons. Cannot proceed with instalation.

Expected results:
Warning window shows OK and Cancel buttons.
Additional info:
See attached screenshot for more info.

Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2009-06-05 17:34:54 UTC
This should be fixed in the next major release of RHEL.  I don't see this as really critical enough to fix in an update release of RHEL5.  It can easily be documented with a release note if needed, and the workaround is just a matter of knowing to hit "enter" for OK or "tab-enter" for Cancel.