Latest revision as of 14:06, 27 April 2023

Running X11 applications on wayland backend via xwayland

Xwayland introduction / reference

https://wayland.freedesktop.org/xserver.html

Installing Xwayland

# apt-get update
# apt-get install xwayland

Starting the Xwayland server

Edit the /etc/xdg/weston/weston.ini file and make sure it has the two highlighted params below:

[core]
# i.MX: Disable idle timeout
idle-time=0
#use-g2d=1
xwayland=true

[xwayland]
path=/usr/bin/Xwayland

Restart Weston

# systemctl restart weston

Install and run an X11 based application

We'll use Chromium as an example:
On Debian Buster Chromium only supports the X11 backend (chromium-ozone is not in the Debian Buster repository).

# apt-get install -y chromium
# export DISPLAY=:0
# /usr/bin/chromium --no-sandbox

You can safely ignore the warnings. The acceleration is provided using LLVMPIPE - no Vivante GPU integration is available.

Note:

While other X11 based application may work, not all X11 applications in the Debian repository are tested by Variscite.
Chromium built by Debian repo does not support Video Decoding acceleration.

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-Running X11 based applications on wayland backend on IMX8 Platforms via xwayland.
+{{PageHeader| Running X11 applications on wayland backend via xwayland}}
+{{DocImage|category1=Debian|category2=DART-MX8M}} [[Category:DART-MX8M-MINI]] [[Category:VAR-SOM-MX8X]] [[Category:VAR-SOM-MX8]]
-== Installing Xwayland ==
+= Xwayland introduction / reference =
 https://wayland.freedesktop.org/xserver.html
-Please follow the below steps (tested on buster) on debian.
+= Installing Xwayland =
- # apt-get update; apt-get install -y xwayland
-Edit : /etc/xdg/weston/weston.ini and make sure it has below two highlighted params:<br>
-'''[core]<br>
-'''xwayland=true<br>
-<br>
-'''[xwayland]<br>
-'''path=/usr/bin/Xwayland<br>
-Your weston.ini should look like below
+ # apt-get update
+ # apt-get install xwayland
- # cat /etc/xdg/weston/weston.ini
+= Starting the Xwayland server =
-  [core]
+Edit the /etc/xdg/weston/weston.ini file and make sure it has the two highlighted params below:<br>
+  '''[core]'''
   # i.MX: Disable idle timeout
   idle-time=0
   #use-g2d=1
-  xwayland=true
+  '''xwayland=true'''
-  [xwayland]
+  '''[xwayland]'''
-  path=/usr/bin/Xwayland
+  '''path=/usr/bin/Xwayland'''
-== Restart Weston ==
+= Restart Weston =
- #systemctl stop weston
+  # systemctl restart weston
-  #systemctl start weston
-==Install X11 based application==
+= Install and run an X11 based application =
-Here below chromium as and example,
+We'll use Chromium as an example:<br>
-On Debian buster chromium only supports X11 backend, ozone is not supported from buster repository.
+On Debian Buster Chromium only supports the X11 backend (chromium-ozone is not in the Debian Buster repository).<br>
+  # apt-get install -y chromium
-  #apt-get install -y chromium
+  # export DISPLAY=:0
- #export GDK_BACKEND=x11
+  # /usr/bin/chromium --no-sandbox
-  #export DISPLAY=:0
+You can safely ignore the warnings. The acceleration is provided using LLVMPIPE - no Vivante GPU integration is available.<br>
-  #/usr/bin/chromium --ignore-gpu-blacklist --no-sandbox
+<br>
-You can safely ignore the warnings, but as far as I can see, the acceleration is provided using LLVMPIPE, no Vivante integration is available.
+'''Note:'''
+* While other X11 based application may work, not all X11 applications in the Debian repository are tested by Variscite.
-'''Note:
+* Chromium built by Debian repo does not support Video Decoding acceleration.
-* Other X11 based application may work.
-* Not all Debian repository x11 applications are tested by Variscite.
-* Please contact support via http://www.variscite.com/support/variscite-customer-portal and create a ticket for specific case if you encounter any problems.

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