[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2011-04-14 Thread Constantine
I have a eeepc with resolution 1024x600 and alt least half of system dialogs doesn't fit in window height moreover i cant resize this window with alt+f8 shortcut (may be window have minheight attribute or same) this is very frustrating -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2010-11-19 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: gnome-control-center Status: Confirmed = Expired -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2010-09-15 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: gnome-control-center Importance: Unknown = Medium -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2010-02-16 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/gnome-control-center -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-10-28 Thread Michael Terry
** Tags added: oem-services -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in ubuntu.

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-04-13 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package gnome-control-center - 1:2.26.0-0ubuntu3 --- gnome-control-center (1:2.26.0-0ubuntu3) jaunty; urgency=low * Apply the contents of debian/patches/92_display_properties_fit_small_screen.patch as intended (fix patch in patch); LP: #224229. *

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-04-13 Thread Jerone Young
Verified fix in now in 9.04 and applet works for 1024x576 displays. ** Changed in: oem-priority Status: New = Fix Released -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-04-12 Thread Jerone Young
I'm looking at behavior and it does not appear that Mike's patch is being applied in gnome-control-center - 1:2.26.0-0ubuntu2. I see it in the queue for the package. But the applet is not changed in anyway for smaller resolutions and still has the same issue. The applet still eat 571 vertical

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-04-12 Thread Loïc Minier
Same for me; I think the patch has been re-encapsulated by mistake: % lsdiff debian/patches/92_display_properties_fit_small_screen.patch gnome-control-center-2.25.92/debian/patches/112_screen_resolution_fit_500_vertical.patch -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-04-12 Thread Loïc Minier
Applying the patch as intended worked for me, I could see the new layout; I didn't play with all options though. ** Attachment added: gcc-patch-in-patch.debdiff http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25291722/gcc-patch-in-patch.debdiff ** Also affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Jaunty)

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-04-08 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package gnome-control-center - 1:2.26.0-0ubuntu2 --- gnome-control-center (1:2.26.0-0ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low * debian/patches/92_display_properties_fit_small_screen.patch: - change from Michael Terry to make the display properties capplet work

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-04-07 Thread Howard Chu
I've also run into this problem a few times. I set my laptop's 1680x1050 display to 640x480 to try to watch a video, since there was no Xv support for this video card and the image was too small at native resolution. I was unable to get back to the original resolution after I finished watching the

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-31 Thread Sebastien Bacher
you can still click on the buttons in this screenshot though it's not ideal -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-31 Thread Robbie Williamson
With compiz on in Jaunty. Users can no longer use ALT+Left Mouse click to drag the Display Prefrences to see the rest of the applet that is cut off. Jerone, Is this specific to the Display Preferences applet? As I'm using the latest Jaunty Beta development packages, and I can Alt-Left Mouse

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-31 Thread Robbie Williamson
Jerone, Nevermind...I realize that moving the window is not the issue...moving it above the top of the screen is. -Robbie -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-31 Thread Rick Spencer
It's great that there's a patch upstream. However, the engineers have deemed this is too risky to take in 9.04. Look for this early in 9.10. Please note that the work around still works. Users must turn off compiz, by going to: System-Preferences-Appearance then choosing Visual Effects tab,

Re: [Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-31 Thread James Westby
On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 18:34 +, Rick Spencer wrote: It's great that there's a patch upstream. However, the engineers have deemed this is too risky to take in 9.04. Look for this early in 9.10. Please note that the work around still works. Users must turn off compiz, by going to:

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-31 Thread Jerone Young
@James Do you know what the gconf entries are to allow alt+left mouse click to allow a window to move above the top bar while under compiz? -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-31 Thread Rick Spencer
It's apps-compiz-plugins-move-constrain_y Uncheck constrain_y and the user can alt-drag above the top. -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-30 Thread Jerone Young
With compiz on in Jaunty. Users can no longer use ALT+Left Mouse click to drag the Display Prefrences to see the rest of the applet that is cut off. Now it is impossible for users to actually use the app without cutting off compiz. Compiz is on by default. -- Quite hard to change screen

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-30 Thread Jerone Young
** Attachment added: Display Prefences with 1024x576 screen http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24553512/1024_576_display_prefrences.png -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-25 Thread David Mandala
** Tags added: ubuntu-unr -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in ubuntu.

