KVM Scale Factor

KVM
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Patrick, I do have a question about KVM and Whonix that I think only you can answer. I’d go ask this on Reddit but I think you’re the only one who can answer this.

So when I first used Whonix last year, I’ve got my PC hooked up to my 55 inch TV via HDMI and the text and icons were really small and there was no easy way to fix it. So I complained about it, this here is the thread I made about it last year on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/Whonix/comments/1dkqcth/first_time_whonix_user_here_and_ive_got_some/

And I’d say within a few months of me complaining about it, it got fixed. So now to fix the small icons and text all you have to do is, open up VirtualBox and then click on workstation and click on settings and click on display and change the “Scale Factor” from 100% to 200% and voila! Problem solved.

So here soon I’m gonna install KVM and I’ll use virt-manager as the GUI to control the Whonix VMs, ok so in virt-manager is there an easy way in the settings to change the scale factor from 100% to 200%? Cause this would be a deal breaker, if there isn’t then I just couldn’t switch over to KVM. The way my apartment is set up I have to use my PC in the living room on my 55 inch TV, I have no other choice.

Is there an easy fix for small text and icons in KVM with Whonix as there is in VirtualBox with Whonix?

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Be concise.

I’ve copied this post into duck.ai with and added the request:

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duck.ai reply:

Is there a way to easily adjust the scale factor for text and icons in Whonix when using KVM with virt-manager, similar to how it can be done in VirtualBox by changing the “Scale Factor” to 200%? This is important for me as I use a 55-inch TV as my display.

But it can be even more concise.

Is there a way to easily adjust the scale factor for text and icons in Whonix when using KVM with virt-manager, similar to how it can be done in VirtualBox by changing the “Scale Factor” to 200%?

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Is there a way to easily adjust the scale factor for text and icons in Whonix when using KVM with virt-manager, similar to how it can be done in VirtualBox by changing the “Scale Factor” to 200%?

No, I am not aware of scale factor feature for virt-manager / KVM similar to VirtualBox’s scale factor feature.

There is 1 related wiki chapter that might solve this, see:
Xfce Scaling

To get better answers, you can ask in upstream support places by rephrasing your question according to the Self Support First Policy for Whonix, in this case:

Is there a way to easily adjust the scale factor for text and icons in Debian (Xfce) when using KVM with virt-manager, similar to how it can be done in VirtualBox by changing the “Scale Factor” to 200%?

This is unspecific to Whonix.

I am not the biggest expert for KVM at this point. Hence the Whonix for KVM wiki page has a notice on top, which links to:

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So what do you use for Whonix, VirtualBox?

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