[SCRIPT] Modifying Display Scale

[jointherealms]

First off sorry if this doesnt warrent its own thread,

I wrote a script for managing a displays scale, and to fix under/over scan with different displays on rk3188 deivces (possibly rk3066 devices?) by modifying fb0's scale

heres a link to it https://www.dropbox.com/s/or01bztx4patw71/fb-scale.sh

You should run it with "sudo bash fb-scale.sh"
Hope it helps someone.

Cheers

[ani1nonly]

First off sorry if this doesnt warrent its own thread,

I wrote a script for managing a displays scale, and to fix under/over scan with different displays on rk3188 deivces (possibly rk3066 devices?) by modifying fb0's scale

heres a link to it https://www.dropbox.com/s/or01bztx4patw71/fb-scale.sh

You should run it with "sudo bash fb-scale.sh"
Hope it helps someone.

Cheers

HI DEAR
IT HELPS ME FOR MANAGING DISPLAY SCALE AND IT WORKS PERFECTLY.
THANKS A LOT

I M NOOB IN LINUX AND TRYING TO LEARN IT.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK ONE THING - HOW CAN I MAKE ENTRY IN RC.LOCALE BECAUSE IT SHOWS PERMISSION DENIED. I M USING PICUNTU 4.5.

ANI1NONLY.

[jointherealms]

HI DEAR
IT HELPS ME FOR MANAGING DISPLAY SCALE AND IT WORKS PERFECTLY.
THANKS A LOT

I M NOOB IN LINUX AND TRYING TO LEARN IT.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK ONE THING - HOW CAN I MAKE ENTRY IN RC.LOCALE BECAUSE IT SHOWS PERMISSION DENIED. I M USING PICUNTU 4.5.

ANI1NONLY.

You need to modify rc.local as root user, so run sudo gedit /etc/rc.local (if necessary replace gedit with the text editor picuntu uses)

[bamit99]

Amazing!

I think this script should be a part of all the Images available online. It worked flawlessly. 95% was spot-on with my screen size. One more question, how do I make the changes permanent cause it seems the screen comes back to "oversize" when I reboot the Dongle.

[jointherealms]

I think this script should be a part of all the Images available online. It worked flawlessly. 95% was spot-on with my screen size. One more question, how do I make the changes permanent cause it seems the screen comes back to "oversize" when I reboot the Dongle.

Hi, glad it works for you, so to enable this at boot, you can use the /etc/rc.local file (i wrote that script very quickly, didn't have time to enable it at boot)

You can add:

echo "$scale $scale" > /sys/devices/platform/rk-fb/graphics/fb0/scale

(replacing $scale with the value that works for you.) to /etc/rc.local (before "exit0") and it should enable at boot. Or just use your Desktop environments "Startup applications" and add the above command.

Cheers

[bamit99]

Hi, glad it works for you, so to enable this at boot, you can use the /etc/rc.local file (i wrote that script very quickly, didn't have time to enable it at boot)

You can add:

echo "$scale $scale" > /sys/devices/platform/rk-fb/graphics/fb0/scale

(replacing $scale with the value that works for you.) to /etc/rc.local (before "exit0") and it should enable at boot. Or just use your Desktop environments "Startup applications" and add the above command.

Cheers

Perfect! Thanks again!

[AudioBubble]

Thanks a lot !

[pippo.farlocco]

It doesn't work for me. I try it in my t428 with ubuntu 12.04 but nothing changes. The script changes the values in the scale file but monitor does not scale.
I can't solve overscan problem with linux image on sd card and my damned asus 24T1e monitor...

[pippo.farlocco]

It doesn't work for me. I try it in my t428 with ubuntu 12.04 but nothing changes. The script changes the values in the scale file but monitor does not scale.
I can't solve overscan problem with linux image on sd card and my damned asus 24T1e monitor...

Solved.. Restarting lightdm process it works!