Questions about Wine on Linux
MissingVertexShader
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by MissingVertexShader » Tue Jun 14, 2022 12:39 am
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$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-11.1.0ubuntu2-noarch:printing-11.1.0ubuntu2-noarch:security-11.1.0ubuntu2-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
I have changed the following scaling settings to try and make the Windows menus text larger:
winecfg > Graphics > Screen resolution: 144 dpi
wine regedit > My Computer > HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG > Software > Fonts > LogPixels REG_DWORD 0x0090 (144)
However... though the Windows "menu ribbon"(?) increases in size, the "drop down menu" from the menu ribbon does not:
nwtoolset version:
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jkfloris
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by jkfloris » Tue Jun 14, 2022 6:18 pm
There are still some problems with the DPI settings in Wine.
I can't find whether your problem is already known. If you also can't find similar bug report on
https://bugs.winehq.org/ , please create one.
As a workaround you can change the font size with:
winecfg → Desktop Intergration -
Appearance - Item: "Menu Text" → Font... → Size:
MissingVertexShader
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by MissingVertexShader » Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:27 am
@jkfloris
Thank you. Just the setting I was searching for.
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In fact, for anyone reading this, ignore the two settings I tried:
winecfg > Graphics > Screen resolution
wine regedit > My Computer > HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG > Software > Fonts > LogPixels REG_DWORD
and just use the setting jkfloris specified:
winecfg → Desktop Integration - Appearance - Item: "Menu Text" → Font... → Size:
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