GTK file chooser oversized / broken dialogs in i3 after disk-full even

Jodi42 · 2026-02-11 13:00:48

I’m using i3 on Arch.
During a Docker build, / became 100% full. After that, the system GUI state became corrupted.

Main symptom:

GTK file chooser dialogs (Chrome, Timeshift, others) open larger than screen / unusable

I have already freed disk space and reinstalled several GTK/dbus packages, but the issue persists.

and output of

 journalctl -p 3 -xb | pastebin

https://termbin.com/wndz

Jodi42 · 2026-02-11 13:01:24

Jodi42 wrote:

I’m using i3 on Arch.
During a Docker build, / became 100% full. After that, the system GUI state became corrupted.
Main symptom:
GTK file chooser dialogs (Chrome and any browser) open larger than screen / unusable
I have already freed disk space and reinstalled GTK packages, but the issue persists.
https://termbin.com/bpns
and output of
 journalctl -p 3 -xb | pastebin 
https://termbin.com/wndz

Last edited by Jodi42 (2026-02-11 13:02:03)

seth · 2026-02-11 15:44:02

Please link a screenshot.
Are the windows too big or are the window elements bigger?
(Huge fonts and icons and buttons)

आइए देखें कि यह काम करता है या नहीं।
क्या खिड़कियाँ बड़ी हैं या विंडो के तत्व बड़े हैं?
(बड़े फ़ॉन्ट्स, आइकन और बटन)

Jodi42 · 2026-02-11 17:48:43

https://0x0.st/PAgk.png

this is full screen by the way. even resize shortcuts from $mod+r are not working.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=3#p3

कृपया स्क्रीनशॉट का लिंक भेजें।
क्या विंडो बहुत बड़ी हैं या विंडो के एलिमेंट्स बहुत बड़े हैं?

(बड़े फॉन्ट, आइकन और बटन)
this is the correct hindi generated by google translate. I don't know from where to hell did you translate. I am sort angry, confused, irritated, for a moment felt like you are ridiculing me. Please use google translate

Last edited by Jodi42 (2026-02-11 17:59:32)

topcat01 · 2026-02-11 17:57:28

Does moving ~/.config/dconf/user help? It might just be a corruption of the user profile.

Jodi42 · 2026-02-11 18:00:47

the entire folder was itself removed in disk full event as fas I remember. .config folder was empty

topcat01 · 2026-02-11 18:05:11

Can you also try creating a test user and trying from there? That will confirm if it's a user profile issue.

seth · 2026-02-11 20:12:48

I don't know from where to hell did you translate

deepl.com

Please use google translate

The point is for you to somehow translate from/too english - I don't care how, but it's gonna be required so we're not ending up like with your last thread.

On topic:
The problem is most likely that your i3 config doesn't consider dialogs as floating, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/I3#Cor … ng_dialogs
Please post your i3 config but also test the behavior w/ openbox (to rule out some bogus gtk setting was stored)

Notably

the entire folder was itself removed in disk full event as fas I remember. .config folder was empty

What *exactly* did you do? Right now your ~/.config is completely empty?

sudo LC_ALL=C pacman -Qkk |& grep --line-buffered -v ', 0 altered files' | grep -v backup

topcat01 · 2026-02-12 18:48:21

The default i3 config should handle dialogs ok. I tested this on a fresh user to be sure. I let i3 create the config on login.

Jodi42 · 2026-02-12 21:49:48

On a test user created form command

 useradd -m -G wheel testuser

the file chooser was alright in size.

I also made changes in .profile to match up for 2k laptop screen

export TERMINAL=alacritty
export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct

# --- HiDPI Settings for i3 ---

# Qt (KDE apps, VLC, qBittorrent)
# Tell Qt to use the system DPI (144) we set in Xresources
export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=1
export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct   # Optional: install qt5ct for better styling
export QT_SCALE_FACTOR=1.875

# GTK (Firefox, GIMP, File Managers)
# Keep Scale at 1. If set to 2, things become huge (200%).
# With Scale=1, GTK will read Xft.dpi=144 and scale text properly.
export GDK_SCALE=1
export GDK_DPI_SCALE=1

however these did not cause the file chooser to go behave in abrupt manner.

these is .Xresources

! Set DPI to 144 for 2K screens (1.5x scaling)
Xft.dpi: 144

! Improve font rendering
Xft.autohint: 0
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
Xft.hintstyle: hintfull
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.rgba: rgb

My i3 config file
https://termbin.com/j4pc

Last edited by Jodi42 (2026-02-12 21:55:30)

Jodi42 · 2026-02-12 21:57:07

Also this behavior is system wide. I saw the same today in visual studio code for opening a folder through C-k C-o shortcut.

seth · 2026-02-12 22:02:30

Is that the i3 configu of your main or the test user?

seth wrote:

also test the behavior w/ openbox (to rule out some bogus gtk setting was stored)
…
What *exactly* did you do? Right now your ~/.config is completely empty?
sudo LC_ALL=C pacman -Qkk |& grep --line-buffered -v ', 0 altered files' | grep -v backup

But i guess we're back to blogging random stuff…

Jodi42 · 2026-02-12 22:06:34

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=9#p9
https://termbin.com/8wji

output of command

sudo LC_ALL=C pacman -Qkk |& grep --line-buffered -v ', 0 altered files' | grep -v backup

Jodi42 · 2026-02-12 22:08:34

That i3 is of the main user.

seth · 2026-02-13 10:38:09

Packages look unsuspicious

seth wrote:

also test the behavior w/ openbox (to rule out some bogus gtk setting was stored)

Jodi42 · 2026-02-13 11:30:25

https://0x0.st/Paxq.png

This is also another problem I am facing in drop down menu of chrome. the manner in which they appear is really poor. is there any solution to this.

Jodi42 · 2026-02-13 12:51:45

seth wrote:

Packages look unsuspicious
seth wrote:
also test the behavior w/ openbox (to rule out some bogus gtk setting was stored)

On installing openbox through

 sudo pacman -S openbox

and opening it form sddm it gave a black screen.

Jodi42 · 2026-02-13 12:55:30

Jodi42 wrote:

On a test user created form command
useradd -m -G wheel testuser
the file chooser was alright in size.

Post 10

seth · 2026-02-13 14:33:59

and opening it form sddm it gave a black screen.

Yes, openbox (like i3wm) is a window manager - you'll also have to run sth.
Try the right mouse button…

Jodi42 · 2026-02-13 16:40:27

Jodi42 wrote:

https://0x0.st/Paxq.png
This is also another problem I am facing in drop down menu of chrome. the manner in which they appear is really poor. is there any solution to this.

Can you help me with this problem as well.
Edit:
Never mind I used picom and turned off shadows and it worked.

Last edited by Jodi42 (2026-02-13 17:08:50)

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