I just managed to install Davinci Resolve on my Linux box, but the UI fonts are so small that I can’t see almost anything. I tried using Gnome Display Scaling, made it 400%, but it didn’t help at all.

Any idea 🤔?

Thanks!

  • Michael Murphy (S76)MEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    You have to set these environment variables:

    • QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO=2
    • QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=true

    You can do this either by the GUI or the terminal below.

    GUI

    1. Install Alacarte and find the desktop entry for Resolve
    2. Change the command to
    env QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO=2 QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=true /opt/resolve/bin/resolve

    Terminal

    1. Create the local applications directory if it does not exist
    mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications/
    1. Copy the desktop entry to your home folder:
    cp /usr/share/applications/com.blackmagicdesign.resolve.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
    1. Open the local entry in a text editor, such as nvim
    nvim ~/.local/share/applications/com.blackmagicdesign.resolve.desktop
    1. Change the Exec= line to Exec=env QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO=2 QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=true /opt/resolve/bin/resolve
    • @dodalovicOPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Didn’t help either, This is the desktop file

      [Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=DaVinci Resolve
GenericName=DaVinci Resolve
Comment=Revolutionary new tools for editing, visual effects, color correction and professional audio post production, all in a single application!
Path=/opt/resolve/
Exec=env QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO=2 QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=true /opt/resolve/bin/resolve
Terminal=false
MimeType=application/x-resolveproj;
Icon=/opt/resolve/graphics/DV_Resolve.png
StartupNotify=true
Name[en_US]=DaVinci Resolve