Questions tagged [wayland]
Wayland is a simplified replacement for the X Window System in Linux and Unix-like operating systems. It consists of a display server (the Wayland compositor), a communication protocol, and a C library reference implementation named Weston. Use this tag for questions pertaining specifically to Wayland or Weston.
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Second monitor detected only at startup
I'm using a Latitude E7470, with Debian 12 and GNOME on it. I'm trying to connect an acer monitor, whose model I can find if it's needed (but I believe the problem is not the monitor).
Anyway, the ...
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SDDM on Wayland crashes in test mode
I am trying SDDM on Wayland in a VM but I am not able to get it to work.
My system maybe is a little unusual:
The host is a Mac Mini (old one - Late 2012) on which I run Ubuntu 23.04
On this I run ...
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Setting a custom keyboard layout in Wayland does not apply when SSH-ing
I recently upgraded my Ubuntu system from 20.04 (Xorg) to 22.04, and switched to Wayland. This upgrade created several unexpected challenges for my environment, particularly in terms of configuration. ...
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Setting PATH for whole user session
I need to add a path from my home folder to the PATH variable for the entire user session.
I am running a Plasma session under Wayland on the Steam Deck.
Using $HOME/.config/environment.d/***.conf to ...
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X11 equivalents of grim, slurp, and wl-copy
I have been using Sway on Wayland for the last couple of years, but am currently stuck on X11/i3 due to various reasons...
The configs are compatible for the most part, but I am having trouble getting ...
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Google Chrome, Linux, Wayland, UI scaling?
Under Gnome 43.4, I enabled Wayland mode for Chrome with...
but in Wayland mode, the --force-device-scale-factor command-line option seems to behave weirdly. It does not scale the UI, but just makes ...
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Wayland compositor seems to behave differently with my GLFW code, mainly missing window decorators
To start off, this is a completely fresh install of Arch Linux + Gnome with Wayland. Downloaded the respective packages of glfw-wayland, glew-wayland in order to build my program, and ran it.
I ...
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In WSL2, enabling systemd break gui applications
In WSL2 (1.0.3) with Debian Testing, gui applications work fine. But when I enable 'systemd', they don't work anymore.
In /etc/wsl.conf:
[boot]
systemd = true
Applications start (the shell is waiting ...
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Ubuntu: Cannot disable Wayland on multiple users
I am attempting to disable Wayland on 2 users at the same time on my machine so I could remote connect using TeamViewer.
I tried setting $ sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf to WaylandEnable=false on ...
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Changing keyboard mapping in Wayland compositors
guys. I installed several Wayland-related packages in my Linux system. However, when I open a Wayland compositor (such as Weston), the default keyboard mapping is "US" (american).
When I try ...
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vainfo/va-api does not work in wayland/xorg/via VNC
So I'm trying to get hardware acceleration to work on a Intel Xeon E3-1245 v2 running Ubuntu 22.04.
What I did so far:
added the user to the video and render group
removed nomodeset from ...
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How to set Docker Desktop electron configuration for Wayland support?
Docker Desktop's UI is based on Electron. When running on Gnome/Wayland, it uses XWayland. I'm pretty sure there must be a way to configure it to run natively on Wayland, such as passing --enable-...
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What is the equivalent of `--class` in Konsole?
I'm using Wayland + SwayWM. Inside of Sway, I'm using the Konsole terminal. From time to time I would want to open another terminal window in the "launcher" fashion, as in some Sway-...
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How to set a specific key on wayland?
I already set ctrl:nocaps through gnome-tweaks to avoid pinky injury. However, I still need to have Cap Lock somewhere.
On X11 I usually do
printf "keycode 127 = Caps_Lock NoSymbol Caps_Lock&...
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Set "Ubuntu On Xorg" by default globally but without preventing the choice of Wayland
On this site:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/configuring-xorg-as-default-gnome-session/
I was told the way to set Ubuntu on Xorg by default in the file /etc/gdm3/custom.conf:
# GDM ...
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How to move all windows to a different monitor with Gnome / wayland?
