For ages now, under Linux Mint, whenever I start the app image – no matter which one – the tool is displayed as oversized (see screenshot), and there's NO way to adjust it. What's the point of that?
https://ibb.co/KcpHN6j0
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Soundbastel wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 12:46 amFor ages now, under Linux Mint, whenever I start the app image – no matter which one – the tool is displayed as oversized (see screenshot), and there's NO way to adjust it. What's the point of that?
https://ibb.co/KcpHN6j0
Your screenshot does not load, but i think i know your problem.
Linux can scale the UI with parameters in a script.
as root user create a file and name it
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gnome-qt.shPlace this file in
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/etc/profile.d directoryOpen the file in editor and type :
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export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0You may have to try different SCALE_FACTOR= -before you find one that works for you
Only whole numbers works without screen artefacts
The link works and the image loads, so the problem must be on your end.
Renaming and scripting doesn't seem to work, and frankly, I don't see why I should have to mess around with it myself just because the developers can't seem to fix it. This bug hasn't just appeared yesterday. And don't tell me it's free, what do you expect? Every job has to be done properly, regardless of whether it's free or not. I call that simply sloppy work.
And strangely enough, the app images don't work with the Nvidia graphics card; my laptop has an AMD onboard card, so the problem isn't there.
Try adjusting the scale factor manually.
For example:
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QT_SCALE_FACTOR=0.5 ./lmmsYou can find more information about this and other related environment variables here: https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/highdpi.html#env ... -reference
There should be a proper German instruction manual or tutorial, not just something thrown together that you can copy and do; that doesn't help at all.