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Xweston - Xwayland with weston

Introduction

While it is possible to run X clients in Weston by loading the xwayland.so module, running X display managers and window managers in an ordinary Weston session doesn't work because Weston normally uses its own window manager. Xweston should allow one to run Xwayland as a bare X server (i.e. taking over the root window) hosted by Weston.

Like Weston, Xweston can be started from within an existing X session, another Wayland session, or standalone, i.e. a free VT.

Note: this is still experimental, there are many known issues and probably bugs.

Installing

Xweston doesn't need any configuration, just run:

# make install

to have it installed under /usr/local . To specify an alternative prefix, like /usr, run

# make PREFIX=/usr install

For packaging, add DESTDIR= as usual.

Usage

Xweston can be started like any ordinary X server.

Some examples:

Using startx, this should also works from within a running X session:

$ startx -- /usr/bin/Xweston

Using startx from within a running X session, passing extra commandline options to weston:

$ WESTON_OPTS=--fullscreen startx -- /usr/bin/Xweston

Addong a dynamic seat from within a running LightDM session:

# dm-tool add-seat xlocal xserver-command=/usr/bin/Xweston

Contributing

Xweston is licensed under the GPL, version 2. Its source code is hosted on Github: https://github.com/ackalker/Xweston

Please feel free to report any issues, make feature requests or contribute to the Wiki.

License

Released under the MIT license. Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Alain Kalker.

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