It's all in the title. My computer has an 8 inches screen. I often plug/unplugged it to a bigger 22 inches monitor. I also usually have many (dozens) windows of various things opened in 5 workspaces. ...
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How to make Ctrl+alt 3rd level selector (Alt Gr) on Linux using Wayland?
How can I make Ctrl+Alt be the third level selector, similar to Alt Gr, in Wayland?
All solutions found on the internet are very specific to Xorg and any key remapping software such as AutoKey or ...
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Best way to scroll Firefox with keyboard when focus is on another window?
I am runnig Linux with Gnome/Wayland and I mostly use two GUI applications Terminator and Firefox.
I use Terminator fullscreen with transparency and I am able to read pages on Firefox at the same time:...
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KDE Plasma with Walyland - Touchpad right click not working
I've installed Debian (LMDE, Linux Mint Debian Edition) with KDE Plasma and Wayland, into Lenovo Ideapad D330 2in1 tablet/netbook. Using X11 session is not a solution, because of random blank screen ...
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Move window to right on WSL not working
I have Ubuntu 22.04 in WSL 2, and I installed pycharm and xfce4-terminal (I also checked with Nautilus) inside it. For some reason I can't move any window to the right or left, neither with the mouse,...
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Flameshot on Gnome 42
A new security feature in somewhere in the display server/window manager stack prevents me from seamlessly using the much loved screen capture utility, Flameshot. I've google for how to restore the ...
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GUI apps on WSL/Debian
So we are supposed to be able to run Linux GUI apps on the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
However, as per Debian wiki:
To activate the new GUI application support you have to update your WSL2 ...
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How it it possible for Wayland compositors to use keyboard/mouse without root access?
I installed the Weston compositor on a Ubuntu laptop just to test it. When launching it from a text console, it opens and works fine, using DRM to draw the interface and evdev to read input devices ...
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Fedora 35 (Silverblue) installer, and then system, boots only into text-mode
I'm attempting to install Fedora 35 Silverblue for the first time. I've partitioned my drive using Windows 11, leaving 150GB of free-space; then I booted to the Silverblue USB-stick I burned.
The ...
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Monitor Not Operating Properly In Wayland
I have three monitors. Two of them work perfectly. One is an older Asus monitor, and the other, which is particularly interesting for this question (because it works perfectly and is a similar model ...
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After 20.04 upgrade my system freezes after log in unless I use Wayland
I was running Ubuntu 18.04 on my Dell XPS. I've just upgraded 20.04.
When it boots and gets to the new log in screen, my arrow cursor is frozen and the trackpad does nothing and so the only thing I ...
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Qt5's QPA can not connect to my display?
I am trying to launch the Garuda Boot Manager and get this:
qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display :0
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though ...
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Do Wayland "windows" really have no decorations or ways to position/resize them?
I have been experimenting with Wayland by writing some simple programs that render some basic OpenGL stuff to an EGL surface. This all works great, but I've noticed that when requesting a surface/...
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any way to use super+scroll up for changing the workspace in Xorg like wayland?
super+scroll up not changing the workspace when using Xorg instead of wayland.
anyway to fix/change?
*need to use Xorg as wayland don't allow to cast full screen normally. If there's a way to cast ...
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How do I create a lossless screencast using Fedora and Wayland?
Environment:
Fedora 34, 5.12.13-300.fc34.x86_64
FFMPEG 4.4-4.fc34
GNOME 40.1.0
What I am trying to do:
Create a lossless screencast file (video only, audio not required) that can be used as a source ...
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What's the Wayland equivalent of ~/.xsession?
As a normal, no root access, end-user of my work machine, I've always started my windowmanager of choice with ~/.xsession. In recent years this is done with xinit-compat, which, as I understand it on ...
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How do I get xkb settings to work via xwayland? They work fine when used on Wayland-native applications
My custom keyboard mapping only works through xdg_shell applications, not through xwayland. I have configured Sway to show in the title bar what's running via xwayland and what's not, using for_window ...
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Touchpad horizontal scrolling and Areas setting don't work in Gnome on Wayland
I'm accessing a CentOS 8 VM (VMware) via Nomachine NX from a MacBook Pro running macOS 10.15.7. Running Gnome 3.32.2 on Wayland.
