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How can I change the dpi of my monitors separately? [duplicate]
I have two fullHD monitors, one of which is a 15" Laptop screen. How can I change the DPI of only that particular screen, to read text more comfortably?
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How can I configure X11 so I can independently set the DPI for each monitor? [duplicate]
I am not just asking how to change the DPI of X11 as a whole, but instead how to make each monitor run on a separate DPI. I am trying to use two 900p monitors (19 inch) and one 720p TV (30 inch).
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How do I change fonts and adjust their size?
I've been finding fonts on the internet and installing them on my system.
What's the easiest way to change my fonts? I would prefer an easy to use graphical way, but answers with command line ...
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How to find and change the screen DPI?
I am trying to find and then change the screen DPI (dots per inch) setting in 12.04 and 12.10. However, I can't seem to find any app or config file that can do this. Is there any app or conf file for ...
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Ubuntu on Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro
Is it possible to install Ubuntu on the new Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro? I have checked the Lenovo compatibility lists on the Ubuntu site, but no new entries have been created yet for this model (released mid-...
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How to set up Gnome interface for HiDPI screen?
I have a 3200x1800 ultrabook and I would like to decrease the resolution of the screen 2x. The problem is that once I do it all the GUI elements increase in size too much
Is there a way how to scale ...
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Multi-monitor setup with xrandr
Up to now, I have been using my laptop screen (3840x2160) alone, and I'm now trying to set up a secondary monitor (1920x1080). Since my primary monitor is double the resolution of my secondary, this ...
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Mixed DPI setting on multiple monitors - Ubuntu 18.04 - how?
I have been running Ubuntu 16.04 on my old Dell XPS 9530 with 4K screen, with an external regular DPI screen, and it has been almost OK. I can set scale individually on each screen - and set what ...
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config dual monitors with quite different resolution
I have two monitors at work. One is a Dell 27 inch with 4K resolution and the other one is a Dell 20 inch at 1680 x 1050.
However, due to the resolution difference between these two monitors, the ...
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Scale application differently on different monitors - Ubuntu 16.04
I have found a lot of very solid articles/answers about this topic:
https://askubuntu.com/a/555812/574648
https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/213984
https://askubuntu.com/a/662567/574648
And of course:
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aligning monitor edges with different resolutions
I have three monitors of varying resolutions, especially in the height dimension where they sit side by side. My main monitor is 4K (2160h) in the middle and I have two smaller monitors either side: ...
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How to set different scaling on multiple monitors?
I have a notebook with a resolution of 3200x1800, running Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS with kernel 4.0.0-040000-generic. Unitys scaling function works great to magnify the menus, titlebar and applications. Now ...
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Lower DPI on external monitor?
I have a 15 inch latptop with a 4K built-in display (3840x2160) connected to a 1440p external monitor (2560x1440).
From the Display settings, I applied a Scale for menu and title bars of 2 on the ...
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Different text scaling factors for different displays?
I just purchased a new laptop, which has a much higher DPI than my prior one did; in fact, its resolution (in a 14" form) is roughly the same as that of my 23" second monitor.
I'd like the text on ...
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scale monitors differently without everything becoming blurry?
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My Laptop has a 1920x1080, 34.4x19.3 cm Monitor and I connect it to a 1280x1024, 37.6x30.1 cm external Monitor. Since the external monitor has a 30% lower pixel density, everything on it ...
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Dual monitors and HiDPI display struggling to scale properly
Hello I have been trying to setup a second monitor for my laptop under Ubuntu 18.04 and I can't seem to be able to scale the second monitor properly.
My monitors are :
XPS 15 4k built-in display (...
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any support in any Ubuntu flavor for per-display DPI scaling?
my question is about having multiple monitors with different density (DPI) to display the UI at approximately the same physical dimensions.
The feature is supported by Windows 8.1 and Mac OS 10.9. ...
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Auto-scaling on HiDPI and normal DPI displays .... how?
I have Ubuntu 18.04LTS (with default Gnome and Cinnamon), my main display is 4K and external 1080p.
I have problem with most apps. they don't scale properly on external display - they stay double size ...
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HiDPI laptop screen with HD external monitor DPI issues
I recently bought an HD mobile external monitor to use with my laptop. My laptop screen is a 4K monitor (3840x2160), whereas the external monitor is HD (1920x1080). I've been trying to get my laptop ...
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Monitor scaling does not work properly
I have a laptop and a monitor connected to it. I would like 125% scaling on the lapop and 100% on the monitor. Changing any settings changes the scaling on both monitors. I would like to scale 125% ...
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Xrandr crash when setting up second monitor
I just bought an external monitor, and my computer crashes when I call xrandr to setup my display. Here is my situation:
Laptop: Dell XPS 13 (3200x1800, Edit: HiDPI),
Monitor: Asus VZ279 (1920x1080),
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External monitor, scaled by xrandr, only shows 1/4 of what it's supposed to show
I'm having some issues configuring my screen setup correctly with xrandr.
My setup consists of a Dell XPS-13 with a 4K (3200x1800) Display and an external 21 inch FullHD (1920x1080) Monitor.
Because ...
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Is it possible to have two monitors with different scales?
I have currently two monitors :
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 6400 x 2160, maximum 32767 x 32767
DP-2 connected primary 3840x2160+2560+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 600mm x 340mm
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Scaling monitors with different resolution on Ubuntu 18.04
I have Dell XPS 15 7590 with 4K touch display (resolution 3840 x 2160). Then I have a Samsung 27" monitor with resolution 2560x1440 which is placed above my laptop's screen.
I would somehow like to ...
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How can I scale multiple screens?
I am currently working on a Windows desktop and use Ubuntu at home. At work, I have 4 screens in total and 3 of them are different sizes.
Resolutions:
screen one: 3000x2000
screen two: 2560x1440
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