{"id":9440,"date":"2019-10-15T15:42:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9440"},"modified":"2019-10-15T15:42:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:42:27","slug":"how-to-enable-fractional-scaling-in-ubuntu-19-10-eoan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/10\/how-to-enable-fractional-scaling-in-ubuntu-19-10-eoan\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Fractional Scaling in Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/classic-gnome-icon.png\" alt=\"gnome shell\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5741\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This quick tutorial shows how to enable the fractional scaling in Ubuntu 19.10 for both default X and wayland sessions.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Display<\/i> settings only offer two scaling values (100% and 200%) by default. For HiDPI displays, you may want fractional scaling values, like 125% or 150%, and here&#8217;s how to do the job.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fractional-scaling-600x303.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"303\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fractional-scaling-600x303.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fractional-scaling-450x227.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fractional-scaling-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fractional-scaling.jpg 824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> Open <i>Ubuntu Software<\/i>, search for and install <code>dconf editor<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dconf-editor-gnomesoftware-450x155.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"155\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dconf-editor-gnomesoftware-450x155.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dconf-editor-gnomesoftware-600x207.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dconf-editor-gnomesoftware.jpg 921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> Launch dconf editor and navigate to <code>org<\/code> -> <code>gnome<\/code> -> <code>mutter<\/code>. <\/p>\n<p>There find out and click to go to settings for &#8216;<b>experimental-features<\/b>&#8216;. Then do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turn off &#8216;<i>Use default value<\/i>&#8216;.<\/li>\n<li>Set Custom value to <b>[&#8216;x11-randr-fractional-scaling&#8217;]<\/b> for default X session.<\/li>\n<li>For wayland session, set the value to <b>[&#8216;scale-monitor-framebuffer&#8217;]<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/enable-fractionalscaling.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/enable-fractionalscaling-600x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/enable-fractionalscaling-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/enable-fractionalscaling-450x270.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/enable-fractionalscaling-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/enable-fractionalscaling.jpg 824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE:<\/b> Fractional scaling is an experimental feature, it may have bugs. And It might reduce performance on X11.<\/p>\n<p><b>For those familiar with Linux commands, do the job via single command:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For default X11 session, open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features \"['x11-randr-fractional-scaling']\"<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/x11-fractionalscaling.jpg-600x92.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"92\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/x11-fractionalscaling.jpg-600x92.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/x11-fractionalscaling.jpg-450x69.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/x11-fractionalscaling.jpg-768x118.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/x11-fractionalscaling.jpg.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For wayland session, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features \"['scale-monitor-framebuffer']\"<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wayland-fractionalscaling-600x91.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"91\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wayland-fractionalscaling-600x91.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wayland-fractionalscaling-450x68.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wayland-fractionalscaling-768x116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wayland-fractionalscaling.jpg 1026w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To undo the change, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">gsettings reset org.gnome.mutter experimental-features<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick tutorial shows how to enable the fractional scaling in Ubuntu 19.10 for both default X and wayland sessions. The Display settings only offer two scaling values (100% and 200%) by default. For HiDPI displays, you may want fractional scaling values, like 125% or 150%, and here&#8217;s how to do the job. 1.) 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