Ubuntu
ubiquity package

The install dialog box is larger than the default resolution (800x600). Next button cannot be seen without removing toolbars.

Bug #109649 reported by Connell on 2007-04-24

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #38442: Ubiquity dialogues too large for 800x600 display. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

When I boot the Ubuntu 7.04 Live/Install CD and choose the Install option the install screen comes up larger than the size of the default 800x600 screen. The buttons (Cancel, Back, Next, etc) are not visible/clickable. My work-around to this was to enable auto-hide for both tool-bars and move the install screen to the very top of the screen. Even then I was unable to read what the buttons said but could at least click on the button that I guessed to be correct.

The install screen should be resizable. It would be nice if the default size fit nicely in an 800x600 resolution without any resizing needed. Perhaps scroll-bars would be needed, but this could really deter a new user from installing the system.

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Lorenzo (lorenzo-delledonne) wrote on 2007-04-25:

Thank you for your report!
This is a well-known bug, which unfortunately has not been fixed yet. A temporary (and uncomfortable, I know) workaround is ALT+DRAG...
Anyway, this bug is a duplicate of 38442 so I'll close it.
Keep reporting bugs! :)

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Ori Tzoran (ori-tzoran) wrote on 2007-12-27:

i just installed gutsy using a new Asus VW222 wide screen
none of the <F4> VGA settings helped: from default to max res, the installer came up with 800X600.
attempts to circumvent the above bug didn't improve [auto-hide, put the top bar on the left, etc].
i comment here because i looked for tips on something like this subject: failed to find...
i finally used TAB to advance to the supposed "OK" but this is a workaround for someone that installed Ubuntu 10 times in the last year, not for a newbie.