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Wayland is a simplified replacement for the X Window System in Linux and Unix-like operating systems. It consists of a display server (the Wayland compositor), a communication protocol, and a C library reference implementation named Weston. Use this tag for questions pertaining specifically to Wayland or Weston.

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How can I restart the GNOME shell on Wayland?

When making changes to extensions or installing applications I have sometimes found it neccessary to restart the GNOME shell for the changes to take effect. In the past, pressing Alt + F2, typing 'r' and pressing enter would do this. However, this…
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Screensharing under Wayland

I am using Wayland with Fedora 25. Pretty much no screensharing tool works correctly. From Chrome, I can share a Chrome window, but nothing else. I also have to use zoom.us and when I share a window from that the other side just gets a blank…
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Wayland alternative for xorg's xdotool?

xdotool is a nice X application, I tend to use it for creating macro commands (like alt+f4 or ctrl+w or ctrl+alt+backspace or something like that) It's really easy to use and convenient, but I don't know of any wayland compatible program like this.…
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How to copy text to the clipboard when using Wayland?

Is there a Wayland cli utility that copies text to clipboard? I want to be able to do something like this: echo "some" > clipboard Something equivalent to xclip.
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How to remap CAPS LOCK on Wayland?

Before Fedora switched to Wayland I used this .Xmodmap file to use my CapsLock Key to reach German Umlauts: keycode 66 = Mode_switch Multi_key keycode 20 = minus underscore ssharp keycode 34 = bracketleft braceleft udiaeresis Udiaeresis keycode 47 =…
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Manually add a resolution to Gnome with Wayland

I'm using Gnome on Arch Linux with VMWare. When I go in the settings window, I cannot find my resolution (which is 1920x1080). I was recently using LightDM and I added an entry in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d with my resolution, but now I use GDM instead of…
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Make special characters available on US keyboard an Wayland

I have a US keyboard and layout but sometimes I need german special keys (äÄöÖüÜß). Of course I could switch keyboard layouts when I need it but I used to abuse that uttery useless caps lock key to access the characters I need with the following…
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I want my PRIMARY SELECTION back

I've been using the primary selection since I installed my very first Linux on a Computer in 1994. It's so simple: Select text, change window, middle-click, happy With the latest updates - it started when I first tried out wayland and quickly…
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Using a tablet as a second monitor with Wayland

I use the following script to VNC into my computer using an old tablet to turn the tablet into a second monitor: xrandr --fb 3840x1080 --output eDP-1 --panning 3840x1080+0+0/3840x1080+0+0 sleep 3 xrandr --fb 3840x1080 --output eDP-1 --panning…
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Weston screen blanking

How is it done to turn off screen blanking in Weston with wayland backend not X. I have tried: setterm -blank 0 setterm -powersave off setterm -powerdown 0 echo -ne "\033[9;0]" >> /etc/issue echo 0 > /sys/class/graphics/fb0/blank As well in…
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How to set environment variables for a Gnome Wayland session

It seems that a Gnome Wayland session ignores the file ~/.profile. At least it is not working for me under a Gdm / Gnome / wayland session with Arch Linux. So the question is, what is the proper user file to use for environment variables for a…
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Can't start Weston anymore

For a few weeks, I haven't been able to start Weston anymore on my Arch Linux machine. My Graphics card is: $ glxinfo | grep 'renderer string' OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile And my mesa version is 10.5.3. And this is…
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How to display 3D Wayland inside a virtual machine?

I'd like to try Wayfire—a 3D Wayland compositor—inside a virtual machine. What are the options and requirements to make a virtual machine that can display a Wayland compositor with 3D acceleration? I think VirtualBox is supposed to display 3D with…
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How to check if a program uses Wayland or X11 in Linux?

Is there a command in Linux that can tell whether a program uses Wayland, Xorg, or Xwayland?
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How to force GNOME to use Wayland?

TL;DR gnome-shell does not want to be a Wayland compositor. Edit: Sometimes it does want to be, sometimes it doesn't. Log Dec 31 06:55:26 speedy-desktop gnome-shell[393]: Can't initialize KMS backend: could not find drm kms device Dec 31 06:55:29…
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