KDE 6 + Wayland : it works or not ?

[Mario Marietto]

What's the kde 6 meta port that I should make as the first one ? I've
compiled the plasma6-plasma port,but when it finished,it didn't start the
compilation of the dependencies. I can't compile any port.

On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 11:34 AM Tobias C. Berner <tcberner at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Moin omin
>
> Add it as a poudriere ports tree and build the package..., or cd into it
> and run make...
>
> As to your error with my script, well, I assume you don't have a /memory -
> tmpfs :)
>  always read and adapt scripts to your situation, don't blindly run them...
>
> mfg Tobias
>
> On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 at 09:40, Mario Marietto <marietto2008 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> I've downloaded the ports tree. What should I do now ? How can I install
>> kde 6 starting from the ports tree that you gave to me ?
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 8:38 PM Tobias C. Berner <tcberner at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Moin moin
>>>
>>> No I'm not contradicting myself, it was probably just not clearly
>>> stated... :) -- as I said, they conflict, as they install the same
>>> desktop in different versions...
>>> So, don't install plasma5 if you want to use plasma6 -- the only port
>>> that might be needed of plasma5-plasma-integration.
>>> If you want to try to use plasma6 and try to get wayland up, make sure
>>> to remove plasma5* and just install the plasma6-plasma
>>> package.
>>>
>>> I really recommend to use this tree instead of main:
>>> https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports-kde/tree/kde-it_goes_to_6
>>>
>>>
>>> You can then create a shell-script ala
>>>
>>> ###
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>> export QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1
>>> # export QT_WAYLAND_SHELL_INTEGRATION=xdg-shell
>>> export WAYLAND_DEBUG=1
>>> # export XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
>>>
>>> ck-launch-session dbus-run-session truss
>>> /usr/local/bin/startplasma-wayland >& /memory/startplasma.log
>>> ####
>>>
>>> to try to run plasma... you likely get an output like
>>>
>>> ###
>>>
>>> [...]
>>> qt.core.library: "/usr/local/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqwayland-generic.so" loaded library
>>> Failed to create wl_display (No such file or directory)
>>> qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in "" even though it was found.
>>> qt.core.library: "/usr/local/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so" loaded library
>>> qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display :0
>>> qt.qpa.plugin: From 6.5.0, xcb-cursor0 or libxcb-cursor0 is needed to load the Qt xcb platform plugin.
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> ###
>>> before it fails :/
>>>
>>> mfg Tobias
>>>
>>> On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 at 14:05, Mario Marietto <marietto2008 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ---> You should not install any plasma5 components that are not pulled
>>>> in by plasma6 -- they conflict, as they are both the KDE Desktop... and
>>>> therefore share files and services :) -- so stick to one version.
>>>>
>>>> We can't stick to one version if plasma5 and plasma6 components
>>>> conflict. You are contradicting yourself.
>>>>
>>>> If there are no conflicts, the output by :
>>>>
>>>> diff -u -p -N /usr/ports/x11-wm/plasma5-kwin/pkg-plist
>>>> /usr/ports/x11-wm/plasma6-kwin/pkg-plist
>>>>
>>>> should not have lines started with a single space. Single space of
>>>> unified diffs on top of lines means it's common with 2 files compared.
>>>>
>>>> There are many common lines such as:
>>>>
>>>> @@ -1,49 +1,275 @@ bin/kwin_x11
>>>> bin/kwin_wayland
>>>> bin/kwin_wayland_wrapper
>>>> bin/kwin_x11
>>>> -include/kwin_export.h
>>>> -include/kwinanimationeffect.h
>>>>
>>>> The "-" at the top of lines means it appears on the first file but not
>>>> on the second.
>>>>
>>>> Edit: Quote functionality does not do its work as intended. [image: :(]There
>>>> should be a single space before bin/kwin_wayland,
>>>> bin/kwin_wayland_wrapper and bin/kwin_x11 in the quoted example above.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 11:10 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you write a small tutorial for us ? I've been working on this for
>>>>> months.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 10:56 PM Tobias C. Berner <tcberner at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Moin moin
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should not install any plasma5 components that are not pulled in
>>>>>> by plasma6 -- they conflict, as they are both the KDE Desktop... and
>>>>>> therefore share files and services :) -- so stick to one version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have not yet got the plasma6-wayland session working on my end
>>>>>> though -- I can start the plasma-desktop inside a running wayland
>>>>>> compositor, but I cannot bring up kwin as compositor.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mfg Tobias
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 at 22:36, Mario Marietto <marietto2008 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Hello.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Here at forums.freebsd.org we are trying to install KDE 6 with
>>>>>> Wayland,but we are failing. The thread is here :
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/trying-to-run-kde-6-plasma-with-wayland.93951/
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Do you have some kind of suggestion to give to us ?
>>>>>> > The main problem seems to be that there is a conflict between
>>>>>> plasma5-kwin and plasma6-kwin ; some kde5 and kde6 packages are mixed and
>>>>>> this creates some issues.
>>>>>> > What should we do ?
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > thanks.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > --
>>>>>> > Mario.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mario.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mario.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Mario.
>>
>

-- 
Mario.
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