offer to set higher screen resolutions if autodetection fails
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Baltix |
New
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Medium
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I know three different computers where the screen resolution cannot be detected (in my case, detection does not work with the DVI cable, just works fine with the analog VGA cable). The installer CD asks for the resolution then. But the live CD doesn't, it just assumes 1024x768, and a normal user does not even have a possiblity to change it with System -> Settings -> Resolution.
This problem is aggravated by the takeover of espresso as primary installer: since the espresso-installed sytem just seems to copy xorg.conf, it inherits the same problem.
I can think of the following solutions, in decreasing preference:
* Trust the user's decision if he explicitly set a resolution in gfxboot and use it if xresprobe fails.
* Ask the user in a debconf-like question (I understand that the live CD is not designed for this any more, though).
* Allow to set higher resolutions in System -> Settings -> Resolution (not so easy to discover).
Thanks!
This is by design; the live CD is not meant to ask questions