HiDPI scaling default

tlmiller76 · 2020-04-25 19:55

So just figured Id' post this. When I recently installed Q4OS (trinity of course) on my hidpi machine, the scaling settings were overly agressive. On a 3200x1800 LCD, it defaulted to 2.89. This basically turns it into a 800x600 resolution. WHile the FIRST created user gets the popup to change scaling, any users AFTER the first do not, and so it's actually REALLY hard to navigate with everything scaled THAT far. I normally would use scaling of 1.50 on that resolution, and while I realize many people like things a little larger than I do, 2.89 is just too much.

q4osteam · 2020-04-25 20:06

You can setup scaling for each user individually, just run the config utility from Control panel > System administration > Screen scaling.

2.89 is a hardware specific value probed and calculated automatically.

tlmiller76 · 2020-04-25 20:08

Yeah, I know how to reset it, but on users after the first, GETTING there is REALLY hard due to how aggressive it calculates. It's far too aggressive in the calculations. IE - it should be calculating to be effective 1366x768, not 800x600.

Last edited by tlmiller76 (2020-04-25 20:09)

q4osteam · 2020-04-25 20:18

The default value should be set to the real DPI resolution, which means, size units on the (hardware specific) display should equal to the real ones. If the units don't match, then Q4OS detection routine likely reads wrong values from your display, so a kind of Q4OS bug. Unfortunately, it's hardware specific, so it requires investigation and testing on a variety of different hardware.

tlmiller76 · 2020-04-25 21:04

Bah...well, that sucks. Guess I just need to not reinstall so often since this is my only hidpi device at the moment.

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