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AnimatedRNG

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Registered: 2014-01-16

Posts: 5

Gnome scaling oddly if hidpi support is disabled

I recently bought a new laptop with a hidpi (3200x1800) display, and installed arch on it. So far, I've been happy with Gnome -- the built-in hidpi support looks pretty amazing. Unfortunately, some apps, mostly those that use Qt (such as Skype), don't scale well, if at all. So, as a fallback mode when I'm using these applications, I run

xrandr --output eDP1 --mode "3200x1800" --scale "0.5x0.5"
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides "{'Gdk/WindowScalingFactor': <1>}"

The latter *should* set gnome's scaling factor back to 1 so that the windows don't look enormous, but it seems to only be partially effective. The Gnome Terminal window decorations are twice as large as the other ones. The top panel is also twice as large as it was originally.

This Gnome looks normally
This is how Gnome looks like with XRandR scaling

Is there any way to disable all of Gnome's scaling?

Thanks!

Last edited by AnimatedRNG (2014-12-30 22:58:03)

jwhendy

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Registered: 2010-04-01

Posts: 621

Re: Gnome scaling oddly if hidpi support is disabled

Possibly related?
- Massive icons after Gnome 3.14 update
- huge windows after upgrade to gnome 3.14

Edit: looks like you're on that track already... A couple of ideas from re-skimming that thread:

- Confirm the scale factor you set is actually in effect:

$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor

- Try setting the scale in /etc/environment like this post suggests

- Try setting to a scale factor of 0 (instead of your <1>) like in this post

Last edited by jwhendy (2015-01-02 19:12:24)