Wrong scaling factor after reboot

[Marek Frydrysiak]

After reboot I can see wrong scaling factor for icons, etc., although after opening Gnome Tweaks -> Fonts, I can verify that the Scaling Factor is set to 1,00. Changing it (by '+' or '-') to 1,01 or 0,99 and back to 1,00 recovers proper scaling.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-47.51-generic 5.4.55
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-47-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend: suspend hibernate resume
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend_depth: default modeset uvm
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 435.21 Sun Aug 25 08:17:57 CDT 2019
 GCC version: gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2)
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.8
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Sep 11 15:34:09 2020
DistUpgraded: 2020-05-20 22:32:35,149 DEBUG icon theme changed, re-reading
DistroCodename: focal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia, 435.21, 5.4.0-45-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia, 435.21, 5.4.0-47-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 6.1.10, 5.4.0-45-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 6.1.10, 5.4.0-47-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation TU117GLM [Quadro T1000 Mobile] [10de:1fb9] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo TU117GLM [Quadro T1000 Mobile] [17aa:2297]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-02 (162 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200203.1)
MachineType: LENOVO 20QNS17N00
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-47-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro psmouse.elantech_smbus=0 nouveau.modeset=0 quiet splash max_loop=64 vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-20 (113 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/04/2020
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: N2NET38W (1.23 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20QNS17N00
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Defined
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: None
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN2NET38W(1.23):bd06/04/2020:svnLENOVO:pn20QNS17N00:pvrThinkPadP53:rvnLENOVO:rn20QNS17N00:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad P53
dmi.product.name: 20QNS17N00
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20QN_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad P53
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad P53
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Marcos Araujo Sobrinho (marcos-sobrinho)]

I'm having exactly this issue. Fonts are smaller than it should and status icons are distorted.

[Marcos Araujo Sobrinho (marcos-sobrinho)]

Just after boot

[Marcos Araujo Sobrinho (marcos-sobrinho)]

After changing scaling factor to 0.99

[Marcos Araujo Sobrinho (marcos-sobrinho)]

After going back to scalint 1.00

[Marcos Araujo Sobrinho (marcos-sobrinho)]

Sorry, I messed up with the screenshots. Icons after changing scaling to 0.99.....

[Marcos Araujo Sobrinho (marcos-sobrinho)]

And going back to 1.00

[Marcos Araujo Sobrinho (marcos-sobrinho)]

Notification/calendar text is also small just after reboot and it's also fixed after changing scaling factor to 0.99/1.00 manually.

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[Marcos Araujo Sobrinho (marcos-sobrinho)]

interesting @mfrydrys123, your icons/text are getting bigger, mine is getting smaller. which video resolution are you using? mine is 2560x1080.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Please see bug 1892440 and bug 1892521.