Force Scaling with dmenu

haggamemnon · 2018-01-29 20:00:49

I'm running arch linux with i3 was recently able to get my VM to take advantage of my MBP retina display. However, the problem I am running into now is with the scale of graphical applications such as chromium and spotify being too small. I can open them from the command line using the force-device-scale option so that they fit the screen nicely, but I was wondering if there was a way to permanently set this so that I can just open my apps with dmenu like I am used to?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2018-01-29 20:29:13

Set the correct DPI for the screen in the X server itself rather than scaling individual applications.

I would use `startx -- -dpi xxx` but see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI#X_Server for alternatives.

EDIT: whitespace removed.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2018-01-29 20:29:38)

haggamemnon · 2018-01-29 20:41:09

I have "xrandr --dpi 100" in my xinitrc, but chromium does not seem to be rescaling accordingly.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2018-01-29 20:46:31

haggamemnon wrote:

I have "xrandr --dpi 100" in my xinitrc

Is that actually applied?

haggamemnon wrote:

chromium does not seem to be rescaling accordingly.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hi … gle_Chrome

Executable wrapper scripts placed earlier in PATH can be useful for custom launch options

haggamemnon · 2018-01-30 17:06:05

That worked. Thanks!

Head_on_a_Stick · 2018-02-17 14:21:57

Can we get a [SOLVED], please?

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#1 2018-01-29 20:00:49

Force Scaling with dmenu

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Re: Force Scaling with dmenu

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Re: Force Scaling with dmenu

#4 2018-01-29 20:46:31

Re: Force Scaling with dmenu

#5 2018-01-30 17:06:05

Re: Force Scaling with dmenu

#6 2018-02-17 14:21:57

Re: Force Scaling with dmenu

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