Installer: window not tall enough

GTK, the graphical toolkit used for the installer, does not work with fixed sizes. Rather, the window grows to accommodate the elements contained within it. However, the timezone map can be fixed by putting it in an aspect frame.

Was there distortion anywhere else in the interface?

No, nothing else looked out of place. Going through the install again, I see that the map is the only unusual element.

I just redid the install. Here is a screenshot of the map screen.

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 1.7.18

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ubiquity (1.7.18) hardy; urgency=low

  [ Jonathan Riddell ]
  * kde_ui:
   - Enable/disable advanced partitioner buttons, don't hide/show
   - Use Oxygen icon and make it findable by KDE 4
   - Fix reboot dialogue to actually offer a reboot option
   - When clicking Back at AdvancedPartitioner, go back to first Partitioner page, not keyboard

  [ Evan Dandrea ]
  * Move cancelButton.hide() to after setCancelButton in the KDE frontend as
    the latter function causes the button to be shown again.
  * Use a black border around tzmap points to assist the visually impaired.
  * Flash the currently selected location on the tzmap so that it's easier to
    spot.
  * When clicking on the tzmap, if the closest match is already selected, take
    the next closest.
  * Place the tzmap in an AspectFrame so it doesn't look distorted on
    widescreen displays (LP: #200152).
  * Add missing signal import in noninteractive frontend.
  * Automatic update of included source packages: clock-setup
    0.92ubuntu2, grub-installer 1.27ubuntu6, partman-auto 73ubuntu5,
    partman-target 54ubuntu4.
  * UI Freeze exception upload (LP: #201788).

  [ Mario Limonciello ]
  * For PVR-350 output support, use ivtvfb not ivtv-fb.

 -- Evan Dandrea <email address hidden> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:37:14 -0400