xubuntu alpha3 login display issues

Bug #184435 reported by lineagle
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xubuntu-artwork (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
High
Xubuntu Developers

Bug Description

Using alpha3, on VirtualBox using default settings and an 800 x 600 resolution the login prompt does not display right.

My host operating system is gentoo linux, using VirtualBox 1.5.2.

A screenshot can be found at http://lineagle.unixpod.com/xubuntu-login.png Feel free to direct any questions about configuration towards me.

System details including lspci lsmod and menu.lst:

Module Size Used by
ipv6 267780 8
af_packet 23812 2
ppdev 10372 0
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 0
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
freq_table 5536 2 cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
sbs 15112 0
video 19728 0
output 4736 1 video
dock 11280 0
sbshc 7680 1 sbs
container 5632 0
parport_pc 36260 0
lp 12324 0
parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
loop 19076 0
battery 14212 0
ac 6916 0
power_supply 9988 3 sbs,battery,ac
evdev 13056 2
serio_raw 7940 0
psmouse 40208 0
button 9232 0
pcspkr 4224 0
i2c_piix4 9612 0
i2c_core 24832 1 i2c_piix4
ext3 136712 1
jbd 48404 1 ext3
mbcache 9600 1 ext3
sg 36880 0
sr_mod 17956 0
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 30592 3
ata_generic 8324 0
pata_acpi 8320 0
floppy 59588 0
pcnet32 34820 0
mii 6400 1 pcnet32
ata_piix 19204 2
libata 159216 3 ata_generic,pata_acpi,ata_piix
scsi_mod 151308 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
thermal 16796 0
processor 36872 1 thermal
fan 5380 0
fuse 50580 1
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] (rev 02)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II]
00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 40)
00:04.0 System peripheral: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Guest Service
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 08)
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 3

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=78c01d1f-f4b6-46bf-b735-a6c3e8caa1a6 ro

## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu hardy (development branch), kernel 2.6.24-3-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-3-generic root=UUID=78c01d1f-f4b6-46bf-b735-a6c3e8caa1a6 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-3-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu hardy (development branch), kernel 2.6.24-3-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-3-generic root=UUID=78c01d1f-f4b6-46bf-b735-a6c3e8caa1a6 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-3-generic

title Ubuntu hardy (development branch), memtest86+
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

Revision history for this message
Ryan (carbonfreeze) wrote :

Installed from daily-live 2-23-08 & updated.

Also have this issue with a thinkpad r50/radeon 7500/1024x768 resolution, although it is not as pronounced. The language & session buttons/text are not as far out of the box, but it still looks out of place. Looks like issue is resolution related, as I also had this issue while testing 2-21-08 within virtualbox (640x480 resolution). Note that my xorg.conf was empty (barebones file, no device specific settings) after installation.

Revision history for this message
Ryan (carbonfreeze) wrote :

This issue still appears present on the new xubuntu login screen artwork. Installed from xubuntu-alternate daily (3-25-08 iirc) and I noticed this issue on both 1024x768 and 1280x1024 resolutions. Note that this is an installation run on actual machines, not in virtualbox.

Revision history for this message
Ryan (carbonfreeze) wrote :

Hopefully assigning to correct package...

Changed in xubuntu-artwork:
assignee: nobody → xubuntu-dev
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → ubuntu-8.04
status: New → Confirmed
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