Kodi on Gnome 40 Wayland

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Hi,
Just trying Kodi on Wayland. I know it should works without any hassle but first… I can’t find Kodi-Wayland package.
Also, when it runs, it shows Kodi is running under X11. Is it possible to make it works with native Wayland support? What happened to Kodi-wayland package?

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There is kodi-standalone-service from AUR.

Here: Kodi - ArchWiki

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There were separate kodi-x11 and kodi-wayland packages, but now there’s just kodi.

The kodi package supports for several composers, including Xorg, GBM, and Wayland.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kodi

Are you sure you’re logged in to a Wayland session?

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
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Yes.

    ~  echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE                                                               ✔ 
wayland

Command ran while Kodi is running. Also, Kodi shows X11 as Windowing system under System Information tab.

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I think it runs in XWayland, not native wayland

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I just installed kodi on GNOME with Wayland and it shows Windowing system: Wayland. :man_shrugging:

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Maybe… Fractional scaling works, so maybe it’s a bug when it showing X11.

I just installed kodi on GNOME with Wayland and it shows Windowing system: Wayland.

Damn… I’m gonna reinstall it. Also, could you please test it with fractional scaling? I’m using 125%

#edit
It definitely runs under X11: Imgur: The magic of the Internet weird…

Something is missing…

kodi --windowing=Wayland                                                             ✔ 
Selected window system not available: --windowing=Wayland
    Available window systems: x11
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same issue here (also on gnome 40)

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