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desktop icons are super pixelated and blurry

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ValveSoftware/Proton#1299 · opened 2018-09-07 by davidbepo · updated 2019-04-26 · 4 comments · github
Ddavidbepo 2018-09-07 github

captura de pantalla de 2018-09-07 16-24-35

as can be seen in the image desktop icons of games run with proton are pixelated and blurry

this might be a steam client issue but since it only happens in proton games, i think it is better to report it here

Nnsivov 2018-09-08 github

This kind of issues require system information, at least DE version. How did you add those icons to your desktop, or were they created automatically?

Ddavidbepo 2018-09-08 github

im using gnome 3.28, and the icons were automatically created, but if i delete one and re-create it with steam the result is the same

Kkode54 2018-09-11 github

Same on KDE Plasma desktop version 5.12.6. Blurry Windows app icons, presumably not sourced from the largest image resource in the .ico files.

Ddreamer 2019-04-26 github

For context: Warframe provides nice icon with the following images embedded:

$ icotool -l 230410/3b8ddd969a289cdf233fafe0a77ca70655b9b2e1.ico
--icon --index=1 --width=16 --height=16 --bit-depth=32 --palette-size=0
--icon --index=2 --width=32 --height=32 --bit-depth=32 --palette-size=0
--icon --index=3 --width=48 --height=48 --bit-depth=32 --palette-size=0
--icon --index=4 --width=64 --height=64 --bit-depth=32 --palette-size=0
--icon --index=5 --width=128 --height=128 --bit-depth=32 --palette-size=0
--icon --index=6 --width=256 --height=256 --bit-depth=32 --palette-size=0

while image above seems like upscaled 32x32 icon.

When creating a desktop entry, Steam unpacks embedded icons, converts them and places in XDG specified location (in my experience it does it correctly).

Anyone with Warframe installed (sorry, I am not installing Ubuntu and downloading 30GB just to test this) - can you create a desktop shortcut for Warframe (Library -> right click on Warframe -> Create desktop shortcut) and then check following locations:

  • ~/.local/share/Steam/steam/games/ - does it contain Warframe icon? is it an .ico or .zip file?
  • Is the issue fixed after: $ cp ~/Desktop/Warframe.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/?
  • ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/ - does it contain file steam_icon_230410.png being Warframe icon?
  • If file mentioned above exists, does $ gtk-update-icon-cache -t -v ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/ fix the issue?

Nothing extracted yet.