From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 23 08:47:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68CEE1065670 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:47:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f105.google.com (mail-qy0-f105.google.com [209.85.221.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E9388FC17 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:47:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: by qyk3 with SMTP id 3so878264qyk.3 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:47:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=zw+5IuT69kKXTdVda4T+sN6jwhfQgJSDtfmrWmqY2uE=; b=pp1DOtUxsemOyd+b6AiOOu3/qpBsTh/uKAKBDb7SDsOZ+UeHbOjW1XyDCuQmh4E6uO 9fl8puNB1owMjlUe/PXJQRjqbD/x5ppmk9SI7Sz9V9X4DTgICJL2dZCu3pSVmwLujj5A VSrJyjDi041rWROPfmmKBxroAUWVKwBRMd/Nw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=i4uUZbkZIv8MV+vDW3XSwFFkJLsak+7Snw20ECKmpIaCR7pkHHT/JQEWfWb2bS95vR 8KpFayNHANyvKL0dk+8OAlbgKyRWqamHnES6niGbZMK/gJKhsVq/YSqu6delUSQQOJ6O n5myO7y04ciG42Yk8yuFHyZb9o7LOlwQas7R0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.79.17 with SMTP id n17mr325368qck.82.1240476445466; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:47:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090423085216.8493171e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <714DFCFC-9547-497D-A2C7-0BA10B39B901@mac.com> <49EFDB8A.80506@hdk5.net> <20090423085216.8493171e.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:47:25 -0400 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Fritz , questions@freebsd.org, Al Plant Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:47:26 -0000 On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Polytropon 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