Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:47:25 -0400 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Fritz <fkolberg@q.com>, questions@freebsd.org, Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? Message-ID: <a333b2be0904230147n2662b905l256af6ac54a4efa1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090423085216.8493171e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <BLU0-SMTP493F2C64E33D39A37EF75DD8740@phx.gbl> <714DFCFC-9547-497D-A2C7-0BA10B39B901@mac.com> <49EFDB8A.80506@hdk5.net> <20090423085216.8493171e.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > Let me state this: correct screen detection is already a problem > with "the big" X, how should "a small" installer get this right > with its limited resources? Mind this: The installer runs in a > very limited setting, while X can rely on an already running > system. > > Yesterday I was installing a CentOS 5.3 Linux distribution in GUI mode . It detected monitor maximum size correctly ( 1920 x 1440 ) , but set the monitor mode to 1600 x 1200 while display was in 1920 x 1440 without screen border sliders . Click area for Back and Next was the bottom right corner of the screen which they were not visible . I wondered what will be result of install . By changing zoom values of monitor ( Installer was assuming that screen settings are conforming to each other ) I could manage to squeeze 1920 x 1440 screen size into 1600 x 1200 screen size ( setting of factory defaults of monitor did not help ) . Arrangement of monitor settings took longer than installation itself . Ideas that GUI is NOT better than text based installs is VALID . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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