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Screen scaling with xrandr

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2025-03-30

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Changing screen scaling on my X220

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The Thinkpad X220 has a screen resolution of 1366x768 (16:9), which suits the size of the 13" screen, +but sometimes you stumble on applications that have gui elements that are taller than the screen.

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In Linux, it's possible to change the screen scaling to emulate a larger screen with xrandr. +It won't look as crisp as the real resolution, but might get you out of a bind.

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This command will emulate a 1920x1080 (16:9) screen:

+xrandr --output LVDS1 --panning 1920x1080 --scale 1.406x1.406 +

or 1600x900:

+xrandr --output LVDS1 --panning 1600x900 --scale 1.171x1.172 +

To return to the original scaling, type:

+xrandr --output LVDS1 --panning 1366x768 --scale 1x1 +

On the other hand , if you have for example a 1920x1080 (16:9) screen but would like to +scale down to 1600x900
(which might well be the case when I receive the new 1920x1080 IPS screen for my 14" T430)

+xrandr --output LVDS1 --panning 1600x900 --scale 0.8333x0.8333 +

 

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In XFCE4, you can also magnify the resolution in
+Settings->Appearance->Settings->Window Scaling

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you can also do this on the command line with

+xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gdk/WindowScalingFactor -s SCALE +

where SCALE is either 1 or 2

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