greeter selects different, incorrect scale after logging out vs. rebooting if not explictly configured

[kyriemeows]

I noticed when logging out, the greeter would appear at a larger scale (>1.00) compared normal (=1.00) to after a restart.

Log after restarting:

GREETER_BIN=/usr/bin/noctalia-greeter
COMPOSITOR_BIN=/usr/bin/noctalia-greeter-compositor
LOG_FILE=/var/log/noctalia-greeter.log
GREETD_SOCK=/run/greetd-642.sock
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/noctalia-runtime-966 (pam=/run/user/966)
WAYLAND_DISPLAY=unset
launch: /usr/bin/noctalia-greeter-compositor -- -- --user kyrie --session Hyprland
00:00:00.000 [INFO] [libseat] [libseat/backend/seatd.c:64] Could not connect to socket /run/seatd.sock: No such file or directory
00:00:00.000 [INFO] [libseat] [libseat/libseat.c:76] Backend 'seatd' failed to open seat, skipping
00:00:00.001 [INFO] [libseat] [libseat/libseat.c:73] Seat opened with backend 'logind'
00:00:00.001 [INFO] [backend/session/session.c:117] Successfully loaded libseat session
00:00:00.004 [INFO] [backend/backend.c:248] Found 1 GPUs
00:00:00.004 [INFO] [backend/drm/backend.c:225] Initializing DRM backend for /dev/dri/card1 (amdgpu)
00:00:00.004 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:312] Found 4 DRM CRTCs
00:00:00.004 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:270] Found 11 DRM planes
00:00:00.047 [INFO] [render/egl.c:205] Supported EGL client extensions: EGL_EXT_device_base EGL_EXT_device_enumeration EGL_EXT_device_query EGL_EXT_platform_base EGL_KHR_client_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_EXT_client_extensions EGL_KHR_debug EGL_EXT_platform_device EGL_EXT_explicit_device EGL_EXT_platform_wayland EGL_KHR_platform_wayland EGL_EXT_platform_x11 EGL_KHR_platform_x11 EGL_EXT_platform_xcb EGL_MESA_platform_gbm EGL_KHR_platform_gbm EGL_MESA_platform_surfaceless
Failed to create //.cache for shader cache (Permission denied)---disabling.
Failed to create //.cache for shader cache (Permission denied)---disabling.
00:00:00.082 [INFO] [render/egl.c:369] Using EGL 1.5
00:00:00.082 [INFO] [render/egl.c:370] Supported EGL display extensions: EGL_ANDROID_blob_cache EGL_ANDROID_native_fence_sync EGL_EXT_config_select_group EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness EGL_EXT_image_dma_buf_import EGL_EXT_image_dma_buf_import_modifiers EGL_EXT_query_reset_notification_strategy EGL_EXT_surface_compression EGL_IMG_context_priority EGL_KHR_cl_event2 EGL_KHR_config_attribs EGL_KHR_context_flush_control EGL_KHR_create_context EGL_KHR_create_context_no_error EGL_KHR_fence_sync EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_KHR_gl_colorspace EGL_KHR_gl_renderbuffer_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_2D_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_3D_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_cubemap_image EGL_KHR_image_base EGL_KHR_no_config_context EGL_KHR_reusable_sync EGL_KHR_surfaceless_context EGL_EXT_pixel_format_float EGL_KHR_wait_sync EGL_MESA_configless_context EGL_MESA_gl_interop EGL_MESA_image_dma_buf_export EGL_MESA_query_driver EGL_MESA_x11_native_visual_id 
00:00:00.082 [INFO] [render/egl.c:372] Supported EGL device extensions: EGL_EXT_device_drm EGL_EXT_device_drm_render_node EGL_EXT_device_query_name EGL_EXT_device_persistent_id
00:00:00.082 [INFO] [render/egl.c:374] EGL vendor: Mesa Project
00:00:00.082 [INFO] [render/egl.c:376] EGL driver name: radeonsi
00:00:00.087 [INFO] [render/gles2/renderer.c:538] Creating GLES2 renderer
00:00:00.087 [INFO] [render/gles2/renderer.c:539] Using OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 26.1.2-arch1.2
00:00:00.087 [INFO] [render/gles2/renderer.c:540] GL vendor: AMD
00:00:00.087 [INFO] [render/gles2/renderer.c:541] GL renderer: AMD Radeon 860M Graphics (radeonsi, krackan1, ACO, DRM 3.64, 7.0.12-arch1-1)
00:00:00.087 [INFO] [render/gles2/renderer.c:542] Supported GLES2 extensions: GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1 GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_depth24 GL_OES_element_index_uint GL_OES_fbo_render_mipmap GL_OES_mapbuffer GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_OES_standard_derivatives GL_OES_stencil8 GL_OES_texture_3D GL_OES_texture_float GL_OES_texture_float_linear GL_OES_texture_half_float GL_OES_texture_half_float_linear GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_vertex_half_float GL_EXT_draw_instanced GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_depth_texture GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_texture_type_2_10_10_10_REV GL_NV_conditional_render GL_OES_get_program_binary GL_APPLE_texture_max_level GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer GL_EXT_read_format_bgra GL_EXT_texture_storage GL_NV_pack_subimage GL_NV_texture_barrier GL_EXT_frag_depth GL_NV_fbo_color_attachments GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_EGL_sync GL_OES_vertex_array_object GL_OES_viewport_array GL_ANGLE_pack_reverse_row_order GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3 GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5 GL_EXT_occlusion_query_boolean GL_EXT_robustness GL_EXT_sRGB GL_EXT_texture_rg GL_EXT_unpack_subimage GL_NV_draw_buffers GL_NV_read_buffer GL_NV_read_depth GL_NV_read_depth_stencil GL_NV_read_stencil GL_APPLE_sync GL_EXT_draw_buffers GL_EXT_instanced_arrays GL_EXT_map_buffer_range GL_EXT_shadow_samplers GL_KHR_debug GL_KHR_robustness GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_ldr GL_NV_generate_mipmap_sRGB GL_NV_pixel_buffer_object GL_OES_depth_texture_cube_map GL_OES_required_internalformat GL_OES_surfaceless_context GL_EXT_color_buffer_float GL_EXT_debug_label GL_EXT_sRGB_write_control GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects GL_EXT_shader_group_vote GL_EXT_shader_implicit_conversions GL_EXT_shader_integer_mix GL_EXT_tessellation_point_size