How to change display scaling settings in Lubuntu
, so that the font, the icons and the buttons are bigger, similar to Mac OS X
, in size?
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2Scaling is a known issue with LXQt - github.com/lxqt/lxqt-config/issues/401 @Andy's answer would require adding a fair amount of KDE (inc. KF5/KDE Frameworks) to your system, where LXQt (L=*light*) aims to be a light, and thus doesn't include it.– guivercDec 9, 2020 at 3:45
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In Lubuntu 21.10, I had to go through the following steps:
- Open LXQt Configuration Center -> Session Settings -> Environment Variables (Advanced) or run
lxqt-config-session
- Add
QT_SCALE_FACTOR
with value2
- Add
GDK_DPI_SCALE
with value2
- Add
XCURSOR_SIZE
with value64
- Open LXQt Configuration Center -> Appearance -> Font and set Resolution (DPI) to
192
- Discussion: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/discussions/2054
- Feature request: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/issues/2173
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I can confirm that "this is the way". In my case, I have a stretch virtual display (for remote operation via smartphone) and played with scale values: decimals are allowed, GDK and QT doesn't have to be equals, for what is worth.– leoperboApr 19, 2022 at 3:00
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Does this work for a laptop which has a HiDPI screen and then plugging in an external monitor that is not HiDPI? Meaning, is this scaling global, or per-display?– ahogenFeb 10, 2023 at 15:26
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