#1 2017-12-12 23:50:24

reitai

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Registered: 2017-12-12

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Chromium / Telegram huge UI

Recently I've installed Chromium and Telegram to the clear bunsenlabs-distro, and after some time I've noticed that they are extremely huge. It looks like they have been drawn in 800x600, when my real resolution is 1366x768.

https://i.imgur.com/I1VMij6.jpg
In comparison to normal UI:
https://i.imgur.com/i8YUOvl.jpg

I did

xrandr --output default --mode 1366x768 &

but it didn't help. When I try to use concrete VGA (my videocard is discrete) and do xrandr with --output VGA-0, output says that my VGA is not found and xrandr failed to get size of gamma for default output.

Where should I dig for now?

Last edited by reitai (2017-12-13 00:00:15)

ohnonot

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Re: Chromium / Telegram huge UI

this has nothing to do with screen resolution.

i suspect some discrepancy between gtk2 and gtk3 theming, and the way chromium and firefox handle gtk.
hard to say without additional info; how are other applications affected? how did you install non-repository apps?

as a workaround, i'd just reduce font size in chromium.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Chromium / Telegram huge UI

If the FF looks fine then it can't be a resolution problem but for the record:

I did

xrandr --output default --mode 1366x768 &

but it didn't help. When I try to use concrete VGA (my videocard is discrete) and do xrandr with --output VGA-0, output says that my VGA is not found and xrandr failed to get size of gamma for default output.

Rather than a vague, rambling description of what xrandr "said" to you, why not just post the full output of the command instead?

It's quicker and easier for you and _much_ clearer for anybody who is trying to help

EDIT: please do not post the output of `xandr` here, this is not a resolution problem.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-12-13 07:00:16)

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dobl

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Re: Chromium / Telegram huge UI

800x600 is not so bad, imagine yourself 736×567i 4-bpp PAL (736×483i 4 bpp NTSC), 368×567i 6 bpp PAL (368×483i 6 bpp NTSC) as in Amiga 500

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Chromium / Telegram huge UI

^ I well remember that interlace mode on my Amiga A500 — I convinced myself that if I squinted the flicker went away and the desktop looked amazing

EDIT: NTSC: Never Twice the Same Colour ]:D

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-12-13 20:58:50)

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