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kwankiu / archlinux-installer

a community-built Arch Linux Installer for ARM (Aarch64) based devices.
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Disable Wayland and use X by default #8

Closed hbiyik closed 9 months ago

hbiyik commented 10 months ago

wayland in the vendor kernel is really problematic, it works on some kernel versions and then breaks again after udpate, and sometimes on the same kernel updating the firmware breaks it again. So i would suggest to disable it and use X by default. This would fix all those stuck cases.

I have a feeling it seems to be realted to DRI but i dont really care, i hope some wayland expert in future fixes it..

so for gnome's case /etc/gdm/custom.conf

reuqires such an entry, by default it is commented out

[daemon]
# Uncomment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg
WaylandEnable=false
kwankiu commented 10 months ago

What stuck cases do you experience? Since I was using Wayland with Vendor Kernel for a while. I would say except for the random freeze on inactivity I am not sure whether this is related to Wayland or not. Wayland environment is at least usable. The graphics on X is also glitchy.

hbiyik commented 10 months ago

easiest to duplciate is run gnome-calendar. it wont show up. try to shutdown sbc, it will shutdown every process but sbc wont shutdown.

kwankiu commented 10 months ago

I think I can do it like that:

options=("Gnome (X only)" "Gnome (Wayland Experimental)" "KDE Plasma" "Budgie")

Gnome (X only) will install a full gnome desktop with Wayland Disabled Gnome (Wayland Experimental) will install a minimal gnome desktop which will not install software like epiphany, gnome-calendar, etc.

I am not sure about other dm and de. I think Budgie is also a bit buggy.

hbiyik commented 10 months ago

i tested and it works when x gnome is selected

kwankiu commented 10 months ago

I actually didn’t close this issue because i dont find X really more stable. In my case, I see that terminal app is not so responsive on X, i am not sure whether this is X or the new kernel, as i see that the performance governor cant be set in the previous way. So i have to test. I remember also seeing other apps not launching or glitches.

And https://forum.radxa.com/t/guide-best-option-for-armbian-afterburner-image-by-monkablyat/14552/102

On X, somehow the monitor refresh rate is limited, I havent tried 4K, but on my 2K 21:9 144Hz monitor, X's refresh rate is locked to 59.9Hz. Wayland got me up to 100Hz (WQHD 100Hz is a limitation to HDMI 2.0).