off to a nostart F18B start

[Adam Williamson]

On Sat, 2012-12-01 at 02:02 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2012-11-30 22:38 (GMT-0800) Adam Williamson composed:
> 
> > On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 23:25 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> 
> >> Forgot to mention, pretty much everything is about 2/3 the size it needs to
> >> be in Anaconda. I found that *quoted* resolution on cmdline makes the ttys
> >> acceptable, but Anaconda thinks it's OK to ignore that. What's needed on
> >> cmdline to make Anaconda's text legible?
> 
> > It's perfectly legible here. anaconda will just be using the default X
> > DPI, I think. I'm not entirely sure what you're asking for, it doesn't
> > do much different in terms of display from what oldUI did.
> 
> It's just as bad as F17's: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701190
> 
> The problem is the default size Anaconda fonts for the display's native 
> resolution are too small, and overall, whitespace is massive. By reducing 
> resolution or forcing DPI up, fonts can be made acceptable. The problem is 
> neither workaround for too small fonts is available in Anaconda, at least, 
> not explained anywhere I've been able to find.
> 
> My workaround is to start installation on a smaller 1280x1024 LCD, and after 
> Anaconda starts, move the VGA cable to a larger CRT that Anaconda would 
> otherwise set to 1920x1440. This shouldn't be necessary.

Well, I've never heard anyone else complain about it, or seen it
mentioned in any reviews. 'Too small' seems a very subjective judgement.
They seem big enough to me.
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