GUI of network-manager-vpnc wizard does not fit the small screen of a netbook

[Nicola Ferralis]

Binary package hint: network-manager-vpnc

The setup window of the wizard of the network-manager-vpnc (I am using hardy, 2.6.24-19-lpia) is vertically bigger than the screen of a small netbook (I am using a Dell Mini9). The window should be rescaled to fit the screen.

[Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)]

VPN option not currently included in the Mini build, but option can be enabled by manually installing the vpnc package.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

applet will get a rewrite now that 0.7 is out. not sure how long that takes though. However, I know that they have small screens in mind too.

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

NetworkManager 0.7.0 will never be ported to hardy in the mini, so the current version should be revised instead.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

feranick wrote:
> NetworkManager 0.7.0 will never be ported to hardy in the mini, so the
> current version should be revised instead.
>
>
NM applet will get a redesigned for 0.8 ... so this is properly dealt with

 status triaged
 importance wishlist

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

As a short term fix for the Dell-mini, I adapted the wizard interface to fit to the screen. I basically tuned the nm-vpnc-dialog.glade. It now fits perfectly and it is not significantly different than the original. I am attaching diff, the actual glade file and a few screenshots.

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

Modified glade interface file:

/network-manager-vpnc_0.6.4svn2422/properties

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

New working patch (the old one had compilation problems). I have a working test deb for who wants to try it.

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

Sorry it should have a diff extension...

[Béné (bene-d)]

Great job, feranick!
Give me the link to the deb and I am going to test it. I had run into that issue myself.

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

This is a working deb, built with the proposed patch.

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

Should this be marked Fix Committed for the Dell-mini project?

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

A new version of the Network-manager (0.7, backported from intrepid) landed to the mini. The version of network-manager-vpnc is still based on the 0.6.5, which is incompatible with network-manager 0.7 (see #357525).

Anyway, I assume a backport of network-manager-vpnc from intrepid is in the works. I recompiled Network-manager-vpnc from intrepid (deb available in #357525), and the configuration file still does not fit vertically, although not as bas as previously. Hence this bug still apply.

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

The new version of network-manager-vpnc in Oneiric works towards fixing this, I moved a bunch of options around to an "advanced" dialog which should reduce the size of the dialog a bit. Could you please test this (in a live CD or something), and confirm whether there's an improvement, or if we still need to keep this bug report open?

Thanks!