For anyone struggling with this one in the future the key is:
$ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides
{'Gdk/WindowScalingFactor': <1>}
01:54:16 [erick@lenobot:~]
$ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides
{'Gdk/WindowScalingFactor': <2>}-- ----- EJ

