Scaling Gnome login screen on HiDPI display
Running Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 on Lenovo yoga 2 pro. Display is 3200x1800. My desktop scales fine, and was done automatically without any configuration when installing. My login screen however, everything is tiny. How can I scale this to match my desktop?
I've tried
sudo xhost +SI:localuser:gdm
sudo su gdm -s /bin/bash
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2
and no difference. Also setting large text in universal access settings seems to have no effect.
I thought this was the correct way to change gdm interface settings? Any other ideas?
gnome login gdm
asked Apr 19 '17 at 22:36
jeffer sonjeffer son
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Running Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 on Lenovo yoga 2 pro. Display is 3200x1800. My desktop scales fine, and was done automatically without any configuration when installing. My login screen however, everything is tiny. How can I scale this to match my desktop?
I've tried
sudo xhost +SI:localuser:gdm
sudo su gdm -s /bin/bash
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2
and no difference. Also setting large text in universal access settings seems to have no effect.
I thought this was the correct way to change gdm interface settings? Any other ideas?
gnome login gdm
asked Apr 19 '17 at 22:36
jeffer sonjeffer son
12613
any more information needed please let me know!
– jeffer son
Apr 20 '17 at 22:25
Did the command give you an error? xhost doesn't work in Wayland, when I ran "xhost +" and then the 2 commands in X, it works for me.
– Chen Xing
Apr 15 '18 at 2:53
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Running Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 on Lenovo yoga 2 pro. Display is 3200x1800. My desktop scales fine, and was done automatically without any configuration when installing. My login screen however, everything is tiny. How can I scale this to match my desktop?
I've tried
sudo xhost +SI:localuser:gdm
sudo su gdm -s /bin/bash
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2
and no difference. Also setting large text in universal access settings seems to have no effect.
I thought this was the correct way to change gdm interface settings? Any other ideas?
gnome login gdm
asked Apr 19 '17 at 22:36
jeffer sonjeffer son
12613
Running Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 on Lenovo yoga 2 pro. Display is 3200x1800. My desktop scales fine, and was done automatically without any configuration when installing. My login screen however, everything is tiny. How can I scale this to match my desktop?
I've tried
sudo xhost +SI:localuser:gdm
sudo su gdm -s /bin/bash
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2
and no difference. Also setting large text in universal access settings seems to have no effect.
I thought this was the correct way to change gdm interface settings? Any other ideas?
gnome login gdm
gnome login gdm
asked Apr 19 '17 at 22:36
jeffer sonjeffer son
12613
asked Apr 19 '17 at 22:36
jeffer sonjeffer son
12613
edited Apr 20 '17 at 7:21
jeffer son
asked Apr 19 '17 at 22:36
jeffer sonjeffer son
12613
asked Apr 19 '17 at 22:36
jeffer sonjeffer son
12613
asked Apr 19 '17 at 22:36
jeffer sonjeffer son
12613
12613
any more information needed please let me know!
– jeffer son
Apr 20 '17 at 22:25
Did the command give you an error? xhost doesn't work in Wayland, when I ran "xhost +" and then the 2 commands in X, it works for me.
– Chen Xing
Apr 15 '18 at 2:53
add a comment |
any more information needed please let me know!
– jeffer son
Apr 20 '17 at 22:25
Did the command give you an error? xhost doesn't work in Wayland, when I ran "xhost +" and then the 2 commands in X, it works for me.
– Chen Xing
Apr 15 '18 at 2:53
any more information needed please let me know!
– jeffer son
Apr 20 '17 at 22:25
any more information needed please let me know!
– jeffer son
Apr 20 '17 at 22:25
Did the command give you an error? xhost doesn't work in Wayland, when I ran "xhost +" and then the 2 commands in X, it works for me.
– Chen Xing
Apr 15 '18 at 2:53
Did the command give you an error? xhost doesn't work in Wayland, when I ran "xhost +" and then the 2 commands in X, it works for me.
– Chen Xing
Apr 15 '18 at 2:53
add a comment |
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Was searching for a solution as well and found this:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/469515/adjust-text-scaling-factor-for-all-users
tl/dr
sudo nano /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.interface.gschema.xml
Change the default value to 2 (or your desired scale factor):
<key name="scaling-factor" type="u">
<default>2</default>
and then running:
sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
This fixed it for me. Let me know if it works for you as well.
answered May 7 '17 at 16:00
gilroygilroy
611
This makes me unable to login until the changes is reverted.
