Every time I start Hyprland, the wallpaper gets stretched.

[immortal521]

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Step 2. Quick diagnose info

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[===diagnose===] git remote get-url origin
https://github.com/end-4/dots-hyprland
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[===diagnose===] git rev-parse HEAD
583a20c
[---SUCCESS---]

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| Checking distro |
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[===diagnose===] ii_check_distro
./diagnose: line 34: lsb_release: command not found
NAME="Arch Linux"
PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
ID=arch
BUILD_ID=rolling
ANSI_COLOR="38;2;23;147;209"
HOME_URL="https://archlinux.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.archlinux.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://gitlab.archlinux.org/groups/archlinux/-/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://terms.archlinux.org/docs/privacy-policy/"
LOGO=archlinux-logo
[---SUCCESS---]

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| Checking variables |
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[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_BIN_HOME
./diagnose: line 30: declare: XDG_BIN_HOME: not found
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[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_CACHE_HOME
./diagnose: line 30: declare: XDG_CACHE_HOME: not found
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[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_CONFIG_HOME
./diagnose: line 30: declare: XDG_CONFIG_HOME: not found
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[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_DATA_HOME
./diagnose: line 30: declare: XDG_DATA_HOME: not found
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[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_STATE_HOME
declare -x XDG_STATE_HOME="/home/immortal/.local/state"
[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV
declare -x ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV="$XDG_STATE_HOME/ags/.venv"
[---SUCCESS---]

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| Checking directories/files |
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[===diagnose===] ls -l /home/immortal/.local/state/ags/.venv
total 24
-rw-r--r-- 1 immortal immortal 43 Mar 25 23:35 CACHEDIR.TAG
drwxr-xr-x 2 immortal immortal 4096 Mar 25 23:35 bin
drwxr-xr-x 3 immortal immortal 4096 Mar 25 23:35 include
drwxr-xr-x 3 immortal immortal 4096 Mar 25 23:35 lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 immortal immortal 3 Mar 25 23:35 lib64 -> lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 immortal immortal 191 Mar 25 23:35 pyvenv.cfg
drwxr-xr-x 10 immortal immortal 4096 Mar 25 23:35 share
[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] ls -l $XDG_STATE_HOME/ags/.venv/bin/gradience-cli
ls: cannot access '$XDG_STATE_HOME/ags/.venv/bin/gradience-cli': No such file or directory
[---EXIT 2---]

[===diagnose===] ls /glib-2.0/schemas
ls: cannot access '/glib-2.0/schemas': No such file or directory
[---EXIT 2---]

[===diagnose===] ls /gradience
ls: cannot access '/gradience': No such file or directory
[---EXIT 2---]

/===================
| Checking versions |
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[===diagnose===] Hyprland --version
Hyprland 0.48.0 built from branch at commit 5ee35f914f921e5696030698e74fb5566a804768 (version: bump to 0.48.0).
Date: Sun Mar 23 14:56:13 2025
Tag: v0.48.0, commits: 5922
built against:
aquamarine 0.8.0
hyprlang 0.6.0
hyprutils 0.5.2
hyprcursor 0.1.12
hyprgraphics 0.1.2

no flags were set

[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] ags --version
./diagnose: line 30: ags: command not found
[---EXIT 127---]

[===diagnose===] agsv1 --version
1.9.0
[---SUCCESS---]

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Step 3. Describe the issue

Every time I start Hyprland, the wallpaper gets stretched.

Logs

Original image:

After powering on:

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[Extrabartek]

I have the same issue. It remains present for me, even after updating system packages and updating dots-hyprland. The only way, I found to resolve the problem, is to re-select the wallpaper.

[immortal521]

I have the same issue. It remains present for me, even after updating system packages and updating dots-hyprland. The only way, I found to resolve the problem, is to re-select the wallpaper.

Re-selecting wallpaper can really make the wallpaper display normally, but it will make me have to reset the wallpaper every time I turn it on.

[end-4]

does this happen when you make hyprland use another wallpaper program like swaybg? replace this line in the config with whatever wallpaper program you try

dots-hyprland/.config/hypr/hyprland/execs.conf

Line 2 in 583a20c

exec-once = swww-daemon --format xrgb

[Extrabartek]

This happens when using the "Select wallpaper" shortcut (super+ctrl+t). Just had a look at my execs.conf and it already had the line you recommended there. Also removed my .config/hypr directory and using the install.sh script, went back to the default set-up. Everything went well, but the wallpaper issue persisted. If it helps, I'll add the diagnosis results below.

