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The nitpicky details for getting a hidpi screen on a Dell Precision 7710 working.
The nitpicky details for getting a hidpi screen on a Dell Precision 7710 working.
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I have bumblebee set up, so both the
nvidia
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intel
video drivers are installed.
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I have
[[
bumblebee
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set up, so both the
[[NVIDIA]]
and
[[Intel_graphics]]
video drivers are installed
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I'm using [[i3]] with no [[desktop_environment|DE]]
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=== General X info ===
=== General X info ===
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FONT=ter-v32n
FONT=ter-v32n
FONT_MAP=8859-1
FONT_MAP=8859-1
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=== i3 window manager / i3wm ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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|{{G|Status: works}}
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https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/31d0wp/i3_and_hidpi_display_everything_is_to_tiny/cq1x33k/
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https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/1198
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It looks like i3 properly handles the [[User:Ctag#X11_DPI|X server DPI]], but you have to set a Pango font.
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{{hc|head=$ cat ~/.i3/config
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|output=
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# font for window titles. ISO 10646 = Unicode
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#font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 # <-- Old font
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font pango: Ubuntu Mono 10 # <-- HiDPI font
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[...]
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https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI#Chromium_.2F_Google_Chrome
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI#Chromium_.2F_Google_Chrome
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Edit the desktop file to include a parameter that isn't listed in the man page
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Chromium actually works out of the box once the [[User:Ctag#X11_DPI|X server DPI]] is properly configured. But it actually appears to over-compensate in my case, and the UI is uncomfortably large. To fix this, follow the instructions below.
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Edit the desktop file to include a parameter that isn't listed in the man page
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{{hc|head=/usr/share/applications/chromium.desktop
{{hc|head=/usr/share/applications/chromium.desktop
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Just change the font in Preferences>Profiles>General. Other UI elements are properly resized.
Just change the font in Preferences>Profiles>General. Other UI elements are properly resized.
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=== Inkscape ===
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|{{Y|Status: partially works (in version 0.92)}}
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Go to Preferences>Interface and set the icons to 'Larger'. Only affects most icons, not all of them.
=== Gimp ===
=== Gimp ===
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This icon theme works, but the next time gimp is run, it segfaults until the theme is removed from ~/.gimp-2.8/gimprc
This icon theme works, but the next time gimp is run, it segfaults until the theme is removed from ~/.gimp-2.8/gimprc
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Inkscape
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===
Eclipse
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Eclipse
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Code::Blocks
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Code::Blocks
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Fontconfig
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|{{R|Status:
doesn't work
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|{{R|Status:
not used
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===
Fontconfig
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https://eev.ee/blog/2015/05/20/i-stared-into-the-fontconfig-and-the-fontconfig-stared-back-at-me/
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===
Infinality
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https://eev
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[[Infinality]]
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It looks like there's no progress on either Infinality or the bohoomil patches
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