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#1 2017-09-26 07:09:48

gzSupertramp
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From: Zurich Switzerland
Registered: 2015-10-18
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4K Monitor Font too small / URXVT keyboard layout global setup

Hello,

I am currently setting up an arch linux workstation for computational studies. I have successfully installed the OS and created an admin user (me). I have installed lightdm as my display manager, I3 as the window manager and urxvt as the terminal emulator.  I have also installed NVIDIA drivers.

As the title mentions, I am using a 4k monitor and, as you can imagine, the main problem is the scaling (especially the size of the fonts: way too small).

Is there a way to scale everything globally while maintaining the 4k resolution?

Since I plan to add many users, I would like to configure the system globally first and then user wise, if needed, later on.

Every user which I create will be able to login through lightdm and use I3 as window manager.

I was able to set the correct keyboard layout for the virtual terminal by adding a line to the vconsole.conf but I am not able to set it permanently for the URXVT terminal emulator: I have to use the setxkmbap command everytime I log in to change it to the correct layout.

Summary:

Problem 1: fonts too small due to 4k monitor -- > I d like to set it up globally once so that all future users will inherit these settings (or set up a scaling factor)
Problem 2: keyboard layout -- > correct layout when using the virtual console (permanently), unable to set a permanent correct layout for URXVT (which comes after loggin in)

Please let me know if you need more info
Thank you in advance,
Gabriele

Last edited by gzSupertramp (2017-09-26 08:17:29)

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#2 2017-09-26 09:42:25

Slithery
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Re: 4K Monitor Font too small / URXVT keyboard layout global setup

Have you read the HiDPI wiki page?


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#3 2017-09-26 16:48:57

seth
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Re: 4K Monitor Font too small / URXVT keyboard layout global setup

Or that for "Keyboard configuration in Xorg"?

Also please be aware that shopping list threads are not permitted by forum rules, so if both remain a problem, you'll have to link out one of your tasks into another thread.

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#4 2017-10-01 18:52:17

gzSupertramp
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From: Zurich Switzerland
Registered: 2015-10-18
Posts: 21

Re: 4K Monitor Font too small / URXVT keyboard layout global setup

seth wrote:

Or that for "Keyboard configuration in Xorg"?

Also please be aware that shopping list threads are not permitted by forum rules, so if both remain a problem, you'll have to link out one of your tasks into another thread.

Apolologies for the shopping list.

I ended up using a Desktop Environment which gives me the desired scaling (KDE).

Thank you

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#5 2017-10-01 19:21:45

seth
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Registered: 2012-09-03
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Re: 4K Monitor Font too small / URXVT keyboard layout global setup

So what's the status of this thread? Is there still an unresolved problem?

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