Diagnose results

/========================
| Checking git repo info |
========================/

[===diagnose===] git remote get-url origin
https://github.com/end-4/dots-hyprland
[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] git rev-parse HEAD
583a20c
[---SUCCESS---]

/=================
| Checking distro |
=================/

[===diagnose===] ii_check_distro
./diagnose: line 34: lsb_release: command not found
NAME="Arch Linux"
PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
ID=arch
BUILD_ID=rolling
ANSI_COLOR="38;2;23;147;209"
HOME_URL="https://archlinux.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.archlinux.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://gitlab.archlinux.org/groups/archlinux/-/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://terms.archlinux.org/docs/privacy-policy/"
LOGO=archlinux-logo
[---SUCCESS---]

/====================
| Checking variables |
====================/

[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_BIN_HOME
./diagnose: line 30: declare: XDG_BIN_HOME: not found
[---EXIT 1---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_CACHE_HOME
./diagnose: line 30: declare: XDG_CACHE_HOME: not found
[---EXIT 1---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_CONFIG_HOME
./diagnose: line 30: declare: XDG_CONFIG_HOME: not found
[---EXIT 1---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_DATA_HOME
./diagnose: line 30: declare: XDG_DATA_HOME: not found
[---EXIT 1---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_STATE_HOME
declare -x XDG_STATE_HOME="/home/bartosz/.local/state"
[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV
declare -x ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV="$XDG_STATE_HOME/ags/.venv"
[---SUCCESS---]

/============================
| Checking directories/files |
============================/

[===diagnose===] ls -l /home/bartosz/.local/state/ags/.venv
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 bartosz bartosz 43 Mar 26 09:00 CACHEDIR.TAG
drwxr-xr-x 1 bartosz bartosz 500 Mar 26 09:00 bin
drwxr-xr-x 1 bartosz bartosz 8 Mar 26 09:00 include
drwxr-xr-x 1 bartosz bartosz 20 Mar 26 09:00 lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bartosz bartosz 3 Mar 26 09:00 lib64 -> lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 bartosz bartosz 126 Mar 26 09:00 pyvenv.cfg
drwxr-xr-x 1 bartosz bartosz 118 Mar 26 09:00 share
[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] ls -l $XDG_STATE_HOME/ags/.venv/bin/gradience-cli
ls: cannot access '$XDG_STATE_HOME/ags/.venv/bin/gradience-cli': No such file or directory
[---EXIT 2---]

[===diagnose===] ls /glib-2.0/schemas
ls: cannot access '/glib-2.0/schemas': No such file or directory
[---EXIT 2---]

[===diagnose===] ls /gradience
ls: cannot access '/gradience': No such file or directory
[---EXIT 2---]

/===================
| Checking versions |
===================/

[===diagnose===] Hyprland --version
Hyprland 0.48.0 built from branch at commit 5ee35f914f921e5696030698e74fb5566a804768 (version: bump to 0.48.0).
Date: Sun Mar 23 14:56:13 2025
Tag: v0.48.0, commits: 5922
built against:
aquamarine 0.8.0
hyprlang 0.6.0
hyprutils 0.5.2
hyprcursor 0.1.12
hyprgraphics 0.1.2

no flags were set

[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] ags --version
./diagnose: line 30: ags: command not found
[---EXIT 127---]

[===diagnose===] agsv1 --version
1.9.0
[---SUCCESS---]

/==============================================
| Finished. Output saved as "diagnose.result". |
==============================================/

[immortal521]

does this happen when you make hyprland use another wallpaper program like swaybg? replace this line in the config with whatever wallpaper program you try

dots-hyprland/.config/hypr/hyprland/execs.conf

Line 2 in 583a20c

exec-once = swww-daemon --format xrgb

If I change swww to hyprpaper, there will be no such problem.

exec-once = hyprpaper

[Organique0]

Same issue. I think it started after I updated Hyprland to the newest version. I re-ran the install script after. I have resolution scaling set to 1.5 in my monitor.conf. If I remove the scaling, it works.

[Extrabartek]

Ah, this makes sense now. One of my screens is running 1.2 scaling and the other, doesn't use any scaling. I only saw the stretching issue on the screen with scaling.