Display scaling#

Changing the display scale to a smaller ratio can help some apps fit the screen when the Compositor setting in the Mobile Settings app does not work for them.

Temporarily set the display scaling#

This setting will persist until the device has rebooted.

  1. Open the Settings app.

  2. Locate and open the Displays panel.

The Librem 5 display settings with 200% scale

  1. Tap on the scale value dropdown and select an option.

The Librem 5 display settings with the scale value dropdown menu opened

  1. Tap the Apply button in the upper-right corner.

The Librem 5 display settings with 150% scale

Permanently set the display scaling#

  1. Open a terminal.

  2. Make a phosh directory in /etc if it does not already exist.

    sudo mkdir -p /etc/phosh

  3. Open the display settings in a text editor.

    gnome-text-editor admin:///etc/phosh/phoc.ini

  4. Add the following contents to set the display scaling to 175%. Other common values are 1 (100%), 1.25 (125%), and 1.5 (150%).

    [output:DSI-1]
scale = 1.75

  5. Save the file using the menu (menu) icon in the top-right corner of the screen to open a menu and select Save.

  6. Restart Phosh.

sudo systemctl restart phosh