HiDPI scaling broken in Gnome 3.25

Bug #1714295 reported by Dean Henrichsmeyer
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #1717272: HiDPI settings reset on logout. Edit Remove
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Jeremy Bícha

Bug Description

After applying the latest artful updates today and rebooting, the login screen is correctly scaled but after I login DPI scaling doesn't apply correctly. Everything is super tiny.

If I launch gnome tweak tool then the screen snaps and then applications are correctly scaled. Even then, the top bar remains tiny. If I adjust the scaling factor, everything but the top bar changes.

FWIW, I have scaling factor set to 1 in gnome tweak tool. I'm wondering if I have a preference somewhere that's sabotaging this but I've yet to find it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.25.91-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.11.0-10.15-generic 4.11.8
Uname: Linux 4.11.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Aug 31 10:59:17 2017
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-23 (38 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170720)
JournalErrors:
 Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000'] failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
       Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
       turn off this notice.
 No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Dean Henrichsmeyer (dean) wrote :
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Dean Henrichsmeyer (dean) wrote :

Also notifications remain tiny as well

summary: - DPI scaling broken
+ DPI scaling broken in Gnome 3.25
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Re: DPI scaling broken in Gnome 3.25

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
summary: - DPI scaling broken in Gnome 3.25
+ HiDPI scaling broken in Gnome 3.25
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1713323, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Jeremy Bicha (jbicha)
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