On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Polytropon <free...@edvax.de> wrote:
> > Let me state this: correct screen detection is already a problem > with "the big" X, how should "a small" installer get this right > with its limited resources? Mind this: The installer runs in a > very limited setting, while X can rely on an already running > system. > > Yesterday I was installing a CentOS 5.3 Linux distribution in GUI mode . It detected monitor maximum size correctly ( 1920 x 1440 ) , but set the monitor mode to 1600 x 1200 while display was in 1920 x 1440 without screen border sliders . Click area for Back and Next was the bottom right corner of the screen which they were not visible . I wondered what will be result of install . By changing zoom values of monitor ( Installer was assuming that screen settings are conforming to each other ) I could manage to squeeze 1920 x 1440 screen size into 1600 x 1200 screen size ( setting of factory defaults of monitor did not help ) . Arrangement of monitor settings took longer than installation itself . Ideas that GUI is NOT better than text based installs is VALID . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
