KDE 6 + Wayland : it works or not ?

Mon Jul 22 13:16:28 BST 2024

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On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 2:11 PM Tobias C. Berner <tcberner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Moin moin
>
> The issue is that the kf5-packages you have installed come from main and
> not from the new ports tree.
> You can pkg-delete them first, and then have them reinstalled from the new
> ports tree. There they are
> configured to be co-installable with the kf6-variants.
>
>
> Here's a good start to using poudriere:
> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/#ports-poudriere
>
>
> mfg Tobias
>
> On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 at 14:07, Mario Marietto <marietto2008 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> ----> or cd into it and run make...
>>
>> that's wrong :
>>
>> [image: Istantanea_2024-07-22_14-05-17.png]
>>
>> /never used poudriere/ ; I don't know how to use it.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 1:44 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mario.
>>
>

-- 
Mario.
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