[SOLVED] Gnome shell 3.10 is too large

zidarsk8 · 2013-10-08 08:35:33

Upgraded gnome shell to 3.10, yesterday it worked well, but now after rebooting the top bars and everything is way too large.

http://i.imgur.com/6tMZxiy.png

fonts in the browser are normal, and mouse changes size if i'm hovering over the browser or somewhere else.

Does anyone know where to change this. I'm hoping it's just a wrong setting somewhere.

NOT SOLVED: but i did just reinstall the entire system and it works now on this clean install

Last edited by zidarsk8 (2013-10-08 23:25:45)

Vrantheo · 2013-10-08 08:48:20

I'm guessing it's that "scaling factor" option in Tweak Tool. Did you mess with that?

zidarsk8 · 2013-10-08 08:53:38

nope, didn't mess with that

http://i.imgur.com/ewvsQQg.png

Any idea on how to just reset everything, like clear all settings and be done with it?

jrussell · 2013-10-08 09:20:50

Just remove all the gnomey dot files in your home directory.

zidarsk8 · 2013-10-08 09:25:22

I tried that and more (just to be sure i didn't miss any of the dotty files).

Actually i've moved my entire home dir, and created a new empty home dir, hoping it would clear all settings. But that didn't work ether.

Is there any other location that gnome keeps it's settings not just the /home/xyz ?

Last edited by zidarsk8 (2013-10-08 09:25:53)

UnsolvedCypher · 2013-10-09 01:08:53

The easiest way would probably be to just create another user, then move your files.

damoxc · 2013-10-09 08:09:33

I'm experiencing the same issue. I'm guessing it has something to do with the size GNOME thinks my display is... it thinks it is a 7" display instead of 32" so I'm guessing there is some style logic to make the experience nicer on a physically small display such as a tablet or what not.

centos · 2013-10-09 18:55:55

For me it is a normal situation in every Gnome update. Just go to css file for gnome-shell theme and change font sizes and thumbs sizes (for icons in dash).

damoxc · 2013-10-10 08:43:27

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GN … ncorrectly -- the workaround on the wiki here solved it for me.

As a workaround you can open dconf-editor and find the key scaling-factor in org.gnome.desktop.interface. Set it to 1 to get the standard scale.

zidarsk8 · 2013-10-10 15:19:35

damoxc wrote:

I'm experiencing the same issue. I'm guessing it has something to do with the size GNOME thinks my display is... it thinks it is a 7" display instead of 32" so I'm guessing there is some style logic to make the experience nicer on a physically small display such as a tablet or what not.

yes, I have just noticed the same, and it happens when I plug in my 27" monitor, any idea on how to fix that?

samtuke · 2014-05-19 12:25:33

damoxc wrote:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GN … ncorrectly -- the workaround on the wiki here solved it for me.
As a workaround you can open dconf-editor and find the key scaling-factor in org.gnome.desktop.interface. Set it to 1 to get the standard scale.

That worked for me, more or less.

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[SOLVED] Gnome shell 3.10 is too large

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