I can confirm that rebuilding the gnome-shell_48.0-1ubuntu1 package
locally with the 3680.patch does indeed restore the scaling of low
resolution icons like pymol.
** Patch added: "3680.patch"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/2107293/+attachment/5872012/+files/3680.pa
Expected scaling of low resolution Pymol icon from Ubuntu 24.04.2.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/2107293/+attachment/5871698/+files/Screenshot%20from%202025-04-14%2011-44-57.png
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Given how blurry the upscaling looks in comment #10, it might be a
feature to not upscale bitmap icons (though we could always get rid of
the filtering that makes it blurry). I'm not sure what the intent is so
please report an upstream bug at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-
shell/-/issues/new
Screenshot under current Ubuntu 25.04 from 20250414 nightly showing the
low resolution Pymol icon not being scaled to fit the high resolution
icon sizes as in prior releases of Gnome.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome
The issue exists for both the Nvidia 570 and the nouveau drivers under
both Wayland and X11.
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Title:
gnome-shell 48 doesn't scale up low resoluti
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** Tags added: apport-collected wayland-session
** Description changed:
Ubuntu 25.04 under Gnome 48 no longer properly scales up low resolution
icons. This issue can be easily reproduced by installing the pymol
package and then clicking on the Ubuntu icon at the bottom o
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gnome-shell 48 doesn't scale up low resolution icons like pymol
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The top of the Reddit thread has a screenshot of the Show Apps display
where Halo (top row middle), Unturned (middle row right) and Elite
Dangerous (bottom row right) are not being scaled up compared to the
other icons. Apparently a lot of games in Steam have such low resolution
icons that Gnome 48
Thanks for the bug report, but I can't see this bug in that Reddit post.
Please:
1. Attach a screenshot or photo of the problem.
2. Run this command to gather more system info:
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** Tags added: plucky
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
