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Date:      Thu, 23 Jul 2020 22:56:52 +0530
From:      Ashish SHUKLA <ashish@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Lonnie Cumberland <lonnie@outstep.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Setting up Wayland on FreeBSD
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On 7/23/20 9:22 PM, Lonnie Cumberland wrote:
> Hello Ashish,
>=20
> I wanted to ask you a question on this.
>=20
> 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 instal=
l:
>=20
> 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 brin=
g
> up the GUI environment from the console.
>=20
> 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 Wayl=
and
wlogout-1.1.1_1                Wayland-based logout menu
redshift-1.12_1                Adjusts the color temperature of your scre=
en

All the best
--=20
Ashish SHUKLA | GPG: F682 CDCC 39DC 0FEA E116  20B6 C746 CFA9 E74F A4B0


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