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Re: Note : rPI OS Now Defaults to Wayland - Which SUCKS

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On 3/21/26 15:34, rbowman wrote:
 > On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 02:19:13 -0400, c186282 wrote:
 >
 >> WITH Wayland, tightvnc gives just the grey screen. You CAN right-click
 >> and get a menu but that's back to the Crude Old Days.
 >
 > I'm not seeing any problems with RealVNC 7.13.1 on the Ubuntu box and
 > WM: labwc (Wayland)
 >
 > on the Pi.

   I removed RealVNC. I just use a simple VNC viewer for
   I think eight units now and it doesn't do all the new
   'security' stuff.

   As said there are environments where you'd want the
   extra security, but it's overkill for me. There are
   also apps like 'Remmnia' that can do VNC and RDP and
   a few others. I've used it, it's "ok", but again
   less handy than 'vncviewer'.

   Anyway, switching back to X11 fixed a number of
   problems, including with some video-related apps.

   Still think Wayland will NEVER really be ready
   for prime time. Too many hidden incompatibilities
   to thwart what you're trying to do, often with
   little or no info on what's gone wrong or why.
   X11 may be a '57 Chevy ... but it works and LOTS
   of stuff is tuned to expect it. By the time Wayland
   actually works right, it will BE X11  :-)

   Anyway, as per note, Pi-OS used to default to X11
   with Wayland as the alt .... now it's the other
   way around.

   My immediate issue, had to dump the Trixie version
   and go back to the ultimate BookWorm version ...
   then even more of my video needs worked properly.
   Worm should be OK for a few years ... some of my
   other PIs are on Buster and one on Stretch and still
   get occasional security/functional updates.

   Trixie is young and foolish and fickle alas ...

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Note : rPI OS Now Defaults to Wayland - Which SUCKS c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-21 02:19 -0400
  Re: Note : rPI OS Now Defaults to Wayland - Which SUCKS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-21 19:34 +0000
    Re: Note : rPI OS Now Defaults to Wayland - Which SUCKS c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-22 00:29 -0400

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