0005946: HiDPI flickering and several issues

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0005946	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2019-12-23 11:54	2020-07-24 11:08

Reporter	i21y4d	Assigned To	daniruiz
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	2019.4
Fixed in Version	2020.3

Summary	0005946: HiDPI flickering and several issues
Description	When using the new Kali xfce DM, a user may face several issues when also using HiDPI, even after following all of the steps mentioned in the Kali docs. Some of the issues are: -Top bar flickering when moving app windows or clicking on top bar -Some icons are not scaled for HiDPI -Some applications top bar remains not scaled "terminal, file manager..etc" -Some other minor issues: cursor has to be manually enlarged, cmd font has to be reset every time, and other similar issues. In general, Gnome DM remains more stable when it comes to HiDPI, which prevents us from using xfce. It is recommended to include HiDPI in the testing area to ensure all bugs are addressed before release.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2019-12-23 11:54	i21y4d	New Issue
2020-07-24 11:08	daniruiz	Note Added: 0013130
2020-07-24 11:08	daniruiz	Assigned To	=> daniruiz
2020-07-24 11:08	daniruiz	Status	new => resolved
2020-07-24 11:08	daniruiz	Resolution	open => fixed
2020-07-24 11:08	daniruiz	Fixed in Version	=> 2020.3

daniruiz 2020-07-24 11:08 manager ~0013130	This is fixed with the new kali-hidpi mode included with kali 2020.3 Some of the points you mention, like the non HiDPI icon are an issue of Xfce, that instead of rendering them with the new resolution just scales them. This has been largely improved over time (for example on whiskermenu) and work is being done to improve it.