Text too small on lower resolution monitor in a dual display setup





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I put two monitor side-by-side and one has 4K resolution while the other one is 1080p. If I set the scale to 2X the text looks normal on the 4K monitor but everything looks too big on the 1080p monitor which makes it unusable. If I don't scale, the text on the 4K monitor will look too small. Since Ubuntu does not allow you to use different scale on different monitors, how can I solve this?










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    I put two monitor side-by-side and one has 4K resolution while the other one is 1080p. If I set the scale to 2X the text looks normal on the 4K monitor but everything looks too big on the 1080p monitor which makes it unusable. If I don't scale, the text on the 4K monitor will look too small. Since Ubuntu does not allow you to use different scale on different monitors, how can I solve this?










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      I put two monitor side-by-side and one has 4K resolution while the other one is 1080p. If I set the scale to 2X the text looks normal on the 4K monitor but everything looks too big on the 1080p monitor which makes it unusable. If I don't scale, the text on the 4K monitor will look too small. Since Ubuntu does not allow you to use different scale on different monitors, how can I solve this?










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      I put two monitor side-by-side and one has 4K resolution while the other one is 1080p. If I set the scale to 2X the text looks normal on the 4K monitor but everything looks too big on the 1080p monitor which makes it unusable. If I don't scale, the text on the 4K monitor will look too small. Since Ubuntu does not allow you to use different scale on different monitors, how can I solve this?







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          After tweaking xrandr for a few hours with no luck, I gave it up. But later on I found a solution which is pretty simple. This works if you have a Geforce graphic card and use Nvidia X Server Settings.




          1. Install Nvidia graphic card driver and Nvidia X Server

          2. Set the monitor with lower resolution as follows: (in the link)


          The idea is to set ViewPortIn to the resolution of the higher display, and then set ViewPortOut to the actual physical resolution.



          Nvidia X Server Settings






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            After tweaking xrandr for a few hours with no luck, I gave it up. But later on I found a solution which is pretty simple. This works if you have a Geforce graphic card and use Nvidia X Server Settings.




            1. Install Nvidia graphic card driver and Nvidia X Server

            2. Set the monitor with lower resolution as follows: (in the link)


            The idea is to set ViewPortIn to the resolution of the higher display, and then set ViewPortOut to the actual physical resolution.



            Nvidia X Server Settings






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              After tweaking xrandr for a few hours with no luck, I gave it up. But later on I found a solution which is pretty simple. This works if you have a Geforce graphic card and use Nvidia X Server Settings.




              1. Install Nvidia graphic card driver and Nvidia X Server

              2. Set the monitor with lower resolution as follows: (in the link)


              The idea is to set ViewPortIn to the resolution of the higher display, and then set ViewPortOut to the actual physical resolution.



              Nvidia X Server Settings






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                After tweaking xrandr for a few hours with no luck, I gave it up. But later on I found a solution which is pretty simple. This works if you have a Geforce graphic card and use Nvidia X Server Settings.




                1. Install Nvidia graphic card driver and Nvidia X Server

                2. Set the monitor with lower resolution as follows: (in the link)


                The idea is to set ViewPortIn to the resolution of the higher display, and then set ViewPortOut to the actual physical resolution.



                Nvidia X Server Settings






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                After tweaking xrandr for a few hours with no luck, I gave it up. But later on I found a solution which is pretty simple. This works if you have a Geforce graphic card and use Nvidia X Server Settings.




                1. Install Nvidia graphic card driver and Nvidia X Server

                2. Set the monitor with lower resolution as follows: (in the link)


                The idea is to set ViewPortIn to the resolution of the higher display, and then set ViewPortOut to the actual physical resolution.



                Nvidia X Server Settings







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