Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: pidgin
Netbooks, such as the ever-popular eeePC series, Aspire Ones, MSI Winds
etc, all suffer from being limited to lower resolutions. On such
machines, some dialog windows are actually too tall (i.e. have a too
large height factor) to actually *fit* the screen. Pidgin's Preferences
window is one such.
On my Advent 4211 (rebranded MSI Wind) I can reach a max resolution of
1024x600. Take those 600px and subtract some more for panels, and
there's not a whole lot left. The window can not be resized, so I have
to tab and guess; hope I hit something that will save my changes instead
of undoing them.
Alt-dragging the window upwards works *if* you're not running Desktop
Effects. The standard "Normal" setting you end up with in live cd
environments as well as after having installed makes the window title
stay within the bounds of the desktop area. With netbooks often having
Intel graphics chipsets, and as such desktop effects from the get-go
(due to accelerated open drivers), they need to *know* to go disable
effects to be able to change Pidgin's preferences.
$ apt-cache policy pidgin
pidgin:
Installed: 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Affects: pidgin (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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pidgin preferences window is too tall for netbooks, cannot see close/cancel
buttons, cannot be resized to fit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305019
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