Hello, sorry for the long title, but i can’t fit it into something catchy and informative
I had just right now this weird issue. I use wayland as my daily driver on my laptop. At work i have an external monitor connected, but at home i don’t.
I usually have Firefox and Thunderbird open on the external monitor. And now i just needed to do something quick there, and wasn’t able to open them.
I tried to open them via terminal to see the error message. Unfortunately i didn’t safe it, but it said something about not being able to connect to something. My guess is, that it tried to open it on the external monitor, which it obviously couldn’t.
The workaround was to switch to X11, open the applications which works fine, and then switch back to Wayland. Now the applications can be opened and get displayed on the normal primary display.
Is this a known bug with wayland, or is there some setting that i have to choose, so that wayland opens the programs on the only display it has, if it doesn’t have the last known place?
Quick inxi output:
inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
Kernel: 5.9.16-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.9-x86_64
root=UUID=7e80cf66-70c0-4121-892f-b6b2b6a2f2d7 ro quiet
cryptdevice=UUID=2f1f276b-9eb0-4569-a04c-ff770d89e352:luks-2f1f276b-9eb0-4569-a04c-ff770d89e352
root=/dev/mapper/luks-2f1f276b-9eb0-4569-a04c-ff770d89e352 apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_wayland
vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Panasonic product: CF-AX2LDCHCE v: 001 serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 10 v: 001 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Panasonic model: CFAX2-1 v: 1 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.50L15 date: 05/17/2018
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 12.6 Wh (98.4%) condition: 12.8/29.5 Wh (43.3%)
volts: 7.5 min: 7.2 model: Panasonic CF-VZSU81 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: Unknown
ID-2: BAT2 charge: 8.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 8.7/14.8 Wh (58.9%) volts: 7.4
min: 7.2 model: Panasonic 2-653864-B01 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: Unknown
Memory:
RAM: total: 3.71 GiB used: 2.67 GiB (72.0%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3427U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21
cache: L2: 3 MiB bogomips: 18366
Speed: 1596 MHz min/max: 800/2800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1596 2: 2017
3: 1306 4: 1262
Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept
erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida
lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat
pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand
rdtscp rep_good sep smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Matsushita
driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Acer USB HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:5
chip-ID: 5986:0297 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.Org 1.21.1.2 compositor: kwin_wayland driver:
loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :1
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0")
s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
Monitor-1: XWAYLAND0 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 155
size: 224x126mm (8.8x5.0") diag: 257mm (10.1")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
v: 4.2 Mesa 21.1.6 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
vendor: Matsushita driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.9.16-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.33 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Matsushita driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel port: f040 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0082 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
IF-ID-1: wwp0s26u1u1c2i5 state: down mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Alps UGNZH type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-1.5:3
chip-ID: 044e:301d class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
Device-1: luks-2f1f276b-9eb0-4569-a04c-ff770d89e352 maj-min: 254:0
type: LUKS dm: dm-0 size: 446.83 GiB
Components:
p-1: sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 446.83 GiB
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 121.72 GiB (27.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SUV500MS480G
size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 56RR scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 446.83 GiB size: 438.82 GiB (98.21%)
used: 121.62 GiB (27.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-2f1f276b-9eb0-4569-a04c-ff770d89e352 label: N/A
uuid: 7e80cf66-70c0-4121-892f-b6b2b6a2f2d7
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 111.5 MiB (37.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: 6B0E-C817
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 8 GiB used: 26.2 MiB (0.3%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1.1:6 info: Sierra Wireless MC8305 Modem
type: Communication,CDC-Data driver: cdc_mbim interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 1199:9011 class-ID: 0a00
Device-2: 1-1.2:5 info: Acer USB HD Webcam type: Video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 256mA chip-ID: 5986:0297
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-3:2 info: D-WAV Scientific eGalaxTouch EXC7903-02v10 type: Mouse
driver: hid-multitouch,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 0eef:7903 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 2-4:3 info: ROHM LSI Systems USA LLC HID Sensor Board DFUP2183ZA
type: HID driver: hid-generic,hid-sensor-hub,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 04b5:0680 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 3-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1.5:3 info: Alps UGNZH type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 044e:301d class-ID: e001
Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.4 C mobo: 45.4 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 216 Uptime: 20m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1385 lib: 415 flatpak: 0
Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.06