After the Gnome 49 update my login screen & desktop were zoomed 130%.
I was able to change the overall system in settings > display > scale & set it back to 100%
But the login screen remains at 130%, how to correct that?
/usr/share/sddm theme didnt reveal any obvious settings to me.
The accessibility settings on the login screen only make it larger still.
EDIT: I should add that its only the login screen & not the lockscreen affected.
The only thing I can tell you is that looking for anything with the name sddm in it will be the wrong place.
Configuration takes place in /etc - in /etc/gdm/… in particular
because Gnome (by default) uses GDM as a display manager - not SDDM
unless you changed / replaced the default
SDDM is the default for Plasma
Tell us some useful information about your monitor(s); their resolutions; etc. If you’re using Nvidia graphics there is an issue with the 580xx drivers on some older systems using large screens, where the higher resolutions are no longer achievable. Installing the 575xx drivers apparently fixed that sor some, the 570xx drivers, for others.
Whether this is relevant to your issue, I can’t say.
Without knowing more details, any responses will likely be tentative, at best. Please provide your system information as described (below).
Regards.
While information from *-fetch type apps might be fine for someone wishing to buy your computer, for Support purposes it’s better to ask your system directly; 
Output of the inxi command (with appropriate parameters, and formatted according to forum guidelines) will generate information useful for those wishing to help:
Suggested inxi command (use either):
inxi -zv8 |
(short-form) |
inxi --filter --verbosity=8 |
(long-form) |
| inxi man pages | (manual) |
--color=0 to the long-form command, or…inxi -zv8c0Thanks for the reply. Sorry I should have included inxi.
inxi -zv8 ✔
System:
Kernel: 6.6.119-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
root=UUID=e96747c7-79c2-4694-8b9d-282e184b02d1 rw quiet splash
amd_iommu=off apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 49.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.51 wm: gnome-shell
tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 49.2 Distro: Manjaro
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20VF v: ThinkBook 14 G2 ARE
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: ThinkBook 14 G2 ARE
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40700 WIN
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: LENOVO_MT_20VF_BU_idea_FM_ThinkBook
14 G2 ARE uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: LENOVO
v: FACN28WW(V1.11) date: 05/18/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 37.3 Wh (96.3%) condition: 38.7/45 Wh (86%) power: 8.3 W
volts: 12.36 min: 11.52 model: 0x43 0x65 0x6C 0x78 0x70 0x72 0x74 0x00 0x32
0x30 0x31 0x4C 0x31 0x39 0x43 0x33 0x50 0x44 0x41 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> charging: status: discharging cycles: 1082
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M585/M590 Multi-Device Mouse
serial: <filter> charge: 50% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: N/A
Memory:
System RAM: total: 24 GiB available: 19.4 GiB used: 5.57 GiB (28.7%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial
part-no: CT16G4SFD832A.M16FRS serial: <filter>
Device-2: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3200 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung
part-no: M471A1G44AB0-CWE serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Zen 2 gen: 2 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x60 (96) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x860010D
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 smt: <unsupported> 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: 2375 min/max: 1400/2375 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2375 2: 2375 3: 2375
4: 2375 5: 2375 6: 2375 bogomips: 28463
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid
f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb
ibpb_exit_to_user ibrs ibs irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse
mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save
nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core
perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid
rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca
smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock
syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif
vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr
xsaveopt
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT disabled
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: SMT disabled
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP:
disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series /
Radeon Mobile Series] 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: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636
class-ID: 0300 temp: 36.0 C
Device-2: IMC Networks 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: 13d3:56ff
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x14d4 built: 2016 res: 1920x1080
dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.592 y: 0.349 green: x: 0.329 y: 0.557
blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.118 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1280x720,
1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.3.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
renoir ACO DRM 3.54 6.6.119-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:1636
memory: 3.91 GiB unified: no display-ID: :0.0
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: kscreen-doctor
