Is Wayland stable enough and how can I login using it automatically? (TW)

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Hi all

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong category. As per the title, is Wayland stable enough on Tumbleweed to use on a daily basis? and if so, how can I automatically start Plasma in Wayland (I use autologin) as when I boot, I always end up in X11?

Thank you all in advance

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Using Wayland on Gnome here since a couple of years ago, no showstoppers.
KDE users might have other opinions, but you can see for yourself: disable autologin (temporarily?) then at the login screen check on the lower left of the screen a button labeled “Desktop Session: xxx” and select Plasma(Wayland).
If it doesn’t suit you, revert to Plasma(X11) and enable autologin again.

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TW + Plasma + Wayland here for ~3 years. All fine, I’d say better than X11

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Great, thanks. Do you use autologin and if so, how do you get it to default to Wayland?

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No autologin here. But logout, choose Plasma Wayland session, login again should do the job. On reboot it will start what you used latest.

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oh, I see. Thanks, I’ll give it a try.

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You can also change the KDE default:

  • Open KDE Settings (System → System Settings)
  • Startup and Shutdown → Now Login Screen (SDDM)
  • Behavior (button left under)
  • Then change the “with session” to “Plasma *Wayland)”
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Exactly that, and that is where you can set auto login too.

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