[R] Wayland backend for R

[Robert Knight]

Perhaps software rendering would work.

Export RSTUDIO_CHROMIUM_ARGUMENTS="--disable-gpu"

/usr/lib/rstudio/bin/rstudio


On Wed, Jun 23, 2021, 10:01 AM Phillips Rogfield <thebudget72 using gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Paul,
>
> thank you for your kind advice.
>
> RStudio doesn't start at all this way. It gives me the following error:
>
> $ QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland rstudio
> Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use
> QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
> QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread
> Failed to load client buffer integration: wayland-egl
>
> WebEngineContext used before QtWebEngine::initialize() or OpenGL context
> creation failed.
> qt.qpa.wayland: No shell integration named "xdg-shell" found
> qt.qpa.wayland: No shell integration named "xdg-shell-v6" found
> qt.qpa.wayland: No shell integration named "wl-shell" found
> qt.qpa.wayland: No shell integration named "ivi-shell" found
> qt.qpa.wayland: Loading shell integration failed.
> qt.qpa.wayland: Attempted to load the following shells ("xdg-shell",
> "xdg-shell-v6", "wl-shell", "ivi-shell")
> qt.qpa.wayland: Wayland does not support QWindow::requestActivate()
>
> Best regards.
>
> On 23/06/2021 02:22, Paul Murrell wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I do not know of any Wayland backend for R.
> >
> > You might be able to try the R Studio IDE configured for Wayland and
> > see how its graphics device performs ?
> > https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio/issues/4686
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > On 23/06/21 1:25 am, Phillips Rogfield wrote:
> >> I have compiled R from source and I had to install the X11 libraries.
> >>
> >> I use Wayland, and I am having problems plotting on X11 (I guess it uses
> >> XWayland) with this version.
> >>
> >> Is there a Wayland backend for R?
> >>
> >> Some configuration option I need to turn on in order to use it?
> >>
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