GL_EXT_tessellation_shader GL_ANDROID_extension_pack_es31a GL_EXT_base_instance GL_EXT_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_sub_texture GL_EXT_copy_image GL_EXT_draw_buffers_indexed GL_EXT_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_EXT_gpu_shader5 GL_EXT_multi_draw_indirect GL_EXT_polygon_offset_clamp GL_EXT_primitive_bounding_box GL_EXT_render_snorm GL_EXT_shader_io_blocks GL_EXT_texture_border_clamp GL_EXT_texture_buffer GL_EXT_texture_cube_map_array GL_EXT_texture_norm16 GL_EXT_texture_view GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced GL_KHR_context_flush_control GL_KHR_robust_buffer_access_behavior GL_NV_image_formats GL_NV_shader_noperspective_interpolation GL_OES_copy_image GL_OES_draw_buffers_indexed GL_OES_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_OES_gpu_shader5 GL_OES_primitive_bounding_box GL_OES_sample_shading GL_OES_sample_variables GL_OES_shader_io_blocks GL_OES_shader_multisample_interpolation GL_OES_tessellation_point_size GL_OES_tessellation_shader GL_OES_texture_border_clamp GL_OES_texture_buffer GL_OES_texture_cube_map_array GL_OES_texture_stencil8 GL_OES_texture_storage_multisample_2d_array GL_OES_texture_view GL_EXT_blend_func_extended GL_EXT_buffer_storage GL_EXT_float_blend GL_EXT_geometry_point_size GL_EXT_geometry_shader GL_EXT_texture_filter_minmax GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_R8 GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_RG8 GL_KHR_no_error GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_sliced_3d GL_OES_EGL_image_external_essl3 GL_OES_geometry_point_size GL_OES_geometry_shader GL_OES_shader_image_atomic GL_EXT_clear_texture GL_EXT_clip_cull_distance GL_EXT_conservative_depth GL_EXT_disjoint_timer_query GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc_srgb GL_EXT_window_rectangles GL_MESA_shader_integer_functions GL_EXT_clip_control GL_EXT_color_buffer_half_float GL_EXT_memory_object GL_EXT_memory_object_fd GL_EXT_semaphore GL_EXT_semaphore_fd GL_EXT_texture_compression_bptc GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge GL_KHR_parallel_shader_compile GL_NV_alpha_to_coverage_dither_control GL_EXT_EGL_image_storage GL_EXT_texture_shadow_lod GL_INTEL_blackhole_render GL_MESA_framebuffer_flip_y GL_NV_compute_shader_derivatives GL_EXT_demote_to_helper_invocation GL_EXT_depth_clamp GL_EXT_texture_query_lod GL_KHR_shader_subgroup GL_MESA_sampler_objects GL_NV_timeline_semaphore GL_EXT_EGL_image_storage_compression GL_EXT_texture_storage_compression GL_MESA_bgra GL_MESA_texture_const_bandwidth GL_EXT_mesh_shader GL_EXT_shader_clock 
Failed to create //.cache for shader cache (Permission denied)---disabling.
00:00:00.126 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:1067] touchpad: enabled tap-to-click for ELAN0676:00 04F3:3195 Touchpad
00:00:00.130 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1781] Scanning DRM connectors on /dev/dri/card1
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'eDP-1'
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1861] 'eDP-1' connected
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1646] Detected modes:
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1920x1200 @ 60.001 Hz (preferred)
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1920x1200 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1920x1080 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1600x1200 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1680x1050 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1280x1024 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1440x900 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1280x800 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1280x720 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1024x768 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   800x600 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   640x480 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1707] Physical size: 300x190
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'HDMI-A-1'
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-1'
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-2'
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-3'
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-4'
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-5'
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-6'
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-7'
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1895] connector eDP-1: Requesting modeset
00:00:00.133 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:676] selected output mode: 1920x1200 @ 60.001 Hz
00:00:00.139 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:980] connector eDP-1: Modesetting with 1920x1200 @ 60.001 Hz
00:00:00.172 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:687] output eDP-1 scale=1.00
00:00:00.217 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:880] greeter output: eDP-1 at (0,0)
00:00:00.217 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:757] warped cursor to center of eDP-1 (960, 600)
00:00:00.217 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:1451] running on WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
00:00:00.317 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:757] warped cursor to center of eDP-1 (960, 600)
00:00:00.318 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:1287] started greeter: /usr/bin/noctalia-greeter
=== noctalia-greeter bootstrap pid=777 uid=966 euid=966 exe=/usr/bin/noctalia-greeter argv0=/usr/bin/noctalia-greeter GREETD_SOCK=/run/greetd-642.sock XDG_VTNR=1 ===
=== noctalia-greeter bootstrap pid=777 uid=966 euid=966 exe=/usr/bin/noctalia-greeter argv0=/usr/bin/noctalia-greeter GREETD_SOCK=/run/greetd-642.sock XDG_VTNR=1 ===
[info] [log] writing to: /var/log/noctalia-greeter.log
