I was a bit worried you might need to include a delay and/or change the
setting more than once, but I didn't know how adept you were so I tried
keeping it simple at first. I'm pleased you managed to figure out a
solution when it didn't work first time.

On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 10:31, Volker Wysk <p...@volker-wysk.de> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Am Samstag, den 12.09.2020, 19:10 +0100 schrieb Tony Houghton:
> > There's something you could try, but it's more of a sticking plaster
> > or workaround than a proper fix. Create a file
> > ~/.config/autostart/scaling.desktop containing:
> >
> > [Desktop Entry]
> > Type=Application
> > Exec=gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor
> > 1.6
> > Hidden=false
> > X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
> > Name=Fix Scaling
> > Comment=Set text scaling factor to 1.6
> >
> > I haven't tested that, but hopefully it will work for you, or you
> > will be able to fix it if there's something wrong. For more
> > information, lookup "XDG autostart".
>
> I've been able to tinker it, with your help. I've adjusted the
> scaling.desktop file to start a script instead of calling gsettings.
> This is necessary because several commands are needed:
>
> #! /bin/bash
> sleep 1
> gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor 1.61
> gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor 1.6
>
> All of them are necessary. Or so it seems.
>
> Now it - somehow - works. :-)
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Volker
>


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TH
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