– Nur
Sep 5 '17 at 16:16
I am using 200% scale in GNOME's display settings on my desktop. This solution for the login screen stacks with my setting, so that I do have proper text size on the login screen, but suddenly have 4 times text scaling on my desktop.
– flyx
Jan 23 '18 at 14:27
add a comment |
Persistent over upgrades approach could be to create file
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/93_hidpi.gschema.override
with
[org.gnome.desktop.interface]
scaling-factor=2
text-scaling-factor=0.87
(0.87 to make fonts bit smaller, safe to omit if you don't want to)
And reinit schemas
sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
answered Mar 18 at 23:01
LauriLauri
664
1
I suppose "persistent approach" here means that it's "persistent across upgrades", while the first approach is just "persistent until the file is overwritten again by an upgrade".
– Peter De Maeyer
Mar 19 at 18:24
Yes, thank you. It is!
– Lauri
Mar 20 at 8:53
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Was searching for a solution as well and found this:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/469515/adjust-text-scaling-factor-for-all-users
tl/dr
sudo nano /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.interface.gschema.xml
Change the default value to 2 (or your desired scale factor):
<key name="scaling-factor" type="u">
<default>2</default>
and then running:
sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
This fixed it for me. Let me know if it works for you as well.
answered May 7 '17 at 16:00
gilroygilroy
611
This makes me unable to login until the changes is reverted.
– Nur
Sep 5 '17 at 16:16
I am using 200% scale in GNOME's display settings on my desktop. This solution for the login screen stacks with my setting, so that I do have proper text size on the login screen, but suddenly have 4 times text scaling on my desktop.
– flyx
Jan 23 '18 at 14:27
add a comment |
Was searching for a solution as well and found this:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/469515/adjust-text-scaling-factor-for-all-users
tl/dr
sudo nano /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.interface.gschema.xml
Change the default value to 2 (or your desired scale factor):
<key name="scaling-factor" type="u">
<default>2</default>
and then running:
sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
This fixed it for me. Let me know if it works for you as well.
answered May 7 '17 at 16:00
gilroygilroy
611
This makes me unable to login until the changes is reverted.
– Nur
Sep 5 '17 at 16:16
I am using 200% scale in GNOME's display settings on my desktop. This solution for the login screen stacks with my setting, so that I do have proper text size on the login screen, but suddenly have 4 times text scaling on my desktop.
– flyx
Jan 23 '18 at 14:27
add a comment |
Was searching for a solution as well and found this:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/469515/adjust-text-scaling-factor-for-all-users
tl/dr
sudo nano /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.interface.gschema.xml
Change the default value to 2 (or your desired scale factor):
<key name="scaling-factor" type="u">
<default>2</default>
and then running:
sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
This fixed it for me. Let me know if it works for you as well.
answered May 7 '17 at 16:00
gilroygilroy
611
Was searching for a solution as well and found this:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/469515/adjust-text-scaling-factor-for-all-users
tl/dr
sudo nano /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.interface.gschema.xml
Change the default value to 2 (or your desired scale factor):
<key name="scaling-factor" type="u">
<default>2</default>
and then running:
sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
This fixed it for me. Let me know if it works for you as well.
answered May 7 '17 at 16:00
gilroygilroy
611
answered May 7 '17 at 16:00
gilroygilroy
611
answered May 7 '17 at 16:00
gilroygilroy
611
answered May 7 '17 at 16:00
gilroygilroy
611
611
This makes me unable to login until the changes is reverted.
– Nur
Sep 5 '17 at 16:16
I am using 200% scale in GNOME's display settings on my desktop. This solution for the login screen stacks with my setting, so that I do have proper text size on the login screen, but suddenly have 4 times text scaling on my desktop.
– flyx
Jan 23 '18 at 14:27
add a comment |
This makes me unable to login until the changes is reverted.
– Nur
Sep 5 '17 at 16:16
I am using 200% scale in GNOME's display settings on my desktop. This solution for the login screen stacks with my setting, so that I do have proper text size on the login screen, but suddenly have 4 times text scaling on my desktop.
