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unixdan22

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Registered: 2022-08-15

Posts: 19  

Switch from X11 to Wayland after upgrade from Chimaera to Daedalus

Hello,
as said in the title, I successfully upgraded my Devuan XFCE distro from Chimaera (4) to Daedalus (5). But it still uses X11, i.e., echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE prints x11.
How do I switch to Wayland? Can I decide at boot time whether to use X11 or Wayland?

rolfie

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Registered: 2017-11-25

Posts: 1,067  

Re: Switch from X11 to Wayland after upgrade from Chimaera to Daedalus

https://9to5linux.com/xfce-4-20-desktop … nd-support

https://linuxiac.com/xfce-path-to-wayla … atibility/

https://codipher.com/xfce-4-20-adds-wayland-support/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xfce-Wayland-Roadmap-2023

GlennW

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2019-07-18

Posts: 590  

Re: Switch from X11 to Wayland after upgrade from Chimaera to Daedalus

If you're using sddm as a login ... you get a choice, but it's hard to see without a colourful backdrop.

bottom left is a box to select wayward or X11

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