Ubuntu
gdm package

the login screen widgets don't fit on small screen resolutions

Bug #421217 reported by Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄
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This bug affects 11 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gdm
Fix Released
Medium
gdm (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Canonical Desktop Team
Lucid
Won't Fix
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

Fresh install of karmic from todays live iso.

On gdm logon screen I can choose layouts from the list, and doing so adds them to a quicklist. However doing so results in a messed up panel if any of the layout names are quite long (which some are). Screenshot to follow. Note I'm running at a fairly conservative 1024x768 and it's nudged stuff horizontally off the panel.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Aug 29 20:01:40 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gdm 2.27.90-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-8.28-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-8-generic i686

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote :
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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote :
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
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Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab) wrote :

I think this bug's importance should be raised as it affects any and all netbooks which typically have 1024x600 or similar resolutions in their displays.

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Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab) wrote : apport-collect data

Architecture: lpia
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu12
PackageArchitecture: lpia
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-lpia
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-lpia i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape vboxusers video

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Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab) wrote : Dependencies.txt
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Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab) wrote : XsessionErrors.txt
tags: added: apport-collected
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costales (costales) wrote : Re: Long keyboard layout names mess the panel layout up

This bug exist for the Asturian variant (ast_ES code).
The width of phrase "Spain (Asturian variant with bottom-dot H and bottom-dot L)" in the GDM for choose the variant keyboard is very large, exceeding the width of screen.

Could be shortened to "Spain (Asturian)"?
I just tried in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic alpha 6.
Thanks very much!

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Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab) wrote :

I described a similar usability problem and proposed having a bubble/on-hover message displayed to wrok around it a while ago, see Bug #43185. Perhaps that may help.

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Andreas Schildbach (schildbach) wrote :

gdm decides to use an 800 x 600 resolution for some systems (including mine), so we should make sure that the layout works for those small resolution as well.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gdm:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team)
status: Confirmed → Triaged
summary: - Long keyboard layout names mess the panel layout up
+ the login screen widgets don't fit on small screen resolutions
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Ruben Verweij (ruben-verweij) wrote :

I am also having this problem in Lucid on a 1024x800 screen.

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Andreas Schildbach (schildbach) wrote :

My problem of having too many/too large widgets on the login screen, rendering the controls at the bottom of the screen hardly usable (bug #447112), is still present in Lucid final.

Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)
tags: added: iso-testing
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gdm:
status: Unknown → New
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the issue is fixed in the maverick version

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The change is doing an interface and string change, not sure it's suitable for a stable update...

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu Lucid):
assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) → nobody
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gdm:
status: New → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gdm:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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