On Sat, 2012-12-01 at 02:02 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2012-11-30 22:38 (GMT-0800) Adam Williamson composed: > > > On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 23:25 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > >> Forgot to mention, pretty much everything is about 2/3 the size it needs to > >> be in Anaconda. I found that *quoted* resolution on cmdline makes the ttys > >> acceptable, but Anaconda thinks it's OK to ignore that. What's needed on > >> cmdline to make Anaconda's text legible? > > > It's perfectly legible here. anaconda will just be using the default X > > DPI, I think. I'm not entirely sure what you're asking for, it doesn't > > do much different in terms of display from what oldUI did. > > It's just as bad as F17's: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701190 > > The problem is the default size Anaconda fonts for the display's native > resolution are too small, and overall, whitespace is massive. By reducing > resolution or forcing DPI up, fonts can be made acceptable. The problem is > neither workaround for too small fonts is available in Anaconda, at least, > not explained anywhere I've been able to find. > > My workaround is to start installation on a smaller 1280x1024 LCD, and after > Anaconda starts, move the VGA cable to a larger CRT that Anaconda would > otherwise set to 1920x1440. This shouldn't be necessary. Well, I've never heard anyone else complain about it, or seen it mentioned in any reviews. 'Too small' seems a very subjective judgement. They seem big enough to me. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
