Gnome on Wayland (3.12) issue [SOLVED]

Mineko · 2014-04-17 18:26:22

Hello, I was attempting to use the Gnome 3.12 feature "Gnome on Wayland", and as I logged in it took me straight back to GDM, however if I logged in again or any other way, it did the same thing, only when I restarted would it let me log in regularly.

Now, I boot up again, and log in to Gnome on Wayland, and this time I switch to tty2 (Or whatever ctl+alt+F2 is) to see if it's there, and turns out.. Gnome on Wayland is there, however it's just a black terminal screen with a blinking underscore.

I don't know if or where the logs to this are, so I cannot post them until I know, any idea why I can't use Gnome on Wayland?

Thank you for your time.

Last edited by Mineko (2014-04-17 20:49:25)

clfarron4 · 2014-04-17 18:55:07

Have you installed video drivers patched for use with Wayland, as suggested on the Wiki?

Mineko · 2014-04-17 20:47:01

Turns out it'd be better to wait for xorg-server 1.16, thanks for the help.

bbarcher · 2014-05-13 14:30:16

clfarron4 wrote:

Have you installed video drivers patched for use with Wayland, as suggested on the Wiki?

I don't see the wiki page even mention driver installation. What do I miss? I intend to start a minimum hassle Gnome on wayland session.

ooo · 2014-05-13 14:34:34

bbarcher wrote:

I don't see the wiki page even mention driver installation. What do I miss? I intend to start a minimum hassle Gnome on wayland session.

Previously you had to install xwayland and vf86-video drivers patched for it. These days everything required is included in xorg-server 1.16, or rather its development snapshots.

bbarcher · 2014-05-13 14:40:53

ooo wrote:

bbarcher wrote:
I don't see the wiki page even mention driver installation. What do I miss? I intend to start a minimum hassle Gnome on wayland session.
Previously you had to install xwayland and vf86-video drivers patched for it. These days everything required is included in xorg-server 1.16, or rather its development snapshots.

Could you tell me what is actually missing in current Arch?

ooo · 2014-05-13 15:09:31

bbarcher wrote:

Could you tell me what is actually missing in current Arch?

From official repos? xwayland basically, which is required for mutter to work on wayland. As mentioned before it will be included in next xorg release.

bbarcher · 2014-05-13 20:04:00

OK, thank you.

jdbrown · 2014-05-13 23:34:13

bbarcher wrote:

ooo wrote:
bbarcher wrote:
I don't see the wiki page even mention driver installation. What do I miss? I intend to start a minimum hassle Gnome on wayland session.
Previously you had to install xwayland and vf86-video drivers patched for it. These days everything required is included in xorg-server 1.16, or rather its development snapshots.
Could you tell me what is actually missing in current Arch?

Actually you'll have to wait for Gnome 3.14 if you don't want anything from development snapshot. Because the code in 3.12 only supports the old xwayland (maybe the Gnome developers only cares the stability in Fedora), the code for the Xwayland DDX in Xorg 1.16 has been added in Gnome 3.13 series and will be released with 3.14.

bbarcher · 2014-05-14 08:16:03

jdbrown wrote:

bbarcher wrote:
ooo wrote:
Previously you had to install xwayland and vf86-video drivers patched for it. These days everything required is included in xorg-server 1.16, or rather its development snapshots.
Could you tell me what is actually missing in current Arch?
Actually you'll have to wait for Gnome 3.14 if you don't want anything from development snapshot. Because the code in 3.12 only supports the old xwayland (maybe the Gnome developers only cares the stability in Fedora), the code for the Xwayland DDX in Xorg 1.16 has been added in Gnome 3.13 series and will be released with 3.14.

Exactly the info I was looking for. Thanks!

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#1 2014-04-17 18:26:22

Gnome on Wayland (3.12) issue [SOLVED]

#2 2014-04-17 18:55:07

Re: Gnome on Wayland (3.12) issue [SOLVED]

#3 2014-04-17 20:47:01

Re: Gnome on Wayland (3.12) issue [SOLVED]

#4 2014-05-13 14:30:16

Re: Gnome on Wayland (3.12) issue [SOLVED]

#5 2014-05-13 14:34:34

Re: Gnome on Wayland (3.12) issue [SOLVED]

#6 2014-05-13 14:40:53

Re: Gnome on Wayland (3.12) issue [SOLVED]

#7 2014-05-13 15:09:31

Re: Gnome on Wayland (3.12) issue [SOLVED]

#8 2014-05-13 20:04:00

Re: Gnome on Wayland (3.12) issue [SOLVED]

#9 2014-05-13 23:34:13

Re: Gnome on Wayland (3.12) issue [SOLVED]

#10 2014-05-14 08:16:03

Re: Gnome on Wayland (3.12) issue [SOLVED]

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