On 29-10-2023 22:29, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > On 30 October 2023 at 09:20, Simon Urbanek wrote: > | > On 30/10/2023, at 8:38 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel<e...@debian.org> wrote: > | > On 30 October 2023 at 07:54, Paul Murrell wrote: > | > | I am unaware of any Wayland display support. > | > | > | > | One useful way forward would be an R package that provides such a device > | > | (along the lines of 'Cairo', 'tikzDevice', et al) > | > > | > As I understand it, it is a protocol, and not a device. > | > > | > | Well, X11 is a protocol, not a device, either. > > Point taken. > > | > I think I needed to fall back to X11 for a particular applications (likely > | > OBS) so my session tells me (under Settings -> About -> Windowing System) > I > | > am still running X11. I'll check again once I upgrade from Ubuntu 23.04 to > | > Ubuntu 23.10 > > Booted an older laptop using 22.04, selected 'not X11' in the gdm dialog but > the same Gnome Menu still says Windowing System: X11. So I am no longer sure > how I would convince myself if I am under Wayland there or not. The answers > inhttps://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/202891/how-to-know-whether-wayland-or-x11-is-being-used > suggest I still run X11 too. So I got nuttin' here. > > In any event, I read OP as asking 'do we need a new device' and I still think > that the answer to that still is 'likely not' as the X11 compatibility layer > should cover this. > > Dirk > I just tried it on Ubuntu 23.10. It seems to just work. See screenshot here: https://nextcloud.wligtenberg.nl/s/jnbDT4ZiHw2JQ8H I should be using wayland, and as far as I know I haven't done anything special to make this work. But there might be some compatibility layer that is active by default. If it helps, I could try again using distrobox.
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