[Bug 837406] [NEW] installer dialogue buttons fall off bottom of the screen on netbooks with small displays

[Colin King]

Public bug reported:

ISO testing: Installing http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20110830
/oneiric-desktop-amd64.iso

Following desktop install instructions on ISO testing
http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Install/DesktopWhole

Machine: HP Mini

On a display with resolution 1024x580 quite a few of the installer
dialogue boxes are taller then the screen and hence the buttons fall off
the bottom of the screen.  One has to use Alt-left button to move the
diialogue up the screen to be able to access the buttons.  This was not
a problem with Natty.

This makes the system un-installable to novice users who don't know how
to use the Alt-left button to drag the installer dialogues around the
screen.

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  ISO testing: Installing http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20110830
  /oneiric-desktop-amd64.iso
  
  Following desktop install instructions on ISO testing
  http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Install/DesktopWhole
  
- On a display with resolution 1024x580 quite a few of the installer dialogue boxes are taller then the screen and hence
- the buttons fall off the bottom of the screen.  One has to use Alt-left button to move the diialogue up the screen to be able
+ Machine: HP Mini
+ 
+ On a display with resolution 1024x580 quite a few of the installer dialogue boxes are taller then the screen and hence the buttons fall off the bottom of the screen.  One has to use Alt-left button to move the diialogue up the screen to be able
  to access the buttons.  This was not a problem with Natty.
  
  This makes the system un-installable to novice users who don't know how
  to use the Alt-left button to drag the installer dialogues around the
  screen.

** Description changed:

  ISO testing: Installing http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20110830
  /oneiric-desktop-amd64.iso
  
  Following desktop install instructions on ISO testing
  http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Install/DesktopWhole
  
  Machine: HP Mini
  
- On a display with resolution 1024x580 quite a few of the installer dialogue boxes are taller then the screen and hence the buttons fall off the bottom of the screen.  One has to use Alt-left button to move the diialogue up the screen to be able
- to access the buttons.  This was not a problem with Natty.
+ On a display with resolution 1024x580 quite a few of the installer
+ dialogue boxes are taller then the screen and hence the buttons fall off
+ the bottom of the screen.  One has to use Alt-left button to move the
+ diialogue up the screen to be able to access the buttons.  This was not
+ a problem with Natty.
  
  This makes the system un-installable to novice users who don't know how
  to use the Alt-left button to drag the installer dialogues around the
  screen.

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Title:
  installer dialogue buttons fall off bottom of the screen on netbooks
  with small displays

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  ISO testing: Installing http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20110830
  /oneiric-desktop-amd64.iso

  Following desktop install instructions on ISO testing
  http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Install/DesktopWhole

  Machine: HP Mini

  On a display with resolution 1024x580 quite a few of the installer
  dialogue boxes are taller then the screen and hence the buttons fall
  off the bottom of the screen.  One has to use Alt-left button to move
  the diialogue up the screen to be able to access the buttons.  This
  was not a problem with Natty.

  This makes the system un-installable to novice users who don't know
  how to use the Alt-left button to drag the installer dialogues around
  the screen.

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