Bug#414785: rootskel-gtk: Improve the banner on top of the gui installer
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 04:41:55PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> I've built the graphical installer using this improved banner.
> It proved to be a bit more work than expected as I also had to modify the
> Clearlooks theme so that the progress bar and selected items match the
> new banner. It looked quite horrible in combination with the current
> color as it is quite a bit different shade of red.
>
> I finally ended up with #C00040, which results in the following
> screenshots:
> http://alioth.debian.org/~fjp-guest/tmp/g-i_new_banner_select.png
> http://alioth.debian.org/~fjp-guest/tmp/g-i_new_banner_progress.png
>
> There is one problem with implementing a banner with a gradient like this,
> is that we currently use vga=788, which is 16-bit color depth. This makes
> the banner look striped as can be seen in the screenshots. I've tried
> booting with vga=789 (32-bit), but it seems that is not supported by the
> VESA framebuffer we use...
>
> So, I'm a bit uncertain whether to proceed with the new banner or not.
> Other opinions welcome.
>
> If we do continue, I'd like to see the GNU/Linux text repositioned a bit.
> I think it would look better just a bit closer to the logo and probably
> moved down a bit so it has the same baseline as "debian" (the black text,
> not the shade).
I just gave a try to the graphical installer from d-i rc2, and I'm sad
to see the banner didn't change a single bit since then :(
Mike
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