Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 19:18:30 +0100 From: Gunther Nikl <gnikl@justmail.de> To: Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMDGPU RX580 OpenCL Message-ID: <20190108191830.00004a83@justmail.de> In-Reply-To: <1546691721.1768.0@smtp.migadu.com> References: <CAFYkXjnVOspenga%2BM0oP-0pS=vxr4gmqs7XcrJZdSjnf1geEZA@mail.gmail.com> <20190102070113.1e9781fc9ac1c37bba8f1800@sohara.org> <CAFYkXjny-6Wihc=6=AGE3Vo6y6X2LMeD=T9LnzX1VbkXZW2YBA@mail.gmail.com> <1546646937.2475.3@smtp.migadu.com> <20190105122042.00004687@justmail.de> <1546691721.1768.0@smtp.migadu.com>
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Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology> wrote: > > Slightly OT, but can you describe what is required to get Wayland > > running? What additional software is required? Can I (still) use > > xterm, > > Opera 12, etc? > > Yes, you can run any X apps, Xwayland makes that work. Are you using Xwayland yourself? > So, if you want Wayland, > > - most importantly, you need a kernel built with the EVDEV_SUPPORT > option, otherwise you won't get any input devices AFAIK, this requires at least 11.2? > - (btw you can use evdev+libinput in Xorg too) Do I need something special for Xorg when building/configuring? > - EVDEV_SUPPORT has been enabled by default in CURRENT and > 12-STABLE, so 12.1 will be the first release to get evdev out of the > box I think I am on 11.2-RELEASE. Then I have to build a custom kernel. > - set sysctl kern.evdev.rcpt_mask=12 to get events from individual > keyboards/mice instead of the multiplexer — important for touchpads Ok. > - also it's very nice to have a kernel with > https://reviews.freebsd.org/rS342768 (just landed in CURRENT, will be > merged into 12-STABLE after a week) — otherwise unresponsive > applications can make the whole desktop unresponsive (kinda like in > the good old Mac OS 9.x days :D) — but it was surprisingly rare, I > lived with that bug for over a year I noticed that differential. I suppose the patch can be applied on 11.2+? > - for now, you need access permissions on /dev/input* devices — I've > been working on fixing that, there are patches (on differential for > the kernel, on github for libudev-devd) but you can just chmod g+rw > /dev/input/* and ignore security lol > > - you need mesa, the UI toolkits, etc. built with wayland support — > thankfully, it's on by default in ports now, so it should all be in > the official packages already :) Up-to here it should be doable. > - well, you need a compositor: > - there's Sway https://github.com/swaywm/sway which has FreeBSD > support and it's already in a sort of user friendly state (for > advanced users :D) > - there's my development fork of Weston > https://github.com/myfreeweb/weston + it needs to be launched with > https://github.com/myfreeweb/loginw — this is in development, not > really documented > - KDE Plasma5 kwin_wayland — won't run directly on the desktop > right now I think, only in a window. I'll need to investigate > ConsoleKit2… This looks bit more involved. Thank you for these instructions! I think this will help me get started. Regards, Gunther Nikl
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