Bug#607075: login-background scales badly on widescreen monitor
Package: desktop-base Version: 6.0.4 Severity: normal Hi, I'm using gdm3 (the default for a GNOME desktop install) and have a laptop with a 16:10 display ratio (1680x1050). The login-background.svg image that is used for gdm3 scales badly for such wide screen monitors. I've attached a picture, how it looks like. The debian lettering is just cut in half. That looks rather broken. If you scale it for another common aspect ration (1920x1080 resp 1366x768), the lower bits of the swirl are cut away. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages desktop-base depends on: ii librsvg2-common 2.26.3-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG desktop-base recommends no packages. Versions of packages desktop-base suggests: ii gnome 1:2.30+7 The GNOME Desktop Environment, wit -- no debconf information attachment: login-background.jpg
Bug#607075: login-background scales badly on widescreen monitor
On 14.12.2010 17:43, Ulrich Hansen wrote: I dropped the word debian, because it looks strange to me to have it in the middle. This is something which is still very inconsistent: the grub2 background has the word debian/The universal operating system, *without* a swirl plymouth has the word debian/The universal operating system, *with* a swirl, the gdm background has the word debian, without a swirl and without The universal operating system. The desktop wallpaper does not have a swirl or text (altough that is good, as text on a wallpaper is distracting imho). -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#607075: login-background scales badly on widescreen monitor
On 14.12.2010 17:43, Ulrich Hansen wrote: Yes. This happens because of the option /desktop/gnome/background/picture_options zoom in usr/share/gdm/greeter-config/10_desktop_base If we use stretch instead of zoom, the picture will loose proportions. That looks bad too, especially because we have a round element in it (swirl). Couldn't we just use the desktop wallpaper for the login screen, i.e. we set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background in /usr/share/gdm/greeter-config/10_desktop_base Benefits are: - You can easily override the default using update-alternatives, currently it is hard coded without an easy way to override using the standard Debian mechanisms. - You have a very smooth transition from login screen to the desktop. I tested it, looks pretty slick if you don't have the usual flicker. - We don't need a separate wallpaper for the gdm greeter → less work, less space -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
