diff --git a/.github/workflows/drm-capture.yml b/.github/workflows/drm-capture.yml
index 9f8b9059f..9706c7ae1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/drm-capture.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/drm-capture.yml
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Assert the .so contract (EGL enabled, loader symbols present)
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          # Strict mode is load-bearing here: without it the trailing ::notice echo would return 0
+          # and mask the `test "$missing" -eq 0` assertion, so the step would pass with a missing
+          # loader symbol or a CPU-only stub. (pipefail also keeps the grep -c pipelines honest.)
+          set -euo pipefail
           SO="$(cat so_path)"
           echo "checking $SO"
           missing=0
@@ -189,9 +193,12 @@ jobs:
           # silently dropped from the loop), and the count is asserted below so a refactor of the
           # loader away from b"..." literals cannot quietly turn this whole check into a no-op that
           # iterates zero times and passes.
+          # `|| true` on the extraction pipelines: under set -e/pipefail a zero-match grep would
+          # abort the script before the explicit ::error guard below can say WHY it failed; the
+          # guard on nsyms is the intended reporter for that case.
           syms=$(grep -oE 'b"drmtap_[a-z0-9_]+"' libs/scrap/src/common/drmtap_dl.rs \
-                 | sed 's/^b"//; s/"$//' | sort -u)
-          nsyms=$(echo "$syms" | grep -c .)
+                 | sed 's/^b"//; s/"$//' | sort -u || true)
+          nsyms=$(echo "$syms" | grep -c . || true)
           if [ "$nsyms" -lt 13 ]; then
             echo "::error::extracted only $nsyms loader symbols from drmtap_dl.rs (expected >= 13); the extraction pattern no longer matches the loader"
             missing=1
diff --git a/src/server/wayland.rs b/src/server/wayland.rs
index 9982fc885..40869903d 100644
--- a/src/server/wayland.rs
+++ b/src/server/wayland.rs
@@ -452,13 +452,24 @@ pub(super) fn get_capturer_for_display(
             // this guard is skipped, preserving upstream behavior exactly.
             #[cfg(feature = "drm")]
             if super::drm_capturer::is_available_cached() {
-                if let Some(advertised) = super::drm_capturer::get_display_infos()
-                    .and_then(|l| l.get(display_idx).cloned())
-                {
+                let (advertised, single_display) = match super::drm_capturer::get_display_infos() {
+                    Some(list) => (list.get(display_idx).cloned(), list.len() == 1),
+                    None => (None, false),
+                };
+                if let Some(advertised) = advertised {
+                    // The advertised DRM geometry is PHYSICAL while the PipeWire rect is the
+                    // compositor's LOGICAL size (try_fix_logical_size), so on a scaled output the
+                    // two sizes legitimately disagree (2880x1800 vs 1440x900) even when the stream
+                    // IS this display. On a single-display host the whole-desktop stream is this
+                    // display by construction, so only the position has to agree there; comparing
+                    // the physical size too rejected the one valid fallback and restart-looped the
+                    // display instead of degrading. On a multi-monitor host the size check stays:
+                    // it is what tells one connector apart from the full-desktop rect.
                     let consistent = advertised.x == rect.0 .0
                         && advertised.y == rect.0 .1
-                        && advertised.width as usize == rect.1
-                        && advertised.height as usize == rect.2;
+                        && (single_display
+                            || (advertised.width as usize == rect.1
+                                && advertised.height as usize == rect.2));
                     if !consistent {
                         bail!(
                             "drm display {} demoted with no geometry-consistent PipeWire stream (advertised {}x{}+{}+{} vs stream {}x{}+{}+{}); advertised offline",