#Fractional scaling does not work properly on multiple displays? / FAQ

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cloud abyss
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Currently my laptops screen is way too zoomed in at 100%, and I want it to be 125%. Yet the only option is to enable fractional scaling controls, and this will make my laptop screen fit nicely, while making my second monitor WAAAAY too zoomed in (can only see 1/4 of the screen).

It doesn't seem that fractional scaling allows for independent scaling, as it seems they will somehow get zoomed in at same level. How can I fix this? Its almost impossible to read from my laptop, while my monitor is fine.

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❯ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3840 x 1200, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
   1920x1080     59.98*+  59.98  
   1680x1050     59.98  
   1400x1050     59.98  
   1600x900      59.98  
   1280x1024     59.98  
   1400x900      59.98  
   1280x960      59.98  
   1440x810      59.98  
   1368x768      59.98  
   1280x800      59.98  
   1280x720      59.98  
   1024x768      59.98  
   960x720       59.98  
   928x696       59.98  
   896x672       59.98  
   1024x576      59.98  
   960x600       59.98  
   960x540       59.98  
   800x600       59.98  
   840x525       59.98  
   864x486       59.98  
   700x525       59.98  
   800x450       59.98  
   640x512       59.98  
   700x450       59.98  
   640x480       59.98  
   720x405       59.98  
   684x384       59.98  
   640x360       59.98  
   512x384       59.98  
   512x288       59.97  
   480x270       59.98  
   400x300       59.97  
   432x243       59.98  
   320x240       59.98  
   360x202       59.97  
   320x180       59.97  
HDMI-1-0 connected primary 1920x1200+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 518mm x 324mm
   1920x1200     59.95*+
   1920x1080     60.00  
   1680x1050     59.95  
   1600x1200     60.00  
   1440x900      59.89  
   1280x1024     60.02  
   1280x960      60.00  
   1024x768      60.00  
   800x600       60.32  
   640x480       59.94
hearty echo
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And no, Linux Mint's Wayland session is not ready.

cloud abyss
trail yarrow
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Worth a try. Ubuntu is pretty far along with Wayland, or done already, I'm not sure. Any modern distro with Wayland support might do it. Or you wait until Mint gets there, too.

hearty echo
# cloud abyss Do you know if any other Linux distro can do this? Perhaps Ubuntu?

Anything that runs Wayland can (technically? I haven't used or been able to try that myself yet)

Generally, you'll have a fine experience with anything that runs KDE Plasma or GNOME as it's desktop, as those support Wayland quite well by now.

Fedora ships both of those, GNOME in Fedora Workstation and KDE Plasma in the Fedora Plasma Spin.

static ravine
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Have the same problem, i actually did not find this thread due to different search phrases.

Is there any solution or ETA or beta to try? I really would not want to change my distro because of this...

buoyant loom
trail yarrow
# static ravine Have the same problem, i actually did not find this thread due to different sear...

Technically, Mint 21.3 Cinnamon does have Wayland support. It is just experimental and incomplete. You can select the Wayland session at login by clicking on the Cinnamon logo. After leaving it, you should reboot before logging in regularly again to avoid weirdness.
ETA for Mint 22 is probably sometime in July, as per usual after the new Ubuntu LTS came out in April. But Mint 22 will not have complete Wayland support, it may just mature a little. Full Wayland support is tentatively announced to come to Mint "by 2026". So if you need that support, see if the experimental session is stable enough for you, or consider switching distros.