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When changing the GUI scaling factor on a multiple monitor setup the
monitors all just go blank and then revert to the previous values.

Changing the scaling factor manually in the config file does not work
either, it causes all monitors to go blank as well.

I observed that it is trying to set a mode "null", here is the line from the 
Xorg log:
`NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "NULL"`

I have initially noticed this after upgrading from Ubuntu 19.10 to 20.04
and my screens would all be just blank after the system has booted up. I
had to delete the monitor configuration files manually via SSH to get a
screen output in xorg again.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14
Uname: Linux 5.6.2-050602-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.2a.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Ist ein Verzeichnis: 
'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:2a:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend: suspend hibernate resume
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend_depth: default modeset uvm
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  440.64  Fri Feb 21 01:17:26 
UTC 2020
 GCC version:  gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-8ubuntu1)
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu22
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Keine Berechtigung: '/var/log/boot.log'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Apr  5 15:00:49 2020
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: focal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia, 440.64, 5.3.0-45-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia, 440.64, 5.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia, 440.64, 5.6.2-050602-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GP102 [TITAN Xp] [10de:1b02] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA 
controller])
   Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GP102 [TITAN Xp] [10de:123e]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-06 (576 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.6.2-050602-generic 
root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/01/2019
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.78
dmi.board.name: X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.78:bd11/01/2019:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnX570PhantomGaming-ITX/TB3:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.sku: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.100-4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.2-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.2-1ubuntu1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.7-2ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 
2:2.99.917+git20190815-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1
--- 
ProblemType: Bug
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.2a.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Ist ein Verzeichnis: 
'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:2a:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend: suspend hibernate resume
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend_depth: default modeset uvm
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  440.64  Fri Feb 21 01:17:26 
UTC 2020
 GCC version:  gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-8ubuntu1)
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu22
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Keine Berechtigung: '/var/log/boot.log'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: focal
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia, 440.64, 5.3.0-45-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia, 440.64, 5.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia, 440.64, 5.6.2-050602-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GP102 [TITAN Xp] [10de:1b02] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA 
controller])
   Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GP102 [TITAN Xp] [10de:123e]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-06 (576 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.6.2-050602-generic 
root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Tags: third-party-packages focal possible-manual-nvidia-install ubuntu
Uname: Linux 5.6.2-050602-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip libvirt lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 11/01/2019
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.78
dmi.board.name: X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.78:bd11/01/2019:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnX570PhantomGaming-ITX/TB3:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.sku: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.100-4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.2-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.2-1ubuntu1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.7-2ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 
2:2.99.917+git20190815-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: Incomplete


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug apport-collected focal possible-manual-nvidia-install 
third-party-packages ubuntu
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GUI Scaling does not work with multiple monitors
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