Re: [Ubuntugnome-qa] Installer tested + HiDPI checked out

[Tim <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Michael,
   Thanks for the thorough testing!
On 02/04/14 11:39, Michael Flaig wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I finally got around to testing trusty on a Fujitsu U904 which has a
> 3200x1800 pixel screen on just 14".
>
> First of all the installation in general went smooth on the machine.
> Below some more detailed points about the installation tests.
> + Good
> = Not tested
> - Doesn't work or is missing (wish)
The mailing list is in no way a bug tracker, you should just file bugs for anything you marked with '-' (if you can't find any existing reports)
>
> Installer in general:
> The installer detected HiDPI screen properly and scaled (as much as
> Gnome 3.10 is able to). The cursor is hard to find - it didn't scale.
> Although HiDPI is not fully implemented on Gnome 3.10 the GUI scaled
> rather well and I couldn't find any obvious mistakes there. The most
> common installer options work very well.
>
> Internet connection:
> + The Installer asks for Wifi - works great! 
> = Couldn't test LAN, yet
> - No Question about a proxy on the installer
> - I wished an option to set up WWAN there as well. 
> + WWAN can be set up from the "live CD's" Gnome Shell and worked great!
>
> Partitioning:
> + All given "easy" options work incl. full disk encryption
> = Didn't check if swap is encrypted using "easy" options and eCrypt
> + UEFI/GPT is properly detected and grub2 is set up on EFI partition
> + Custom partitioning: 
>   + Created lots of partitions, did resizes and reverts nothing broke
>   + Btrfs: for / works. 
>   - Btrfs: Subvolume layout fixed. created / and /home only.
>   - dmcrypt: Only Passphrase protected drive supported.
>   = swap: In order to have a secure eCrypt swap must be encrypted. 
>           The installer set it up automatically by just choosing swap
>     - After the installation was complete cryptswap1 was in the 
>       cryptsetup configuration file, however it could not be started.
>       The partition used is addressed by UUID, however cryptsetup says
>       that the device with this specific UUID is not present. 
>   - dmcrypt: No Option to generate a "USB key" with certificate
>   - dmcrypt: Not able to select crypt / hash algo
>
> Some more info on the HiDPI display:
> + HiDPI auto detected and scaled (GTK3 only, of course)
> = Not tested yet what happens when external monitor is connected
> - System Menu on the installer's gnome shell was not wide enough to show
>   text fully, but had "...ed" most entries. After first login 
>   Gnome-shell scaled the menu correctly.
> - Cursor way too small
This is to be expected, when gnome-shell starts it asks gtk for the scale factor. If this fails (which it does for some reason when starting the
ubiquity session) scaling is disabled (set to 1). This means the shell/clutter widgets are not scaled, but fonts and gtk widgets presumably will be.
>
> That's it for now. I will try the daily build again soon and dive a bit
> deeper into the dmcrypt related problems I noticed - or is someone
> already on some of this? Please drop me a line if I should set priority
> on something, also if you feel something should be tested that I did not
> cover. If you already know or have reported some of the findings above,
> please let me know as well.
>
> Just one more question: How much of the installer is customized and
> against which package should I report bugs?
The installer is 100% the same as Ubuntu, the only difference being that we run it in a gnome-shell session. File bugs against ubiquity.
>
> I intend to write some stuff up on the Wiki concerning HiDPI when we
> approach the trusty stable release.
>
> ... But first it's time for some sleep.
>
> cya,
>
> Michael
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