[Bug 727905] Re: Installer windows are sometimes too tall for small wide-screen devices (netbooks)

[gouri]

Hit this exact bug while installing Xubuntu 14.04 on a eeePc 701 that
has a physical 800x600 screen.

I had to plug an external screen and enable it (xrandr or preference
tool) to be able to see the buttons and click.

With that I discovered that the window was probably to tall since the
beginning, but the bottom area with the progress dots wasn't that
important. It really become a problem when

There are many bug reports involving installer window too big for
screen. For example : #51442 #632320 #630363 #890983 #173392 #712848
#38442 . Perhaps some should be marked as duplicate to clean up the bug
list.


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Title:
  Installer windows are sometimes too tall for small wide-screen devices
  (netbooks)

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  Some of the Ubiquity windows are too tall for widescreen netbooks (or
  my widescreen netbook at least).  I'm running this on a lenovo S10
  netbook.  After booting the installer, the first screen (that asks if
  I want to Try Ubuntu Live, or Install Ubuntu) is too tall for the
  display.

  I ran into this another time while trying installs on this netbook
  when a window resized (I tried manual partitioning) and resized itself
  too much for this screen.  I had to alt-click-hold to drag the window
  up so I could even see the navigation buttons in this case.

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