On Thursday 13 Jul 2017 21:58:10 Mart Raudsepp wrote: > Ühel kenal päeval, K, 12.07.2017 kell 09:33, kirjutas Mick: > > On Tuesday 11 Jul 2017 23:14:16 Mick wrote: > > > On Wednesday 12 Jul 2017 01:10:00 Mart Raudsepp wrote: > > > > > I copied /usr/share/xsessions/enlightenment.desktop to > > > > > /usr/share/wayland- > > > > > sessions/ and tried to select it in LightDM. Unfortunately > > > > > LightDM > > > > > returns me > > > > > back to the login page. I don't know if this is a result of > > > > > LightDM > > > > > not being > > > > > compatible with Wayland and friends, or if I need to install > > > > > some > > > > > other > > > > > package in addition to what has been emerged already. > > > > > > > > The desktop manager needs to be using wayland to be able to > > > > launch > > > > wayland desktop sessions. LightDM is not such a desktop manager > > > > to my > > > > knowledge and you won't be able to launch any wayland sessions > > > > with it. > > > > > > > > Mart > > > > > > Thanks Mart, what other DM or means do I have to launch > > > enlightenment with > > > wayland? I'm guessing the time honoured startx from a console > > > won't cut it. > > > > Oh dear! I noticed this: > > > > https://git.enlightenment.org/core/enlightenment.git/tree/README.wayl > > and > > > > which states that efl *must* be built with --enable-systemd > > option. I am > > running openrc ... so I don't know if the above just requires this as > > a build > > time dependency, or is needs systemd to be running. Anyway, from > > that write > > up and the Known Issues at the bottom it seems Wayland is not ready > > for prime > > time yet. > > That README.wayland looks rather outdated. There are issues mentioned > in the end that have been fixed since mid-2016 with xorg-server > releases out since then with the fixes (Xwayland comes from xorg- > server[wayland]).
Yes, this is encouraging and things are moving fast in e_git code. > Regarding systemd, wayland sessions usually require logind seat > interfaces. If you want to stick with OpenRC, you might need to look > into elogind then, which is now in Gentoo and integrated for some > Plasma wayland usages, but EFL stuff might need some ebuild changes too > to use that instead of systemd provided logind. > > > Mart It'll take a dev interested in getting EFL to get this to run on openrc or with elogind. I'll keep an eye out for developments in this area. The direction of travel appears to be towards Wayland, but the ETA is of course unknown. Interestingly, selecting Plasma to run with Wayland won't launch either. It drops me back into the LoginDM screen. -- Regards, Mick
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