Re: [gentoo-user] New install - Wayland and graphical login

[Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com>]

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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

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