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Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2025 11:30 am**

Hi all,

I'm using MX 23 with KDE. My desktop features the Conky widget MX-Cowon_MildBlue in the top-right, which worked fine up until now. I installed the nvidia driver using ddm-mx, which went correctly, and restarted the system. The X server correctly uses the installed nvidia driver now, but the Conky widget has had the top part cut off, and the text overlaps now. Changing the widget's configuration doesn't fix it.
Anyone know what I can do?

Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2025 11:41 am**

According to the forum rules (please read): Please provide full Quick System Info from the menu, use copy for forum button, no edits.

LiveUSB version is OK if needed.

Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2025 11:47 am**

My quick system info is below:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-37-amd64 [6.1.140-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-37-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
    resume=UUID=<filter> resume_offset=866304
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM
    Distro: MX-23.6_KDE_x64 Libretto May 19 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: MAXIMUS VI HERO v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0224 date: 04/25/2013
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-4770K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4 level: v3
    note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0x28
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1987 high: 2842 min/max: 800/3900 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 2280 2: 2842 3: 2019 4: 1668 5: 1389 6: 2005 7: 1512 8: 2182
    bogomips: 55969
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  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; IBRS_FW; STIBP: conditional; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK110 [GeForce GTX TITAN] vendor: ASUSTeK GTXTITAN-6GD5 driver: nvidia
    v: 470.256.02 non-free: series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler
    code: GKxxx process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1005 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 81 s-size: 602x343mm (23.70x13.50") s-diag: 693mm (27.28")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23")
    diag: 686mm (27.01") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.256.02 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN/PCIe/SSE2
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 8
    driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 3-4:3 v: kernel chip-ID: 05a7:1020 bus-ID: 00:1b.0 class-ID: 0300
    chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK110 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e1a class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Bose USB Audio type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-37-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f040
    bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:153b class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: wg0-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.96 TiB used: 87.48 GiB (2.9%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZRX-00A8LB0 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1A01
    scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 Series size: 232.89 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 8B0Q scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: OneTouch HDD size: 1.82 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1707 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 930.25 GiB size: 914.57 GiB (98.31%) used: 87.21 GiB (9.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: luks-<filter>
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 973.4 MiB (95.06%) used: 278.3 MiB (28.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 19.56 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 59 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 38%
Repos:
  Packages: 2938 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2924 libs: 1608 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 14
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/adoptium.list
    1: deb https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb bookworm main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian bookworm stable
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mullvad.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mullvad-keyring.asc arch=amd64] https://repository.mullvad.net/deb/stable bookworm main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info:
  Processes: 293 Uptime: 1h 31m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.56 GiB used: 6.61 GiB (42.5%) Init: systemd
  v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2025 12:54 pm**

Does MX-Cowon_MildBlue_temp display the same results? Cropped top.

Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2025 1:01 pm**

Hi,

I activated MX-Cowon_MildBlue_temp in the bottom-right corner, and it also behaves incorrectly.

Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2025 1:21 pm**

Is there somewhere in the whatchamacallit (it's hot here

) a max height stated?

Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2025 1:28 pm**

I have seen this on a few conky's when scaling is set to a different setting. check your scaling, make a note of it and then reset it to default and test the conky.

If that is it, then we can get you some instructions on scaling on the conky to change the scale.

Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2025 1:28 pm**

You said you changed video drivers. I wonder if a display setting was changed in KDE.

Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2025 1:41 pm**

CharlesV wrote: Tue Aug 12, 2025 1:28 pm I have seen this on a few conky's when scaling is set to a different setting. check your scaling, make a note of it and then reset it to default and test the conky.

If that is it, then we can get you some instructions on scaling on the conky to change the scale.

Not sure which scaling setting you're referring to. If you mean the global scale setting in "System Settings > Screen & Monitor > Screen Configuration", it's set to 100%, which I assume is the default. Changing it doesn't impact the desktop. I don't see any scaling settings in the Conky file.

siamhie wrote: Tue Aug 12, 2025 1:28 pm You said you changed video drivers. I wonder if a display setting was changed in KDE.

Where could I check this?

Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2025 4:38 pm**

as a reference, and good start, lets have you compare your conky code for that against this which appears to look and be fine) :

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conky.config = {
--#####################
-- - Conky settings - #
--#####################
	update_interval = 1,
	total_run_times = 0,
	net_avg_samples = 1,
	cpu_avg_samples = 1,

	imlib_cache_size = 0,
	double_buffer = true,
	no_buffers = true,

--####################
-- - Text settings - #
--####################
	use_xft = true,
    font = 'Roboto-Light:size=100',
	override_utf8_locale = true,
	text_buffer_size = 2048,
	xftalpha = 0.9,

--############################
-- - Window specifications - #
--############################
	own_window_class = 'Conky',
	own_window = true,
	own_window_type = 'normal',
	own_window_transparent = true,

	own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,sticky',
--own_window_argb_visual yes
--own_window_argb_value 100

	alignment = 'top_right',
	gap_x = 40,
	gap_y = 40,
	minimum_width = 200, minimum_height = 220,

	
--########################
-- - Templates - 		#
--########################

template1 = '${color4}${font RobotoMono-Light:bold:pixelsize=12}${offset 8}',
template2 = '${offset 4} ${color4}batt${offset 6}',

	
--########################
-- - Graphics settings - #
--########################
	draw_shades = false,

	--hour
	default_color = 'aabbcc',
	default_shade_color = '1d1d1d',
	color0 = 'ffffff',
	--date
	color1 = 'aabbcc',
	--min
	color2 = '77ddff',
	--text
	color3 = '77ddff',
	--percentages
	color4 = 'aabbcc',

--lua_load ~/.conky/conkybg.lua
--lua_draw_hook_pre conky_draw_bg

	own_window_argb_value = 0,
	own_window_argb_visual = true,
	own_window_colour = '000000',
	lua_load = 'lua/conky.lua',

};

-- fluxbox adjustment
-- if os.getenv("XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP") == 'fluxbox' then
return_code = os.execute('pidof -q fluxbox')
if _VERSION == 'Lua 5.1' and math.floor(return_code/256) == 0 or
   _VERSION ~= 'Lua 5.1' and return_code then
   conky.config.own_window_transparent = true
   conky.config.own_window_argb_visual = false
end

conky.text = [[
${if_match "${lua time A}" == "${time %A}"}${lua set_time A}\
${else}${lua set_time a}${endif}\
${if_match "${lua time B}" == "${time %B}"}${lua set_time B}\
${else}${lua set_time b}${endif}\
${voffset -176}
${lua hours}
${color2}${offset 36}${voffset -95}${time %M}
${voffset -130}${offset 10}\
${if_match "${lua cjk}" == "false"}\
${font Roboto-Light:bold:size=12}\
${else}\
${font wqy-microhei:bold:size=12}\
${endif}\
${color1}${lua date}
${offset 150}${voffset -175}\
${if_match "${lua cjk}" == "false"}\
${font Roboto-Light:size=12}\
${else}\
${font wqy-microhei:size=12}\
${endif}\
${color2}${lua AM_PM}
#system
${offset 0}${voffset 160}\
${font Roboto-Light:bold:pixelsize=14}${offset 12}${color3}hdd \
${offset 2}${color4}\
${font RobotoMono-Light:bold:pixelsize=12}${fs_used_perc /}%\
${font Roboto-Light:bold:pixelsize=14}\
${offset 4}${color3} mem \
${offset 2}${color4}\
${font RobotoMono-Light:bold:pixelsize=12}${lua memperc}%\
${font Roboto-Light:bold:pixelsize=14}\
${offset 2}${offset 4}${color3}cpu\
${color4}${font RobotoMono-Light:bold:pixelsize=12}${lua cpu}%\
#battery
${offset 0}${voffset 10}\
${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/present/ 1}${template1}
${template2}${battery_bar 8,80 BAT0} ${battery_percent BAT0}% ${endif}\
${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0}${template1}
${template2}${battery_bar 8,80 BAT0} ${battery_percent BAT0}% ${endif}\
${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1}${template1}
${template2}${battery_bar 8,80 BAT1} ${battery_percent BAT1}% ${endif}
${voffset -190}
]];

This *will* shift the conky down a bit probably, but lets see if that now shows ok.

Posted: **Tue Aug 12, 2025 4:48 pm**

Eadwine Rose wrote: Tue Aug 12, 2025 1:21 pm Is there somewhere in the whatchamacallit (it's hot here ) a max height stated?

