Live CD on large screens

[lnxusr]

Binary package hint: kdm

The *buntu trio (ku, u & x) don't handle large screen displays well during install. I put together a Media Center PC and installed Kubuntu 9.10. During the install from the live CD, the text is way too small to read on my 53 inch TV. This is an easy fix for someone familiar with Linux (open /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc and append '-dpi 120' to the end of the ServerArgsLocal line), but needs to be addressed.

Large screen TVs are becoming the norm, and people are going to want to give Linux a try on their MC PCs. Ubuntu needs to either be able to detect this, or have a boot menu option on the live CD to select or set the dpi size.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 10 13:38:43 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/kdm
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: kdm 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: kdebase-workspace
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686
XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1797): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

DPI should relly be set by X (or the driver) and not the display manager.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

This bug report was filed against an old version of Ubuntu.
Can you confirm whether this is still an issue in natty?

If you don't mind, it would be very helpful if you could update the bug
report in launchpad to 'Fix Released' if it is no longer an issue for
you, or if it is still occurring under natty, please tag the bug 'natty'
so it's easier for us to track.

[lnxusr (bjwest)]

Downloaded the latest Kubuntu natty beta to check. Works fine in live mode, but I didn't install it.

Changed status as requested..