Wayland/Weston with XWayland works on DragonFly

Hello So I compiled Xorg with XWayland support and got it working: many applications that need Xorg work now with wayland/weston. Basically, Xwayland is the "Xorg" for applications that need Xorg; it's a compatibility option as long as an application does not work with wayland/weston directly. I followed directions on this page: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/xserver.html and recompiled x11-servers/xorg-server with options given on that page. It does not compile cleanly but complains about a missing file/library; so before compiling, don't uninstall your xorg-server yet. When the error occurs, I manually copied the file to the build directory in /usr/obj/. . . (see what is the file and the directory in error message) and then remove the xorg-server package. Then "make install" worked fine. (Someone know how to fix this issue?) I then used the attached weston.ini (save to ~/.config/ and edit paths of files like background etc) and manually created > mkdir /tmp/.X11-unix and then (from webapage https://github.com/DragonFlyBSD/DeltaPorts/pull/123) > sudo kldload i915 > mkdir /tmp/wayland_xdg > chmod 0700 /tmp/wayland_xdg > env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/wayland_xdg weston-launch -- --use-pixman Applications that seem to work and are stable (there might more but haven't tried): gtk3: - gedit - nautilus - evince xfce4: - xfce4-terminal - atril - firefox - spyder - scilab - kile (crashes first but works when launched again) Doesn't work: - chrome (segfault) Weston is quite minimalistic but does provide a stable working environment. No tearing and runs smoothly: weston: - has workspaces (switch: super + F1, F2 etc) - a panel with launchers - switch between apps: super (or ctrl) + tab - but: no tray for minimized apps: they can be brought back by switching between apps - Copy-paste works in X and between X and weston - X cursor could be better configured? In summary: I am very much impressed. On this machine, wayland/weston feels faster than X. It's stable, or at least so far. With Xorg I can't switch between VT and graphical screen more than twice; the screen hangs after two switches. With Wayland it just works. I wonder if one might get a minimal DE like Maynard running. It seems to need wayland support in gtk30. Cheers Peeter -- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: weston.ini Type: application/octet-stream Size: 945 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/attachments/20160520/5685ed42/attachment.obj>