Updater terminal window tiny on 4K screen

[Munchotaur]

I'm running on 25.1 but this has been an issue for a few versions now.

The updater script window is tiny and if I change size by dragging or maximising, this doesn't persist.

I think the script that launches it is updater-view-and-upgrade.py. Is there any way to build in a user preference or persistence for this window? Or to default to using more of the screen if the space is available? As far as I can see the python script calculates a very conservative size but it seems pointless to default this small if there's room to view the upgrade without lines wrapping...

[fehlix]

Thank you for bringing this issue up. Looking at the image you shared, it appears that scaling has been applied, likely with a scale factor of 2. The center/resize function does not currently include scaling. I'll take a look into this. By the way, since it doesn't look like a standard MX-25.1: What customization's have been made, which desktop environment is being used, and which terminal emulator, since it's clearly not an Xfce terminal? It would probably also be helpful to post QSI (Quick System Info) to get a better overview. If the system is based on an MX respin, that might also be worth mentioning. Because if I get it to work for MX-Fluxbox or MX-Xfce, for example, that doesn't necessarily mean it will work for the respin you're using; at the very least, I'd have to test the fix it on the respin first.

[Munchotaur]

Sorry, I should have added that I use Cinnamon. However the same happens in Xfce. While my default is Terminator, the updater seems to be running in xfce-terminal according to pgrep:

<myusername>:.config/ $ 14604 xfce4-terminal --disable-server --hide-menubar --geometry=96x30+480+240 --icon=/usr/share/icons/mx-updater.png -T MX Updater -- full upgrade -e bash -c "test -n 'full upgrade' && echo 'full upgrade'; sleep 0.5; xdotool sleep 0.2 search --onlyvisible --name 'MX Updater -- full upgrade' windowsize 960 600 windowmove 480 240 set_window --classname mx-updater --class mx-updater; /usr/lib/mx-updater/actions/updater_full-upgrade_action" 

Knowing which terminal meant I could investigate a little:

Opening the xfce-terminal settings app and selecting a larger font helps with that part of the issue.

However if I specify a larger default window size, that seems to be overridden every time I run the updater.

Selecting a maximised window by default does work, however, and this looks great with the larger font so that's what I'll go with for now.

So, seems the only glitch is not picking up a default fixed window size or being able to specify another in an updater-only config file.

[fehlix]

I have added scaling handling for both Display scaling and xrandr -scaling. Perhaps try the deb here in my dev-branch:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fehlix/mx-updater/scale/debs/mx-updater_26.01.03mx25+dev01_all.deb

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fehlix/mx-updater/scale/debs/mx-updater_26.01.03mx25+dev01_all.deb
Also note: mx-updater will trying to use what is set as debian's default alternative for x-terminal-emulator is set to , this is not necessarily what your DE will have as "default" terminal emulator. And Terminator is already supported for quite some time by MX Updater. Just select the default terminal emulator you want to use with
sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator
Please let me know whether the deb works for you with scaling.
PS: Saving placement and size of terminal will probably not go into MX Updater, b/c different terminal have different placements options, add detection of terminal window will also depend on window decoration (border) size, so that's all not very reliable to detect current terminal position to save and later re-use. Currently will stay with centered and reasonable size
Thanks
PS: If that still not working, maybe let me know what ISO you have used to run MX-25.1 with Cinnamon. Or did you just installed cinnamon packages from the repo?