WayfireWM / WayfireWM/wf-shell

wf-background: wallpaper is blurry after switching login sessions

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Description

When using wf-background with Wayfire and fractional scaling, at first the wallpaper behaves normally, but once you switch to a TTY or another graphical session then you come back to Wayfire's session, the wallpaper is very blurry and looks like a low resolution image.
This was tested with wf-shell 0.10.0 and Wayfire built from git master branch a few days ago.
This problem doesn't happen with other wallpaper tools like swaybg.

I don't know if the PR in this issue fixes this problem.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the blurry wallpaper with wf-shell 0.10.0, Wayfire from git master, fractional scaling, and a switch to another TTY or graphical session. Compare the result with swaybg and review PR #499 to determine whether it addresses the same behavior; done means the wallpaper remains sharp after returning to the Wayfire session.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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