For the Install CD, 800x600 should be an adequate resolution to get
through the installation. 640x480 may be insufficient, however
requiring them to run displayconfig-gtk in this situation may not give a
very clean usability. In this case it might be better to figure out
what caused them to run in 640x480, since the problem may be something
that displayconfig-gtk won't be able to fix either.
If a warning dialog is determined to be needed, that would probably be
implemented easily as a short bash script using xdpyinfo to determine
the resolution in use, and zenity for the warning. This could be run
via the Live CD session user's .xinitrc. What do others think? I'd be
happy to code up this script if it's desired.
For the Live CD, yes, displayconfig-gtk will be available to reconfigure
the X resolution, and the user will be able to run it even in 640x480
mode to reconfigure things. I don't know that we necessarily need to
present a warning pop up in this case; that could just be added clutter,
but it might be a worthwhile usability trade-off. I'd like to wait and
see how users respond to having displayconfig-gtk in the system menu for
Gutsy, as that alone may be sufficient.
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: None => xorg
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
Status: New => Confirmed
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warn on LiveCD/installer startup about low screen resolution
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129432
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