Bug 377751 - Resolution not detected in initial GTK installation part
Summary: Resolution not detected in initial GTK installation part
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-11-12 13:43 UTC by Dave Crossland
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-11-12 16:31:37 UTC
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Description Dave Crossland 2007-11-12 13:43:22 UTC
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.

Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2007-11-12 16:31:37 UTC
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.


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