Comment 74 for bug 1870736

I tried text trick already, but unfortunately it doesn’t really solve the
problem. All of the regular UI elements (icons etc) remain tiny. I would
really suggest if we could please not go that route, and instead focus on
fixing the scaling properly, if possible.

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 10:35 AM Joachim Wolff <email address hidden>
wrote:

> As workaround for those with just one monitor (or many but the same
> size), I tried what Kristo Ojasaar (kristoo) already suggested and I
> found something even simpler. There is no needs for the 'Tweak'-tool:
> For a 4k monitor, set it to 100% and go to Settings -> Universal Access
> and activate 'large text'. Now the 'scaling' is more or less what 125%
> under Ubuntu 19.10 used to be.
>
> Seeing something so simple solving this, I wonder why the developers do
> not a define a css style-sheet (or however the gui colors / font size
> etc are defined) for the different scaling options and apply these as
> soon e.g. '125%' scaling is activated.
>
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> Title:
> [nvidia] Screen scaling 125% gives 200%
>
> Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in mutter package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Procedure used:
> 1.
> Fully updated system via apt update && apt upgrade
>
> 2.
> Select the screen setup in gnome control center
>
> 3.
> Click the "Fractional scaling" toggle
>
> 4.
> Select 125% and click the green "use" button top right (it says "Anvend"
> in dansih)
>
> 5.
> Observe that the window has grown a lot, click the "use new settings"
> button
>
> 6.
> The window tells me, I am at 200% scaling. The "200%" option is now
> highlighted.
>
> 7.
> Switch back to 100% and file this bug.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
> Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.16
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27
> Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu22
> Architecture: amd64
> CrashDB: ubuntu
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Sat Apr 4 09:42:34 2020
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-01-14 (810 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
> (20170801)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm-256color
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
> Symptom: release-upgrade
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-03 (0 days ago)
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