There are two GTK scaling factors that interact in odd and unexpected ways. To reset you system to a know good state, issue the following commands.
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 1 gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor 1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1282847 Title: desktop ui scale is huge even though the setting is set to a scale of 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1282847/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs