Help with polybar in Garuda Mokka
Hello, I have a problem when expanding a window to full screen. When I do this, stripes appear on the top taskbar. Does anyone know how to solve this?
garuda-inxi:
System:
Kernel: 6.13.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=080dbbdf-71dc-4a93-b8e4-7750f48628d5 rw rootflags=subvol=@
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: JINGSHA model: B75-HM PLUS serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 4.6.5
date: 01/31/2023
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-3770K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
gen: core 3 level: v2 built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6
model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2399 min/max: 1600/3900 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: performance cores: 1: 2399 2: 2399 3: 2399 4: 2399 5: 2399 6: 2399
7: 2399 8: 2399 bogomips: 55871
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 570.124.04 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+
status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none off: DP-1,DVI-D-2 empty: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c82 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
d-rect: 3360x1980 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,top-left model: A24FAA-RG serial: <filter>
built: 2023 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 165 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: DVI-D-2 pos: bottom-r model: Samsung SyncMaster
serial: <filter> built: 2007 res: mode: 1440x900 hz: 75 scale: 100% (1)
dpi: 89 gamma: 1.35 size: 410x257mm (16.14x10.12") diag: 484mm (19.1")
ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1440x900 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia gbm:
drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 570.124.04 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 3.91 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:1c82
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Fifine Microphone driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2:2
chip-ID: 3142:5060 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.13.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) driver: btusb
v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 4-1.6:3
chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0
lmp-v: 6 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.41 TiB used: 18.37 GiB (0.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Seagate
model: XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 3.2.J.F0 temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: OCZ model: VERTEX3 size: 111.79 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: .20 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM014-1EJ164
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SM14 scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST9500423AS
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: DEM1 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 111.79 GiB (100.00%)
used: 18.37 GiB (16.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 111.79 GiB (100.00%)
used: 18.37 GiB (16.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 111.79 GiB (100.00%)
used: 18.37 GiB (16.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 111.79 GiB (100.00%)
used: 18.37 GiB (16.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.71 GiB used: 728.6 MiB (9.2%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.71 GiB used: 5.55 GiB (71.9%)
Processes: 305 Power: uptime: 1h 39m states: freeze,standby,mem,disk
suspend: s2idle avail: shallow wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform
avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 3.02 GiB
services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd
v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1443 libs: 409 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2025-03-17
Last full system update: 2025-03-17 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: <superuser required>
Failed units:
P.S I’m talking about the one that defaults to
, I only know bar and dock 
Polybar will work, but not how you want it to so it was only a matter of time. I had to sadly let go of polybar after switching to wayland. Waybar is smooth on wayland.