Wayland/Weston with XWayland works on DragonFly

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Hi Peter,

This is quite interesting. Have you tested KDE at all with that configuration?

On 05/20/2016 04:05 PM, karu.pruun wrote:
> Hello
>
> So I compiled Xorg with XWayland support and got it working: many
> applications that need Xorg work now with wayland/weston. Basically,
> Xwayland is the "Xorg" for applications that need Xorg; it's a
> compatibility option as long as an application does not work with
> wayland/weston directly.
>
> I followed directions on this page:
>
> https://wayland.freedesktop.org/xserver.html
>
> and recompiled x11-servers/xorg-server with options given on that
> page. It does not compile cleanly but complains about a missing
> file/library; so before compiling, don't uninstall your xorg-server
> yet. When the error occurs, I manually copied the file to the build
> directory in /usr/obj/. . . (see what is the file and the directory in
> error message) and then remove the xorg-server package. Then "make
> install" worked fine. (Someone know how to fix this issue?) I then
> used the attached weston.ini (save to ~/.config/ and edit paths of
> files like background etc) and manually created
>
>> mkdir /tmp/.X11-unix
>
> and then (from webapage https://github.com/DragonFlyBSD/DeltaPorts/pull/123)
>
>> sudo kldload i915
>> mkdir /tmp/wayland_xdg
>> chmod 0700 /tmp/wayland_xdg
>> env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/wayland_xdg weston-launch -- --use-pixman
>
> Applications that seem to work and are stable (there might more but
> haven't tried):
>
> gtk3:
>    - gedit
>    - nautilus
>    - evince
>
> xfce4:
>    - xfce4-terminal
>    - atril
>
> - firefox
> - spyder
> - scilab
> - kile (crashes first but works when launched again)
>
> Doesn't work:
>    - chrome (segfault)
>
> Weston is quite minimalistic but does provide a stable working
> environment. No tearing and runs smoothly:
>
> weston:
>    - has workspaces (switch: super + F1, F2 etc)
>    - a panel with launchers
>    - switch between apps: super (or ctrl) + tab
>    - but: no tray for minimized apps: they can be brought back by
> switching between apps
>    - Copy-paste works in X and between X and weston
>      - X cursor could be better configured?
>
> In summary: I am very much impressed. On this machine, wayland/weston
> feels faster than X. It's stable, or at least so far. With Xorg I
> can't switch between VT and graphical screen more than twice; the
> screen hangs after two switches. With Wayland it just works.
>
> I wonder if one might get a minimal DE like Maynard running. It seems
> to need wayland support in gtk30.
>
> Cheers
>
> Peeter
>
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