Fundamentally it's fair to blame nvidia's closed source drivers because the open source one seems to do fractional scaling properly.
Other than that what's the point in assigning blame? I'm not sure someone is even paying attention to this bug report, I probably would turn off notifications if it were me volunteering and trying to repair a closed source blob going constantly hassled about not fixing it yet. We really need to learn to be patient. Maybe we can pitch in to pay someone to make the feature work. Until then... -------- Original Message -------- On Sep 7, 2020, 5:09 PM, David Smoot wrote: > I do not wish to sound ungrateful or entitled but this bug is literally > the one show stopper that is preventing me from doing more work in > Linux. I run a triple monitor setup and per monitor fractional scaling > is a non-negotiable must for my work. > > Can someone explain the root of the problem? > > Is it poor driver support on Linux? > > Is it the desktop environment lacks mature support for this feature? > > Is it just very technically difficult and nobody has the time to handle > all the possible combinations? > > Every day I sadly hold the space bar to bring up the boot menu to select > Windows Boot Manager. > > Where is the limitation that prevents a solution here? What can be done > to facilitate a fix? > > Thanks, > David > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1870736 > > Title: > [nvidia] Screen scaling 125% gives 200% > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1870736/+subscriptions -- 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
