Comment 14 for bug 805136

(In reply to comment #0)
> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11)
> Gecko/20071128 SeaMonkey/1.1.7
> Build Identifier: Thunderbird release 2.0.0.9
>
> I just purchased an Asus EeePC running Linux. The screen is 7" diagonal with a
> fixed resolution of 800x480.
>
> For the "Account Settings" page under Thunderbird - Mail & Newsgroups Account
> Settings, many of the pages are just too tall to be able to input needed
> selections. This has sometimes happened on a Windows XP machine with a 19"
> monitor, but it generally is only the last slection or so and has not been a
> big problem.
>
> But on the tiny screen, too many of the boxes are not visible. The screen can
> not be resized and can not be scrolled, making it virtually impossible to
> select some choices.
>
> I was able to copy the file on to my windows machine, edit it using Thunderbird
> on that machine, and then re-copy it to the EeePC, but that should not be
> necessary.
>
> Asus helpfully suggest that I connect the little computer to a larger monitor,
> but I doubt that is something most people want to do every time they need to
> change how often their e-mail is checked, etc.
>
> I think one of three solutions are needed (in order of preference):
>
> 1) the windows need to be able to be resized and scroll - then they would work
> on any monitor.
>
> 2)The window needs to be split into two windows about half the height of the
> current windows.
>
> 3) An external editor need to be provided that can modify the parts that are
> not visible on a small screen.
>
> Reproducible: Always
>
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Bring up Thunderbird
> 2. Click on Account Settings
> 3. Click on most any setting under an e-mail account listing and the window
> bleeds well below the bottom of the screen, but can not be reached.
> Actual Results:
> After you reach the Accounts Settings choices, the page is too big and the
> bottom portion can not be reached.
>
> Expected Results:
> You should be able to scroll or move the window to get to the additional
> choices on the bottom half of the page.
>
> This problem sometimes shows up in builds of Thunderbird and Seamonkey - even
> on fairly large monitors, but only a small portion of the selection screen is
> cut off in those cases. For example, in Seamonkey 1.1.7 under Newsgroup and
> E-mail Account Settings, Local Folders, Server Settings - the page goes beyond
> the bottom of the frame and can not be reached (no scrolling or resizing).
>
> I can submit screen shots if you think that would be helpful.

Hello,

I have a similar problem with my ASUS N10Jseries that has a 10.2" WSVGA Screen on which I installed Mandriva Gnome.

Your said:

I was able to copy the file on to my windows machine, edit it using Thunderbird
on that machine, and then re-copy it to the EeePC, but that should not be
necessary.

As I am not an expert could you describe me what you did,

Regards
René (<email address hidden>)