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How to stop Pop_OS 20.10 defaulting to glitchy display settings on boot?


Just installed pop_OS 20.10. My laptop is connected to a second monitor, I usually have both monitors display the same image.

Every time I boot it changes my display settings to "Join Displays" and then overlaps the two display (I don't know why overlapping the displays is even possible.

Screenshot of my desktop, with settings showing how the displays are overlapping

I change the display settings to something reasonable but they change back after a restart.

Is there any proper fix for this, or a hacky fix such as changing display settings in a shell script and adding the shell script to startup? (I couldn't find how to change settings through a shell script)


Solution

  • You will want to disable the HiDPI Daemon which is in the Settings -> Display.

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