Bug 4414 - DPI change doesn't affect KDE main applications
Summary: DPI change doesn't affect KDE main applications
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: John Balcaen
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard: MGA2TOO
Keywords: UPSTREAM
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2012-02-05 11:42 CET by Tico Perez
Modified: 2015-02-11 06:30 CET (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
Source RPM: kdebase4-workspace
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Description Tico Perez 2012-02-05 11:42:44 CET
Description of problem:

Changing the dpi settings in KDE system-settings only affects GTK applications, qt applications and some KDE applications, but not the main ones (dolphon, kwrite, plasma itself, etc)


More info:

Since the friday, the text size of most of my kde applications suddenly is much smaller than what it is specified in the dpi setting in system-settings (96 dpi).

I've noticed that changing the dpi setting affects gtk applications, qt applications and some KDE applications (kmess, juk, amarok, kdiff3, some games) while main kde applications (dolphin, kate, kwrite, konqueror, plasma itself, etc) still have the same small text regardless of how big the dpi setting is.

System reboots don't help at all with the issue.
Comment 1 Tico Perez 2012-02-05 18:57:44 CET
Some more info: when opening dolphin, kwrite, etc with a command in konsole, they have proper font size.
Comment 2 Manuel Hiebel 2012-02-05 23:22:32 CET
Same as this bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268096 ?

Source RPM: unknown => (none)

Comment 3 Tico Perez 2012-02-06 10:15:04 CET
It is not exactly same bug, because that bug seems to happen to every appplication, while in this one it only happens to the main kde programs.

Anyways, I can confirm that the .fonts.conf hack doesn't work with this bug either.
Comment 4 Manuel Hiebel 2012-02-09 16:15:08 CET
So it's this one https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273343 and related ( c#2)  :p

Keywords: (none) => UPSTREAM
Assignee: bugsquad => balcaen.john
Source RPM: (none) => kdebase4-workspace

Comment 5 Tico Perez 2012-02-13 00:43:59 CET
Yes that looks more like it. Someone posted some workaround in the mageia forum:
https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1855

The workaround doesn't mean that the bug doesn't exist, but at least it works as a fix.
Comment 6 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-26 13:04:29 CEST
Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Manuel Hiebel 2012-06-12 21:14:00 CEST

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)
Whiteboard: (none) => MGA2TOO

Comment 7 Nic Baxter 2015-02-11 06:30:20 CET
Tested using Mageia 5 

Qt: 4.8.6
KDE Development Platform: 4.14.3
kde4-config: 1.0
works as expected so close report

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => nic
Resolution: (none) => FIXED


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