Fredrik EngbergMar 5
Anyone out there running wayland on #openbsd, as a daily driver that have written anything about it?
Show threadromanMar 5
what are practical benefits of wayland vs x11 on #openbsd?
Show threadFredrik EngbergMar 5
@hi I dont know, thats why Im looking for what someone else have tried. Before diving head first in.
Show threadVlkrSMar 10
@haddock @hi At this point the only thing you need to pay attention to is to "rcctl stop xenodm" before starting a wayland session otherwise your machine may hang. The rest is pretty painless.
Show threadromanMar 10
how to install #wayland on #openbsd?

cc: @[email protected]
Show threadVlkrSMar 10

@hi @haddock

doas pkg_add sway foot
then execute startsway.sh

or

doas pkg_add labwc foot
then execute labwc (I guess, never tried that)

or

doas pkg_add niri foot
then execute startniri.sh

or

doas pkg_add wayfire foot
then execute startwayfire.sh

I recommend installing foot as a wayland-native terminal emulator, in case you couldn't tell. There's more wayland stuff (https://openports.pl/cat/wayland) but that'll get you started. Just remember to turn off xenodm.

OpenBSD Ports Readme: category wayland

Show threadromanMar 10
oh, thank you! now need to figure out how to use #sway :)
Show threadromanMar 10
can run startsway.sh as root, but when i run it as myself, getting this error:

00:00:00.020 [ERROR] [wlr] [libseat] [libseat/backend/noop.c:57] Failed to open device: Permission denied
00:00:00.020 [ERROR] [wlr] [backend/session/session.c:331] Failed to open device: '/dev/dri/card0': Permission denied
00:00:00.020 [ERROR] [wlr] [backend/session/session.c:424] Unable to open /dev/dri/card0 as KMS device
00:00:00.020 [ERROR] [wlr] [backend/backend.c:245] Found 0 GPUs, cannot create backend
00:00:00.020 [ERROR] [wlr] [backend/backend.c:420] Failed to open any DRM device
00:00:00.021 [ERROR] [sway/server.c:247] Unable to create backend
also trackpad scrolling doesn't work (tested in firefox, which runs as root)

cc: @[email protected]
Show threadroman
firefox speedometer score is about the same (slightly faster on wayland, but it varies from run to run)

8.18 wayland + sway
7.96 xenocara + cwm

cc: @[email protected]
Mar 10 at 9:55pmWeb
Show threadVlkrSMar 10
@hi Stands to reason, Firefox is running via XWayland.
Show threadromanMar 10
@[email protected] ungoogled-chromium is also a bit faster

9.78 xenocara + cwm
9.86 wayland + sway