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jfk

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Registered: 2017-12-11

Posts: 118

[SOLVED] Can't start qtile with wayland

qtile start -b wayland 

ends with

RuntimeError: failed to create wlroots backend

python-pywlroots 0.17 is installed.

If I su I get a black screen (without bar).

This happens on a fresh Arch installation. The command works fine on my Xorg laptop with wayland.

EDIT:

As described here, I needed my user to be in seatd group. This should be mentionned in the Wiki IMHO.

Last edited by jfk (2024-08-07 19:33:52)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,880

Re: [SOLVED] Can't start qtile with wayland

GPU and used drivers? "Ends with"? Is there more to it? If so please share the full log.