Tag Archives: xrandr

Set fractional display scaling on Ubuntu 18.10 (XORG)

Posted on January 10, 2019 by SoCRaT

I am using an LG 5K monitor, and the display scaling options are very limited in gnome-shell, only increments of 100%. To have fractional scaling, I tried this script: #!/bin/bash gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides “{‘Gdk/WindowScalingFactor’: <2>}” … Continue reading →

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Add a custom resolution to your display using xrandr on Ubuntu 18.04

Posted on September 30, 2018 by SoCRaT

Just in case your monitor’s supported resolution is not properly detected or if you want a custom resolution to be used: In this example, we will try to add 1368×768, with a refresh rate of 60 Run cvt to get … Continue reading →

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