NVIDIA / NVIDIA/nvidia-settings
Dithering setting doesn't stay disabled
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Description
When I choose to disable Dithering for both my displays in Nvidia Settings and then close and reopen Nvidia Settings, it reverts back to "Auto - Enabled". I can also see in the .nvidia-settings.rc file after saving it with Dithering disabled that there is a bunch of "Dithering=0" (for Auto) lines instead of the expected "Dithering=2" (for Disabled)
I can set to disable dithering though the command line with:
nvidia-settings --assign="Dithering=2"
And then checking if dithering is disabled with:
nvidia-settings -q CurrentDithering
shows that it is indeed disabled.
Not sure why setting it though the GUI does not work.
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Reproduce the GUI behavior by disabling Dithering for both displays, reopening Nvidia Settings, and inspecting .nvidia-settings.rc. Compare the saved Dithering=0 entries with the command-line result from nvidia-settings --assign="Dithering=2" and verify with nvidia-settings -q CurrentDithering. Done means the GUI persists Disabled and writes the corresponding setting instead of Auto.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- cli, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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