Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 13:43:07 -0400 From: Lonnie Cumberland <lonnie@outstep.com> To: Ashish SHUKLA <ashish@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up Wayland on FreeBSD Message-ID: <CAPmsJLAbqn2HcuLGQoFCFKJt%2B2x7m0=9JeaEfZxTkSzJB3WS9w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <537545f7-1186-ca69-0c12-bf8a4b0f52ad@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAPmsJLD1A8Ri6frj_Lv38TwhPW1mtudST0b2QWO41DN3g2giVg@mail.gmail.com> <4acde791-2974-4f83-cf18-2a05918d483b@FreeBSD.org> <CAPmsJLDFBAPHkUMPXP3RQWO6Y-jZsf6NpkHmDwAbBwFbkU1qsQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPmsJLDNqq2JbBEUTSVvH4=p%2BNYyW66MxnYMU-6znvi_Wm_WGw@mail.gmail.com> <537545f7-1186-ca69-0c12-bf8a4b0f52ad@FreeBSD.org>
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Thanks Ashish, I am going to give it all a try in just a few moments on a fresh install of FreeBSD (12.1). Hope that it goes well. :) Cheers, Lonnie On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 1:27 PM Ashish SHUKLA <ashish@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 7/23/20 9:22 PM, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > > Hello Ashish, > > > > I wanted to ask you a question on this. > > > > I am thinking about doing a new fresh FreeBSD (12.1) install that comes > > without a GUI (no Xserver installed) and was wondering if these steps > > are for Pure Wayland which I am guessing is using the DRM backend? > > Yes. > > > I would then think that you did something like this from a fresh install: > > > > pkg install wayland > > pkg install haikari > > I didn't explicitly install wayland. I installed "sway", and "hikari" > both of which depend on "wayland" package. > > Apart from above mentioned packages, I also installed > "graphics/drm-kmod" port to get the latest drivers for my AMD GPU. > > > and then the steps that you outlined to startup the compositor and bring > > up the GUI environment from the console. > > > > Would this be about correct? > > Yes, this should be it. > > There are also other helper packages which I have installed, although > are completely optional: > > grim-1.3.1 Grab images from a Wayland compositor > dmenu-wayland-0.1 Efficient dynamic menu for wayland > slurp-1.2.0_1 Select a region in a Wayland compositor > swayidle-1.6 Idle management daemon for Wayland > swaylock-1.5_1 Screen locker for Wayland > waybar-0.9.2_3 Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway > and wlroots-based compositors > wev-1.0.0_1 Wayland event viewer > wl-clipboard-2.0.0 Command-line copy/paste utilities for > Wayland > wlogout-1.1.1_1 Wayland-based logout menu > redshift-1.12_1 Adjusts the color temperature of your screen > > All the best > -- > Ashish SHUKLA | GPG: F682 CDCC 39DC 0FEA E116 20B6 C746 CFA9 E74F A4B0 > >
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