– flyx
Jan 23 '18 at 14:27
This makes me unable to login until the changes is reverted.
– Nur
Sep 5 '17 at 16:16
This makes me unable to login until the changes is reverted.
– Nur
Sep 5 '17 at 16:16
I am using 200% scale in GNOME's display settings on my desktop. This solution for the login screen stacks with my setting, so that I do have proper text size on the login screen, but suddenly have 4 times text scaling on my desktop.
– flyx
Jan 23 '18 at 14:27
I am using 200% scale in GNOME's display settings on my desktop. This solution for the login screen stacks with my setting, so that I do have proper text size on the login screen, but suddenly have 4 times text scaling on my desktop.
– flyx
Jan 23 '18 at 14:27
add a comment |
Persistent over upgrades approach could be to create file
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/93_hidpi.gschema.override
with
[org.gnome.desktop.interface]
scaling-factor=2
text-scaling-factor=0.87
(0.87 to make fonts bit smaller, safe to omit if you don't want to)
And reinit schemas
sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
answered Mar 18 at 23:01
LauriLauri
664
1
I suppose "persistent approach" here means that it's "persistent across upgrades", while the first approach is just "persistent until the file is overwritten again by an upgrade".
– Peter De Maeyer
Mar 19 at 18:24
Yes, thank you. It is!
– Lauri
Mar 20 at 8:53
add a comment |
Persistent over upgrades approach could be to create file
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/93_hidpi.gschema.override
with
[org.gnome.desktop.interface]
scaling-factor=2
text-scaling-factor=0.87
(0.87 to make fonts bit smaller, safe to omit if you don't want to)
And reinit schemas
sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
answered Mar 18 at 23:01
LauriLauri
664
1
I suppose "persistent approach" here means that it's "persistent across upgrades", while the first approach is just "persistent until the file is overwritten again by an upgrade".
– Peter De Maeyer
Mar 19 at 18:24
Yes, thank you. It is!
– Lauri
Mar 20 at 8:53
add a comment |
Persistent over upgrades approach could be to create file
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/93_hidpi.gschema.override
with
[org.gnome.desktop.interface]
scaling-factor=2
text-scaling-factor=0.87
(0.87 to make fonts bit smaller, safe to omit if you don't want to)
And reinit schemas
sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
answered Mar 18 at 23:01
LauriLauri
664
Persistent over upgrades approach could be to create file
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/93_hidpi.gschema.override
with
[org.gnome.desktop.interface]
scaling-factor=2
text-scaling-factor=0.87
(0.87 to make fonts bit smaller, safe to omit if you don't want to)
And reinit schemas
sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
answered Mar 18 at 23:01
LauriLauri
664
edited Mar 20 at 9:40
answered Mar 18 at 23:01
LauriLauri
664
answered Mar 18 at 23:01
LauriLauri
664
answered Mar 18 at 23:01
LauriLauri
664
664
1
I suppose "persistent approach" here means that it's "persistent across upgrades", while the first approach is just "persistent until the file is overwritten again by an upgrade".
– Peter De Maeyer
Mar 19 at 18:24
Yes, thank you. It is!
– Lauri
Mar 20 at 8:53
add a comment |
1
I suppose "persistent approach" here means that it's "persistent across upgrades", while the first approach is just "persistent until the file is overwritten again by an upgrade".
– Peter De Maeyer
Mar 19 at 18:24
Yes, thank you. It is!
– Lauri
Mar 20 at 8:53
1
1
I suppose "persistent approach" here means that it's "persistent across upgrades", while the first approach is just "persistent until the file is overwritten again by an upgrade".
– Peter De Maeyer
Mar 19 at 18:24
I suppose "persistent approach" here means that it's "persistent across upgrades", while the first approach is just "persistent until the file is overwritten again by an upgrade".
– Peter De Maeyer
Mar 19 at 18:24
Yes, thank you. It is!
– Lauri
Mar 20 at 8:53
Yes, thank you. It is!
– Lauri
Mar 20 at 8:53
add a comment |
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any more information needed please let me know!
– jeffer son
Apr 20 '17 at 22:25
Did the command give you an error? xhost doesn't work in Wayland, when I ran "xhost +" and then the 2 commands in X, it works for me.
– Chen Xing
Apr 15 '18 at 2:53