[solved] Mageia Control Center is hard to read

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[solved] Mageia Control Center is hard to read

Postby Garthhh » Apr 26th, '24, 04:46

My eyes are not as good as they once were
How can I increase the contrast & or Fonts size for Mageia Control Center?
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Re: Mageia Control Center is hard to read

Postby adhefe » Apr 28th, '24, 04:52

Don't know if this related to this thread but now (after recent update to rpm tool) mcc gui does not show anything ( See the attachment)
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Re: Mageia Control Center is hard to read

Postby doktor5000 » Apr 28th, '24, 05:07

Please don't hijack other threads. Your issue is listed in the errata: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_9_Errata#Mageia_tools (fourth item)
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Re: Mageia Control Center is hard to read

Postby benmc » Apr 28th, '24, 07:26

sorry to H/J the thread further.

Adhefe, as your hardware is affected, and, this is a community driven distro, please lend a hand to this issue. your assistance would be appreciated :)
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Re: Mageia Control Center is hard to read

Postby morgano » Apr 28th, '24, 08:36

A fix for the empty MCC will probably be out as update today https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33149
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Re: Mageia Control Center is hard to read

Postby Germ » Apr 28th, '24, 14:36

I installed the rpms from the testing repo. It fixed the issue for me and several other users.
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Re: Mageia Control Center is hard to read

Postby adhefe » Apr 28th, '24, 17:07

doktor5000 wrote:Please don't hijack other threads. Your issue is listed in the errata: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_9_Errata#Mageia_tools (fourth item)

Sorry, I did not mean that. Just wonder if this problem would not be related to the one alread reported.
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Re: Mageia Control Center is hard to read

Postby Garthhh » Apr 30th, '24, 20:13

My issue is tiny grey text with an off white background on MCC Drak Tool GUI
I can compensate here, wiki, docs, because browsers let me zoom
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Re: Mageia Control Center is hard to read

Postby doktor5000 » May 2nd, '24, 17:57

Can you attach a screenshot of that please ?
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Re: Mageia Control Center is hard to read

Postby Garthhh » May 3rd, '24, 21:01

I wish I could I no longer understand how to share with google photo
Here's a link to some shared folder nonsense that you may or maynot be able to access
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RwPGmLzEKqAxiooR7
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Re: Mageia Control Center is hard to read

Postby Germ » May 4th, '24, 14:15

The screenshot you uploaded looks perfectly normal to me. until you click on a category on the left or search for a package the right pane is blank.
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Re: Mageia Control Center is hard to read

Postby Germ » May 4th, '24, 14:20

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Re: Mageia Control Center is hard to read

Postby Garthhh » May 5th, '24, 01:45

Thanks for the replies
I'll try fooling with drivers next time I'm having a better eye day
Low contrast #6 font is problematic as my eyes continue to fail
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