Bug 482977 - after upgrading to kde 6 everything is smaller on full hd 16:10 monitors
Summary: after upgrading to kde 6 everything is smaller on full hd 16:10 monitors
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kde
Classification: I don't know
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Keywords: qt6
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Reported: 2024-03-09 12:30 UTC by andrew
Modified: 2024-04-17 03:47 UTC (History)
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Description andrew 2024-03-09 12:30:27 UTC
SUMMARY
after upgrading to kde 6 from kde 5 all apps including kde apps have both text and layouts in general too small both on xorg and wayland, I tried deleting everything ~/.config and ~/.local and reconfiguring scaling and font size, but even restoring the configurations I had previously everything is smaller, it only happens on full hd 16:10 monitors, on my setup with 4k 16:9 monitor I couldn't reproduce.

If I increase the font size even more it's even worse because all the layouts get weird.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2
Comment 1 cdanek 2024-03-10 09:39:09 UTC
Same here (except that I don't exactly know what kind of monitor I have; it says "Built-in Screen 2560x1440").
Want to add one piece of detail regarding the scaling. The Firefox browser does not seem to understand that. No matter what value I set for Settings -> Display -> Scale, e.g. 80% or 120%, in Firefox all sizes (font, tabs, bars, etc.) get _smaller_ in both cases. All other tested software behave as expected (e.g. Dolphin, LibreOffice). Is that a bug in KDE or Firefox?
Comment 2 andrew 2024-03-10 11:51:46 UTC
(In reply to cdanek from comment #1)
> Same here (except that I don't exactly know what kind of monitor I have; it
> says "Built-in Screen 2560x1440").
> Want to add one piece of detail regarding the scaling. The Firefox browser
> does not seem to understand that. No matter what value I set for Settings ->
> Display -> Scale, e.g. 80% or 120%, in Firefox all sizes (font, tabs, bars,
> etc.) get _smaller_ in both cases. All other tested software behave as
> expected (e.g. Dolphin, LibreOffice). Is that a bug in KDE or Firefox?

I think we have two different bugs, in my case any app both qt and gtk have abnormal sizes, some things are really too small, I think your problem is due to scaling with wayland
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-03-11 23:34:12 UTC
Andrew, is this on X11 or Wayland, or both? Do you have an NVIDIA GPU?
Comment 4 andrew 2024-03-12 09:08:40 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> Andrew, is this on X11 or Wayland, or both? Do you have an NVIDIA GPU?

i can reproduce on x11 and wayland

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2
Kernel Version: 6.7.0.6.realtime1-1-rt (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-4570S CPU @ 2.90GHz
Memory: 23.4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2024-03-13 18:21:34 UTC
Thanks. Can you create a new clean user account and see if the issue is still happening there?
Comment 6 andrew 2024-03-16 06:07:38 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5)
> Thanks. Can you create a new clean user account and see if the issue is
> still happening there?

can reproduce even with a new clean user account
Comment 7 Nate Graham 2024-03-18 21:36:46 UTC
Thanks. At this point I think I need a screenshot to see what the issue looks like to you.
Comment 8 Bug Janitor Service 2024-04-02 03:47:08 UTC
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Comment 9 Bug Janitor Service 2024-04-17 03:47:37 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
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