Wayland disabled after installing nvidia drivers

[ForeverNoob]

Hello,

My PC worked OK with wayland session and open source drivers, but after installing latest nvidia drivers I was back on x11 and the wayland switch in layouts-settings was off and disabled. Is there a way to turn wayland back on?

TIA

[megavolt]

Hello @ForeverNoob

The reason for this is that nvidia has only partial support for wayland and it works pretty bad (laggy) at the moment as i know.

But if you really need this, here is a guide to disable the rule for nvidia:

[Howto] Use wayland with propietary nvidia drivers

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆ Wayland does not play well with proprietary drivers. Currently the biggest issue is that NVIDIA does currently not support Xwayland properly, so apps that require it get software rendering. This includes most games, which are the most common use case for proprietary NVIDIA drivers. This is why GNOME automatically disables Wayland if you have NVIDIA. However, if this does not deter you, you can use Wayland with NVIDIA drivers. Here is how to do it: If not using GN…

[margent]

Hi.
Nvidia is preparing a driver for extended wayland support.
Turn on the free driver, or wait nvidia.

[ForeverNoob]

Aren’t latest drivers supporting wayland?

NVIDIA Drivers 470 on Linux: DLSS and XWayland support arrives

[ForeverNoob]

Hi megavolt,

I followed the instructions in the Howto, but the wayland switch insisted on staying disabled.

[megavolt]

@ForeverNoob

Aren’t latest drivers supporting wayland?

NVIDIA Drivers 470 on Linux: DLSS and XWayland support arrives

Yes it works, but not great since it is just basic support and it is beta.

@ForeverNoob

I followed the instructions in the Howto, but the wayland switch insisted on staying disabled.

I have done it myself some weeks ago and it worked. You must made a mistake somehow.

[Evernow]

What reason do you have for using Wayland?

[ForeverNoob]

Nothing specific, just curiosity.

[ForeverNoob]

Possibly. Will try again.

[Evernow]

I would stick to Xorg for now until Wayland is more mature.

[ForeverNoob]

manjaro-gnome works well with wayland and open source drivers. I was even able run a Windows game (under wine) without special problems. It looks more loke a Plasma problem.