Pixelated icons for Garuda apps when increasing display global scale to 125%

Hi,

I'm using the Garuda Dragonized edition and I ran into an issue with icons for: Garuda Assistant, Garuda Welcome, Garuda Gamer and the Garuda Settings Manager. The issue is that all of the icons displayed by these apps look pixelated when I increase the display's global scale to 125% from KDE's Display Settings menu.

Here is an example.

The issue is restricted to the Garuda apps. Other software installed on my system seems to display icons just fine.

This issue wasn't there when I had the scale set to the default 100%. I understand that a workaround is to just revert the setting, however I'd very much like to keep the 125% scale because I have a smaller, 14" screen and the text is harder to read at the default scale.

I tried looking this up, haven't found anything similar except maybe this post, but that seems like a separate problem.

garuda-inxi output:

System:
Kernel: 6.4.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=4fdf9e35-eb8e-4181-93e8-eae07da02c42 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
amd_iommu=on ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82KC v: Lenovo V14 G2 ALC
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo V14 G2 ALC
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: NO DPK serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: LENOVO v: GLCN46WW date: 04/29/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.0 Wh (98.2%) condition: 38.7/38.0 Wh (101.9%)
volts: 8.4 min: 7.7 model: LGC L20L2PF0 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: not charging cycles: 61
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x68 (104) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x8608103
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB
desc: 2x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2081 high: 2100 min/max: 1400/4056 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 2100 2: 2100
3: 2100 4: 2100 5: 2100 6: 2100 7: 2100 8: 1880 9: 2100 10: 2100 11: 2100
12: 2100 bogomips: 50302
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Lucienne vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5
code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: eDP-1
empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164c class-ID: 0300
temp: 43.0 C
Device-2: Bison Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 5986:2137
class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: AU Optronics 0x208d built: 2019
res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85")
diag: 355mm (14") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.3 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM
15.0.7 DRM 3.52 6.4.2-zen1-1-zen) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A
alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x,
snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir,
snd_sof_amd_rembrandt pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.4.2-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.73 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 RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8168 v: 8.051.02-NAPI modules: r8169 pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lenovo driver: rtw_8822ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8822ce pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c822
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-4:2 chip-ID: 0bda:c123
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 105.2 GiB (22.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Lenovo
model: UMIS RPJTJ512MEE1OWX size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 2.1C0628 temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 256.64 GiB size: 256.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 67.42 GiB (26.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 256.64 GiB size: 256.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 67.42 GiB (26.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 256.64 GiB size: 256.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 67.42 GiB (26.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 256.64 GiB size: 256.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 67.42 GiB (26.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 21.37 GiB used: 39 MiB (0.2%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 43.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 411 Uptime: 1h 40m wakeups: 1 Memory: available: 21.37 GiB
used: 5.76 GiB (27.0%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
pkgs: 1492 libs: 387 tools: octopi,paru,yay Shell: fish v: 3.6.1
running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.27
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2023-06-28
Last full system update: 2023-07-12 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

Have you rebooted your system since changing your display scale? It happened with me too when I increased my display scale in wayland but a simple reboot fixed it for me.

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I did.

It's been this way for over a week, several reboots later.

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