There's no maximum height shown in the conky.conf section. Only minimum.

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minimum_width = 220, minimum_height = 220,

@Lola
Post your MX-Cowon_MildBlue configuration.
It will be in the ~/.conky folder under MX-CowonMildBlue.

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2025 5:04 am**

The Conky config is as follows:

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conky.config = {
--#####################
-- - Conky settings - #
--#####################
	update_interval = 1,
	total_run_times = 0,
	net_avg_samples = 1,
	cpu_avg_samples = 1,

	imlib_cache_size = 0,
	double_buffer = true,
	no_buffers = true,

--####################
-- - Text settings - #
--####################
	use_xft = true,
    font = 'Roboto-Light:size=100',
	override_utf8_locale = true,
	text_buffer_size = 2048,
	xftalpha = 0.9,

--############################
-- - Window specifications - #
--############################
	own_window_class = 'Conky',
	own_window = true,
	own_window_type = 'normal',
	own_window_transparent = true,

	own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,sticky',
--own_window_argb_visual yes
--own_window_argb_value 100

	alignment = 'top_right',
	gap_x = 40,
	gap_y = 40,
	minimum_width = 200, minimum_height = 220,

	
--########################
-- - Templates - 		#
--########################

template1 = '${color4}${font RobotoMono-Light:bold:pixelsize=12}${offset 8}',
template2 = '${offset 4} ${color4}batt${offset 6}',

	
--########################
-- - Graphics settings - #
--########################
	draw_shades = false,

	--hour
	default_color = 'aabbcc',
	default_shade_color = '1d1d1d',
	color0 = 'ffffff',
	--date
	color1 = 'aabbcc',
	--min
	color2 = '77ddff',
	--text
	color3 = '77ddff',
	--percentages
	color4 = 'aabbcc',

--lua_load ~/.conky/conkybg.lua
--lua_draw_hook_pre conky_draw_bg

	own_window_argb_value = 0,
	own_window_argb_visual = true,
	own_window_colour = '000000',
	lua_load = 'lua/conky.lua',

};

-- fluxbox adjustment
-- if os.getenv("XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP") == 'fluxbox' then
return_code = os.execute('pidof -q fluxbox')
if _VERSION == 'Lua 5.1' and math.floor(return_code/256) == 0 or
   _VERSION ~= 'Lua 5.1' and return_code then
   conky.config.own_window_transparent = true
   conky.config.own_window_argb_visual = false
end

conky.text = [[
${if_match "${lua time A}" == "${time %A}"}${lua set_time A}\
${else}${lua set_time a}${endif}\
${if_match "${lua time B}" == "${time %B}"}${lua set_time B}\
${else}${lua set_time b}${endif}\
${voffset -176}
${lua hours}
${color2}${offset 36}${voffset -95}${time %M}
${voffset -130}${offset 10}\
${if_match "${lua cjk}" == "false"}\
${font Roboto-Light:bold:size=12}\
${else}\
${font wqy-microhei:bold:size=12}\
${endif}\
${color1}${lua date}
${offset 150}${voffset -175}\
${if_match "${lua cjk}" == "false"}\
${font Roboto-Light:size=12}\
${else}\
${font wqy-microhei:size=12}\
${endif}\
${color2}${lua AM_PM}
#system
${offset 0}${voffset 160}\
${font Roboto-Light:bold:pixelsize=14}${offset 12}${color3}hdd \
${offset 2}${color4}\
${font RobotoMono-Light:bold:pixelsize=12}${fs_used_perc /}%\
${font Roboto-Light:bold:pixelsize=14}\
${offset 4}${color3} mem \
${offset 2}${color4}\
${font RobotoMono-Light:bold:pixelsize=12}${lua memperc}%\
${font Roboto-Light:bold:pixelsize=14}\
${offset 2}${offset 4}${color3}cpu\
${color4}${font RobotoMono-Light:bold:pixelsize=12}${lua cpu}%\
#battery
${offset 0}${voffset 10}\
${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/present/ 1}${template1}
${template2}${battery_bar 8,80 BAT0} ${battery_percent BAT0}% ${endif}\
${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0}${template1}
${template2}${battery_bar 8,80 BAT0} ${battery_percent BAT0}% ${endif}\
${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1}${template1}
${template2}${battery_bar 8,80 BAT1} ${battery_percent BAT1}% ${endif}
${voffset -190}
]];

It is the same as the reference file posted by @CharlesV. The only difference was that minimum_height was set to 200. Increasing it has no effect on the bug.

