[Bug 1895262] [NEW] Installer windows do not fit on screen, when live-CD only boots with 800x600 screen resolution

[Karl Kastner]

Public bug reported:

I recently got a new laptop, ThinkPad E14 G2 with AMD Ryzen 7 4700U with
Radeon Graphics. The live-system boots only with a screen resolution of
800x600, which cannot be increased. The problem is that the windows of
the installer do not fit the screen so that the buttons for "cancel",
"back" and, most importantly, "continue" are not visible on the screen.
Thus any novice trying to install Ubuntu/Linux on a recent laptop with
AMD hardware will surely despair and be turned off from using
Ubuntu/Linux. I suggest that the windows of the installer get a scroll
bar to make it feasible to install Ubuntu in such cases.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubuntu-desktop (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-47.51-generic 5.4.55
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-47-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Sep 11 16:01:52 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-05 (1771 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-09-10 (0 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2019-03-07T21:28:39.455024

** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal

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Title:
  Installer windows do not fit on screen, when live-CD only boots with
  800x600 screen resolution

Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I recently got a new laptop, ThinkPad E14 G2 with AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
  with Radeon Graphics. The live-system boots only with a screen
  resolution of 800x600, which cannot be increased. The problem is that
  the windows of the installer do not fit the screen so that the buttons
  for "cancel", "back" and, most importantly, "continue" are not visible
  on the screen. Thus any novice trying to install Ubuntu/Linux on a
  recent laptop with AMD hardware will surely despair and be turned off
  from using Ubuntu/Linux. I suggest that the windows of the installer
  get a scroll bar to make it feasible to install Ubuntu in such cases.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubuntu-desktop (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-47.51-generic 5.4.55
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-47-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Sep 11 16:01:52 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-05 (1771 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-09-10 (0 days ago)
  modified.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: [modified]
  mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2019-03-07T21:28:39.455024

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