Re: Bugs in display scaling and screen resolution setting
On Monday, 23-09-2024 at 19:48 newbie-02@gmx.de wrote:
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> hello friends,
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> I tried but found it too confusing to find where to report bugs for debian :-( .
What GUI are you using? (e.g. Gnome, KDE, Xfec, etc ?)
Wayland or X11 ?
What is the model number of monitor are you using?
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> I see an issues in ver. 12.6.0 started from the live image:
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> Scaling the desktop by Settings - Display - General - Scale works
> counter-intuitive, setting it to 2x reduces everything on screen to quarter size,
> half height and half width, while setting it to Custom - 0.5x enlarges it to
> double height and double width.
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> And an issue where I can't decide if debian or Kali:
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> Between Kali 2024-W32 and 2024-W36 ( weekly unstable ) something got lost which
> makes some display resolution switches impossible. E.g. switching Settings -
> Display - General - Resolution from 3840x2160 to 1920x1200 works, while towards
> 1920x1080 it doesn't. You get the dialog but nothing changes on screen, and after
> confirmation and reopening the settings dialog the old resolution shows active.
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> Can anybody care for it or give advice?
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> Thanks a lot, newbie.
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