Spectacle failed to start in Wayland

[Edward78]

I tried Wayland again yesterday, still doesn’t since monitor, but I never added that kernel peramiter & I habe the same kernel I did last post (6.6). Anyway, when I try to start Spec. I get Failed to start & something about remote pear. Sorry didn’t write it down.

[Ben]

@Edward78

I get Failed to start & something about remote pear. Sorry didn’t write it down.

Sorry, didn’t read.

I rarely write things down… using my computer, I am able to simply copy them into clipboard, or even save text in Text files

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[ydar]

When I had spectacle crashes with remote peer disconnect, the fix for me was to remove libva-vdpau-driver. Maybe check if that package is installed? I know it’s been removed from the repository but you may still have it installed (that is if you had installed it previously).

[Edward78]

Thanks, odd it is fine under X11. Anyway, it still doesn’t sense my monitor & has that really low res. as the only choice. Why deos Nvidia hate Wayland? Is that fixed in the newer kernel?

[ben75]

A driver for hardware decoding of video files should have nothing to do with Spectacle.

[ydar]

@ben75 1If you’re referring to my comment, I had filed a bug report and the kde dev suggested I remove libva-vdpau-driver, and that’s what I did, and then Spectacle worked properly under Wayland.

My bug report here: 493553 – Spectacle crash, error message: remote peer disconnected

@Edward78 Yes Spectacle worked in X11 for me too, now it also works in Wayland.

Shouldn’t your question regarding detecting your monitor and resolution be a separate topic? You haven’t mentioned if Spectacle is still broken in Wayland or not?

As for Nvidia & Wayland, it’s working well on both my desktops, but keep in mind that I use the manjaro unstable branch - I’m using nvidia 565.77 and linux 6.12.

[Edward78]

I did mention Spectacle wasn’t working in Wayland. 1st post.

[tracyanne]

@Edward78

I did mention Spectacle wasn’t working in Wayland. 1st post.

Open a Terminal, and in the terminal type

spectacle

Then using your mouse select and copy any error messages you get, and paste that copied content into your reply on this forum

don’t forget to use the </> button in the forum editor menu.

[linux-aarhus]

This is a local issue - possibly generated by invalid configuration.

@ydar

I had filed a bug report and the kde dev suggested I remove libva-vdpau-driver, and that’s what I did, and then Spectacle worked properly under Wayland.

Good advise …

I have been using Wayland for several years - Plasma 6 since Sep. 2023 - there was some point in the beta phase where spectacle didn’t work - but that was solved before the initial release of 6.0.

 $ plasmashell --version
plasmashell 6.2.4

 $ spectacle --version
spectacle 24.12.0

Relevant snip from Settings → About this System

Operating System: Manjaro Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.9.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Kernel Version: 6.13.0-rc4-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

@Edward78
Search for the package

pamac search -q libva vdpau | grep 'Installed'

Then remove the named package