2026-06-19 01:21:42.306 [info] [main] noctalia-greeter 1.0.0
2026-06-19 01:21:42.306 [info] [main] noctalia-greeter 1.0.0
2026-06-19 01:21:42.306 [debug] [main] build fingerprint 3c45fa89de10b4a640b48968327141503779fc57f5d42632fe31dc848329d2a0
2026-06-19 01:21:42.306 [debug] [main] build fingerprint 3c45fa89de10b4a640b48968327141503779fc57f5d42632fe31dc848329d2a0
2026-06-19 01:21:42.306 [info] [main] greetd session: file logs at /var/log/noctalia-greeter.log
2026-06-19 01:21:42.306 [info] [main] greetd session: file logs at /var/log/noctalia-greeter.log
2026-06-19 01:21:42.307 [info] [main] uid=966 euid=966 gid=966 groups=[greeter,video]
2026-06-19 01:21:42.307 [info] [main] uid=966 euid=966 gid=966 groups=[greeter,video]
2026-06-19 01:21:42.307 [info] [main] WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0 XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/noctalia-runtime-966
2026-06-19 01:21:42.307 [info] [main] WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0 XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/noctalia-runtime-966
2026-06-19 01:21:42.307 [info] [wayland] connected to Wayland compositor
2026-06-19 01:21:42.307 [info] [wayland] connected to Wayland compositor
2026-06-19 01:21:42.308 [debug] [paths] using assets from /usr/share/noctalia-greeter/assets
2026-06-19 01:21:42.308 [debug] [paths] using assets from /usr/share/noctalia-greeter/assets
2026-06-19 01:21:42.310 [info] [glyph-registry] loaded 6013 Tabler glyph names from /usr/share/noctalia-greeter/assets/fonts/tabler.json
2026-06-19 01:21:42.310 [info] [glyph-registry] loaded 6013 Tabler glyph names from /usr/share/noctalia-greeter/assets/fonts/tabler.json
Failed to create //.cache for shader cache (Permission denied)---disabling.
2026-06-19 01:21:42.331 [info] [gl] initialized EGL 1.5 with shared root context
2026-06-19 01:21:42.331 [info] [gl] initialized EGL 1.5 with shared root context
2026-06-19 01:21:42.332 [info] [render] EGL vendor="Mesa Project" version="1.5" APIs="OpenGL OpenGL_ES "
2026-06-19 01:21:42.332 [info] [render] EGL vendor="Mesa Project" version="1.5" APIs="OpenGL OpenGL_ES "
2026-06-19 01:21:42.332 [info] [render] OpenGL ES vendor="AMD" renderer="AMD Radeon 860M Graphics (radeonsi, krackan1, ACO, DRM 3.64, 7.0.12-arch1-1)" version="OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 26.1.2-arch1.2"
2026-06-19 01:21:42.332 [info] [render] OpenGL ES vendor="AMD" renderer="AMD Radeon 860M Graphics (radeonsi, krackan1, ACO, DRM 3.64, 7.0.12-arch1-1)" version="OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 26.1.2-arch1.2"
2026-06-19 01:21:42.347 [info] [greetd] connected to greetd at /run/greetd-642.sock
2026-06-19 01:21:42.347 [info] [greetd] connected to greetd at /run/greetd-642.sock
2026-06-19 01:21:42.347 [info] [seat] keyboard: bound
2026-06-19 01:21:42.347 [info] [seat] keyboard: bound
2026-06-19 01:21:42.347 [info] [seat] pointer: bound
2026-06-19 01:21:42.347 [info] [seat] pointer: bound
2026-06-19 01:21:42.347 [info] [wayland] output 'eDP-1' ready 1920x1200 at (0,0) scale=1 phys=300x190mm
2026-06-19 01:21:42.347 [info] [wayland] output 'eDP-1' ready 1920x1200 at (0,0) scale=1 phys=300x190mm
2026-06-19 01:21:42.350 [info] [seat] keyboard: keymap loaded
2026-06-19 01:21:42.350 [info] [seat] keyboard: keymap loaded
2026-06-19 01:21:42.350 [info] [greeter] syncOutputWindows: 1 target output(s), 0 view(s)
2026-06-19 01:21:42.350 [info] [greeter] syncOutputWindows: 1 target output(s), 0 view(s)
2026-06-19 01:21:42.366 [info] [greeter-window] greeter surface created
2026-06-19 01:21:42.366 [info] [greeter-window] greeter surface created
2026-06-19 01:21:42.366 [info] [greeter] greeter view for output 'eDP-1'
2026-06-19 01:21:42.366 [info] [greeter] greeter view for output 'eDP-1'
00:00:00.392 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:1175] assigning toplevel to output eDP-1
2026-06-19 01:21:42.366 [info] [greeter-window] configured 1920x1200 logical (scale=1.00)
2026-06-19 01:21:42.366 [info] [greeter-window] configured 1920x1200 logical (scale=1.00)
2026-06-19 01:21:42.472 [info] [greeter-window] presented first frame 1920x1200 logical (1920x1200 buffer, scale=1.00)
2026-06-19 01:21:42.472 [info] [greeter-window] presented first frame 1920x1200 logical (1920x1200 buffer, scale=1.00)
2026-06-19 01:21:42.472 [info] [greeter] syncOutputWindows: 1 target output(s), 1 view(s)
2026-06-19 01:21:42.472 [info] [greeter] syncOutputWindows: 1 target output(s), 1 view(s)
00:00:00.499 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:1138] greeter surface mapped on eDP-1
2026-06-19 01:21:42.473 [info] [greeter] greeter initialized (1 view(s))
2026-06-19 01:21:42.473 [info] [greeter] greeter initialized (1 view(s))
2026-06-19 01:21:42.473 [info] [logind-resume] watching logind PrepareForSleep to restart greeter on resume
2026-06-19 01:21:42.473 [info] [logind-resume] watching logind PrepareForSleep to restart greeter on resume
2026-06-19 01:21:42.473 [info] [greeter] syncOutputWindows: 1 target output(s), 1 view(s)
2026-06-19 01:21:42.473 [info] [greeter] syncOutputWindows: 1 target output(s), 1 view(s)
2026-06-19 01:22:01.661 [info] [greeter-surface] authentication successful
2026-06-19 01:22:01.661 [info] [greeter-surface] authentication successful
2026-06-19 01:22:01.661 [debug] [greeter-prefs] saved greeter prefs to /var/lib/noctalia-greeter/greeter.conf
2026-06-19 01:22:01.661 [debug] [greeter-prefs] saved greeter prefs to /var/lib/noctalia-greeter/greeter.conf
2026-06-19 01:22:01.661 [info] [greeter-surface] session start requested, exiting greeter
2026-06-19 01:22:01.661 [info] [greeter-surface] session start requested, exiting greeter
2026-06-19 01:22:01.661 [info] [main] shutdown complete
2026-06-19 01:22:01.661 [info] [main] shutdown complete
00:00:19.707 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:1213] greeter exited with status 0

