[sle-beta] SLES 15 SP1 RC2 on Dell Precision 5510 with HiDPI screen

[Vincent Moutoussamy]

It seems that we have a fix for this!

The developer said: 

> Would you please help or have the customer to verify the package in this project
> [1] ? It seems the firmware has set the hiDPI resolution and grub is in favor of
> reusing it than changing to preferred mode probed from the EDID. 
> 
> You have to disable Secure Boot to test the package since packages built in home
> project is not signed by SUSE.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> [1] https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/michael-chang:/branches:/Base:/System/SLE_15_SP1

Could you please test it? 

Regards,
--
Vincent Moutoussamy
SUSE Beta Program, JeOS and SDK Project Manager


> On 17 Apr 2019, at 11:03, Vincent Moutoussamy <VMoutoussamy at suse.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 17 Apr 2019, at 10:49, Tomaž Borštnar, Softergee <tomaz.borstnar at softergee.si> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Vincent Moutoussamy je 17. 04. 19 ob 10:39 napisal:
>>> Hi,
>>>> On 16 Apr 2019, at 17:58, Tomaž Borštnar, Softergee <tomaz.borstnar at softergee.si> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello!
>>>> 
>>>> On first boot I noticed that grub is not HiDPI friendly so everything is very small. Later when running installer things are fine.
>>> This is a known issue: bsc#1126010 - under hiDPI screen, mouse cursor is too
>>> small in YaST window. Let me check internally if we need more information from
>>> your setup.
>> 
>> 
>> YAST was not the problem. GRUB menu was/is the problem. Also installer was fine with my setup.
>> 
>> On Leap 15 I fixed the GRUB resolution to 1600x1200 to make it usable.
> 
> Ah yes there is another bug/known issue then: 
> bsc#1129338 - grub font is small under hiDPI screen
> 
>>>> Also I could not install KVM stuff due to missing libvirt-libs (see https://photos.app.goo.gl/H4xkZRXeEVmGdWYJ8 <https://photos.app.goo.gl/H4xkZRXeEVmGdWYJ8> for screenshot).
>>> libvirt-libs should be in the Basesystem Module, how did run the installation?
>>> With the Packages DVD, SCC or RMT?
>> 
>> 
>> I booted with basesystem installer  USB stick and then used the registration to SCC.
>> 
>> I was offered updated repositories and was not able to install kvm parts during installation nor later when booted into the system.
> 
> Thanks for the info, we need to investigate and try to reproduce the issue.
> 
>> Tomaž
> 
> Regards,
> --
> Vincent Moutoussamy
> SUSE Beta Program, JeOS and SDK Project Manager
> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> --
>>> Vincent Moutoussamy
>>> SUSE Beta Program, JeOS and SDK Project Manager
>>> 
>>>> Tomaž
>>>> 
>>>> 
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