Bug 26010 - Wrong resolution for the Blender gui
Summary: Wrong resolution for the Blender gui
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 7
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2020-01-03 13:18 CET by Kristoffer Grundström
Modified: 2020-01-05 23:10 CET (History)
4 users (show)

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Source RPM: blender-2.79b-14.git20190504.1.mga7.src.rpm
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Attachments
Output of the xrandr command (1.57 KB, text/plain)
2020-01-03 13:20 CET, Kristoffer Grundström
Details
Screenshot on plasma 3840x2160 (242.82 KB, image/png)
2020-01-05 00:25 CET, Morgan Leijström
Details

Description Kristoffer Grundström 2020-01-03 13:18:45 CET
Description of problem: I installed Blender together with openshot and kdenlive and as I opened Blender I see that the gui has another resolution than the screen itself.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.79b

How reproducible: All the time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install blender.
2. Open blender.
3. Text and buttons are much smaller in the gui in comparison to the screen resolution.
Comment 1 Kristoffer Grundström 2020-01-03 13:19:33 CET
I'm using MATE as a DE.

No Testing or Backport medias present.
Comment 2 Kristoffer Grundström 2020-01-03 13:20:11 CET
Created attachment 11439 [details]
Output of the xrandr command

CC: (none) => hamnisdude

Comment 3 Lewis Smith 2020-01-03 21:24:14 CET
Just installed it to try, Mate, screen resolution 1366 x 768.
On first launch, everything is grey & gloomy with small writing. Explored:
 File-User Preferences-Interface-Display Scale
initially 1; 1.3 made everything bigger! (Do *not* reduce it, it will become too small to see to re-set!).
 File-User Preferences-Interface-Themes
allows to install something lighter.

Does this answer your complaint?

CC: (none) => lewyssmith
Source RPM: blender => blender-2.79b-14.git20190504.1.mga7.src.rpm

Comment 4 Morgan Leijström 2020-01-05 00:25:42 CET
Created attachment 11440 [details]
Screenshot on plasma 3840x2160

Installed to try this
Looking nice here on Plasma, nvidia-current, 3840x2160
But also, this screen is 43" large; Philips 436M6

Text in menus etc are smaller than in other programs but i think that is adequate.

Screenshot is from left part of window in original laounch size, which in turn is less than a quarter of the screen area.

CC: (none) => fri

Comment 5 Kristoffer Grundström 2020-01-05 05:04:39 CET
Sure, but shouldn't this be set a bit bigger as standard?
It would help in the future.
Comment 6 Lewis Smith 2020-01-05 21:58:48 CET
(In reply to Kristoffer Grundström from comment #5)
> Sure, but shouldn't this be set a bit bigger as standard?
This sort of thing is difficult to judge, because so much depends on screen resolution & size. Pre-setting the scale to something other than 1 would be dicey. The important thing is that the application is usable.
Morgan's screenshot is OK.
Given that the font size can be increased so easily, and to one's taste, I think it is fair to close the bug. 

CC'ing for info DavidG who maintains this pkg. For a comment perhaps.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => geiger.david68210
Severity: normal => enhancement
Resolution: (none) => WORKSFORME

Comment 7 Morgan Leijström 2020-01-05 23:10:24 CET
(In reply to Kristoffer Grundström from comment #5)
> Sure, but shouldn't this be set a bit bigger as standard?

I suggest to discuss that upstream. (And if so, for 2.80+)
I believe design have been debated much there and a democratic (i suppose) agreement between many users there should not be overthrown by three less experienced people here.


- It is a another thing if you can show the program being displayed substantially different on Mageia, than intended by upstream.

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