WorkingTipsOnSway
Jul 7, 2021
Technology
Install sway via:
$ sudo pacman -S sway alacritty
Logout and type sway
in terminal, here we encounter Nvidia issue:
$ sway
sway/main.c:100Proprietary Nvidia driver are NOT supported. Use Nouveau. To launch ....
$ sway --my-next-gpu-wont-be-nvidia
Could not connect to socket /run/seated.sock: No such file or directory
$ echo LIBSEAT_BACKEND=logind >> /etc/environment
$ sway --my-next-gpu-wont-be-nvidia 2>&1 | tee start.log
sway/main.c: 202 unable to drop root
$ sudo useradd -m dash1
$ sudo passwd dash1
$ exit
Login with the newly created dash1 and re-test
Install gdm and change to opensource nvidia driver:
$ sudo pacman -S gdm
$ sudo rm -f /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau_blacklist.conf
$ sudo vim /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
MODULES=(... nouveau ...)
$ sudo mkinitcpio -p linux