[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
** Changed in: ubuntu-gdm-themes (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36251 Title: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edgy-gdm-themes/+bug/36251/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
I think that this is a problem with the detection/setting of the font size. On my 1920x1280 monitor everything is clearly readable. -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36251 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
I can confirm that the bug still exists in Jaunty. I experience it out- of-the-box with a fresh Jaunty installation on a System76 Leopard Extreme. There is just a single monitor, with resolution 1920x1080 (actually an HDTV). The fonts in the options menu and username/password field are about 5 or 6 pixels high, so almost completely unreadable. I am officially re-opening this bug against the package in Jaunty, ubuntu-gdm-themes. ** Also affects: ubuntu-gdm-themes (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ubuntu-gdm-themes (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36251 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
Fresh install of Jaunty 9.04 using a 1360x768 32 TV and a vga connector almost completely unreadable username and password fiddled with Human.xml to no avail. -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36251 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
I'm using a different theme, happygnome-list, but I tried the equivalent of the fix suggested by Sun Wukong. My username and password entries are now a good, readable size, but to accomplish this I had to set the font size to 48! I believe that the original font size of 14 in the .xml file is reasonable, and that something other than the font size setting is causing this problem. In this theme, there are several other boxes where the font is unreadably small, and I found no way to increase their sizes. There are three boxes along the lower left side of the screen, which I think from looking at the xml code are options, session, and last language. They are almost legible, but not quite. In addition, there are two boxes below the username/password entry box, which I think are labeled OK and Cancel, again based on examining the xml code. Furthermore, the username list on the upper left part of the screen is also tiny. All the other text on the screen is readable size, things like the enter password prompt, the caps lock is on message and so forth. The items which are rendered unreadably small are those of type button, list, and entry. I could find nothing in the xml code that would affect the font size of the button or list items, and the one thing that could be affected required a ridiculously large font size value to be made readable. -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36251 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
I have had this problem of unreadably tiny username and password font sizes on Feisty and Gutsy, and now on Hardy. My system uses a 50 DLP TV as its monitor. No multiple monitors, or anything fancy, just my TV connected via a VGA cable. I would like to try setting the font size as mentioned above where the HumanCircle.xml was modified. But - where is this file located? I'm using a different login screen, so I figure I need to modify the .xml file for the login screen I'm using, rather than the Human circle one, but first I gotta find it. Can someone please enlighten me as to where these files are located? -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36251 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
This is not fixed in 7.10 Ubuntu. Default installations of it (as well as upgrades from 6.06/7.04) on my ViewSonic 47 1080p LCD / N4785P) has a login font size that is below 1mm effective when I am sitting on my couch. I edited the XML file used for the description of the size of the font in the display manager, and it appears that the 12pt Username: label is a normal 12pt, while the text-entry box next to it gets shrunk by a factor of two. EG: If I set a font size of 12 pt, typed text appears as if 6pt. If I set a size of 24pt, the size of Username: typed in the text appears the same size as Username: in the label, etc. I have some pictures of this which I will upload later. -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36251 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
I've seen an even more severe case of this. The font *really* is unreadable. Only 3 pixels high, on my Sony XBR4 (40 inch 1920x1080). After setting display size in the monitor section of xorg.conf, it got better. It is readable now, but still way too small. Bram -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36251 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
I must say that I have more or less given up on this. On one computer, the font is huge (compared to the other fonts). On the other, it is still tiny (next to unreadable). It seems that since the released fix sizes have become a bit bigger in all cases, but this still means fonts are much too big in some situations. I have seen installations where I could only see the first 4 entered chars of my login name, and only the lower half of the characters (due to clipping at the field border). I still think font size is dependant on (virtual) screen resolution. Why is it not possible to set a fixed size for the font, say 16px? -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://launchpad.net/bugs/36251 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
Using a fixed pixel size would be a mistake, as on very large resolutions it would be tiny. I have no idea why this is happening but it sounds like the Xserver is not reporting the correct resolution or such. -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://launchpad.net/bugs/36251 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
Kenneth, then why are the default font sizes after login in pixels rather than cm/inches? And why do all other elements on the login screen (including the login box border itself) have fixed pixel sizes? The login box font seems to be the only thing that is relative to something, and it goes wrong very often. I would fix this by using a fixed pixel size that looks ok for 90-150 dpi, and would keep the perfect academic solution for a later date when the whole GUI is capable of measuring cm/inches rather than pixels. -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://launchpad.net/bugs/36251 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
I think this becomes an upstream issue. It would seem like a Good Thing to have fonts sizes completely unchained from hard pixel counts. Ken? If it is viable, we should push this upstream and get some opinions on it, as I don't know of a way to do this with the current implementation. Sincerely, TJS -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://launchpad.net/bugs/36251 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
This bug persists. On one laptop my gdm font size is normal (just like the gtk font size on apps), and on the other laptop, the font size is HUGE. I had to edit the .xml file to make that 12 a 7. Now, under normal circumstances that 7 would be really small. But it seems that GDM misenterprets the font sizes, under some circumstances. I THINK that this happens IF the user tries out the accessiblity themes and then goes back to Human/Clearlooks. If the user just even tries once these big themes, from that point on GDM gets all messed up. Could you reproduce? -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://launchpad.net/bugs/36251 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
This upload fixes the issue: edgy-gdm-themes (0.3-0ubuntu2) edgy; urgency=low . * Human/Human.xml, HumanCircle/HumanCircle.xml: - use the Sans 12 font for the user-pw-entry (Ubuntu: #36251) ** Changed in: edgy-gdm-themes (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://launchpad.net/bugs/36251 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
I think size 14 or bigger for both the labels and the text box would be better for desktop and lapop displays. This would make more certain that the label and the typed username are readable. This is important. For small screens like PDAs there are separate projects (GPE, Familiar, etc) that can set a diferent font size there if necessary. -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://launchpad.net/bugs/36251 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
John, no, nothing to backport -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://launchpad.net/bugs/36251 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
Thank you for your work on that. GNOME themes use Sans 12 for that entry, maybe the Ubuntu theme should do the same? ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: gdm = edgy-gdm-themes Assignee: Sebastien Bacher = (unassigned) Target: None = ubuntu-6.10 -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://launchpad.net/bugs/36251 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
I think so, as it shoud be more consistent that way. -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://launchpad.net/bugs/36251 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
Noticed that backporters got subscribed. Is there something that we need to do? -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://launchpad.net/bugs/36251 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 36251] Re: Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password
Confirmed for clean install of Dapper (as well as Dapper-Upgraded-From- Breeze and Breezy itself). During the Breezy days I got around it by manually setting a font size for the password/login box in the Human theme. Alas, I've lost that hack during an upgrade, so I cannot post it at the moment. But this problem actually applies to _any_ of the text on the Options sub-menu. It must be able to be fixed somewhere deeper down. -- Unreadable Font Size for GDM Login/Password https://launchpad.net/bugs/36251 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