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir/Cezanne HDMI/DP 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: 05:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 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, snd_sof_amd_vangogh pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
bus-ID: 05:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah 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: 05:00.6
chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.119-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8852AE 802.11ax PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lenovo driver: rtw89_8852ae v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8852 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <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: 3-4:4 chip-ID: 0bda:4852
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 17 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 704.24 GiB used: 410.36 GiB (58.3%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZALQ256HAJD-000L2 size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: BL2QFXV7 temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500MX500SSD1
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 032 scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 179.38 GiB size: 175.5 GiB (97.84%)
used: 69.03 GiB (39.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: e96747c7-79c2-4694-8b9d-282e184b02d1
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 8.1 MiB (1.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
uuid: EB07-8818
ID-3: /mnt/SSD500 raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 457.38 GiB (98.20%)
used: 341.33 GiB (74.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: SSD500
uuid: a1936d96-6ea6-4cb5-b62d-618a8ec8a2a8
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 58.59 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: dc875819-9c07-4221-94c7-5994be185a1d
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-3:2 info: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 13d3:56ff class-ID: 0e02
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-2:2 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: keyboard,mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 3-3:18 info: Elan Micro ELAN:Fingerprint type: <vendor specific>
driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 04f3:0c4b class-ID: 0000
Device-3: 3-4:4 info: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:4852 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 37.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 36.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 2311 pm: pacman pkgs: 2291 libs: 564 tools: gnome-software,pamac
pm: flatpak pkgs: 20
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://manjaro.mirrors.uk2.net/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://mirror.vinehost.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 316
1: cpu: 100% command: ps pid: 311669 mem: 4.02 MiB (0.0%)
2: cpu: 13.6% command: gnome-terminal-server pid: 311412
mem: 60.2 MiB (0.3%)
3: cpu: 7.2% command: firefox pid: 310295 mem: 355.3 MiB (1.7%)
4: cpu: 6.3% command: gnome-shell pid: 2825 mem: 398.3 MiB (2.0%)
5: cpu: 5.7% command: firefox pid: 259549 mem: 919.6 MiB (4.6%)
Memory top: 5 of 316
1: mem: 919.6 MiB (4.6%) command: firefox pid: 259549 cpu: 5.7%
2: mem: 444.0 MiB (2.2%) command: firefox pid: 259949 cpu: 0.6%
3: mem: 400.3 MiB (2.0%) command: Screenshot started-by: gimp-3.0
pid: 266737 cpu: 0.0%
4: mem: 398.3 MiB (2.0%) command: gnome-shell pid: 2825 cpu: 6.3%
5: mem: 355.3 MiB (1.7%) command: firefox pid: 310295 cpu: 7.2%
Info:
Processes: 316 Power: uptime: 1d 9h 47m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 14 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 7.75 GiB services: gsd-power,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.40
Thank you for the system information, but you neglected to add requested detail concening your monitors.
Its an Lenovo laptop: Thinkbook 14 G2 AMD, built in display 1920x1080
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x14d4 built: 2016 res: 1920x1080
dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.592 y: 0.349 green: x: 0.329 y: 0.557
blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.118 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1280x720,
1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
OK, thanks. In that case the possible issue I referred to does not apply. It was related to the Nvidia 580xx driver and larger screen resolutions.
Regards.
Thanks.
I checked this folder & the files in place all appear to be unedited default files.
Yes.
Perhaps there can be some configuration option applied that affects the scaling - but I don’t know about it.
To me there appears to be no reason for the scaling to have changed at all.
(it did not for me, for whatever that is worth)
I was just saying that sddm files where the wrong place to look at, because sddm is not the display manager here.
ok, thanks.
I have archcraft on another partition & that uses sddm, I really just didnt think too clearly about what gnome uses. But thanks for pointing that out.
The scaling isnt a huge issue (no pun intended) its just odd seeing the power menu & login box oversized.
A post was split to a new topic: Issue with screen resolution (post 2025-12-08 update)
The solution is to copy your user monitors.xml to the system.
cp ~/.config/monitors.xml /etc/xdg/monitors.xml
(see GDM - ArchWiki)
Its seems Gnome is intentionally forcing the login screen to 125%. But I cant say why it only affects some people, perhaps if you have no modified xdg/monitors.xml