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   Message 105,828 of 107,822   
   David W. Hodgins to Farley Flud   
   Re: How to Start Wayland?   
   10 Feb 24 12:37:02   
   
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   From: dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 11:19:39 -0500, Farley Flud  wrote:   
      
   > I am interested in trying out Wayland.   
   >   
   > On Gentoo it is very simple.  Just emerge Wayland and associated   
   > programs (Xwayland, etc.) and then add "wayland" to the global   
   > USE flags which will re-build all software that has wayland   
   > capability (e.g. GTK+, Qt).   
   >   
   > But then what?  How do I start Wayland?   
   >   
   > Currently, I boot into the Linux console and then start X Window   
   > using the "startx" command.  This, along with info in .xinitrc   
   > and .Xresources will bring up X.   
   >   
   > How do I do the same for Wayland?   
      
   Instead of running "startx startkde" or "startx startgnome", run   
   for kde plasma run "XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland dbus-run-session st   
   rtplasma-wayland",   
   for gnome run "XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland dbus-run-session gnome-session".   
      
   I too prefer to boot to run level 3 (aka multi-user.target under systemd). Not   
   using a display manager like sddm or gdm means one less thing that can go   
   wrong.   
      
   Regards, Dave Hodgins   
      
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