Questions tagged [wayland]
Wayland is a protocol that specifies the communication between a display server and its clients, as well as a reference implementation of the protocol in C language. It was initially authored by Kristian Høgsberg as a replacement for the X Window System.
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Rendering issues after hardware upgrade
I upgraded my PC from i3 6100 to Ryzen3 3200g. Only on Ubuntu, these issue happen, not in Windows 10. On Firefox, Chromium, wine windows, Clion and other programs.
These issues appear on screenshots ...
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Why I'm facing this problem “The application Passwords and Keys has closed unexpectedly” and how to solve it?
Error message screenshot
Details:
https://imgur.com/a/GrjcC6f
About the installation: Ubuntu 20.04 - Clean installation with this options:
Minimal installation
Custom partitions
Download updates ...
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Icons in Gnome top bar misplaced and overlapping with applications [duplicate]
this week I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop and connected it to my external 27" screen (EIZO 27" with 3840x2160px).
In order to enable video acceleration in Firefox via VA-API I switched ...
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Disable scaling for specific XWayland applications
I'm using Wayland with a 4K screen, and I set the screen scaling to 175%.
This works fine (even though XWayland applications are generally blurry, but oh well)
Unfortunately, it also scales games ...
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Flatpak viber doesnot run on wayland
android@inspi:~$ flatpak run com.viber.Viber
QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread
sh: xdg-mime: command not found
Flatpak viber doesnot run in wayland on 20.04.
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Can I use Wayland on my nVidia machine?
I have a laptop with an nVidia RTX 2080 and the 440.64 driver. I have both lightdm and gdm3 installed and am running Ubuntu 20.04 which means as of today I have just about the latest hardware, ...
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Can't type password in log in screen after installing lightdm. Switched to Xorg from Wayland
I had some trouble running team-viewer, so I followed this advice. I installed lightdm
sudo apt-get install lightdm
and changed the setting to 'lightdm'-Xorg. Previously it was Wayland I believe.
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ubuntu 20.04 wayland fractional scaling only works with Gnome apps
I am using fractional scaling on ubuntu 20.04(loged in with wayland, intel GPU), fractional scaling only works with Gnome apps(gnome-terminal, gnome-setting) on dual monitors, other apps like chrome ...
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How do I drag and drop between two Files (Nautilus) windows when using Wayland on Ubuntu 20.04
I have switched to using Wayland on Ubuntu 20.04 because the unresolved copy and paste bug in Mutter made Libre Office Calc unusable for me.
When I open two folders side by side using Files (Nautilus)...
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Unable to swap Escape and CapsLock in my custom keyboard layout - wayland
I have my custom keyboard layout (hosted on Gitlab). It works well on my other machines (Arch with X and Wayland). When I installed in on my Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Capslock key was still Capslock (I have ...
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current OpenGL, GPU, Wayland, etc. dev packages on Focal Fossa
Wondering if anyone is up to date on package information for working with OpenGL/mesa/SDL/DRI/GPU tools/Intel graphics/Vulkan/Wayland/LLVM-specific stuff,and anything else that might be interesting
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How do I get 60 Hz, 3840x2160 with Wayland on 4K display in 20.04 LTS?
I'm using a 4K monitor. It's capable of 3840x2160 at 60 Hz. In order to get the UI a sensible looking size, I have enabled fractional scaling to 150%.
However, I have noticed things like Chrome 'tear'...
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Desktop crashes after upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 “Connection to xwayland lost”
I upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS to 20.04 and since then my display appears to crash periodically, say every 15-30 minutes. I found this error in syslog:
Connection to xwayland lost
gsd-xsettings: ...
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Can't acces to Xauthority for X11VNC (Ubuntu 20.04)
I'm trying to implement X11VNC on Ubuntu 20.04 but it's been frustrating.
I need to use command way, the goal is to keep it on a systemd service.
As I know Ubuntu is using Xorg for the moment. Running ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Wayland is logging me out
My setup is 20.04 with vanilla Gnome 3.36.2 on Wayland. I previously ran 19.10 with the same setup. / and /home are on separate filesystems. I did a clean install of 20.04 onto / but maintained my ...
