That's definitely another issue... However for the main one, could you please attach your ~/.config/monitors.xml just before and after changing the setting and also after a logout/login cycle?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1720465 Title: HiDPI scaling does not hold across reboot Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Running Ubuntu 17.10 Beta (updated as of 29 Sept 2017) on Parallels Desktop 13. When changing the HiDPI scaling to 200% everything looks good, but on restart the settings are reset to 100%. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1720465/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp