[arch-general] New LXQt (1.0.0) with big text size, affecting other Qt apps

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I can confirm that this happened on i3 gaps too. I had to adjust both i3 and urxvt settings. Firefox looked fine.

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On Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 7:09 PM, Joan Figueras via arch-general <arch-general at lists.archlinux.org> wrote:

> On 11/11/21 12:04, Archange via arch-general wrote:
> 

> > Le 11/11/2021 à 12:21, Javier via arch-general a écrit :
> > 

> > > On 11/11/21 01:32, Uwe Sauter via arch-general wrote:
> > > 

> > > > I'm experiencing the same with Mate. FullHD on 24" display shows
> > > > 

> > > > fonts about twice the normal size.
> > > > 

> > > > The workaround I found (not reboot safe) is to open the display
> > > > 

> > > > settings and force a scaling factor
> > > > 

> > > > of 100%. Scaling factor "auto" won't do any good.
> > > 

> > > Ohh, weird, since I only experience that on Qt stuff, meaning I see
> > > 

> > > no issues on GTK stuff, but I don't use a GTK DE neither
> > > 

> > > compositor/WM, :(...  Well, I got as well as the LXQt upgrade, Xorg
> > > 

> > > and KWin upgrades:
> > > 

> > > xorg-server-common (1.20.13-3 -> 21.1.1-2)
> > > 

> > > xorg-server (1.20.13-3 -> 21.1.1-2)
> > > 

> > > So perhaps a Xorg issue instead of a LXQt/KWin one?
> > 

> > I don’t have time to investigate, but my sddm is affected too. So
> > 

> > definitively not LXQt nor KWin, also my Plasma session using Kwin is
> > 

> > not affected (I use a scaling factor of ×2 there).
> > 

> > So I would say something plain Qt and Xorg related, maybe because Xorg
> > 

> > changed the way it reports the DPI and Qt behaviour changed because of
> > 

> > that.
> 

> I think it's related with this bug: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/72661
> 

> For me, in XFCE, upgrading to Xorg 21.1.1-3 fixed the issue.
> 

> Cheers
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