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-18 Thread Rick Spencer
reassigning to mobile team to consider as part of their project to address issues like this across the desktop. -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-18 Thread Leann Ogasawara
Reassiging oem-priority task to Kevin to track for now. Will also reassign gnome-control-center task to canonical-desktop-team. Thanks. ** Changed in: oem-priority Assignee: Canonical Ubuntu QA Team (canonical-qa) = Kevin Krafthefer (krafthefer) ** Changed in: gnome-control-center

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-18 Thread Rick Spencer
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) = Canonical Mobile Team (canonical-mobile) -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-18 Thread Jerone Young
@Rick This is a desktop issue and not a mobile team issue. My bad, I pointed to the wrong bug in my post. I meant bug #343459 The fix by Micheal Terry is to resolve this issue: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23895819/display_setting.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23826414/Screenshot.png

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-17 Thread Michael Terry
I know we're past UI freeze, but just for fun, I made a debdiff that includes the patch from the upstream bug. ** Attachment added: display-size.debdiff http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24019174/display-size.debdiff -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-16 Thread Jerone Young
** Also affects: oem-priority Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-16 Thread Jerone Young
Bug #343488 was marked as a duplicate of this bug, but we do need to resolve this issue for 1024x576 screens. I am marking this as an oem- priority as one of our oem customers wants this resolved for 1024x576 screens, that they will be shipping. -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2009-03-16 Thread Kevin Krafthefer
** Changed in: oem-priority Assignee: (unassigned) = Canonical Ubuntu QA Team (canonical-qa) -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2008-07-28 Thread Sebastien Bacher
The bug has been sent upstream on http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=545120 ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Triaged ** Also affects: gnome-control-center via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=545120 Importance: Unknown Status:

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2008-07-28 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: gnome-control-center Status: Unknown = Confirmed -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2008-05-08 Thread Deepinthekernel
Well I came accross the same issue in 8.04. What I wanted to do was take some screen shots of an application at a low screen resolution so that when I added these to an open office presentation they would be visible and readable from the back of the room. Naturally, I assumed everything would just

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2008-05-08 Thread Deepinthekernel
Actually I really like this idea from Bryce Harrington: Note that it would also be possible for the applet to compare the current screen resolution to the apps desired window size and if things look too tight, to hide or scale down the graphical display. However I suspect if the above steps are

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2008-05-06 Thread Sebastien Bacher
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2008-05-06 Thread Bryce Harrington
* Move the Detect Displays button to the top right of the window, right of the Clone Screens checkbox. * Look for and remove excess padding * Shrink the vertical height of the graphical layout section That should be sufficient. Note that it would also be possible for the applet to compare the

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2008-04-29 Thread Sebastien Bacher
Thank you for your bug report. For one thing you could no click on the option to use the setting immediatly if that's not what you want, the issues here are not specific to this application though, the issue is that the interface doesn't fit on a 800x600 screen which is an issue for several

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2008-04-29 Thread Sebastien Bacher
No I don't think that's worth a SRU, that's not the only issue users will get on 800x600 screens and not easy to fix since it requires redesign the interface and that's only an issue for users who do switch to a small screen setting and acknowledge the change -- Quite hard to change screen

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2008-04-29 Thread Chris Sherlock
Well... the problem is that the app allows users to shoot themselves in the foot, and they often do. In fact, even experienced users who should know better (like myself at times) can have a brain fart and choose that smaller resolution. If the tool allows you to set a screen resolution less than

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2008-04-29 Thread Sebastien Bacher
you get the revert dialog after doing the change which should be enough to let you decide to not do that, changing the combo location will make no difference since you will still not be able to click on the buttons to apply whatever you select -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2008-04-29 Thread Chris Sherlock
Fair enough. Is this an INVALID then? -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs

[Bug 224229] Re: Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low

2008-04-29 Thread Sebastien Bacher
the complain is still valid, not sure what should be changed though -- Quite hard to change screen resolution back to normal when resolution is set very low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug