Bug 17657

Summary:	Add a way to set the screen resolution for the login manager in the summary
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Kristoffer Grundström <lovaren>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal	CC:	lovaren, marja11, zen25000
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://askubuntu.com/questions/12998/how-to-change-the-screen-resolution-for-the-gdm-login-screen
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	drakx-installer-stage2	CVE:
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Description Kristoffer Grundström 2016-02-01 00:14:50 CET

Description of problem: I have been looking for a way to set the desired screen resolution for the login manager that I'm using (In this case GDM), but so far using xrandr --output eDP1 --mode 1920x1080x32 is the only way I found after rebooting unless you install something called gdmsetup which doesn't exist in Mageia repos at the moment. Therefor I'm suggesting that in the Screen resolution option in the summary there should be a way to change the standard resolution for GDM, maybe from a drop down menu.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 16.105

How reproducible: All the time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot the Mageia installer for x86_64.
2. Choose to install your DE.
3. In the summary stage, choose to change Screen settings.
4. There's no menu for setting the desired resolution for the login window manager. There should be a drop down menu that's preset to "Standard", but if you click on it you can change it to a lower or higher resolution.
5. Next time that you reboot you'll get your own chosen resolution.

Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Kristoffer Grundström 2016-02-01 00:15:07 CET

CC: (none) => kristoffer.grundstrom1983

Comment 1 Marja Van Waes 2016-02-14 11:34:12 CET


Maybe my feeling that this would be a lot of work, for something few people need and that can be handled differently, isn't correct?


@ barjac

I'm interested in your opinion :-)

CC: (none) => marja11, zen25000

Marja Van Waes 2016-02-14 16:03:07 CET

Version: 5 => Cauldron

Comment 2 Marja Van Waes 2016-04-28 21:05:18 CEST

Better let the maintainer decide ;-)

Assignee: bugsquad => thierry.vignaud

Comment 3 Barry Jackson 2016-09-29 23:24:26 CEST

I don't use gdm, however if it uses the default Mageia background then that should be correct for the monitor in use assuming it correctly reports it's EDID info.

If it's the the rest of the dialog on the gdm screen that is out of proportion then maybe a screen-shot would be useful so we can see the issue?