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I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 on VMware Workstation Pro 16. Everything works fine. But the icon looks really small. I'd like to enlarge it by 200%. So I do Settings->Displays->Scale->200%and apply it.

The problem is every time I stretch the window or restart the system, the scale changes back automatically. Is there any way I can keep the scale unchanged?

stumblebee
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On Ubuntu 22 it worked this way:

sudo nano /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/90_hidpi.gschema.override

Set scaling factor:

[org.gnome.desktop.interface]
scaling-factor=2

Recompile + reboot

sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
sudo reboot

Source: https://kaanlabs.com/ubuntu-set-scaling-factor-to-200-percent/

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  • On Ubuntu 22.04 when I change scale with Settings and restart my system it’s still 200%… – Zatigem Jul 29 '23 at 10:53
  • Thanks for posting this solution. This re-scaling is very annoying and this solution worked for me for VMware 17 player running VM Ubuntu 22.04.2 Desktop amd64. – Arturo Jul 29 '23 at 09:52