Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 377751
Resolution not detected in initial GTK installation part
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:12:22 EST
Description of problem: Anaconda's GTK installation appears to run at a low resolution like 640x480 or 800x600, and on my 24" widescreen LCD monitor, the subpixel hinting on the text looks really weird and the pixel images are very blocky. FirstBoot correctly detects the monitor size and so on though (although I guess this is because X is running then) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): F8 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Fedora 8 on a computer with a high resolution screen that scales up lower resolutions. Actual results: Anaconda has a fixed low resolution Expected results: Anaconda detects the resolution of the monitor like X windows and uses it, so that text and images are displayed properly.
The overall UI in anaconda isn't really designed to be run at a resolution higher than 800x600. If you choose to run it at some larger resolution, it will look funny because widgets will be huge, there will be even more blank space, and so forth. If you do need to run anaconda at a higher resolution, it's a simple matter of adding the resolution= parameter to your boot args.