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{{Expand|A more thorough guide to installing, configuring, and running {{Pkg|wayland}} on Alpine would be better. }}
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland%20(protocol) Wayland] is a new display protocol that aims to replace X11.


Multiple compositor implementations exist, including [[Sway]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutter%20(software) Mutter] ([[GNOME]]'s compositor) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KWin Kwin] ([[KDE]]'s compositor). [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wayland#Compositors A more exhaustive list is available in the ArchWiki].


Wayland is a new display protocol that aims to replace X11.
== XDG_RUNTIME_DIR ==
 


== XDG_RUNTIME_DIR ==
As per the protocol spec, Wayland compositors require the <code>XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</code> variable to be set. There are a few ways to configure create a temporary runtime directory and export this variable:


As per the protocol spec, Wayland compositors require the <code>XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</code> variable to be set. There are a few ways to configure this variable:
* [[elogind]] can do this and also export other XDG environment variables automatically for each session.
* {{pkg|pam-rundir}} can handle this for logins. To use this [[PAM]] is required.
* [https://git.sr.ht/~whynothugo/mkrundir mkrundir] is an executable that can be used to initialise the runtime directory explicitly by each user.
* Setting it up manually ([[#Configuring_XDG_RUNTIME_DIR_manually|see below]]).


* A login manager such as [[elogind]] can configure this and other XDG environment variables automatically.
Note that this variable MUST be initialised before the Wayland compositor, and also before the D-Bus session instance is started.
* {{pkg|pam-rundir}} can enable this for logins. To use this [[PAM]] is required.
* Setting it up manually


=== Configuring XDG_RUNTIME_DIR manually ===
=== Configuring XDG_RUNTIME_DIR manually ===
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Generally, care should be taken when configuring the <code>XDG_*</code> variables manually as this configuration may have errors or conflict with other utilities that do this automatically.
Generally, care should be taken when configuring the <code>XDG_*</code> variables manually as this configuration may have errors or conflict with other utilities that do this automatically.


On a system that's not using elogind nor any pam module that handles this, it's often necessary to set up <code>XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</code> manually. This can be done by adding a snippet like this one to shell init scripts (e.g.: {{Path|~/.profile}}):
On a system that's not using elogind nor any pam module that handles this, the <code>XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</code> can be initialised manually. The easiest approach is by adding a snippet like this one to shell init scripts (e.g.: {{Path|~/.profile}}):
 
{{Cat|~/.profile|<nowiki>if [ -z "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" ]; then
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="/tmp/$(id -u)-runtime-dir"


{{Cat|~/.profile|<nowiki>if test -z "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"; then
mkdir -pm 0700 "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
  export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/$(id -u)-runtime-dir
export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
  if ! test -d "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"; then
    mkdir "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"
    chmod 0700 "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"
  fi
fi
fi
</nowiki>}}
</nowiki>}}
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* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wayland Wayland - Arch Wiki]
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wayland Wayland - Arch Wiki]
* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wayland Wayland - Gentoo Wiki]
* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wayland Wayland - Gentoo Wiki]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(protocol) Wayland (protocol) - Wikipedia]


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[[Category:Desktop]]
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Latest revision as of 19:08, 18 May 2024

Wayland is a new display protocol that aims to replace X11.

Multiple compositor implementations exist, including Sway, Mutter (GNOME's compositor) and Kwin (KDE's compositor). A more exhaustive list is available in the ArchWiki.

XDG_RUNTIME_DIR

As per the protocol spec, Wayland compositors require the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR variable to be set. There are a few ways to configure create a temporary runtime directory and export this variable:

  • elogind can do this and also export other XDG environment variables automatically for each session.
  • pam-rundir can handle this for logins. To use this PAM is required.
  • mkrundir is an executable that can be used to initialise the runtime directory explicitly by each user.
  • Setting it up manually (see below).

Note that this variable MUST be initialised before the Wayland compositor, and also before the D-Bus session instance is started.

Configuring XDG_RUNTIME_DIR manually

Generally, care should be taken when configuring the XDG_* variables manually as this configuration may have errors or conflict with other utilities that do this automatically.

On a system that's not using elogind nor any pam module that handles this, the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR can be initialised manually. The easiest approach is by adding a snippet like this one to shell init scripts (e.g.: ~/.profile):

Contents of ~/.profile

if [ -z "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" ]; then XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="/tmp/$(id -u)-runtime-dir" mkdir -pm 0700 "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR fi

See also

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