gdm greeter doesn't fit in 1024 anymore

[Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen]

Binary package hint: gdm

On a netbook with resolution 1024x600, the gdm greeter doesn't fit horizontally on screen.

The bar at the bottom is extended to the left and right, beyond what we can see.

This happens with dutch locale, and alternative keyboard setup ( international + alt-green ) perhaps this plays a part.
But the UI should just be fixed, to prevent these issues.

[Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen (ralf-nieuwenhuijsen)]

Please apply the patch from SUSE found in the gnome-bug report.
When, (and if ever) they fix it more properly, we can always revert to that solution.

For now, it needs to be either patched, or ubuntu should stop officially supporting 1024 and therefor netbooks.
Being able to select a language or sessions seems very core usability to me.

So +1 for just applying the SUSE patch.
They were right about needing a quick workaround. The current state is unreleasable and it's the first impression people will have.

Chris, do you have to the right to apply that patch? Or should I upload the same patch here, so it's gets flagged as low-hanging-fruit?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

duplicate bug #421217