On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 at 06:52, Joe Doss <j...@solidadmin.com> wrote: > > I just updated tonight to the latest updates-testing packages on my > Fedora 41 Beta Workstation install and I could no longer log into my X11 > session after logging out. > > Checking https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=2548720 > it seems that in the latest GDM version bump that X11 support was > dropped. Downgrading GDM brings back the "GNOME on X11" option in GDM > and I can log back in just fine with X11. > > This is going to cause a lot of problems for users that use Fedora for > things such as gaming on Linux. Some games do not work well with Wayland > just yet and have many issues. Screen sharing on things like Zoom have > had major issues too in the past which will impact people who use Fedora > as their daily driver at work.
Zoom and most commercial video conf platforms have been fine on Wayland for some time. I've used Zoom/Google Meet/MS Teams for a least a year or two without wayland issues. > I don't recall seeing that X11 support was going to be dropped from GDM > at all in > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WaylandOnlyGNOMEWorkstationMedia > or any of the other Change requests. The > WaylandOnlyGNOMEWorkstationMedia change stated that users could install > the packages if they wanted to still run X11 over Wayland. > > Dropping X11 support entirely from GDM change prevents anyone from using > X11 on Fedora 41. Can support for X11 be added back into GDM 47.0 and > can we have a better communication and rollout plan to be put in place > for a future Fedora release before dropping support for X11 entirely? > > I really feel we should not be preventing users from having the choice > to run X11 over Wayland when upgrading to Fedora 41 and this change is > going to cause a lot headaches for people when they upgrade. > > Thanks, > Joe > > > > -- > Joe Doss > j...@solidadmin.com > > -- > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
