[Bug 945517] [NEW] part of fsck error message is rendered offscreen during startup

[Csipak Attila]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu release: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
plymouth version: 0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2

On bootup, I received the Hungarian equivalent of the following error /
prompt text:

"Errors were found while checking the disk drive for /
Press F to attempt to fix the errors, I to ignore, S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery"

Now the big problem was that the second line of the above text is
significantly longer in the Hungarian translation, so "Press F to" and
"recovery" were clipped off on the left and right side of the screen.
Which left me really clueless about which button I should press to
attempt fixing the error. In the end I successfully googled up the above
English equivalent of the message to get the answer, but this is
certainly not an example of good usability...

So either the loading screen should be able to render similar messages
with automatic line breaks or (less elegant solution) someone should put
linebreaks manually into all message texts. (I mean: into the original
English messages. because, I guess, translators won't start to put any
linebreaks when their translation doubles the character count of a
single line.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-38.83-generic-pae 2.6.32.52+drm33.21
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-38-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: cd3a081d71b0fa03e8879dff272e423d
CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
Date: Sat Mar  3 11:54:35 2012
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P41T-D3
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-38-generic-pae root=UUID=33a8cb8e-2586-4bf1-a90f-7edaf6aa5b01 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=hu_HU:en
 LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 VGA16 VGA
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
dmi.bios.date: 05/31/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F1
dmi.board.name: P41T-D3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF1:bd05/31/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP41T-D3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP41T-D3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: P41T-D3
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

** Affects: plymouth (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid usability

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Title:
  part of fsck error message is rendered offscreen during startup

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu release: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
  plymouth version: 0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2

  On bootup, I received the Hungarian equivalent of the following error
  / prompt text:

  "Errors were found while checking the disk drive for /
  Press F to attempt to fix the errors, I to ignore, S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery"

  Now the big problem was that the second line of the above text is
  significantly longer in the Hungarian translation, so "Press F to" and
  "recovery" were clipped off on the left and right side of the screen.
  Which left me really clueless about which button I should press to
  attempt fixing the error. In the end I successfully googled up the
  above English equivalent of the message to get the answer, but this is
  certainly not an example of good usability...

  So either the loading screen should be able to render similar messages
  with automatic line breaks or (less elegant solution) someone should
  put linebreaks manually into all message texts. (I mean: into the
  original English messages. because, I guess, translators won't start
  to put any linebreaks when their translation doubles the character
  count of a single line.)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu2.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-38.83-generic-pae 2.6.32.52+drm33.21
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-38-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  CheckboxSubmission: cd3a081d71b0fa03e8879dff272e423d
  CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
  Date: Sat Mar  3 11:54:35 2012
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P41T-D3
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-38-generic-pae root=UUID=33a8cb8e-2586-4bf1-a90f-7edaf6aa5b01 ro quiet splash
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=hu_HU:en
   LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 VGA16 VGA
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  dmi.bios.date: 05/31/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F1
  dmi.board.name: P41T-D3
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF1:bd05/31/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP41T-D3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP41T-D3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: P41T-D3
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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