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#1 2014-08-03 23:32:59
- TheFiddler
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Cannot launch Gnome on Wayland
When selecting Gnome on Wayland, all I am getting is a screen flicker and a return back to GDM. What do I need to do in order to launch Gnome on Wayland?
I am using a fully updated Arch installation (Xorg 1.16.0, linux 3.15.8, nouveau-dri 10.2.4.)
Any ideas?
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#2 2014-08-04 00:26:51
- brittyazel
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Re: Cannot launch Gnome on Wayland
Did you read the wiki page? You have to build a special mutter-wayland package and reboot
I don't really know what I'm doing.
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#3 2014-08-04 02:39:50
- ooo
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Re: Cannot launch Gnome on Wayland
I failed to get the mutter-wayland from wiki to start last time I tried it, after xorg 1.16 update due to xwayland errors, so I'm not sure if it's still up to date.
In either case, gnome on wayland at 3.12 state still has some major bugs that basically make it unusable.
If you try launching it via command line with 'gnome-session --session=gnome-wayland' you will probably see more detailed errors than with gdm, or check if gdm happened to output the errors to journal.
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#4 2014-08-04 11:16:23
- TheFiddler
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Re: Cannot launch Gnome on Wayland
Did you read the wiki page? You have to build a special mutter-wayland package and reboot
I did and I'm pretty sure I read on the wiki, or on this forum, that this hack would no longer be necessary with xorg 1.16. Apparently it still is, too bad.
If you try launching it via command line with 'gnome-session --session=gnome-wayland' you will probably see more detailed errors than with gdm, or check if gdm happened to output the errors to journal.
Will try that, thanks.
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