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an0nsquest

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Registered: 2021-10-22

Posts: 18

[SOLVED]Gui programs will not start on wayland gnome

I did a fresh install of arch today and configured my system to use wayland / gnome on my laptop. (GX551QS)

Installed nvidia-dkms (see pastebin for additional packages installed)

The programs that I have installed currently that won't start are timeshift and vlc. Probably other gui programs will not start as well.

Firefox starts just fine.

cat ~/.config/environment.d/envvars.conf                             
MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1
GDK_BACKEND=wayland
MOZ_DBUS_REMOTE=1

List of packages installed
https://pastebin.com/Zg6igXBy

 uname -r 
5.15.2-arch1-g14-1

EDIT:
Actually I solved the issue by commenting out the GDK_BACKEND=wayland and MOZ_DBUS_REMOTE=1
can someone explain why doing that solved my issue? Still learning arch as I go. Thanks

Last edited by an0nsquest (2021-11-22 16:19:07)

icar

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Registered: 2020-07-31

Posts: 562

Re: [SOLVED]Gui programs will not start on wayland gnome

MOZ_DBUS_REMOTE is for allowing Xwayland programs to open links on Wayland Firefox. more info
GDK_BACKEND basically forces the backend to use on programs. Electron or CEF ones, like Discord or Spotify, will not work unless started with the appropriate flags, as an example.