an hello to bunsenlabs... and a misconfigured scaling issue (selfmade)

n1ete · 2019-01-18 18:56:59

Hey everyone,
first i wanna give a thanks for this awesome polished distro....BL define together with AL my favorite Distro for everyday usage!

Got small Issue i couldnt fix yet...
Installing of BL went fine so far... but somehow i managed to miss configured scaling and now everything looks large expect for the tint panels. it went first unnoticed until a reboot on the next day....:-> all i remember was accidentally pressing a key on my keyboard in combination with slipping a mouse click...think the mouse pointer went large immediately before the reboot, but i didn't investigated it further since it was already way to late :-/

i looked at the xressources but the dpi scaling isnt affected by this, resolution is also correct....so where else to look for scaling and what could it be according to my missbehaviour?

a thanks in advance and hello to everyone!

Last edited by n1ete (2019-01-18 20:47:00)

maulynvia · 2019-01-18 23:17:50

have you tried the Openbox Config Manager and changing the theme (Preferences > Openbox WM Manager)? I achieved something like the opposite of what you have, intentionaly by choosing an HDPI theme.

n1ete · 2019-01-18 23:49:05

yess, tried this with no luck (logout and back should be enough to see he changes i guess?) thanks for your hint, pretty sure its somehow to my behaviour related.

what i also noticed: even at the login page everything i scaled as it should be....

will wait a bit longer for some tips, otherwise i reeinstall tomorrow to get rid of it...dont like fixing things like this tough

damo · 2019-01-19 02:02:45

It sounds just like an Accessibility option. But I have no idea how

Does the issue persist if you disable compositing? ( Menu -> Preferences -> Compositing)

Also, post the output of the xrandr command (using '[ code ]' tags please)

n1ete · 2019-01-19 02:44:00

compositing seems not to affect the issues

# xrandr

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2560 x 1440, maximum 16384 x 16384
DVI-D-1 disconnected primary (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 connected 2560x1440+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 598mm x 336mm
   2560x1440     59.95*+
   1920x1440     60.00  
   1856x1392     60.01  
   1792x1344     60.01  
   1920x1200     59.95  
   1920x1080     60.00    59.94    59.93  
   1600x1200     75.00    70.00    65.00    60.00  
   1680x1050     74.89    69.88    59.95    59.88  
   1600x1024     60.17  
   1400x1050     74.76    70.00    59.98  
   1600x900      60.00  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1440x900      59.89  
   1280x960      60.00  
   1360x768      59.80    59.96  
   1280x800      59.81  
   1152x864      75.00    75.00    70.00    60.00  
   1280x720      60.00    59.94  
   1024x768      75.05    60.04    75.03    70.07    60.00  
   960x720       75.00    60.00  
   928x696       75.00    60.05  
   896x672       75.05    60.01  
   960x600       60.00  
   832x624       74.55  
   960x540       59.99  
   800x600       75.00    70.00    65.00    60.00    72.19    75.00    60.32    56.25  
   840x525       74.96    69.88    60.01    59.88  
   800x512       60.17  
   700x525       74.76    70.06    59.98  
   640x512       75.02    60.02  
   720x450       59.89  
   640x480       60.00    75.00    72.81    75.00    66.67    60.00    59.94  
   720x400       70.08  
   680x384       59.80    59.96  
   576x432       75.00    75.00    70.00    60.06  
   512x384       75.03    70.07    60.00  
   416x312       74.66  
   400x300       72.19    75.12    60.32    56.34  
   320x240       72.81    75.00    60.05  
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

damo · 2019-01-19 03:45:25

You can investigate and set various aspects of your screen with this HowTo, for example: How to Find and Change Screen DPI in Linux

n1ete · 2019-01-19 05:21:24

thanks for that i am usually firm with scale settings on linux in general since a got notebook with a 4k screen.
so none of the solutions on that site seems to affect my scaling problems :-(

want to add that i am on 2k screen and the resolution is setup right

Last edited by n1ete (2019-01-19 06:03:17)

ohnonot · 2019-01-19 07:04:21

i'm a little unsure about what your problem is?
can you post a (link to a) screenshot?
that would probably explain it best.

and obviously it would be really good to know what you did when your mouse "accidenatlly slipped & clicked".

n1ete · 2019-01-19 07:21:02

as you wish... looks like a general scale that doesnt apply to tint and login manager

[url=http://i.imgur.com/3LSd19R.png]

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i understand that its hard to solve without knowing what i did exactly....but i couldnt figure it out yet. sorry for that
is there an option to reset everything instead reinstalling?

ohnonot · 2019-01-19 09:18:46

i see.
what is too big and what is too small in your opinion?
tint2 always needs to be configured manually, it does not follow global dpi settings or some such.

n1ete · 2019-01-19 12:14:43

hahaha does this look like a 2 k resolution with 96dpi to you?
I will reinstall later and show you how it looked like at the beginning, even the mouse pointer is huge

n1ete · 2019-01-19 21:12:00

As promised: a fresh install looks like this usually

[url=http://i.imgur.com/AFUe2H4.png]

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so solved by reinstalled by now!
but i am still wondering what it could have been?

ohnonot · 2019-01-20 11:39:51

I would have prefered a simple, non-facetious answer to my question.
I was not mocking you.
Maybe you forget that screen resoltion is not the same as screen size, and your screenshot can look very different on a different screen.

n1ete · 2019-01-20 11:58:33

I wasn't offended or feeling mocked in any way
and of course for this kind of problem it would be necesary to open the screenshot in the native resolution i uploaded, not just watching it here resized inline.

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an hello to bunsenlabs... and a misconfigured scaling issue (selfmade)

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