On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 14:30, Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WaylandByDefaultForSDDM > > = Wayland by Default for SDDM = > > == Summary == > Change the default display server mode for SDDM to use a Wayland-based > greeter rather than an X11-based one. > > == Owner == > * Name: [[User:Ngompa|Neal Gompa]], [[User:Rdieter|Rex Dieter]], > [[User:Jgrulich|Jan Grulich]] > * Email: ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx, rdieter@xxxxxxxxx, jgrulich@xxxxxxxxxx > * Product: KDE Spin, Kinoite > * Responsible WG: KDE SIG > > > == Detailed Description == > With [https://github.com/sddm/sddm/pull/1393 the work done upstream in > SDDM to support using a Wayland based greeter] and > [[Changes/ReplaceFbdevDrivers|the introduction of SimpleDRM to fix the > broken fallback when platform drivers are unavailable]], it is now > possible for the Fedora KDE variants (the regular spin and Kinoite) to > move to Wayland for the login manager, which effectively completes the > switch to Wayland for these variants. > > > == Benefit to Fedora == > As originally detailed in [[Changes/WaylandByDefaultForPlasma|the > Change to switch Plasma to Wayland by default]], Fedora is a leader in > advancing the adoption of the Wayland protocol as part of the overall > strategy to improve the Linux graphical software stack. We have been > successful in helping drive Wayland forward in the Plasma Desktop, and > we intend to do the same for SDDM. > > == Scope == > * Proposal owners: > ** Upgrade {{package|sddm}} to the latest snapshot and introduce > mutually exclusive <code>sddm-wayland-generic</code> and > <code>sddm-x11</code> greeter configuration packages. > ** Modify {{package|plasma-workspace}} to switch SDDM to Wayland > *** Enable installation of the SDDM Wayland configuration snippet and > ship as <code>sddm-wayland-plasma</code> that is mutually exclusive > with the other sddm greeter configuration packages. This package will > supplement {{package|sddm}} and <code>plasma-workspace-wayland</code> > to be automatically installed together. > ** Modify <code>@kde-desktop</code> comps group for Fedora Linux 36 to > include <code>sddm-wayland-plasma</code> for the media. > > > * Other developers: N/A (not needed for this Change) > > * Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/10536 #10536] > * Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change) > * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) > * Alignment with Objectives: N/A > > > == Upgrade/compatibility impact == > On upgrade to Fedora Linux 36, SDDM will be transparently switched > from the X11 greeter to the Wayland one leveraging kwin. In order to > override this, the user can do one of the following: > * Drop in a configuration file in <code>/etc/sddm.conf.d</code> to set > the display server back to X11 > * Swap back to X11 with the configuration package: <code>dnf swap > sddm-wayland-plasma sddm-x11</code> > > > == How To Test == > Once the SDDM and Plasma Wayland changes are made, Rawhide users can > try this by using nightly KDE ISOs and using them normally to install > and run a Rawhide KDE Plasma environment. > > == User Experience == > Ideally, there should be no noticeable impact on the user experience, > though users may notice that things operate more smoothly and with > slightly lower resources. Last time I tried, I couldn't use Synergy and Wayland together, so I use X11 sessions with KDE still. Will this change only affect the pre-login greeter screen, or does it also affect the lock screen when a running X11 session is locked (either explicitly or after the timeout)? Currently I can still use the mouse and keyboard from a different machine to unlock that lock screen. If it starts using Wayland that won't work. It might be worth mentioning that for the user experience for other Synergy users. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
