Troubleshooting
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Troubleshooting

  1. Start the GUI from the console

    sway

    This should bring up a default-configuration sway desktop. Essential commands are:

    • Start the terminal: Meta-Enter

    • Quit sway: Meta-Shift-e

    The Meta key is usually the Windows Key.

  2. To troubleshoot screen sharing, see xdg-desktop-portal-wlr FAQ

    To test desktop notifications, use notify-send "foo" at the command line.

  3. Font size issues

    See Step 4.

  4. Start GUI programs with sudo

    To run a graphical program (in this example, lshw-gtk) as root: sudo /bin/env WAYLAND_DISPLAY="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/user/run/0 /usr/bin/lshw-gtk