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I am using an external monitor and laptop monitor in extend mode, and every time after reboot the monitor to laptop screen position in "Display settings" is reset.

In addition to this I use fractional scaling, 125%, and that is reset as well on reboot.

Newly installed Focal Fossa from ISO. Using AMD64 version of ubuntu 20.04,
- 1 1080P external monitor connected via hdmi
- laptop monitor with 1080p display
+ Ryzen 50 2500u with Vega Mobile Graphics

I have tried looking at answers available here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/b8jcyl/laptop_display_settings_reset_post_sleepreboot/
Fractional scaling won't remember settings on restart

I was able to locate this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1852860
where other users note this problem persists on 20.04 as well.
Wondering if any fixes or other suggestions are known.

Thanks

Advait Chauhan
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I solved this by following command (I want Scale to be at 200%):

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2

Let me know if this has solved your issue!

mr-unperfect
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    When do you execute that command? Can it be done automatically? – Alexis Wilke Sep 22 '21 at 01:56
  • @mr-unperfect, i have tried your solution and it works perfectly. thanks for that but i need 125% scaling so i tried to enter 1.25 but says invalid, any other way? – Varun Gungi Sep 22 '21 at 12:04
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If you dig into the bug report you linked it seems clear that the only workaround for this at this moment is turning off fractional scaling or setting fractional scaling to 100%. I recommend that you subscribe to the aforementioned bug report so that you can be notified when a fix becomes available.

Elder Geek
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