After logging out:

GREETER_BIN=/usr/bin/noctalia-greeter
COMPOSITOR_BIN=/usr/bin/noctalia-greeter-compositor
LOG_FILE=/var/log/noctalia-greeter.log
GREETD_SOCK=/run/greetd-642.sock
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/noctalia-runtime-966 (pam=/run/user/966)
WAYLAND_DISPLAY=unset
launch: /usr/bin/noctalia-greeter-compositor -- -- --user kyrie --session Hyprland
00:00:00.000 [INFO] [libseat] [libseat/backend/seatd.c:64] Could not connect to socket /run/seatd.sock: No such file or directory
00:00:00.000 [INFO] [libseat] [libseat/libseat.c:76] Backend 'seatd' failed to open seat, skipping
00:00:00.001 [INFO] [libseat] [libseat/libseat.c:73] Seat opened with backend 'logind'
00:00:00.001 [INFO] [backend/session/session.c:117] Successfully loaded libseat session
00:00:00.006 [INFO] [backend/backend.c:248] Found 1 GPUs
00:00:00.006 [INFO] [backend/drm/backend.c:225] Initializing DRM backend for /dev/dri/card1 (amdgpu)
00:00:00.006 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:312] Found 4 DRM CRTCs
00:00:00.006 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:270] Found 11 DRM planes
00:00:00.029 [INFO] [render/egl.c:205] Supported EGL client extensions: EGL_EXT_device_base EGL_EXT_device_enumeration EGL_EXT_device_query EGL_EXT_platform_base EGL_KHR_client_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_EXT_client_extensions EGL_KHR_debug EGL_EXT_platform_device EGL_EXT_explicit_device EGL_EXT_platform_wayland EGL_KHR_platform_wayland EGL_EXT_platform_x11 EGL_KHR_platform_x11 EGL_EXT_platform_xcb EGL_MESA_platform_gbm EGL_KHR_platform_gbm EGL_MESA_platform_surfaceless
Failed to create //.cache for shader cache (Permission denied)---disabling.
Failed to create //.cache for shader cache (Permission denied)---disabling.
00:00:00.053 [INFO] [render/egl.c:369] Using EGL 1.5
00:00:00.053 [INFO] [render/egl.c:370] Supported EGL display extensions: EGL_ANDROID_blob_cache EGL_ANDROID_native_fence_sync EGL_EXT_config_select_group EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness EGL_EXT_image_dma_buf_import EGL_EXT_image_dma_buf_import_modifiers EGL_EXT_query_reset_notification_strategy EGL_EXT_surface_compression EGL_IMG_context_priority EGL_KHR_cl_event2 EGL_KHR_config_attribs EGL_KHR_context_flush_control EGL_KHR_create_context EGL_KHR_create_context_no_error EGL_KHR_fence_sync EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_KHR_gl_colorspace EGL_KHR_gl_renderbuffer_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_2D_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_3D_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_cubemap_image EGL_KHR_image_base EGL_KHR_no_config_context EGL_KHR_reusable_sync EGL_KHR_surfaceless_context EGL_EXT_pixel_format_float EGL_KHR_wait_sync EGL_MESA_configless_context EGL_MESA_gl_interop EGL_MESA_image_dma_buf_export EGL_MESA_query_driver EGL_MESA_x11_native_visual_id 
00:00:00.053 [INFO] [render/egl.c:372] Supported EGL device extensions: EGL_EXT_device_drm EGL_EXT_device_drm_render_node EGL_EXT_device_query_name EGL_EXT_device_persistent_id
00:00:00.053 [INFO] [render/egl.c:374] EGL vendor: Mesa Project
00:00:00.053 [INFO] [render/egl.c:376] EGL driver name: radeonsi
00:00:00.056 [INFO] [render/gles2/renderer.c:538] Creating GLES2 renderer
00:00:00.056 [INFO] [render/gles2/renderer.c:539] Using OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 26.1.2-arch1.2
00:00:00.056 [INFO] [render/gles2/renderer.c:540] GL vendor: AMD
00:00:00.056 [INFO] [render/gles2/renderer.c:541] GL renderer: AMD Radeon 860M Graphics (radeonsi, krackan1, ACO, DRM 3.64, 7.0.12-arch1-1)
00:00:00.056 [INFO] [render/gles2/renderer.c:542] Supported GLES2 extensions: GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1 GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_depth24 GL_OES_element_index_uint GL_OES_fbo_render_mipmap GL_OES_mapbuffer GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_OES_standard_derivatives GL_OES_stencil8 GL_OES_texture_3D GL_OES_texture_float GL_OES_texture_float_linear GL_OES_texture_half_float GL_OES_texture_half_float_linear GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_vertex_half_float GL_EXT_draw_instanced GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_depth_texture GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_texture_type_2_10_10_10_REV GL_NV_conditional_render GL_OES_get_program_binary GL_APPLE_texture_max_level GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer GL_EXT_read_format_bgra