Kubuntu Forums - Post-Installation https://www.kubuntuforums.net/ Problems booting or logging in after installing Kubuntu? Post these questions here. en Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:38:11 GMT vBulletin 60 images/misc/rss.png Kubuntu Forums - Post-Installation https://www.kubuntuforums.net/ Icons/visual display enlarged after update: Follow up https://www.kubuntuforums.net/forum/currently-supported-releases/kubuntu-24-04-nitpick-noble-lts/post-installation-az/693403-icons-visual-display-enlarged-after-update-follow-up Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:31:21 GMT This post is a follow up from a previous post... previous post describing the issue (i.e. after updating my server from Jammy Jellyfish to Noble Numbat (Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS), the visual display is extremely enlarged). I realize the original post is old, but I'm now at the system being described and trying to fix it.

Below I've listed the things I've tried to address the problem.
  1. System settings: per a recommendation from AskUbuntu, I've gone into KDE System settings and checked the "Force Font DPI 96" checkbox (no change).
  2. kscreen
    1. kscreen-doctor -o
      Output: 63 None-1 enabled connected priority 1 Unknown Modes:
      65:640x480@60*! Geometry: 0,0 640x480 Scale: 1 Rotation: 1 O
      verscan: 0 Vrr: incapable RgbRange: unknown​
    2. Attempting fractional scaling: kscreen-doctor output.None-1.scale.2
      kscreen.doctor: setop exec returned KScreen::Config(
      KScreen::Output(63, "None-1", connected enabled priority 1, p
      os: QPoint(0,0), res: QSize(640, 480), modeId: "65", scale: 2
      , clone: no, rotation: KScreen::Output::None, followPreferred
      Mode: false) )​
  3. kwriteconfig
    1. Calling kwriteconfig5 --file ~/.config/kcmfonts --group "General" --key "forceFontDPI" "96" did nothing (and calling the same command using kwriteconfig resulted in the message "Command not found").
    2. Finally, manually creating the ~/.config/kcmfonts file and including the recommended text did nothing.
I appreciate this is a strange issue, but if anyone has any further suggestions, I'd really appreciate it. My only other solution is to scrap Kubuntu entirely.

Thanks very much for any tips.
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