The biggest thing I can think of is that X11 is more flexible when it comes to specifying custom resolutions; which some people use to output 240p on CRT TVs for emulation. AFAIK, there is currently no real equivalent for xrandr on any Wayland compositor.

I’ve also noticed that Grsync’s password prompt is broken on Wayland. Thankfully, it has a feature that lets you preview the command it’s about to run, so that you can copy and paste it into a terminal.

Being a KDE user on EndeavourOS, I use Wayland everyday. I switched over a few years ago for Waydroid, but now X11 isn’t even an option for me with the current release of KDE.

  • vividspecter@aussie.zone
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    12 hours ago

    AFAIK, there is currently no real equivalent for xrandr on any Wayland compositor.

    Normally, you override the EDID rather than specifying modelines manually. Sway also has some limited custom resolution support, but it’s just resolution and refresh rate, and not precise timings. Apparently the DRM backend supports modelines but that’s not really Wayland by my understanding, more like Steam’s gamescope mode.. Actually, the DRM backend is the default backend, so it should work. The other backends are used when sway is run inside another compositor.

    I’ve also noticed that Grsync’s password prompt is broken on Wayland.

    Forcing XWayland may help here. Otherwise, I assume the application is run as root which generally causes some issues with Wayland but potentially can be made to work.