GL_EXT_texture_storage GL_NV_pack_subimage GL_NV_texture_barrier GL_EXT_frag_depth GL_NV_fbo_color_attachments GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_EGL_sync GL_OES_vertex_array_object GL_OES_viewport_array GL_ANGLE_pack_reverse_row_order GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3 GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5 GL_EXT_occlusion_query_boolean GL_EXT_robustness GL_EXT_sRGB GL_EXT_texture_rg GL_EXT_unpack_subimage GL_NV_draw_buffers GL_NV_read_buffer GL_NV_read_depth GL_NV_read_depth_stencil GL_NV_read_stencil GL_APPLE_sync GL_EXT_draw_buffers GL_EXT_instanced_arrays GL_EXT_map_buffer_range GL_EXT_shadow_samplers GL_KHR_debug GL_KHR_robustness GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_ldr GL_NV_generate_mipmap_sRGB GL_NV_pixel_buffer_object GL_OES_depth_texture_cube_map GL_OES_required_internalformat GL_OES_surfaceless_context GL_EXT_color_buffer_float GL_EXT_debug_label GL_EXT_sRGB_write_control GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects GL_EXT_shader_group_vote GL_EXT_shader_implicit_conversions GL_EXT_shader_integer_mix GL_EXT_tessellation_point_size GL_EXT_tessellation_shader GL_ANDROID_extension_pack_es31a GL_EXT_base_instance GL_EXT_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_sub_texture GL_EXT_copy_image GL_EXT_draw_buffers_indexed GL_EXT_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_EXT_gpu_shader5 GL_EXT_multi_draw_indirect GL_EXT_polygon_offset_clamp GL_EXT_primitive_bounding_box GL_EXT_render_snorm GL_EXT_shader_io_blocks GL_EXT_texture_border_clamp GL_EXT_texture_buffer GL_EXT_texture_cube_map_array GL_EXT_texture_norm16 GL_EXT_texture_view GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced GL_KHR_context_flush_control GL_KHR_robust_buffer_access_behavior GL_NV_image_formats GL_NV_shader_noperspective_interpolation GL_OES_copy_image GL_OES_draw_buffers_indexed GL_OES_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_OES_gpu_shader5 GL_OES_primitive_bounding_box GL_OES_sample_shading GL_OES_sample_variables GL_OES_shader_io_blocks GL_OES_shader_multisample_interpolation GL_OES_tessellation_point_size GL_OES_tessellation_shader GL_OES_texture_border_clamp GL_OES_texture_buffer GL_OES_texture_cube_map_array GL_OES_texture_stencil8 GL_OES_texture_storage_multisample_2d_array GL_OES_texture_view GL_EXT_blend_func_extended GL_EXT_buffer_storage GL_EXT_float_blend GL_EXT_geometry_point_size GL_EXT_geometry_shader GL_EXT_texture_filter_minmax GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_R8 GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_RG8 GL_KHR_no_error GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_sliced_3d GL_OES_EGL_image_external_essl3 GL_OES_geometry_point_size GL_OES_geometry_shader GL_OES_shader_image_atomic GL_EXT_clear_texture GL_EXT_clip_cull_distance GL_EXT_conservative_depth GL_EXT_disjoint_timer_query GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc_srgb GL_EXT_window_rectangles GL_MESA_shader_integer_functions GL_EXT_clip_control GL_EXT_color_buffer_half_float GL_EXT_memory_object GL_EXT_memory_object_fd GL_EXT_semaphore GL_EXT_semaphore_fd GL_EXT_texture_compression_bptc GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge GL_KHR_parallel_shader_compile GL_NV_alpha_to_coverage_dither_control GL_EXT_EGL_image_storage GL_EXT_texture_shadow_lod GL_INTEL_blackhole_render GL_MESA_framebuffer_flip_y GL_NV_compute_shader_derivatives GL_EXT_demote_to_helper_invocation GL_EXT_depth_clamp GL_EXT_texture_query_lod GL_KHR_shader_subgroup GL_MESA_sampler_objects GL_NV_timeline_semaphore GL_EXT_EGL_image_storage_compression GL_EXT_texture_storage_compression GL_MESA_bgra GL_MESA_texture_const_bandwidth GL_EXT_mesh_shader GL_EXT_shader_clock 
Failed to create //.cache for shader cache (Permission denied)---disabling.
00:00:00.112 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:1067] touchpad: enabled tap-to-click for ELAN0676:00 04F3:3195 Touchpad
00:00:00.123 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1781] Scanning DRM connectors on /dev/dri/card1
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'eDP-1'
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1861] 'eDP-1' connected
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1646] Detected modes:
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1920x1200 @ 60.001 Hz (preferred)
