On 02/07/17 11:42, Stephan Sahm wrote: > Dear NixOS followers, > > I tried to use the nixOS virtualbox > from > https://d3g5gsiof5omrk.cloudfront.net/nixos/17.03/nixos-17.03.1449.2e983f14f6/nixos-17.03.1449.2e983f14f6-x86_64-linux.ova > <https://d3g5gsiof5omrk.cloudfront.net/nixos/17.03/nixos-17.03.1449.2e983f14f6/nixos-17.03.1449.2e983f14f6-x86_64-linux.ova> > > It starts correctly, however, if I try to adapt the display scaling or > resolution to adapt for my 4k screen, the setting is lost on a restart. > (As KDE tells me to restart for the settings to become active, I never > actually see a rescaled KDE, but everything is very tiny). > > So the question how to make these display settings be preserved upon > restart. > (I successfully isntalled git and okular and cloned some repositories > and stuff - everything is preserved as it should, only the display > settings seem to get lost sofar) > > Any help is highly appreciated!, > best, > Stephan
Setting X up to inform Plasma of the right resolution might help — try adding services.xserver.monitorSection = '' DisplaySize width height ''; to your config, where width and height are the real-world dimensions of the screen (assuming you're running the VM full-screen) in millimetres. _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl https://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev