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wterm does not work on sway

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From: Joshua Branson <jbranso <at> dismail.de>
To: 56965 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: ison <ison <at> airmail.cc>
Subject: Re: bug#56965: wterm does not work on sway
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 23:06:00 -0400

Joshua Branson <jbranso <at> dismail.de> writes:

> wterm is said to be a simple terminal for wayland:
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC shell  :results: raw
> guix show wterm | recsel -p synopsis
> #+END_SRC
>
> #+RESULTS:
> : synopsis: Terminal emulator for Wayland
>
> Well, when I try to use it, I get the following error on sway.  wterm
> does not start.
>
> joshua <at> crazyhorse ~ (master)> wterm 
> wl_drm <at> 11: error 0: authenticate failed
> # wayland_create_context: DRM authentication failed
> # wayland_create_context: No wl_shm global
> # wld_wayland_create_context: Could not initialize any of the specified implementations
> Can't create wayland context
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joshua
>

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