MX Linux Forum

Hey Guys,

I noticed when I change font size in KDE the Konsole cursor space is messed up, especially if I arrow back it's even more messes up. How can I fix this? I tried to go back to it original font, but it's still messed up. I would like to increase the font size

Thank you

I made a youtube video to show what is happening

https://youtu.be/cLjXrMEmJuc

It doesn't happen for me. How do you change the font, in KDE settings?
Same thing happens if you change the font only in Yakuake? If you go to Profile -> New Profile -> Appearance -> Font

Hello

Yes I change the font in KDE settings. I change all the fonts in KDE settings to 14.

I've gone back to XFCE, I just wanted to report it.

Adrian wrote: Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:54 pm It doesn't happen for me. How do you change the font, in KDE settings?
Same thing happens if you change the font only in Yakuake? If you go to Profile -> New Profile -> Appearance -> Font

ofcourse it doesnt happen to you, because you didnt change the font size *duh*.
i did, and the problem persists in MX linux 23.5 (KDE 5.27.5).
it can be fixed by changing the font to a "mono-spaced font" in KDE appearance settings.

IN XFCE, I just increase the DPI setting. Can you not do the same thing in KDE?

ofcourse it doesnt happen to you, because you didnt change the font size *duh*.

Good joke, but that's what I meant, it doesn't happen to me when I change the font size... *duh*

j2mcgreg wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:57 pm IN XFCE, I just increase the DPI setting. Can you not do the same thing in KDE?

you mean change the DPI to fix the problem in KDE?
i dont know, because it says "changing DPI values from default will conflict with many apps" on the tooltip of "force font DPI", and i have seen enough broken GUIs in KDE, so i left it at default. i dont know how KDE is calculating the "default" DPI, though. for a 1920x1080 resolution it gives me 144 DPI (at 150% scaling).

Well.. the good thing about changing it, is that you can very easily change it back if you happen to not like it.

Give it a try.

samegold wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:08 pm

j2mcgreg wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:57 pm IN XFCE, I just increase the DPI setting. Can you not do the same thing in KDE?

you mean change the DPI to fix the problem in KDE?
i dont know, because it says "changing DPI values from default will conflict with many apps" on the tooltip of "force font DPI", and i have seen enough broken GUIs in KDE, so i left it at default. i dont know how KDE is calculating the "default" DPI, though. for a 1920x1080 resolution it gives me 144 DPI (at 150% scaling).

Leave the scaling at the default setting and just raise the DPI. My HP 15's resolution is 1920 x 1080 and all I did was raise the DPI from the default 96 to 120.

j2mcgreg wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 5:29 am

samegold wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:08 pm

j2mcgreg wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:57 pm IN XFCE, I just increase the DPI setting. Can you not do the same thing in KDE?

you mean change the DPI to fix the problem in KDE?
i dont know, because it says "changing DPI values from default will conflict with many apps" on the tooltip of "force font DPI", and i have seen enough broken GUIs in KDE, so i left it at default. i dont know how KDE is calculating the "default" DPI, though. for a 1920x1080 resolution it gives me 144 DPI (at 150% scaling).

Leave the scaling at the default setting and just raise the DPI. My HP 15's resolution is 1920 x 1080 and all I did was raise the DPI from the default 96 to 120.

I tried that and it didn't work, any other suggestions??

j2mcgreg wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 5:29 am

samegold wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:08 pm

j2mcgreg wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:57 pm IN XFCE, I just increase the DPI setting. Can you not do the same thing in KDE?

you mean change the DPI to fix the problem in KDE?
i dont know, because it says "changing DPI values from default will conflict with many apps" on the tooltip of "force font DPI", and i have seen enough broken GUIs in KDE, so i left it at default. i dont know how KDE is calculating the "default" DPI, though. for a 1920x1080 resolution it gives me 144 DPI (at 150% scaling).

Leave the scaling at the default setting and just raise the DPI. My HP 15's resolution is 1920 x 1080 and all I did was raise the DPI from the default 96 to 120.

tried it, but it makes some non-KDE stuff unreadable small and many apps dont even have a scaling setting.
thats why i think the scaling setting is one of the best KDE-features.

Eadwine Rose wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 2:00 am Well.. the good thing about changing it, is that you can very easily change it back if you happen to not like it.

Give it a try.

well, to find out if changing the DPI settings fixes the "konsole-space" problem, i would need to recreate the problem in the first place, but im not able to do that and changing the font fixed it.
but ive seen the konsole problem on several installs and im pretty sure its not MX-specific.

BardicDruid wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:09 pm

j2mcgreg wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 5:29 am

samegold wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:08 pm

you mean change the DPI to fix the problem in KDE?
i dont know, because it says "changing DPI values from default will conflict with many apps" on the tooltip of "force font DPI", and i have seen enough broken GUIs in KDE, so i left it at default. i dont know how KDE is calculating the "default" DPI, though. for a 1920x1080 resolution it gives me 144 DPI (at 150% scaling).

Leave the scaling at the default setting and just raise the DPI. My HP 15's resolution is 1920 x 1080 and all I did was raise the DPI from the default 96 to 120.

I tried that and it didn't work, any other suggestions??

ive already described how to fix the problem, did you try it?

samegold wrote: Sat Mar 29, 2025 8:12 pm

BardicDruid wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:09 pm

j2mcgreg wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 5:29 am

Leave the scaling at the default setting and just raise the DPI. My HP 15's resolution is 1920 x 1080 and all I did was raise the DPI from the default 96 to 120.

I tried that and it didn't work, any other suggestions??

ive already described how to fix the problem, did you try it?

I've tried changing the DPI, tinkering with the scaling, changing fonts and still have the problem.

just tried it on another install with bugged konsole: MX 23, KDE 5.27.5, frameworks 5.103.0, Qt 5.15.8,kernel 6.6.9 amd64,X11.
go appearance>global theme>fonts>adjust all fonts: change all fonts to "monospace", restart>profit.

Just got a new nvme and reinstalled, used 23.5 instead of 23.4 and the problem is gone.