The problems you are experiencing @mobilebackup and @agwin, are most likely due to the way the workaround works. Correct me if I am wrong, but the workaround is asking the graphics system to render a larger canvas (say 2x, 8K or whatever) and scales this down to the viewport size. If an application is not enabled for HiDPI mode, they will be very squished. If you don't have sqaure pixels (like most of us), you will get bad text, and if you don't check for orientation, the viewport will break.
The reason I said this is a fab workaround, but won't hold for production, apart from above, is we are asking the card to render a huge area. If you move windows around or watch video with GPU decoding, the card is going to have to move a huge amount of data around. These are my ramblings, for whatever they are worth. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1870736 Title: [nvidia] Screen scaling 125% gives 200% Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Procedure used: 1. Fully updated system via apt update && apt upgrade 2. Select the screen setup in gnome control center 3. Click the "Fractional scaling" toggle 4. Select 125% and click the green "use" button top right (it says "Anvend" in dansih) 5. Observe that the window has grown a lot, click the "use new settings" button 6. The window tells me, I am at 200% scaling. The "200%" option is now highlighted. 7. Switch back to 100% and file this bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.16 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu22 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Apr 4 09:42:34 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-01-14 (810 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=da_DK.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: release-upgrade UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-03 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1870736/+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
