Solved the part of trackpoint acceleration today: Following https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mouse_acceleration I was able to slow down that pesky acceleration. The loution is to put this line in ~/.xsessionrc: ( sleep 10s; xinput --set-prop 'TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint' 'libinput Accel Speed' -0.125 ) & While this solved my immediate problem it still does not tell why tcontrol settings are ignored :-/ Ni Anno domini 2019 Sun, 10 Feb 18:07:25 +0100 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp scripsit: > Anno domini 2019 Sun, 10 Feb 09:22:37 -0500 > Felix Miata scripsit: > > [...] > > The purging of pt as a physical unit doesn't just show up in unexpected page text sizing. It also > > has affected optional themes, and some internal theming. Mix in a GTK3 problem[1][2] and HiDPI > > mutations, and you get a good definition of unpredictable. > > > > [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757142 > > Recent change breaks HiDPI setup based on calculated or forced DPI > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1269274 > > UI text sizes no longer inherited from Linux system > > [2] https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022830 > > GTK3 apps not honoring system-wide DPI settings nor KDE mouse cursor > > This bug's fix counters the GTK problem upstream created. I've not seen evidence any other distro > > has offered this solution. > > Hi Felix! > > Sounds like Windows font desaster arrived on linux, at last :-( > > In the meantime I found a workaround for GTK2 applications (some use way too big fonts): > cp ~/.gtkrc-2.0 ~/.unison-gtkrc-2.0 > chande the font size there - looks like it overrides dpi settings, then use that config for the applation: > GTK2_RC_FILES=~/.unison-gtkrc-2.0 unison-gtk > > I think that's what you get when marketing takes over development. > > Nik > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
