From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 625011382C5 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2021 09:11:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BD757E087A; Wed, 23 Jun 2021 09:11:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01c.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01c.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 60068E0843 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2021 09:11:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.71.28.203] (helo=echoes) by smarthost01c.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lvyv1-0000Aa-KR for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2021 09:11:35 +0000 Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 10:11:36 +0100 From: jdm To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New install - Wayland and graphical login Message-ID: <20210623101136.7f3783bd@echoes> In-Reply-To: <2781279.e9J7NaK4W3@lenovo.localdomain> References: <60D0BDF3.9000302@youngman.org.uk> <2781279.e9J7NaK4W3@lenovo.localdomain> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.8 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-smarthost01c-IP: [82.71.28.203] Feedback-ID: 82.71.28.203 X-Archives-Salt: c86204c8-da50-4e0c-87ab-28f0af3f8995 X-Archives-Hash: 326139f71fd1e0ed12801805e5ef81d4 On Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:17:41 +0100 Michael wrote: > On Monday, 21 June 2021 17:27:31 BST Wols Lists wrote: > > What happens when you get to the end of the handbook? > > > > I want to get a working Wayland setup with a (multi-user) graphical > > login. When I set my old system up ($DEITY knows how long ago) I > > seem to remember a page on setting up X, and all sorts of stuff. > > > > Now, you seem to get dumped at working tty1 prompt, and then the > > *helpful* documentation JUST STOPS. It doesn't even point you at > > anything! (Yes it points you at the portage page about how to > > maintain your system, but that isn't much use if you can't DO > > anything with the system...) > > > > I've found the page on Wayland, but it just says "set this use flag > > and install two packages". > > > > Where's the documentation that tells me what I need, and how to set > > it up, please ... > > > > Cheers, > > Wol > > Have you tried using a Display Manager? Some of my systems won't > work with Wayland, but I haven't spent time to find out why all I get > with them is a black screen. > > Anyway, from a VT you'd run something like: > > XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland dbus-run-session startplasma-wayland > > or > > XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland dbus-run-session gnome-session There is a wayland greeter which uses greetd and gtkgreet which may be worth looking at and there is a gentoo wiki which goes a long with it. It works with wayfire which is a nice wayland window manager and is very reliable. Also look at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wayland_Desktop_Landscape John