How to change the resolution to fit 1920x1080, font scalling and projector setup

[J0aoSiqueira]

Dear developer, I'm using a laptop with a dual setup between windows and Arch with your dotfiles and I loved your configuration, but I felt that the image and video quality seems to be lower than 1080p, which my laptop is capable of. Therefore, I'd like to know how can I setup the dotfiles to fit 1920x1080, and to put the font scalling to 125% (that is standard for windows). Also, I'm used to project the laptop in university for presentation, so I'd like to know how to setup a dual monitor with a project in ocasional cases.

[gh0stzk]

Hello for the dpi scaling:
open a terminal a write this:
In the case you dont have a .Xresources file in your home.
echo "Xft.dpi: 120" >> .Xresources
now type:
xrdb -merge .Xresources

You should have installed the package xorg-xrdb, if not install it.
Now if you open an app, the scalling is visible.

that works but if you want fine grained config read this #392

So now everything must be bigger except the polybar, to change that, in the file config.ini inside all rices ~/.config/bspwm/rices/RICENAME/config.ini search for the dpi = 96 option, is commented in all cases, uncomment and chenge it for dpi = 120 save it and soft reload with ctrl + super + alt + s now your bar must look according to setup.

So if you wanna change the font size if still doesnt looks fine for you, install the lxappearance package, from there you can change some aspects of the gtk, including the font size and type etc..

About dual monitor, 2 days ago i pushed an update to automatically detects and configure your monitors, 7e07cba if you install my dots after january 22, you should have no problem connecting your lap to external monitors, but after you connect an external monitor, you should restart bspwm with super + alt + r

[J0aoSiqueira]

So, I did the xrgb and the rices suggestion, but some apps got very huge, like web browsers (chrome and brave), spotify, discord, etc. I know that my dpi for my configuration is 141 (1920x1080 15.6"), but my apps it's kind of like zoomed it. How can I fix that?

Update: I actually fixed it by removing the GDK_SCALE and GDK_DPI_SCALE from the bspwmrc, but I'd like to know if is there a conflict between the xrdb and the dpi option.

[Elixir-Software-Developer]

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________________________________ From: gh0stzk ***@***.***> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2025 4:56:30 PM To: gh0stzk/dotfiles ***@***.***> Cc: Subscribed ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [gh0stzk/dotfiles] How to change the resolution to fit 1920x1080, font scalling and projector setup (Issue #399) Hello for the dpi scaling: open a terminal a write this: In the case you dont have a .Xresources file in your home. "echo "Xft.dpi: 120" >> .Xresources" now type: xrdb -merge .Xresources You should have installed the package xorg-xrdb, if not install it. Now if you open an app, the scalling is visible. that works but if you want fine grained config read this #392<#392> So now everything must be bigger except the polybar, to change that, in the file config.ini inside all rices ~/.config/bspwm/rices/RICENAME/config.ini search for the dpi = 96 option, is commented in all cases, uncomment and chenge it for dpi = 120 save it and soft reload with ctrl + super + alt + s now your bar must look according to setup. So if you wanna change the font size if still doesnt looks fine for you, install the lxappearance package, from there you can change some aspects of the gtk, including the font size and type etc.. About dual monitor, 2 days ago i pushed an update to automatically detects and configure your monitors, 7e07cba<7e07cba> if you install my dots after january 22, you should have no problem connecting your lap to external monitors, but after you connect an external monitor, you should restart bspwm with super + alt + r — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#399 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ASVQG6GRL42F4DOGW5M27432MJWD5AVCNFSM6AAAAABVZ6CNUGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDMMJSHE4DEMJZGE>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[gh0stzk]

So, I did the xrgb and the rices suggestion, but some apps got very huge, like web browsers (chrome and brave), spotify, discord, etc. I know that my dpi for my configuration is 141 (1920x1080 15.6"), but my apps it's kind of like zoomed it. How can I fix that?

Update: I actually fixed it by removing the GDK_SCALE and GDK_DPI_SCALE from the bspwmrc, but I'd like to know if is there a conflict between the xrdb and the dpi option.

I think yes, the xrdb option scale your dpi or resolution, and if then you apply the gdk_scale or dpi_scale options, will scale at double.
What i do is the xrdb method and in bspwmrc i put at the end xrandr --dpi yourdpi, the same in xresources file.

[gh0stzk]

apparently, we need the xrandr --dpi somedpi At first glance, with the xrdb method "everything" is solved, but I realized that, for example, the rofi menu to select the theme is displayed incorrectly, and if you apply the xrandr --dpi command, it is solved, which is why both are necessary. methods.