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Last active September 8, 2024 07:11
GDM - Setup display fractional scaling
  1. Check if you are running X11 or Wayland:
    • echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
  2. Copy your monitors.xml config file into GDM home directory:
    • sudo cp ~/.config/monitors.xml ~gdm/.config/monitors.xml
    • sudo chown gdm:gdm ~gdm/.config/monitors.xml
  3. Access GDM's shell:
    • sudo machinectl shell gdm@ /bin/bash
  4. Enable scale-monitor-framebuffer experimental feature:
    • On Wayland: gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['scale-monitor-framebuffer']"
  • On X11: gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['x11-randr-fractional-scaling']"