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I have some issues since updating to Plasma 6, so I'm thinking of doing a fresh install today. Is it possible to install just Wayland files, no Xorg?

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[–] Fisch@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You could install it without a desktop and then manually install only the packages for Plasma with Wayland but idk if that'a really worth the effort

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It would work, but you'd have to use a greeter other than sddm, since that depends on x11 whether you run it on Wayland or not.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Any chance you are just experiencing rough edges on the new release? Before you'd nuke and pave...

I just did that upgrade yesterday and so far smooth sailing, but I have what I perceive as one of the easier use cases. (Recent and intel-only hardware)

Edit - I also haven't tried anything weird with it yet. Haven't even tried multimonitor yet. Just basic Wayland Plasma session.

[–] Comradesexual@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps, but I nuked nonetheless. I had issues with remnant files from past installs, so at least they're fully gone for sure now. (I had nearly 100GB I removed manually, potentially more I missed).

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

There's no feeling like a fresh install anyhow, that's for sure. As long as you're happy with the result. :)