Images in Calamares are quite low-res

lum1nuss · 5 May 2024 06:32

Hello everyone, it’s been a while ^^
Sorry if this has already been covered elsewhere - a lot of what I found during searches were about failing to install, Calamares not launching, etc.

In the process of installing Hyprland, I noticed that the images in Calamares are quite pixelated and blurry. Here’s 2 examples:

My monitor is 2560x1440. Not sure if my Aussie internet being subpar has anything to do with it?
It’s obviously not a huge issue, but maybe worth checking out in case it’s just a one-off or a universal experience.

The ISO I experienced this in was garuda-hyprland-linux-zen-240428.iso.

garuda-inxi from the live environment:

System:
  Kernel: 6.8.7-zen1-2-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1 clocksource: tsc
    avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
    misobasedir=garuda root=miso:LABEL=GARUDA_HYPRLAND_BIRDOFPREY quiet systemd.show_status=1
    checksum=y driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  Desktop: Hyprland v: 0.39.1 with: waybar tools: avail: swayidle,swaylock vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Mini-pc System: Micro (HK) Tech product: Venus series v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Shenzhen Meigao Equipment model: F7BSC serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.07 date: 09/01/2023
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 5
    level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x74 (116)
    stepping: 1 microcode: 0xA704103
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1681 high: 4691 min/max: 400/5263:6228:5583:5743:5423:5903:6067 scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1993 2: 1874 3: 1874 4: 1875 5: 400 6: 400
    7: 1875 8: 4690 9: 1875 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400 13: 400 14: 4691 15: 1877 16: 1873
    bogomips: 127771
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Phoenix1 driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Phoenix process: TSMC n4 (4nm)
    built: 2023+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-2 empty: DP-1, DP-2,
    DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7, HDMI-A-1, Writeback-1 bus-ID: c4:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15bf
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 32.0 C
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 compositor: Hyprland
    v: 0.39.1 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 1
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-2 model: Dell P2423D serial: <filter> built: 2023 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60
    dpi: 123 gamma: 1.2 scale: 1 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9
    modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 4 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Radeon Graphics
    (RADV GFX1103_R1) driver: mesa radv v: 24.0.5-arch1.1 device-ID: 1002:15bf
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits)
    driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.5-arch1.1 (LLVM 17.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: c4:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: snd_pci_ps v: kernel
    alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci,
    snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
    snd_sof_amd_acp63 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: c4:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2
    class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: c4:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.7-zen1-2-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 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 RTL8125 2.5GbE driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: f000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210
/AX1675 2x2 [Typhoon Peak] vendor: Rivet Networks Killer
    driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 8087:0032 class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3 lmp-v: 12 status:
    discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.04 TiB used: 478.27 GiB (44.8%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: OM8PGP41024Q-A0 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: ELFK0S.6 temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra USB 3.0 size: 114.56 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1
    tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.00 scheme: GPT
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 60.54 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
    avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 37.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 32.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 60 GiB note: est. available: 60.54 GiB used: 3.98 GiB (6.6%)
  Processes: 364 Power: uptime: 21m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0
    hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 24.18 GiB Init: systemd
    v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1279 libs: 376 tools: pacseek,paru Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1
    Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.26-release inxi: 3.3.34
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
  System install date:     2024-05-05
  Last full system update: 2024-05-05 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
  Failed units:            gpg-agent@etc-pacman.d-gnupg.service snapper-cleanup.service

dr460nf1r3 · 5 May 2024 08:00

The images are 900x600, so there could pixalated indeed given they stretch (but keep proportions) when you realize the window. But they always have been maybe providing bigger by default has the needed effect?

Nice to see you btw, hope you are fine!

SGS · 5 May 2024 08:28

As this is not an instruction manual, but is only intended to provide a few pointers, it does not need to be any sharper.

Just don’t scale it

dr460nf1r3 · 5 May 2024 08:47

I didn’t find a way to lock calamares window size, which would be my preferred way of handling this.

lum1nuss · 5 May 2024 08:59

Thanks! Good to see you and SGS are still around as well
Mainly been away from the forums because of life getting busy with a new job and all but things have been good!

Calamares is normally a floating window in the DEs like KDE and stuff right? A dodgy way of fixing it could be to just add a floating window rule in tiling WMs…
I don’t think a lot of people will feel the need to fullscreen the app, so maybe that’d work.

BluishHumility · 5 May 2024 17:35

etc/skel/.config/sway/config.d/application_defaults · master · Garuda Linux 🦅 / Themes and Settings / Settings / Garuda Sway settings · GitLab …

..."Dodgy"?!

Excuse Me What GIF by Paddington Bear

SGS · 5 May 2024 18:11

i3wm

for_window [class="calamares"] floating enable border normal

Advanced users

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Description	Keybinds
Toggle floating mode	Mod + SHIFT +SPACEBAR

Added.
add(garuda-hyprland-settings): open calamares as a floating window @jastx-jasmint · vor 4 Minuten

RusselNash · 5 May 2024 19:57

I was actually surprised at how they looked on my 4K displays installing the gamer edition.

lum1nuss · 5 May 2024 20:42

Well, “dodgy” compared to Nico’s idea but if it works, it works!

Fair enough, only advanced users after that change would bother to try fullscreen it I’m just a lazy user so I didn’t bother floating Calamares. If it comes fullscreen, I’ll use it fullscreen. lol

It also just occurred to me that I noticed the same thing back in Jan when I was installing Qtile, but didn’t think or realise it was an issue. Qtile has been dropped though (sadly), so not much point in fixing it there as there won’t be any more new releases. (I can still submit a PR/MR though if you want)

In a good way or bad way?
I think it depends more on the size of the display itself than the display resolution. On my old 4K laptop, I never noticed this issue even when installing the tiling WM spins of Garuda.
My current monitor is 23.8", which is huge compared to the old 15" display.

RusselNash · 5 May 2024 21:24

Bad way. They were quite blurry or rather, it couldn’t have been more obvious they were low res on such a high res display.
The install went fine though so I don’t really care, lol.
My two are identical Samsung 4K 32" displays.

dr460nf1r3 · 6 May 2024 05:24

It seems that we need to provide higher res slides then. Either way, doing it the “dodgy” way until someone either resizes the window or uses another edition which doesn’t have any setup of that sort what would be a good resolution in your eyes?

lum1nuss · 6 May 2024 12:56

I think maybe 1152 x 864 or slightly higher? Not sure if that might be too much resolution considering where the images appear though

dr460nf1r3 · 6 May 2024 15:26

The question is whether there is a drawback when using higher res ones. I’d need to try it out, but given the right aspects ratio it should be fine to use even full HD images.

elite · 6 May 2024 16:31

Would it be possible to make it a svg image for the ez scalability an relatively small-ish file size?

SGS · 6 May 2024 17:54

In theory, yes, but Inkscape could do max. 256 color/scans, with my created background, to show the font/letters the result is on the left part.

The effort is immense for the 5 minutes you get to see it.
Maybe other software can do it better, IDK.

You can take high resolution pictures and put it in Inkscape and make the slide.png.

dr460nf1r3 · 6 May 2024 17:54

I created those using Canva, SVG output is sadly a “you have to pay for it” feature

elite · 6 May 2024 19:27

I can’t upload svg’s here so I’ll add them to my proton drive but yes I can see what you mean about the font.
The idea i had for that was to rewrite it. An convert the font to curves then save it as a svg but thats a bit of work for just a rough idea it also leaves the icons feeling off as they wouldn’t scale. But yes it would be quite the big job for something you see for 5 minutes.

*Added 2 upscaled ones to the drive as PNG’s i think they might help if nothing less