[Bug 1374301] Re: osd notifications blurry

I finally got around to testing this. I rebuilt the wily upload on vivid and the results are beautiful. Thanks! :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374301 Title: osd notifications

[Bug 1374301] Re: osd notifications blurry

This bug was fixed in the package notify-osd - 0.9.35+15.10.20150915-0ubuntu1 --- notify-osd (0.9.35+15.10.20150915-0ubuntu1) wily; urgency=medium [ Lars Uebernickel ] * Render in native resolution on hidpi displays (LP: #1374301) -- Sebastien Bacher Tue,

[Bug 1374301] Re: osd notifications blurry

I gave this a shot by modifying notify-osd to take device scale into account. Please give the attached branch a go if you own a hidpi display. ** Branch linked: lp:~larsu/notify-osd/crisper-on-hidpi ** Changed in: notify-osd (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress ** Changed in:

[Bug 1374301] Re: osd notifications blurry

I see this too on a HiDPI display. I was able to workaround it by using Steffen's suggestion: $ sudo cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/notify-osd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/notify-osd.real Then creating /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/notify-osd with: #!/bin/sh set -e export GDK_SCALE=1.0 exec

[Bug 1374301] Re: osd notifications blurry

It is possible to start notify-osd with GDK_SCALE=1 and to get high quality notifications. The notifications are not blurry this way and they are scaled correctly in any way. It could be a solution to disable GDK_SCALE for notify-osd, because it is not needed. It looks better without this integer

[Bug 1374301] Re: osd notifications blurry

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: notify-osd (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374301 Title:

[Bug 1374301] Re: osd notifications blurry

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source packages so that people

[Bug 1374301] Re: osd notifications blurry

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[Bug 1374301] Re: osd notifications blurry

Can you provide a screenshot of the encountered issue, Andrew? Futhermore what type of session (desktop-environment) are you running? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374301 Title:

[Bug 1374301] Re: osd notifications blurry

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[Bug 1374301] Re: osd notifications blurry

Here's a picture of the issue while this notification from Spotify, the issue occurs on all notifications, including system ones ** Attachment added: Workspace 1_004.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-osd/+bug/1374301/+attachment/4216306/+files/Workspace%201_004.png --