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

 

On Mi, 2014-04-02 at 14:29 +1100, Tim wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>    Thanks for the thorough testing!

[...]

> 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)

Of course. From now on I will do bug reports only.

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> > 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 explains a lot of what I am seeing. Especially the difference
between Installer gnome shell and the installed one. Thanks :)
Although not perfect it is very well usable on HiDPI.u

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> > 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.

Very well. Ubiquity it is then.




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