3840x2160 Resolution - How to change: Icon, Windows and Text Sizes?

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Daniil .Travnikov

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Aug 1, 2018, 12:15:29 PM8/1/18
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Hi,

I bought Oryx Pro recently which has 3840x2160 resolution.


Do you know how to change in Dom0 Windows, Texts and Icon sizes? Maybe existing some software for this options? Or it could be done in setings somwhere?


Screenshot of my situation: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V8Yg2nGd5A44laCGwMvAo71kHxb5DCqi

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Ivan Mitev

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Aug 1, 2018, 2:27:14 PM8/1/18
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Hi,

On 08/01/2018 07:15 PM, Daniil .Travnikov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I bought Oryx Pro recently which has 3840x2160 resolution.
>
>
> Do you know how to change in Dom0 Windows, Texts and Icon sizes? Maybe existing some software for this options? Or it could be done in setings somwhere?

This may help:

https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/customization/dpi-scaling.md

Daniil .Travnikov

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Aug 8, 2018, 4:31:35 PM8/8/18
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среда, 1 августа 2018 г., 14:27:14 UTC-4 пользователь Ivan Mitev написал:
It helps in Dom0 and Fedora templates, so thank you very much.

But what about Debian 9 template? How did you resolve this problem?


I even tried to change in Debian

/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.interface.gschema.xml

"text-scaling-factor" and "scaling-factor"

and Re-compile the schemas:

glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas


All this instructions from https://mike42.me/blog/2018-02-how-to-use-hidpi-displays-on-debian-9 did not helps too.


Maybe do you have any recommendations for Debian?

Ivan Mitev

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Aug 9, 2018, 1:37:34 AM8/9/18
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Hi,
Sorry, I'm not familiar with Debian. I thought that the instructions in
the doc I've linked to would be generic - ie. either you have gnome
settings daemon installed/running, or you don't.
Did you try to change the Xft.dpi X resource ?

If you find a solution for debian, please post it so that I can update
the doc (or if you're familiar with git/github, you could send a pull
request with changes to the doc !).

Cheers,
Ivan

m...@militant.dk

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Aug 9, 2018, 2:02:47 AM8/9/18
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I have had similar experiences and used a tool called "gnome-tweak-tool" to correct the situation (https://www.militant.dk/2018/05/21/qubes-3-2-fedora-26-large-icons-and-large-fonts-on-lenovo-yoga-2-pro-high-resolution-laptop/)

But lately I think it has changed to "gnome-tweaks", so you can try that, if the first package is missing.

Sincerely
Max

Daniil .Travnikov

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Aug 9, 2018, 9:16:04 AM8/9/18
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Yes, I tried it yesterday and it did not help. I even tried to install Nvidia driver tool (I don't know why :), maybe I believed in magic).

Daniil .Travnikov

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Aug 9, 2018, 9:19:26 AM8/9/18
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On Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 1:37:34 AM UTC-4, Ivan Mitev wrote:
> Sorry, I'm not familiar with Debian. I thought that the instructions in
> the doc I've linked to would be generic - ie. either you have gnome
> settings daemon installed/running, or you don't.
> Did you try to change the Xft.dpi X resource ?
>
> If you find a solution for debian, please post it so that I can update
> the doc (or if you're familiar with git/github, you could send a pull
> request with changes to the doc !).
>
> Cheers,
> Ivan

Actually, I cloned today new VM on Debian 9 and tried again with your Github guide and it works.

"
echo Xft.dpi: 144 | xrdb -merge

set in /etc/X11/Xresources/x11-common
Xft.dpi: xxx
"


I don't know what was been the reason the first time, because I did the same things.

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