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Look here for some hints: |
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https://github.com/elogind/elogind/issues/61 |
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Not everything should apply as you are using Gentoo, but I think there |
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might be a solution for you (pam configuration might be a first step). |
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Unfortunately I can't help with elogind as I'm using systemd and there I |
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have no issues with starting a wayland desktop. |
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Wayland won't work ON TOP OF X11. You can start X applications within |
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Wayland using XWayland (will be done automatically). |
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But trying to start wayland through startx will fail. |
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Am Do., 9. Jan. 2020 um 19:31 Uhr schrieb Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>: |
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> On Thursday, 9 January 2020 17:19:18 GMT Jack wrote: |
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> > On 2020.01.09 11:38, Franz Fellner wrote: |
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> > > Am Do., 9. Jan. 2020 um 18:35 Uhr schrieb Jack < |
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> > > |
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> > > ostroffjh@×××××××××××××××××.net>: |
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> > > > Based on various wiki and forum posts, |
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> > > > I'm using "dbus-run-session startplasma-wayland" as the last line |
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> > > |
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> > > in |
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> > > |
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> > > > .xinitrc, and launching with startx. |
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> > > |
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> > > I stopped reading here. |
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> > > Please think about that again, especially what wayland was meant to |
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> > > REPLACE! |
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> > |
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> > So if you think that's wrong/outdated/inappropriate - please suggest an |
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> > alternative. |
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> > |
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> > I know the ultimate goal is for Wayland to replace xorg-server, but |
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> > everything I have read so far indicates that currently it is really |
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> > just the compositor, and in the case of KDE, that compositing is |
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> > incorporated into kwin (launched as kwin_wayland instead of kwin_x11.) |
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> > I have seen no instructions anywhere on how to launch wayland totally |
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> > independent of xorg. As I said - I'll be happy to be pointed to any |
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> > docs I seem to have missed. I do agree that most of the instructions |
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> > out there seem to be somewhat outdated, but I would expect to find |
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> > SOMETHING up to date. |
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> |
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> Perhaps as far back as 6 months ago I was able to run Plasma and |
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> Enlightenment |
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> desktops in Wayland, starting them from sddm DM. A couple of months ago |
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> Wayland broke for me. It tries to start, then drops me back into the |
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> login |
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> screen. I haven't bothered to troubleshoot it, because the mechanism of |
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> providing me with a GUIfied desktop is less of an interest to me than |
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> being |
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> able to get a desktop in the first place. |
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> -- |
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> Regards, |
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> |
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> Mick |
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