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Enabling Trackpoing scroll under Wayland for my IBM SpaceSaver II (RT3200)
I have an old IBM SpaceSaver II that I've been using for a while now. After updating to Ubuntu 20.04 I decided to give Wayland another go. The only thing that keeps me from using it full time is the ...
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Wayland in Ubuntu 20.04 (IntelGPU)
I sadly do not have the choice of starting a Gnome with Wayland session when logging in (no gear icon showing).
Using a Thinkpad with integrated Intel GPU, WaylandEnable option in /etc/gdm3/custom....
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Change line Wayland=true to false with bash without text editor? [duplicate]
How i can change line "Wayland=true" to "Wayland=false" without editing with text editor for making WaylandDisabler.sh script?
I want change this line while executing script.
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Firefox Touchscreen in Ubuntu 20.04 with Wayland
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 with Wayland (for fractional scaling) on a laptop with touchscreen. I would like to use firefox with touch-scrolling. In Ubuntu 19.10, I needed to modify the environment ...
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Which VNC Servers work with Ubuntu 20.04 and Wayland
I recently upgraded my Ubuntu Desktop from 18.04 to 20.04 and have been accessing it via SSH. But, some of the scripts that I want to run require an actual desktop with a terminal. I've used VNC ...
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What is wayland and how do I enable it? [duplicate]
What is Wayland and how do I enable it? One extension that I installed said that it needs Wayland to work... Sorry if this is a stupid question. I am new to Ubuntu and the world of Coding. (I haven't ...
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Cannot login Wayland sessions on 20.04
Since the upgrade to 20.04 I'm unable to login Wayland sessions. I'm using vanilla Gnome so in my greeter I have four options (Gnome, Gnome on Xorg, Ubuntu and Ubuntu on Wayland). I can log in the two ...
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“Ubuntu on Wayland” no longer a selectable option in 20.04 for Thinkpad users with switchable graphics
New problem for ubuntu 20.04 (worked great in 19.10, but broken now): When I am using one of my thinkpads with switchable graphics (i.e. both integrated graphics and dedicated graphics- Nvidia in ...
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'Ubuntu on Wayland' theme and appearance set to Ubuntu 20.04 default Session. How to restore back?
I chose the 'Ubuntu on Wayland' session from the settings like icon from the right corner of the login screen and logged in.
Once I logged out and logged back in the Ubuntu default session, the ...
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Login screen changed
I've a problem with my laptop in brightness after installation of NVIDIA card. I followed this
Link and when i restart laptop and login again it worked only with way-land
and when i tried to use any ...
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Can I Use Wayland as daily driver in Ubuntu 20.04?
I just Switched from Pop OS 19.10 to Ubuntu 20.04.
I am really liking ubuntu as it gives me smoother experience on my laptop ASUS X505za with ryzen 5 2500u.
I just tried wayland and its giving me ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 laggy (but not on wayland)
My Ubuntu 18.04 is sooo much laggy, if i switch workspaces with hotkeys i got freeze by some seconds (for some reason, if i switch by choosing an app in another workspace it keeps smooth) and lags ...
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Why my windowning system is x11 in Ubuntu 20.04?
I fresh installed the new Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. But When I check my windowing system its x11. But I was expecting to have it may be Wayland.
Again I try to edit /etc/gdm3/custom.conf Uncommenting #...
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the logout screen does not show on my secondary screen
Since ubuntu 16.04 I use dual display for my lenovo t400. i set to automatic login. Now I already upgraded to ubuntu 20.04 beta and I want to try wayland display so I need to logout. The problem is my ...
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Disable keyboard events send by Wayland
I am using a secondary keyboard as hotkeys for macros and keyboard sequences.
The software I am using is actkbd.
Without Wayland I simply used xinput to disable the keyboard for the XServer (xinput ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 - Black screen after login and unable to get into console
Good afternoon everyone!
I was trying to remotely access my computer through AnyDesk. I faced some issues and I followed the steps on this post trying to solve the problem. After uncommenting ...
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catch user activity
I'm working on app reminder for saving eyes. And the question is the following -
Is there any way to monitor user activity programmatically- if user type something or using mouse?
I need no exact ...