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1920x1200 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1920x1080 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1600x1200 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1680x1050 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1280x1024 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1440x900 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1280x800 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1280x720 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   1024x768 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   800x600 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1670]   640x480 @ 60.001 Hz 
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1707] Physical size: 300x190
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'HDMI-A-1'
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-1'
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-2'
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-3'
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-4'
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-5'
00:00:00.124 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-6'
00:00:00.125 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1836] Found connector 'DP-7'
00:00:00.125 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:1895] connector eDP-1: Requesting modeset
00:00:00.125 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:676] selected output mode: 1920x1200 @ 60.001 Hz
00:00:00.129 [INFO] [backend/drm/drm.c:980] connector eDP-1: Modesetting with 1920x1200 @ 60.001 Hz
00:00:00.135 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:687] output eDP-1 scale=1.68
00:00:00.174 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:880] greeter output: eDP-1 at (0,0)
00:00:00.174 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:757] warped cursor to center of eDP-1 (570, 356)
00:00:00.174 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:1451] running on WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
00:00:00.274 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:757] warped cursor to center of eDP-1 (570, 356)
00:00:00.276 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:1287] started greeter: /usr/bin/noctalia-greeter
=== noctalia-greeter bootstrap pid=34044 uid=966 euid=966 exe=/usr/bin/noctalia-greeter argv0=/usr/bin/noctalia-greeter GREETD_SOCK=/run/greetd-642.sock XDG_VTNR=1 ===
=== noctalia-greeter bootstrap pid=34044 uid=966 euid=966 exe=/usr/bin/noctalia-greeter argv0=/usr/bin/noctalia-greeter GREETD_SOCK=/run/greetd-642.sock XDG_VTNR=1 ===
[info] [log] writing to: /var/log/noctalia-greeter.log
2026-06-19 18:53:50.722 [info] [main] noctalia-greeter 1.0.0
2026-06-19 18:53:50.722 [info] [main] noctalia-greeter 1.0.0
2026-06-19 18:53:50.722 [debug] [main] build fingerprint 3c45fa89de10b4a640b48968327141503779fc57f5d42632fe31dc848329d2a0
2026-06-19 18:53:50.722 [debug] [main] build fingerprint 3c45fa89de10b4a640b48968327141503779fc57f5d42632fe31dc848329d2a0
2026-06-19 18:53:50.722 [info] [main] greetd session: file logs at /var/log/noctalia-greeter.log
2026-06-19 18:53:50.722 [info] [main] greetd session: file logs at /var/log/noctalia-greeter.log
2026-06-19 18:53:50.724 [info] [main] uid=966 euid=966 gid=966 groups=[greeter,video]
2026-06-19 18:53:50.724 [info] [main] uid=966 euid=966 gid=966 groups=[greeter,video]
2026-06-19 18:53:50.724 [info] [main] WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0 XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/noctalia-runtime-966
2026-06-19 18:53:50.724 [info] [main] WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0 XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/noctalia-runtime-966
2026-06-19 18:53:50.724 [info] [wayland] connected to Wayland compositor
2026-06-19 18:53:50.724 [info] [wayland] connected to Wayland compositor
2026-06-19 18:53:50.724 [debug] [paths] using assets from /usr/share/noctalia-greeter/assets
2026-06-19 18:53:50.724 [debug] [paths] using assets from /usr/share/noctalia-greeter/assets
2026-06-19 18:53:50.728 [info] [glyph-registry] loaded 6013 Tabler glyph names from /usr/share/noctalia-greeter/assets/fonts/tabler.json
2026-06-19 18:53:50.728 [info] [glyph-registry] loaded 6013 Tabler glyph names from /usr/share/noctalia-greeter/assets/fonts/tabler.json
Failed to create //.cache for shader cache (Permission denied)---disabling.
2026-06-19 18:53:50.772 [info] [gl] initialized EGL 1.5 with shared root context
2026-06-19 18:53:50.772 [info] [gl] initialized EGL 1.5 with shared root context
