I had my linux hooked into my monitor via VGA cable and everything looked great. I stuck the VGA cable into my 40 inch HDTV expecting the same, only larger.

Instead, the TV displays the screen's text in tiny size. Oddly, the text looks like "normal size" if I go online.

Why would the text not "scale" well when I plugged in the VGA cable into the HDTV? Everything disolayed on the tv screen was fine except the text.

- Kubuntu 14.04 64 bit
- Nvidia GTS 250
- A6-7400k
- Samsung LCD 40 inch Series 610 (or 630)

Thanks for your input.

Use bigger font sizes. They have higher dots per inch.

Yes, but I can't find that option in whatever desktop Kubuntu 14.04 uses. Perhaps I simply missed it. I will ask the Ubuntu forum. Thank you.

I read in news that monitors with Hi DPI (4K and 8K) are problematic with current softwares. Recent gnome releases support Hi DPI monitors.

Pass "-dpi 120" (where the 120 is a number that can be adjusted to taste) to X. If you're starting X with startx, then it's

You'll likely have to edit a configuration file to get it working in Kubuntu. As I am not a Kubuntu user, I'll have to let someone else detail the procedures for that.

My setup also uses a (1080p 43") TV as a monitor with the binary NVidia drivers, and I have the same problem. What happens is that X uses the TV's EDID to detect the correct DPI (dots per inch), doesn't get the right information back, and ends up running with a DPI that is much lower than it should be. The larger the DPI that X is set to, the larger the fonts you'll have.

You can tell what dot pitch X is currently set to with:

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Dugan - that is interesting and I will do it when I return home.