Two fingered scrolling works for vertical scrolling, but not for ...
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After f32 update on Acer Laptop: built-in keyboard not working
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I tried several distros and finally installed the Fedora Compiz Mate Desktop. It works fine with built-in-Keyboard working. But running sudo dnf update installed me a newer kernel, where I ...
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Qt5 on Wayland - how to set keyboard repeat rate?
I'm running SwayWM. I set the keyboard repeat delay and rate in ~/.config/sway/config as:
input * repeat_delay 180
input * repeat_rate 50
This works in everything except Qt5 applications. Qt5 ...
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Can't login after full system upgrade
yesterday i upgraded my system on Archlinux and after a reboot the login screen is back whenever i type the pass, password is right but i think there's some error somewhere dunno.
i tried my best to ...
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How to debug problems with Wayland on Fedora 32
I have recently performed massive cleaning of my Fedora 32 system, which included high amount of packages being removed from the system, by the way removing desktop environment I was using. Before, I ...
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How to display 3D Wayland inside a virtual machine?
I'd like to try Wayfire—a 3D Wayland compositor—inside a virtual machine.
What are the options and requirements to make a virtual machine that can display a Wayland compositor with 3D acceleration?
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How to force Ubuntu(Wayland) to output "Broadcast RGB: FULL" to a HDMI output?
I'm using intel 620 GPU and currently running Ubuntu 19.10/Wayland.
The system have an eDP monitor and a HDMI monitor.(Basic laptop + monitor setup).
On Windows this is easy:
1) Configure full RGB ...
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I want my PRIMARY SELECTION back
I've been using the primary selection since I installed my very first Linux on a Computer in 1994.
It's so simple: Select text, change window, middle-click, happy
With the latest updates - it ...
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Debian slow start after upgrade - Gnome/Wayland issue ? (Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid - Gnome 3.34.1)
After upgraded my Debian testing few weeks ago, I realise that my boot take 1 minute more to show login screen. 1 minute is a timeout during boot. I did'nt notice that before because I always use ...
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debian 10 buster gnome wayland. How to make my terminal transparent?
I just updated Debian from stretch to buster. It now uses Gnome Wayland. Before I had my terminal transparent using devilspie2. Now that doesn't work anymore. I guess it is because gnome now uses ...
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How to check if a program uses Wayland or X11 in Linux?
Is there a command in Linux that can tell whether a program uses Wayland, Xorg, or Xwayland?
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Start nautilus as root using wayland
In the past when X11 was the default server for the display it was possible to start nautilus as root then navigate where ever required.
Since the release of wayland, this behavior has changed, at ...
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GStreamer plays video with wrong resolution when I use vaapisink in pipeline
I try to play video using gstreamer. There are two possiple output sinks to use: waylandsink and vaapisink. When I play video with waylandsink, everything is fine. When I try to play it with vaapisink,...
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Why does my Linux laptop not use swap space aggressively even with high swappiness value?
I have around 8GiB of RAM on my laptop:
$ free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7.7Gi 6.9Gi 214Mi 381Mi 580Mi ...
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Wayland not working Kali linux KDE 2019
I am having an issue with kali linux KDE edition, in which it will boot into GUI, but after dist-upgrade it won't boot into GUI anymore. I had this problem previously on the gnome edition, which I ...
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Using a tablet as a second monitor with Wayland
I use the following script to VNC into my computer using an old tablet to turn the tablet into a second monitor:
xrandr --fb 3840x1080 --output eDP-1 --panning 3840x1080+0+0/3840x1080+0+0
sleep 3
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How do I unminimize a weston window?
I accidentally minimized a weston-terminal window under Weston, and I want to get it back. This window is running vim with my full development environment, so I don't want to replace it.
By default, ...
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Scancodes of Fn keys
I have a problem with remapping Fn keys on my Dell xps 9370.
Software: Arch linux + Wayland.
I want to remap brightness up/down keys to page up/down, but i cannot find their scancodes. This is output ...
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