Array CD 4 (installation and live editions)

Luke Yelavich themuso at themuso.com
Sat Feb 5 16:34:12 CST 2005


On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 09:16:56AM EST, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 08:16:58AM +1100, Luke Yelavich wrote:
> 
> > A couple of things regarding the live CD.
> > 
> > 1. I think it would be a good idea that if a monitor is detected that 
> > supports high resolutions, a resolution should be chosen that most 
> > people can read. My 21 inch monitor supports up to 2048x1536 which IMO 
> > is an outrageous resolution, as everything is so small. I think a more 
> > sane resolution is no more than 1600x1200 at the most. If people don't 
> > like the resolution, they can then change it and be able to read what 
> > they are changing it to.
> 
> Ideally, the fonts and graphics used for the desktop should scale to a
> reasonable size.  Which parts of the system did you find to be sized
> improperly?

When the GNOME desktop loads with the first splash screen, the bottom 
and top panels were very very small. Basically the whole desktop was much 
too small, as my monitor was running at 2048x1536.

> > 2. Is there no consoles? I have tried pressing CTRL+ALT+F1 through F6, 
> > but nothing changes. Must we use a terminal in GNOME for any 
> > command-line work?
> 
> https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6214
> 
> It's the key sequence which doesn't work; you can use "sudo chvt 1" for
> example to get to the console if needed.

Thanks for that. Will have a read of the bug and keep that command in 
mind.

Luke



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