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Can't find Wayland sessions on GDM
I have Kubuntu 19.10 installed and then I installed gnome through apt thus having sddm and gdm3, my problem is that on gdm3 on the login screen I can only select plasma or ubuntu but can't find ...
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Degraded multi-touch touchscreen capabilities from 18.04 to 19.10
I just got my new Lenovo L13 Yoga, and briefly tested several Live-Versions in order to get the best solution out of the box. My experience (tested w/ Firefox and LibreOffice Draw):
Ubuntu 19.10 (...
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Zombie cursors in Wayland 19.10
I'll randomly get stuck cursors in wayland. I think it's related to when my monitor blanks. I have three monitors of differing sizes, and am using the latest mesa drivers with an amd wx2100 card.
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How to activate Wayland before arriving at login screen?
I have a boot video problem Ubuntu 18.04-4 installs in safe graphics mode only, but boots to purple screen where mouse works (NVIDIA) that can be solved by enabling Wayland
How can I enable Wayland?...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Wayland second monitor black
In Ubuntu 18.04 Wayland with both xorg and nvidia driver I am experiencing the following error when I plug in external monitor.
/var/log/syslog:
Feb 21 11:11:28 m org.gnome.Shell.desktop[27286]: [...
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Cannot launch GUI or graphical applications as root
Since upgrading to 18.04 and Wayland, I can no longer run Nautilus (or any other GUI application such as Synaptic) as rootrom the command line, e.g.:
$ sudo nautilus
I get this error message:
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Failing to launch Weston on Ubuntu
I am trying to launch Weston on my Ubuntu machine using Python and it fails with different errors.
Launch Command : (sudo -E su -c "weston --no-input --connector=1000") with env ({'NV_WINSYS': '...
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Partial Wayland installation
I need to set
[daemon]
# Uncomment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg
WaylandEnable=false
in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf in order to reach graphical login screen.
Without this setting, ...
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My laptop DGPU died and I'm unable to install Ubuntu
My laptop dGPU card died, now it works on iGPU. Windows working good, in Device Manager it shows card with exclamation mark, but when I'm trying to install ubuntu with flash drive it freeze while on ...
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Global Menu in KDE 5.12 + with Wayland
I use KDE in Wayland, since from 5.13 the main support for X11 will end and Wayland works much better. The only issue I face is KDEs global menu, which I am not able to use, since it is just not ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 freezes after logging in?
I have the log in "page" where I can change between:
GNOME
GNOME Classic
GNOME on Xorg
Ubuntu
Ubuntu on Wayland
Some of them are freezing right after logging in.
Ubuntu on Wayland works but crashes....
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How do i turn off the trackpoint within wayland?
My laptop has a wonky trackpoint that keeps on moving the mouse around.
When using xorg, i can use this command to shut it off:
xinput -set-prop "AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint Stick" "Device Enabled" 0
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Ubuntu 19.10 wayland lost second external monitor
I recently upgraded to 19.10 on an older dell laptop with some Intel HD graphics.
Normally just using 2 external displays side-by-side (VGA, HDMI) in "Ubuntu on wayland" sessions, I recently had to ...
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nvidia-drm.modeset=1 leads to black screen
I wanted to try Wayland on Ubuntu 19.10, which promised better support for it. But I couldn't find how to switch it on. Then I found that Wayland is not available unless nvidia-drm.modeset=1 is set. ...
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No X11 RandR providers in wayland
After upgrade to 19.10 there's no RandR providers in my wayland session (Ubuntu on Wayland). In X11 session everything is fine.
$ xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 0
Here's some info about ...
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Broken Wayland login
Before yesterday, I install Ubuntu 19.10. It has both X11 and Wayland on login option. I choose Ubuntu on Wayland, I like it. But today it forces login only with X11 and lose the Wayland option. I don'...
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Set a specific workspace on an external monitor
My laptop is connected to an external monitor and I am using an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I have several workspaces and I would like to clone one of the workspace on the external monitor.
To specify the ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 (Wayland session) doesn't screen record
After upgrading from 18.04.3 (in which I could screen record with 3rd party apps with ease) to 19.10, I'm unable to screen record with any 3rd party provider; only the default GNOME shell screen ...
