Description of problem: In the beta (but not in 8.0) gdm at 640x480 places the shutdown button and the date in the same place. This produces a nasty splat rather than the desired output. It seems gdm ought to either lose the date or change font size. Oddly 8.0 got it right How reproducible: 100%. - SiS video card using 640x480 to test TV out. Sony monitor with all the ident stuff so that may have affected the font sizing if I understand it right. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set display resolution to 640x480 2. ctrl-alt-backspace, let X restart 3. Observe Actual results: Nasty mess in the bottom right Expected results: Either the date not being there or different font sizing
There are just 4 buttons now instead of 3, so it doesn't fit. We could shrink the font or something. I don't know if gdm supports scaling the theme with resolution.
*** Bug 102393 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Since Bug 102393 marked as a DUP of this bug, changing this Bug to Product=RHEL3, version=B1 (was RHL8beta?) ISSUE TRACKER 26680 opened as sev 4.
In general I would not expect 640x480 to work; 800x600 is the "smallest reasonable resolution" that the UI is planned for. We don't have the resources to address or test all 640x480 issues. That said if this particular bug is easy to fix, there's no reason not to. Just don't expect all "dialog is 500 pixels high" type of bugs to be addressed...
I run my mini-notebook at 640x480 and with a window manager that clamps sizes properly (unrelated metacity bug) there is very little that is at all problematic except gdm.
George adds: upstream 2.4.1.6 version of GDM fixes this by making fonts smaller on smaller resolutions. gdm is quite usable at 640x480 using the Bluecurve theme. The only thing is that the welcome string gets put over the redhat logo, but we can really live with that I think (I'm not sure how gdm would solve this really anyway except by using a theme that looks more ok at that resolution). I don't really want to upgrade to 2.4.1.6 in RHEL though, due to risk of breaking something else. Maybe we could backport this patch if it's important.
FROM ISSUE TRACKER Event posted 08-15-2003 09:29am by brian.b with duration of 0.00 redhat-config-xfree86-0.7.6-1 2.4.21-1.1931.2.349.2.2.entsmp With all that was said above, what do we (HP) need to do and will this be fixed? I agree that 640x480 is a pretty low resolution...
Engineering is saying this has been berified to work down to 800x600 by using bluecurve technology. * IF THIS IS A CRITICAL HP REQUIREMENT, they will look at 640x480 but may come back and deem it too risky to put in.... * IF NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, have tested 800x600. Howwever, 640x480 may work but not a bug if it doesn't work...
HP agrees that this is not critical and will go with option #2 above: "640x480 may work but not a bug if it doesn't..." --- Closing bug as WONTFIX.
After discussion with George I'm building the new gdm now, so this may end up being fixed unless we find a reason to remove the newer gdm. Of course Cambridge will have a newer gdm. So this should get resolved.