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dragos240

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Registered: 2009-05-23

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[SOLVED]Select applications and notifications taking up too much space

Hello,

So, I changed 20-nvidia.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ and after restarting Xorg I noticed some applications and AwesomeWM widgets scaled up by 2x. I also used nvidia-settings. I'm running a setup with 2 monitors which have different resolutions and different screen sizes.

I have tried deleting 20-nvidia.conf, unplugging the second monitor, but nothing is working. I'm not sure what's going on. Here is an example of what I'm talking about. Before the config change, this was half the size it is now. Now, it takes up 1/4 of the screen real estate.

If someone has any ideas as to what this is and how to fix it, I'd appreciate it.

Last edited by dragos240 (2018-04-18 19:26:03)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [SOLVED]Select applications and notifications taking up too much space

xdpyinfo | grep -i resolution
xrandr -q

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dragos240

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Registered: 2009-05-23

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Re: [SOLVED]Select applications and notifications taking up too much space

xdpyinfo | grep -i resolution

  resolution:    131x134 dots per inch

xrandr -q

 Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3520 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS-0 connected primary 1600x900+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 309mm x 174mm
   1600x900      59.98*+
DP-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-3 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+
   1600x900      60.00  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1152x864      75.00  
   1024x768      75.03    60.00  
   800x600       75.00    60.32  
   640x480       75.00    59.94  
DP-4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-5 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [SOLVED]Select applications and notifications taking up too much space

You're using the DPI of the LVDS, the other monitor has about 102dpi and the "default" will likely be 96dpi.

xrandr --dpi 96
# start some affected process
xrandr --dpi 102
# start some affected process
xrandr --dpi 134
# start some affected process

Compare the behavior of the processes in response to the logical DPI. If you desire the 96DPI behavior, you need sth. along
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Default nvidia Device"
    Driver	"nvidia"
# other fancy options
	Option  "DPI"					"96x96"
	Option	"UseEdidDpi"			"False"
# other fancy options
EndSection

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dragos240

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Re: [SOLVED]Select applications and notifications taking up too much space

That was it. Thanks.