2026-06-19 18:53:50.774 [info] [render] EGL vendor="Mesa Project" version="1.5" APIs="OpenGL OpenGL_ES "
2026-06-19 18:53:50.774 [info] [render] EGL vendor="Mesa Project" version="1.5" APIs="OpenGL OpenGL_ES "
2026-06-19 18:53:50.774 [info] [render] OpenGL ES vendor="AMD" renderer="AMD Radeon 860M Graphics (radeonsi, krackan1, ACO, DRM 3.64, 7.0.12-arch1-1)" version="OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 26.1.2-arch1.2"
2026-06-19 18:53:50.774 [info] [render] OpenGL ES vendor="AMD" renderer="AMD Radeon 860M Graphics (radeonsi, krackan1, ACO, DRM 3.64, 7.0.12-arch1-1)" version="OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 26.1.2-arch1.2"
2026-06-19 18:53:50.783 [info] [greetd] connected to greetd at /run/greetd-642.sock
2026-06-19 18:53:50.783 [info] [greetd] connected to greetd at /run/greetd-642.sock
2026-06-19 18:53:50.783 [info] [seat] keyboard: bound
2026-06-19 18:53:50.783 [info] [seat] keyboard: bound
2026-06-19 18:53:50.783 [info] [seat] pointer: bound
2026-06-19 18:53:50.783 [info] [seat] pointer: bound
2026-06-19 18:53:50.783 [info] [wayland] output 'eDP-1' ready 1920x1200 at (0,0) scale=2 phys=300x190mm
2026-06-19 18:53:50.783 [info] [wayland] output 'eDP-1' ready 1920x1200 at (0,0) scale=2 phys=300x190mm
2026-06-19 18:53:50.788 [info] [seat] keyboard: keymap loaded
2026-06-19 18:53:50.788 [info] [seat] keyboard: keymap loaded
2026-06-19 18:53:50.788 [info] [greeter] syncOutputWindows: 1 target output(s), 0 view(s)
2026-06-19 18:53:50.788 [info] [greeter] syncOutputWindows: 1 target output(s), 0 view(s)
2026-06-19 18:53:50.806 [info] [greeter-window] greeter surface created
2026-06-19 18:53:50.806 [info] [greeter-window] greeter surface created
2026-06-19 18:53:50.806 [info] [greeter] greeter view for output 'eDP-1'
2026-06-19 18:53:50.806 [info] [greeter] greeter view for output 'eDP-1'
00:00:00.372 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:1175] assigning toplevel to output eDP-1
2026-06-19 18:53:50.807 [info] [greeter-window] configured 960x600 logical (scale=2.00)
2026-06-19 18:53:50.807 [info] [greeter-window] configured 960x600 logical (scale=2.00)
2026-06-19 18:53:51.006 [debug] [render] scene draw took 90.4ms (960x600 logical, 1920x1200 buffer)
2026-06-19 18:53:51.006 [debug] [render] scene draw took 90.4ms (960x600 logical, 1920x1200 buffer)
2026-06-19 18:53:51.006 [debug] [render] renderScene took 91.2ms total
2026-06-19 18:53:51.006 [debug] [render] renderScene took 91.2ms total
2026-06-19 18:53:51.006 [info] [greeter-window] presented first frame 960x600 logical (1920x1200 buffer, scale=2.00)
2026-06-19 18:53:51.006 [info] [greeter-window] presented first frame 960x600 logical (1920x1200 buffer, scale=2.00)
2026-06-19 18:53:51.006 [info] [greeter] syncOutputWindows: 1 target output(s), 1 view(s)
2026-06-19 18:53:51.006 [info] [greeter] syncOutputWindows: 1 target output(s), 1 view(s)
00:00:00.572 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:1138] greeter surface mapped on eDP-1
2026-06-19 18:53:51.007 [info] [greeter] greeter initialized (1 view(s))
2026-06-19 18:53:51.007 [info] [greeter] greeter initialized (1 view(s))
2026-06-19 18:53:51.008 [info] [logind-resume] watching logind PrepareForSleep to restart greeter on resume
2026-06-19 18:53:51.008 [info] [logind-resume] watching logind PrepareForSleep to restart greeter on resume
2026-06-19 18:53:51.008 [info] [greeter] syncOutputWindows: 1 target output(s), 1 view(s)
2026-06-19 18:53:51.008 [info] [greeter] syncOutputWindows: 1 target output(s), 1 view(s)
2026-06-19 18:53:51.008 [info] [greeter-window] configured 1141x713 logical (scale=1.68)
2026-06-19 18:53:51.008 [info] [greeter-window] configured 1141x713 logical (scale=1.68)
2026-06-19 18:53:55.935 [info] [greeter-surface] authentication successful
2026-06-19 18:53:55.935 [info] [greeter-surface] authentication successful
2026-06-19 18:53:55.995 [debug] [greeter-prefs] saved greeter prefs to /var/lib/noctalia-greeter/greeter.conf
2026-06-19 18:53:55.995 [debug] [greeter-prefs] saved greeter prefs to /var/lib/noctalia-greeter/greeter.conf
2026-06-19 18:53:55.996 [info] [greeter-surface] session start requested, exiting greeter
2026-06-19 18:53:55.996 [info] [greeter-surface] session start requested, exiting greeter
2026-06-19 18:53:55.996 [info] [main] shutdown complete
2026-06-19 18:53:55.996 [info] [main] shutdown complete
00:00:05.580 [INFO] [../noctalia-greeter/src/compositor/noctalia_compositor.c:1213] greeter exited with status 0

