16.04 Command line UI reset?

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I’m a noob trying to set up Ubuntu 16.04 for a Vision-impared user. Under System>Settings, I managed to make the UI so enormous that I can’t change it back to a more reasonable setting. I want to use the console to reset scaling and font sizes to their small values again. How do I do that, please?
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I’m a noob trying to set up Ubuntu 16.04 for a Vision-impared user. Under System>Settings, I managed to make the UI so enormous that I can’t change it back to a more reasonable setting. I want to use the console to reset scaling and font sizes to their small values again. How do I do that, please?
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I’m a noob trying to set up Ubuntu 16.04 for a Vision-impared user. Under System>Settings, I managed to make the UI so enormous that I can’t change it back to a more reasonable setting. I want to use the console to reset scaling and font sizes to their small values again. How do I do that, please?
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I’m a noob trying to set up Ubuntu 16.04 for a Vision-impared user. Under System>Settings, I managed to make the UI so enormous that I can’t change it back to a more reasonable setting. I want to use the console to reset scaling and font sizes to their small values again. How do I do that, please?
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OP again. This worked for me just now:
On the command line: dconf reset -f /
Then reboot.
I was then able to get back into System Settings > Displays to reset my scale to a more reasonable value.
Thank you for your patience.
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OP again. This worked for me just now:
On the command line: dconf reset -f /
Then reboot.
I was then able to get back into System Settings > Displays to reset my scale to a more reasonable value.
Thank you for your patience.
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OP again. This worked for me just now:
On the command line: dconf reset -f /
Then reboot.
I was then able to get back into System Settings > Displays to reset my scale to a more reasonable value.
Thank you for your patience.
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OP again. This worked for me just now:
On the command line: dconf reset -f /
Then reboot.
I was then able to get back into System Settings > Displays to reset my scale to a more reasonable value.
Thank you for your patience.
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Len Turnbow is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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OP again. This worked for me just now:
On the command line: dconf reset -f /
Then reboot.
I was then able to get back into System Settings > Displays to reset my scale to a more reasonable value.
Thank you for your patience.
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Len Turnbow is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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