Meanwhile, I've been testing the other Conky widgets. They likewise have issues with text alignment. The cropping only seems to affect Cowon widgets. MX-Conkyglass:conkys is one widget that works correctly.

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2025 8:26 am**

@Lola I have a suspicion, might be wrong but check this out:
OG post: viewtopic.php?p=805321#p805321
Other User case: viewtopic.php?p=810449#p810449
During the xfce4.20 update a few things needed readjusting. My Conkies were misbehaving, similarly looking to your screenshots.
Check your QSI though to find out your screen DPI.

Edit: Please disregard the above... I keep reminding myself not to post at night, as I often end up writing irrelevant things. I completely overlooked the mention of KDE instead of Xfce. My apologies!

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2025 9:28 am**

OK, your conky code is identical to the one I have.

Lola wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 5:04 am It is the same as the reference file posted by @CharlesV. The only difference was that minimum_height was set to 200. Increasing it has no effect on the bug.

That only changes the minimum height conky is suppose to display the window. Currently set to 220 pixels.

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minimum_height=integer_number

Minimum height of the window.

What is the make and model of the monitor? Maybe a change in the DPI occurred with the new drivers.

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Graphics:
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 81 s-size: 602x343mm (23.70x13.50") s-diag: 693mm (27.28")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23")
    diag: 686mm (27.01") modes: N/A

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2025 11:57 am**

Here's my monitor info from a previous forum post I made, so from quite a while ago:

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Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK110 [GeForce GTX TITAN] vendor: ASUSTeK GTXTITAN-6GD5 driver: nouveau
    v: kernel non-free: series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx
    process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1,DVI-I-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1005 class-ID: 0300 temp: 51.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Samsung S27C750 serial: <filter> built: 2013
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: NVF0 direct-render: Yes

And here is the info from my current QSI:

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Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK110 [GeForce GTX TITAN] vendor: ASUSTeK GTXTITAN-6GD5 driver: nvidia
    v: 470.256.02 non-free: series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler
    code: GKxxx process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1005 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 81 s-size: 602x343mm (23.70x13.50") s-diag: 693mm (27.28")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23")
    diag: 686mm (27.01") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.256.02 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN/PCIe/SSE2
    direct-render: Yes

So under Screen-1 the DPI has changed from 96 to 81, while under Monitor-1 the DPI remains the same at 82.

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2025 9:46 pm**

Lola wrote: Wed Aug 13, 2025 11:57 am Here's my monitor info from a previous forum post I made, so from quite a while ago:

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Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK110 [GeForce GTX TITAN] vendor: ASUSTeK GTXTITAN-6GD5 driver: nouveau
    v: kernel non-free: series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx
    process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1,DVI-I-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1005 class-ID: 0300 temp: 51.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Samsung S27C750 serial: <filter> built: 2013
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: NVF0 direct-render: Yes

And here is the info from my current QSI:

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Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK110 [GeForce GTX TITAN] vendor: ASUSTeK GTXTITAN-6GD5 driver: nvidia
    v: 470.256.02 non-free: series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler
    code: GKxxx process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1005 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 81 s-size: 602x343mm (23.70x13.50") s-diag: 693mm (27.28")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23")
    diag: 686mm (27.01") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.256.02 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN/PCIe/SSE2
    direct-render: Yes

So under Screen-1 the DPI has changed from 96 to 81, while under Monitor-1 the DPI remains the same at 82.

Seems the nouveau driver works better out of the box.

Posted: **Sat Aug 16, 2025 11:04 am**

I've switched back to the Nouveau driver, and Conky works correctly again. The moral of this story is: don't use the official nvidia driver on Linux, stick with nouveau (at least with an outdated GPU).

Posted: **Sat Aug 16, 2025 11:21 am**

Nope.. moral is: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Posted: **Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:50 am**

@Lola
check KDE-settings: "behaviour - fonts", there's a setting, that might be changed by installing nvidia driver

KDE_Fonts_DPI.png

With that checkbox unchecked, kde uses some kind of dynamic dpi settings for fonts, which results in odd appearance.
Your dpi-number might be different. That's not important. Important is, that the checkbox is checked

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