Selecting "Single Display" often dosn't show scaling options until the settings are applied.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
New
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
# Release
Description: Ubuntu 17.10
Release: 17.10
# Package
Not sure how to check the version of the GNOME settings applet, sorry.
# Steps to reproduce
Connect an external monitor. Open the "Displays" section of the Settings app. Select "Single Display" and select the currently disabled monitor in preparation for switching to it.
# Expected
The "Scale" selection appears, as it does when the monitor is both selected and "Apply" has been clicked.
# What happens instead
The "Scale" selection does not appear, and in fact only appears after "Apply" has been clicked. This means that in order to switch to another monitor, you have to first apply an incorrect setting (scaling will be wrong), click "Keep Settings," find your way to the "Scale" selection, select the correct scaling, click "Apply" again, then click "Keep Settings" a final time.
This is really bad when switching between monitors. The worst part is that whether or not the option is visible is inconsistent.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-control-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Feb 21 23:17:17 2018
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-30 (83 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
ProcEnviron:
XDG_RUNTIME_
SHELL=/bin/zsh
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gnome-control-
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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