Explictly adding scale=1.0 enforces it after logging out, however the scale selection behavior should be consistent regardless. noctalia-greeter version=1.0.0.r86.g773e32241-1 (from AUR).

[Ly-sec]

Hey @kyriemeows , I assume you'd expect it to set the scale to 1.0 in your case then?

[sabisho]

Yeah, how do I change the scaling of the greeter when using NixOS?
It is set to 2x or something bigger, I want to make it 1.25x or 1x.

This is my config for the greeter:

{
  inputs,
  pkgs,
  ...
}: {
  imports = [
    inputs.noctalia-greeter.nixosModules.default
  ];

  programs.noctalia-greeter = {
    enable = true;
    package = inputs.noctalia-greeter.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default;

    greeter-args = "--session niri";

    settings = {
      cursor = {
        theme = "Adwaita";
        size = 24;
        package = pkgs.adwaita-icon-theme;
      };
    };
  };

  # polkit is required for the Noctalia v5 → greeter sync to work
  security.polkit.enable = true;
}

Here the scale option doesn't seem to work.

[kyriemeows]

@sabisho Configuration details are here.

[sabisho]

the scale = 1.25 option doesn't seem to work for nixos configuration format.

[kyriemeows]

@Ly-sec I think scale=1.67 should be the expected behavior, because that's the one based on display DPI (mine is 161). For some reason after reboot it's using the fallback scale based on resolution(=1.00), even though it seems like it has the same information for resolution/physical size.

( Me wanting it to be 1.00 in both cases would be a matter of preference, then, but the expectation would be that it would pick the same value in either situation, regardless. )

[Pintjebier]

Same on CachyOS. Scale is not working correctly